Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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In these COVID-19 times, it’s important to be aware of all of the sources of infections that surround us. Your car is actually one of the most important ones and one that we often forget. Today, it’s more important than ever to keep your car clean and prevent it from contributing to the virus spread, especially if there is more than one person sharing the car. Scientists have found that the virus can live up to three days on surfaces like plastic and stainless steel. Because of this, it’s important to disinfect the surfaces in your car that...
The field of behavioral finance focuses on the emotional and cognitive aspects of investing. In recent decades, well-known economists have advanced the theory that investors' decisions can be driven by human emotions such as greed and fear, which helps explain why asset prices sometimes fluctuate erratically.1 It can be difficult to act rationally when your financial future is at stake, especially when unexpected events upset the markets. But understanding certain aspects of human nature, and...
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi honors Tehachapi High School (THS) 2020 graduate Meagan Williams, recipient of the club's $1,000 2020 college scholarship. Williams will attend Bakersfield College, where she will be playing on the Renegade women's volleyball team. "I am enrolling as a student athlete in the honors transfer program with plans of transferring to a California State University or University of California," she said in her scholarship application. A member of the California Scholarship...
Todd says this to describe himself and his photography: You'll likely find Artist Todd Sherwood with his wife Kelly wandering "the roads less traveled" somewhere in America. Their base camp is a pick-up truck and fifth wheel they named "No Destination" They explore the American back country with the aid of a 4x4 Razor, affectionately called 'The Punisher' and often hike into remote locations in search of images. While developing his artistic talents, Todd has also committed the past 40 years of...
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi and partner organization Boy Scout Troop 136 delivered American flags on Flag Day, Sunday, June 14. Shown at a subscriber home, from left, Kern County firefighter Armando Leon and his son Breck, Assistant Scoutmaster Del Baker-Medlock (back row) and his sons Jaden and Kody Baker-Medlock. The Kiwanis Club Stars and Stripes Flag Display Project teams deliver (and pick up) big American flags to the front yards of subscribers within the Tehachapi city limits on six...
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools (KCSOS) and Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (KernBHRS) announced these agencies have been awarded a $6 million Mental Health Student Services Act (MHSSA) grant from the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC). The funding will be used to support the Kern Youth Resiliency Partnership (KYRP) — a collaboration between KCSOS, the Kern County Network for Children (KCNC) and KernBHRS— which was recently formed to provide direct mental health supports for foster you...
The Douglas Aircraft Company's DC-3 is probably the most famous aircraft ever built. A. E. Raymond and E. F. Burton designed this immortal plane in 1935 and over 13,000 were built. It was first developed and built as a commercial airliner, but soon went to war with the U.S. Army Air Corps as the C-47 transport. It has carried designations of DC-3, C-47 Skytrain & Dakota, AC-47 gunship version called Spooky or Puff the Magic Dragon, EC-47 called BS bomber dropping leaflets in Vietnam, C-53,...
Greetings! It is good to be back from quarantine. I hope you are doing well. We are all learning how to cope with a new viral pandemic and the increased awareness of a racist pandemic as well. This one isn't new; it's been with us for quite some time. When people describe it as systemic, is it clear to you what that means? For me, when I think of that phrase, I am reminded of a Muslim teacher I once had in seminary whose specialty was the history of Christianity. When asked why he studied Christ...
St. Jude’s in the Mountains Anglican Church has reopened for in-person worship. Since the pandemic began St. Jude’s has been conducting live-streamed services via Facebook, but now we have begun allowing worship attendance as well. Our Diocesan Bishop has mandated certain guidelines that we are following. For example: masks are required and will be provided to those who don’t have one. Social distancing will be observed by seating arrangement (with the exception of family groups. Loud singing of hymns will not be permitted (except for worsh...
In the old days (a couple of years ago), if you forgot your password for your email or social media account, you could prove you were you by answering some security questions. Then you could reset your password. But there were problems with that method: 1) many people didn't remember the answers to their security questions (who was my second-grade teacher?), and 2) some of the information was easily looked up by people that weren't you but maybe wanted to be. Today, sites prefer to send you a...
What exactly is peripheral neuropathy? Peripheral neuropathy occurs when there is damage to the peripheral nerves, the nerves that carry messages to and from the spinal cord and brain from the rest of the body. When peripheral neuropathy is caused by diabetes mellitus (a common cause), it is called diabetic neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy can also be caused by other metabolic disorders, herpes zoster, HIV, nutritional deficiencies, toxins, cancer (directly or indirectly as a side effect of...
We need to bring good paying jobs to our district. This includes investing in our infrastructure and community. This is just one of the issues Kim Mangone is promoting as she campaigns to be elected to represent the 23rd U.S. Congressional District. She spoke on a Zoom meeting of Tehachapi Mountain Democratic Club recently. Mangone told the Club, "I am a Democratic candidate running for Congress in California's 23rd District because I believe we need a representative who will fight for the...
House Resolution 97 passed out of the State Assembly with unanimous bi-partisan support. HR 97 directs the High Speed Rail Authority to halt the signing of new maintenance and construction contracts until the legislature has the opportunity to consider alternatives for spending the remaining bond funds. Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County), vice chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, is a co-author of HR 97. “We must not permit unelected bureaucrats to unilaterally lock us into paying for this train for the next three decades. It is...
“Passing a budget that includes a $9 billion tax increase on struggling businesses and medical research for COVID-19 is simply tone-deaf. This is the worst possible time to burden businesses that are struggling to reopen and hire new workers. Making matters worse, Sacramento Democrats are rubbing salt into the wounds of California taxpayers by funding the mismanaged and costly High Speed Rail project even during a time of budget crisis. We should halt all new taxes and regulations in order to get back on track as quickly as possible for the m...
Students from across Cerro Coso’s vast service area, the largest service area in the state, received degrees and/or certificates during Cerro Coso Community College’s virtual commencement ceremony on June 13. Graduates from Mammoth Lakes, Bishop, Ridgecrest, Lake Isabella, Edwards Air Force Base, Tehachapi and online were recognized during a prerecorded graduation ceremony that was presented on the Cerro Coso website. During the past academic year, 492 students earned 679 degrees and 233 certificates for a total of 912 awards. Many are fir...
Dads sometimes seem like the forgotten parent, but believe me they are not. Here are some quotes on fatherhood and dads in general to honor this weekend's Father's Day: "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." –Mark Twain "One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." –George Herbert "The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing som...
Cerro Coso Community College is proud to announce that the Kern Community College District has granted tenure to Shelly Tannehill, professor of Nursing, and Peter Fulks, professor of Administration of Justice. Fulks joined Cerro Coso as a full-time instructor in Tehachapi in 2016. Both of his parents were professors at Bakersfield College, so he grew up in the community college system. Fulks attended both Bakersfield College and Cerro Coso and earned an athletic scholarship to California Lutheran University where he earned a B.S. in Criminal...
The Kern County Public Health Services Department is urging boaters, dog owners and other recreational lake users to exercise caution and observe signage that warns visitors to avoid active algal blooms when visiting certain areas within Lake Isabella. Public Health recently obtained water samples from 17 locations in Lake Isabella. Five of those locations indicated the presence of potentially harmful blue-green algae (cyanotoxin) at the cautionary level, one area at warning level and five areas at the danger level. Effective immediately,...
Vanessa Stevens, the new general manager, is busy with all of the projects going on in the District. She moved to Stallion Springs 22 years ago and remembers the beautiful yards and happy, friendly atmosphere. She wonders what happened to that pride in the community. Today she looks around and sees everyone in a hurry and lots of yards overgrown and full of debris. What about you ... are you proud when you look around? Her goal for this community is to bring it back to what it used to be. Bring...
Sixty six years of marriage for Tehachapi residents George and Anne Marie Novinger!...
This & That Home Decor hosted a parking lot sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 13. The business had to go through the City to get permits for the event. They hope to have another parking lot sale in August with more food and music, maybe even a live band....
Houchin blood Bank was at Main Street Tehachapi's Farmers Market on June 18. Pictured are Key Budge, Community Engagement Specialist for the City of Tehachapi, and Yessica Diaz-Conti of Houchin Community Blood Bank....
Mojave River Academy (MRA) is a free public K-12 independent study charter school organized through Oro Grande School District. The students are each assigned a dedicated teacher with whom they meet at least once weekly. The Academy has 12 different campuses located in San Bernardino, Riverside and Kern counties. The goal of the Academy is to promote the academic success of every individual student and to provide a safe, nurturing, intellectually rigorous and relevant educational experience....
The City of Tehachapi released two new TehachaPod podcasts this week covering the upcoming Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) season and the Dual Enrollment college credit program for upcoming high school students who can get free college credit beginning as a HS freshman in Tehachapi. Episode 20, released on June 9, features Cerro Coso College's Lisa Stephens and Kristin Hanle who explain the Dual Enrollment Program for high school students in the Tehachapi area. They talk about how they have...
Tehachapi Police Foundation was honored to present two scholarships to very deserving students from Tehachapi High School on Tuesday, June 9 at the Tehachapi Police Station. This year we were able to offer the Rubien Brandon Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $2,500 and the Jacob Langston Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Rubien Brandon was a man dedicated to building bridges between the police department and the community. Rubien served on the founding board of the foundation...
