Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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A small group of interested locals hiked to a canyon on Bear Mountain recently to visit a rock art site whose location had been lost in the fog of time. Among the hikers was Fred Fickert, 75, who first discovered the artwork almost 60 years ago, when he was a 16-year-old on horseback gathering cattle on his family's ranch, which later became Bear Valley Springs. Back in 1966, all of Bear Valley and most of Bear Mountain were owned by the Fickert clan. The family first moved to Bear Valley in...
Ernest Twisselmann was a rancher and the author of A Flora of Kern County, the definitive book of the 1,875 various species and subspecies of plants that he found growing in sprawling Kern County. He began collecting plant specimens in the Temblor Range at the western border of the county in 1952, and finished fieldwork in 1966. His book was published in 1967, when the Fickert family still owned Bear Valley. He was an amazing and inspiring man. Here are some excerpts from his book, which stands...
Are you "Living Up?" Tehachapi – Live Up is, of course, the city slogan as of a few years ago. People tend to be surprised that such an elegant elevation exists between the Bakersfield and Mojave flats, so we want to remind them they'd be "living up" in the mountains if they chose Tehachapi as their forever home. Some prospective newbies like the idea that Living Up also means upwardly mobile, but isn't that for people who are climbing the corporate ladder? Didn't we put all that away with b...
Robert "Bob" Allan Small passed away at age 79 in Tehachapi on May 20. He passed away in his home quietly after suffering several strokes over many decades. Bob was born Sept. 10, 1942, in Compton, California to Allan Ward Small (father) and Winifred Lynette Hartley (mother). He grew up with his older brother, Gary Ward Small. The family moved to Tehachapi when Bob was 8 years old. Bob had many fond memories of growing up in Tehachapi and working at his father's store, Tehachapi Lumber Company....
Cerro Coso Community College will be offering two new certificates to meet the ever-growing and changing Information Technology field. Cloud Computing and Linux Administration Certificates of Achievement will not only benefit those new to the field but also those experienced in the IT/Cyber workforce. Cerro Coso Community College just completed participating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a pilot program to update our certificate. Scholarships will be available to students whose goal is to...
[Editor’s note: We have updated the article to reflect the latest vaccine clinic available at time of publication. Please refer to Kern County Public Health’s website for current information on monkeypox and vaccine clinics.] Kern County Public Health is hosting a Monkeypox Vaccination Event on Saturday, Aug. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kern County Public Health Services Building, 1800 Mt. Vernon Ave., Bakersfield, California. This event is free to the community, and you must 18 years of age and older. The risk of monkeypox to the general pub...
Sometimes I worry about world peace. I worry that no matter how noble a goal it is, it will never happen. I worry about this because of the constant reminders I see all around me that people can't get along in the smaller bits and pieces of life, never mind the larger picture (i.e. the whole world). And it seems to be getting worse these days as some people seem to be outright embracing and glorifying the ugly side of language and attitude and actions. So often, then, we seem to be living in a...
Charlotte Stevens went to her eternal home and personal Savior, Jesus Christ on July 27 at Upland Point in Bakersfield, California, with her family by her side. Charlotte was born June 17, 1935, in Porum, Oklahoma to Fred and Daisy Fisher. They left Oklahoma in 1936 when Charlotte was 1 year old and came to Tehachapi. Charlotte went to Cummings Valley School and graduated from Tehachapi High School. On June 27, 1953, she married her high school sweetheart, Dwayne (Butch) Stevens. To this...
A gumshoe, a sleuthhound, a hawkshaw, a snoop are all nicknames for a private eye, an investigator usually hired by someone needing confidential information. What is a gumshoe? It originally was a name for a sneaky thief. It referred to the quiet rubber soled shoes a thief would wear so his steps were not heard as he snuck around in the dark. Later it became a name used for certain private investigators who moved as quietly as a thief while gathering information for clients. Sherlock Holmes is...
We are pleased to announce the Annual Devil Pups Recognition and Awards Ceremony will be held Wednesday August 10, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at the Larry Reider Education Center, 1st floor conference room, located at 2000 K Street in Bakersfield for the Kern County teens who participated in this years’ Devil Pups Youth Leadership Program at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The purpose is to highlight the accomplishments of these young Kern County men and women who recently graduated from the program a...
Our beloved mother, Olena Louise Evenson Cain, passed away on July 9 in her home in Tehachapi. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends which was such a joy to her and everyone who knew her. Louise was born March 1, 1922, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to parents Edwin Evenson and Lucy Beryl Fox. She had four siblings: Raymond Evenson, Beryl Lewis, Blanche Clayton, and Edwin "Ted" Evenson. Louise grew up in the Santa Monica/Mar Vista area of Los Angeles. She graduated from...
Deborah Bushnell was born in Ridgecrest, California to her parents Wilfred "Duke" and Yvonne Campbell, at the hospital her grandfather Tony built. She spent her childhood in Tehachapi. She attended high school there, however, she graduated from Mesquite High School, class of 1974. She took a bank telling class, but her main interest was in the educational system. She loved to teach, do activities with kids, help them to learn while having fun, especially the ones that had a more difficult time....
Thomas Barber was given back to the Lord on July 15. He was born on Oct. 14, 1955 to Bobby Gerald Barber and Frances Emma Neubert. The three have now been reunited. Tom’s character can be summed up as being a great family man. He was always giving and gathered around family functions. He dedicated his time to the community by leading children in his role as a scout leader for the Boy Scouts of America. Additionally, he worked in the local community as a Tehachapi Correctional Officer for over 20...
The push to name Mojave Airport "Rutan Field" began in August 2018, when a letter was written to then General Manager/CEO Karina Drees, requesting an opportunity to address the Mojave Air & Space Port Board of Directors. Cory Bird, now President of Scaled Composites, was the first person to make a presentation requesting that this historic airport be named "Rutan Field" noting all of the achievements of Burt Rutan since he located his first business, Rutan Aircraft Factory at Mojave Airport in...
You are likely hearing a lot of people talk about a shifting real estate market, price reductions, higher rates, inflations, etc. All of these terms relate to what is happening economically and in the real estate market. Many experts are giving the advice that it is still a great time to buy and sell. It's true, this current climate is the perfect opportunity to create a win/win for both the buyer and the seller. The National Association of Real Estate (NAR) is still reporting many areas in the...
