Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Talking to people within the community who are "doing good" for others, is very inspirational. The Grassroots Tehachapi column has highlighted acts of kindness, compassion and moments of growth within Tehachapi. This week's column is looking at a brand new business in town that is sure to bring a new level of excitement, entertainment and innovation to the Tehachapi Mountains. Tehachapi Virtual Reality Arcade held a two-day Grand Opening on July 19-20. Nearly 200 people came to the event for...
Welcome to Canine Creek Pet Wash & Boutique! If you have not been to our store in a while, we invite you to come in and see all of the changes. If you have never been in, let me tell you the "who, what and where" about Canine Creek. Who are we? My name is Kellie Dudevoir and in the winter of 2016 I took a wild, crazy leap of faith. Sold my house in Orange County and bought Canine Creek. We closed escrow on Dec. 22 and have never looked back. We have an incredibly friendly and knowledgeable staff...
While you're out and about at this year's Mountain Festival be sure to stop by the Tehachapi Valley Gem and Mineral Society's 14th annual Jewelry, Gem and Mineral Show at the Tehachapi Senior Center. Vendors will be showing and selling beautiful showcase minerals, fossils, polished rocks, beads and handmade jewelry. With a variety of vendors and displays, visitors will have the opportunity to investigate lapidary techniques, minerals and gems, silversmithing, a variety of unique jewelry and...
Tanya Martinez, representing sPower, was the June 18 speaker at Tehachapi Rotary. Martinez, who has an M.S. in Energy Engineering, was accompanied by Russell Johnson of South Valley Solutions of Bakersfield to help field questions. She outlined a new solar project sPower has planned for the Antelope Valley. The Raceway Solar Project is planned for the Rosamond area, located south of Rosamond Blvd. and the Willow Springs Raceway. The 400 megawatt (MW) solar farm will consist of 1,854 acres and...
The third and final show in this Summer's "Concerts in the Park" series will feature Indie folk-pop-rock band, The Novelists. The Reno Nevada-based group will take the stage at Philip Marx Central Park in Downtown Tehachapi on Sunday, Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. The concert is being presented by Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District (TVRPD) in association with Fiddlers Crossing and MusicMX Entertainment and is sponsored by Lehigh Cement and Grimmway Farms. The Novelists are aptly named. "A lot of...
Wanda Lee Julian, 84, peacefully passed away on Saturday, July 20 at her home in Tehachapi surrounded by her family and loved ones. Wanda was born to Lecil Kemp and Etta Stallings on Sept. 15, 1934 in Los Angeles, the youngest of six children. Shortly after her birth the family relocated to Bakersfield where Wanda would attend and graduate from BHS. Wanda met the love of her life, Dean, through her best friend Pat, who happened to be Dean's cousin. While Dean was stationed in Georgia, Pat...
It won't be long before every parent in the Tehachapi Unified School District will know Stacey Larson-Everson. On April 9, the District Board of Trustees announced that they had chosen Stacey as the new TUSD Superintendent. It was then that Stacey and her husband Lance Larson began to plan their relocation from Fallbrook, Calif. in San Diego County where they had lived on their ranch for 14 years. It was in Fallbrook that they went through 4H with their four kids, cared for their six horses and...
What is it? 5G refers to the fifth generation of cellular network. The current king-of-the-hill in cellular networks is 4G. So why do we need 5G? 5G is about speed, bandwidth and low latency. Speed for streaming video and gaming, bandwidth for smart devices, augmented reality and virtual reality, low latency (latency for the time it takes to get a response to information sent – lower is faster and better), which will be critical for self-driving cars and industrial robots. Current speculation a...
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Regardless of what stage of life you're in, you must make financial and investment decisions that will be with you for the remainder of your years. But the moves you make when you're just starting out in your career may be quite different from when you're retired. So, let's look at some of these moves, stretched out across your lifetime. In your 20s and 30s: During this period, you should strive to...
Ask the Advocate: I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). POTS, EDS and MCAS are so unheard of, many doctors have no idea what to do. I have been to so many doctors. On a good day, my fingers, ankles and hips will pop out of joint a couple of times a day. If I bump my foot on a bed frame, I might have enormous bruises since my skin is so thin. The POTS causes my blood pressure to go down especially when I...
Kern County Department of Public Health Services is reminding everyone to protect themselves from extremely hot temperatures. Extreme heat poses a substantial health risk, especially for vulnerable populations including young children, the elderly, those with chronic diseases or disabilities and pregnant women. Heat-related illness includes: cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke and death. Warning signs of heat-related illnesses may include heavy sweating, muscle cramps, weakness, headache and nausea. Vomiting, paleness, tiredness and dizziness...
As part of the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program (SPP) and a series of open house-style public input meetings regarding new recreational opportunities at Mojave East Park, Supervisor Zack Scrivner is pleased to announce the details of the proposed improvements to the park: 1. Adding an artificial-turf soccer field. 2. Renovating an existing ball field with a new artificial-turf ball field. 3. Renovating the existing concession stand and bleachers at the ball field. 4. Adding two inclusive playgrounds with shade str...
One of my children got a job at Walmart where she met an acquaintance who had also gotten a job there. This friend had no transportation, so we lent them a bike from our garage. Trouble was that this was a single-speed mountain bike and they live on the far west side of Golden Hills. My child gave them a ride to work whenever their schedules matched up. But she’ll be going to college here soon, winter is coming and that small bike just wouldn’t cut it. I saw a nice bike online that was at a yard sale. I went to the yard sale and bought tha...
On Sunday, Aug. 25, an intimate afternoon of Chamber music will take place at the Oak Tree Country Club, from 3 to 5 p.m. The event begins at 3 p.m. with a short social time, including wine and appetizers. Then, let the music begin. All the composers featured will be female, by an all-female orchestra. Leading them is Soo-Yeon Park, pianist. Park is a faculty member of CSUB where she leads the piano studies, chamber music and opera programs. Audrey Boyle will be on the flute. Boyle also teaches at CSUB and performs with the Tehachapi Symphony...
Whether you are a current or retired Federal Employee, there are a few recent developments that you should be aware of. Good news! Just recently, the House of Representatives passed a spending bill that would provide federal employees with a 3.1 percent average pay raise for 2020, matching private-sector increases and achieving parity with the military pay increase. The raise – a 2.6 percent increase across the board and a 0.5 percent average increase to locality pay rates – would be the largest in a decade. This House bill would override the...
The group M5 Mexican Brass is Latin America’s most successful brass quintet with international recognition. They will be featured in the first concert offered by Bakersfield Community Concert Association and will appear Sept. 22, at Harvey Auditorium in Bakersfield. They will perform a combination of virtuosic chamber music in all styles from Baroque to Broadway. You may attend this concert and four more when you join BCCA for $75 per person or $175 per family. In addition to the five Bakersfield concerts, your ticket entitles you to attend f...
The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Foundation honored Team Big H, in Memory of Harvey L. Hall, as the 2018 Top Fundraising Team Nationwide Winner of their Strides4CJD, an annual walk/run to raise awareness about the disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a rare neurodegenerative disease that has no treatment or cure. The recognition was presented during the CJD Foundation's Family Conference, which took place in Washington D.C. July 12-15, and brought together prion disease experts and families...
The Tehachapi Symphonic Chorus, which performs with the Tehachapi Symphony, is seeking a director to replace Kathy Kelly, who has moved out of state. The TSC is a volunteer chorus of 25–40 voices, including professional musicians and talented amateurs. The Chorus performs in two to three concerts a year with the Symphony. Requirements include: College or university music degree or equivalent experience; experience directing a choir or teaching music students and ability to work with groups of individuals. Duties include: Conducting the TSC i...
Think of any modern hospital in a big city. It's likely you'll picture radiologists checking X-rays, nurses caring for critical patients, scientists analyzing blood cultures or surgeons rushing to provide emergency operations. Those are all the same images you can expect to see when visiting Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. And now we have the license from the California Department of Public Health to prove it. State health officials surveyed our hospital this month and upgraded our Emergency...
When World Wind & Solar outgrew their facilities on Tehachapi Willow Springs Rd., Buddy and Nikki Cummings, the CEO and President of WWS, had to make a decision. They knew the company needed to grow, but where and how? They began to investigate all of their options for the future home of their corporate headquarters and training center. They visited numerous commercial buildings for sale and lease, as well as potential building sites. They really wanted to be downtown and to find a building...
"We are thrilled and excited," Virginia Sheridan said of the reopening of Kelcy's Restaurant. "It's going to be wonderful. This has been a labor of love two years in the making." The iconic restaurant will be celebrating their official reopening on Mountain Festival Weekend. Virginia Sheridan and her husband Bill Lee were saddened when Kelcy's closed two years ago. Like most of Tehachapi, they had been regulars at the restaurant for over 20 years, long before Virginia thought of opening...
On Wednesday, July 17, the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors 2020 President, Joshua Orrantia, was nominated and voted in as vice-chair Representative to California Association of Realtors Region 12. President-Elect, Stacey Lynn, and Vice President, Joe Morones, were also nominated and voted in as regional representatives. We are very excited at the exposure these appointments will give to our local association in terms of networking and leadership and in bettering our professionalism in...
I thought the essentials of an Italian herb garden were basil (basilico), parsley (prezzomolo), oregano (origano)and rosemary (rosmarino). I remember my friend's grandmother growing these in her garden in the 1950s in Flushing, New York. I loved to be in their house when the " sauce" was brewing. It was the tantalizing smell of fresh seasonings, tomatoes, onions and garlic that first turned me on to herbs and Italian food. When I was 9 years old my girlfriend's mother gave me my first Italian...
What item is most often stolen from vehicles? Is it: (A) Stereo (B) Wheels (C) Air Bag (D) DVD System Well, if you said stereo – you used to be right. But airbags have now surpassed stereos as the biggest target for theft – approximately 50,000 a year nationally in the United States. New airbags cost about $1,000 but go for $50 to $200 on the black market. Stolen airbags are making their way back into vehicles that have been in an accident. Of course, the danger to the consumer of having a stolen airbag installed is that you can never be sur...
Tehachapi has one of the prettiest downtown areas in Kern County, and it keeps getting more attractive, thanks to ongoing efforts by the City of Tehachapi and local business owners. There are pocket parks, landscaping, benches, vintage-style street lights, brickwork, top quality signage, tastefully painted buildings and more. There is an overall forward momentum, and a feeling that higher standards have been established. Both residents and visitors alike appreciate the welcoming and picturesque...
