Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Come check out the new floor plan in the Guild of Tehachapi's thrift shop. The store has a "fresh new look." It is more comfortable, stylish and functional. Benefits of shopping at a thrift store: • Save money. • Be creative. • Alternative to fast fashion. • Environmentally conscious. Drop on by and enjoy our new look. The store is located at 101 W. E St., Tehachapi. Open 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Call (661) 823-4114 for more information....
Singer/songwriter Terri Asher is pictured performing at "A Day of Music" on July 1. Presented by Mountain Music, 206 E. F St., Tehachapi, and Tehachapi POPS Orchestra, featuring local students and musicians. It was a fantastic outdoor concert. The TPOPS Orchestra closed the event out with a variety of songs conducted by Jim Peck....
TUSD recognized the Tehachapi Resource Conservation District for their donation and planting of 30 trees throughout TUSD campuses at the June 27 board meeting. Jon Hammond, Julia Baraclough and Cheryl Casdorph, representatives of Tehachapi Resource Conservation District, stated that this donation was made in partnership with JDB Sales Nursery, who discounted the trees to cost and shipping. Each campus received three valley oaks and two cedar trees; the trees are approximately 7 feet tall....
During the week of June 20-23 TVRPD hosted the Cal Breeze Club Basketball team at Aspen Builders Community Center. Local basketball mom and team coach Shyla Dock organized a shooting clinic with BriAnna Garza of Shooters Shoot Training to work with high school and middle school players. Attending the clinic were three varsity players from Tehachapi High School as well as students from Oxnard, Moorpark, Valencia and the Bay Area. Middle School students would be included in a four day clinic the...
On June 22, Tehachapi Police Officers Amy Smith and Kevin Archuleta were honored for their DUI arrests at the annual Mother Against Drug Driving Awards in Bakersfield, California. Law enforcement agencies throughout Kern County attended the event. Mother Against Drug Driving (MADD) is a nonprofit organization who seeks to stop drunk driving through education and recognizes officers who produce the most DUI arrests within a calendar year. The Tehachapi Police Department appreciates the hard work...
CEO of Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD), Peggy Mendiburu, announced two upcoming district events at a special board of directors meeting on June 27. On Aug. 1 at Philip Marx Central Park on East E Street in Tehachapi, the TVHD will be co-sponsoring National Night Out with the Tehachapi Police Foundation. National Night Out is an annual event promoting healthy police-community relations that seeks to build strong relationships within neighborhoods and raise general awareness on crime and drugs, making our communities safer from the...
Bonnie Sue Ellsworth, born in Ridgecrest, California to Boyd and Ruth Ellsworth on Sept. 19, 1953, joined her Lord in peace on May 23. Surviving Bonnie are her sister, Sharon Ellsworth, her son Donovan and daughter Tania, in addition to a legacy of grand and great-grandchildren. Although born in Ridgecrest, Bonnie spent her childhood in Palmer Lake, Colorado, where she lived on a small ranch with her parents who had moved there to work at the Air Force Academy. Bonnie fell fast in love with...
Last month I mentioned that I would introduce the other horses at the ranch. So, here goes. California Curl (barn name Curls) is a 9-year-old chestnut mare. Her sire was Curlin, a two-time winner of Horse of the Year. Besides being the nicest horse on the ranch, Curls, along with sire Clubhouse Ride, produced my good buddy, Rider. Lovehi is a 14-year-old chestnut mare. And keeping it in the family, Lovehi is the mother of California Curl, and grandmother to Rider. Lovehi had a very successful...
From time to time I receive little stories like this one from friends and readers, that I like to share with you all. This one (author unknown but credited online to several different people) especially struck a note with me, as so many people these days like to complain about everything. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did: I was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing I noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly...
It has been a cool spring and summer, so far, but is heating up in July. The pool is in full swing with the swim team, water aerobics, swimming lessons for the little ones and casual swim during the afternoons. Check the Whiting Center for upcoming classes and sign-ups. The Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association has a concert in the park at Cub Lake on Saturday, July 29. The concert begins at 3 p.m., and goes to 5 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and some munchies for yourself. The group is Fistful Of Nickels, a local group, who plays mainly...
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Representative of California’s 20th Congressional District, appointed California State Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Central Valley) to the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific History and Culture. “I have known and worked with Vince Fong for over 15 years and have always been impressed by his leadership skills, affability, and work ethic. After being elected to Congress, I hired Vince, who worked his way up to becoming my first district director, and it has been a pri...
Two Democrats have declared their intention to run for Congress and will be featured speakers at the annual Tehachapi Mountain Democratic Club picnic. Marisa Wood, who ran against Kevin McCarthy in the last election, wants to try again to defeat him. John Burrows, a young man from Ridgecrest has the same goal. They will talk about their individual background and ability to effectively represent California Congressional District 23. The picnic will be held in Philip Marx Central Park at Green and E streets on Saturday, July 22, from 3 to 7 p.m....
On Monday, June 26, City Manager Greg Garrett and Finance Director Hamed Jones presented before the Tehachapi City Council a proposed balanced budget for the fiscal year 2023/24 and extending out to 2027/28. The primary budget challenges will come from the city's General Fund, said Jones. Income to the General Fund comes primarily from property taxes, sales tax, transient occupancy tax, motor vehicle fees and other revenue from services. Expenditures include personnel, operating expenses, fire...
The Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra is a local nonprofit that provides five concerts per year free of charge to the community. The Symphony is prepping for its 25th season of providing outstanding orchestral and choral music to Tehachapi and surrounding communities. The symphony's Music Directors are Dr. David Newby for the Orchestra and Sandra Adams for the Symphonic Chorus. Musicians and singers donate their time to rehearse and perform. If you believe classical music is important to this...
On June 26, Universal Hydrogen completed a ferry flight of its hydrogen fuel cell-powered turboprop aircraft to the Mojave Air & Space Port from Moses Lake, Washington, where it plans to build a substantial presence and continue its test flight efforts. The Dash-8 test aircraft has been dubbed "Lightning McClean" and flew down the west coast with four stops across Oregon and California, covering a distance of over 800 nautical miles before landing at Mojave. A few Mojave tenants were told in...
The mission of American Association of University Women (AAUW) is to advance gender equity for women and girls through research, education and advocacy. One of the ways in which the Tehachapi Mountain Branch does this is by sponsoring local girls to attend "Tech Trek," a residential science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) camp. The camps are designed to develop interest, excitement and self-confidence in young women who will enter eighth grade in the fall. They are run entirely by AAUW...
I've enjoyed seeing a couple of pairs of California Quail (Callipepla californica) that were hanging around the houses and outbuildings of our old farm last month, calling to each other with the classic quail phrase that's heard so often throughout the Tehachapi Mountains: "Come-back-here!" or "Ca-KERR-cow!" These quail pairs leisurely make their way up the dirt driveway and adjacent grassy areas in the middle of the morning, unhurriedly pecking at seeds and small insects. Songbirds, by...
Bee Balm is a wonderful flowering perennial with big attractive blossoms that attract hummingbirds and butterflies to your garden. Also known by the genus name, Monarda, and as Oswego Tea, Horsemint, or Bergamot, this plant was used medicinally for hundreds of years by Native Americans for its strong antiseptic qualities. It is also valued for use as a tea, and during the period of the Boston Tea Party, colonists reportedly switched to drinking Oswego Tea rather than paying import tariffs on...
When your vehicle doesn't start, the first thing you think of might be the battery. That may be the culprit, but it also might be that your alternator has gone bad. An alternator sends power to your vehicle's electrical systems and accessories like your entertainment system, charging ports, and so on. Any extra electricity goes to re-charge the battery. So, your battery is what gets your engine started, but once the engine's running, your alternator is what's turning out the power. A failing...
