Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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As the beneficiary of an inheritance, you are most likely to be faced with making many important decisions during an emotional time. Short of meeting any required tax or legal deadlines, don't make any hasty decisions concerning your inheritance. Identify a team of trusted professionals Tax laws and requirements can be complicated. Consult with professionals who are familiar with assets that transfer at death. These professionals may include an attorney, an accountant and a financial and/or...
Thieves often target valuable components on cars. Sometimes entire cars are stolen and parted out, while in other cases, only certain parts are stolen and the rest of the vehicle is left intact. One car part that’s especially popular with thieves is the catalytic converter. But why do people steal catalytic converters specifically? To get to the heart of the issue, we’ll need to understand the role that this part plays in vehicles and the value it provides. What is a catalytic converter? The catalytic converter cleans harmful gases from you...
On Aug. 5, members of the Tehachapi business community came together with representatives of local government to cut a ribbon celebrating the official opening of Deco du Jour, a new upscale furniture store located in the SaveMart shopping center at the corner of Tucker Road and Valley Blvd. Owners Gina Dumania and Shawn Bineau opened the store during the pandemic and were very excited to finally be able to hold the event....
Vinyl plank flooring is currently one of the most popular flooring options. There are several reasons for this: it is low-maintenance, water-resistant, durable and relatively inexpensive compared to the cost of other types of flooring. It is nothing like the vinyl flooring of the past, which might have been the sheet/roll flooring in the family kitchen or the stick down tiles from college days. Today's luxury vinyl plank flooring or LVP is a highly engineered, robust product giving the look of...
At the August meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council, the Tehachapi Arts Commission presented Christina Scrivner, head of Philanthropy for Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Foundation, with a check for $14,300 to be used for future art acquisitions for the hospital. The check represented the proceeds from ticket sales to the VIP Reception that kicked off the Art 2021 exhibit on the weekend of July 23-25....
Jerry Lee Saville, 80, of Tehachapi, passed away on July 27. He was born on Sept. 17, 1940. Jerry joined the Air Force in 1960 and served on active duty for 20 years. Jerry was a Vietnam Veteran and loved his country. After retirement, he worked for the Air Force for another 17 years and retired at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, California. Jerry was a member of Tehachapi VFW Post 12114, American Legion Post 0221 and Shriner International – in support of Shriner Hospitals for C...
Planning Commission approves Chipotle on Tucker Road The City of Tehachapi Planning Commission unanimously approved the proposed Chipotle Mexican Grill that recently applied to develop at the Tehachapi Junction center on the corner of Tehachapi Boulevard and Tucker Road. The proposal includes a 2,400-square-foot restaurant with a drive thru window that will also have some outdoor dining and other improvements to the site adjacent to Starbucks and sitting just below Panda Express. Like its...
I left you in the early days of the 20th Century in "nineteen 'aught' nine." That's the way the old timers said those early years. They called zeroes "aughts" in those days. We missed our chance. We could have been saying twenty " aught" one all through nine! Oh, well. 1909 – The City of Los Angeles Cement Company was established four miles east of Tehachapi. An aqueduct was needed to provide Los Angeles and parts of the southland with water from the Owens Valley. They closed the plant down a...
Effective Aug. 8 the Dye Natatorium pool has been closed due to a lack of staff. We did our best to keep it open as long as we could and are saddened to have to cut our pool season short. Our last open day was Aug. 7. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you all for your understanding. We hope to have a normal pool season next year....
Local Team Liberty BMX racers recently competed in the California Summer State Games held in San Diego on July 24 at San Diego BMX. The Games are set up to celebrate the Olympic Spirit of competition among Californians. Before the race started a symbolic State Games Torch was passed around the track. The grandson, grandpa duo of Kayden "Speedy" Gonzales and Curtis "Mohawk Grandpa" Nelson, had a good race day. Gonzales competing in the 12-year-old intermediate class division, was hoping for a...
Season 2, Episode 89, the topic is wastewater in the city of Tehachapi. When you flush where does the water go? TehachaPod invited Don Marsh Tehachapi's Public Works Director and Deputy Director Tyler Napier into the studio to talk about wastewater and how our sewer system works. With some 45 miles of sewer system within the city limits there is a lot of wastewater that must be treated. Don and Tyler explain the processes the wastewater goes through and what happens to it after it has been...
A State Public Health Officer Order was issued today that requires verification of vaccination status among public and private K-12 school workers. Unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated school workers are required to undergo diagnostic screening testing weekly. The new State Public Health Officer Order can be found in its entirety here: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Vaccine-Verification-for-Workers-in-Schools.aspx. Today’s, August 8 Order follows several other recent State-issued P...
(Note: This is the 20th article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country.) Michael Gillum was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 1, 1946. He belonged to a family of giants: his father was 6' 3" and his younger brother 6' 8" in height, while Michael himself grew to be 6' 6" tall (his older brother only made it to 6'). His father served in the Army Air Corps as an aircraft mechanic in WWII in the Italian theater of war; while Michael's...
New board members have been elected by the Property Owners Association. President returning, Debbie Rodriguez; Vice President, Noemi Tkacz; Secretary, Lori Rodgers; Treasurer, Donnie Williams; and Members at large Maralee Hill and Shirley Harbeson. Even though the future of our organization is still up in the air, at least we have these dedicated residents to help us make big decisions and keep it currently afloat. It may be a better idea to start dissolving the POA and put our fundraising and...
This Dia de los Muertos horse visited the August meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council. He was brought by artist Jerico Vise to present the idea of the "Horse of a Different Color" project. Her idea is a herd of horse statues that would be painted and decorated by artists and shown at a public exhibition with proceeds to benefit "Return to Freedom" and other equine rescue efforts....
The return to normalcy is a relative term. For the cast and crew of "Nunsense," it simply means being able to step back onto the BeeKay Theatre stage for rehearsals with actual cast members and stagehands nearby. "You don't realize how much you needed it until you get back into it," said Leslie Reynolds, who joins with a very talented cast in Tehachapi Community Theatre's performance of "Nunsense," which runs Sept. 10-Oct. 3. "I'm so happy to sing and dance with someone who is actually in the...
On the evening of Aug. 3 the Tehachapi Police Department and the Tehachapi Police Foundation partnered to host National Night Out at Philip Marx Central Park. The annual crime prevention campaign is designed to heighten crime and drug awareness, generate support for local law enforcement and strengthen neighborhood spirit and partnerships. Community organizations set up booths throughout the park to pass out information and fun stuff for the kids. Police vehicles and fire trucks were on hand...
The Ukrainian AN-2 was initially developed as an agricultural aircraft and the first prototype flew on Aug. 31, 1947. The designer, Oleg Antonov, had been an aircraft designer during World War II. The aircraft went in production in 1949 and over 20,000 have been built. The Antonov AN-2, sometimes called the "Ant," "Colt" or nicknamed the Kolkhoznik "Collective Farmer," is the world's largest biplane. The design gives it extremely short take-off and landing (STOL) capabilities, which is partly...
The Friends of the Tehachapi Library had a clearance book sale on Thursday, Aug. 5, and the one day, middle-of-the-week book sale went even better than expected. There was a line waiting when the doors opened at 10 a.m. and a steady flow of people came through until the sale switched to a bag sale at 4 p.m. At that time even more people showed up and several bought multiple bags. This sale was held to help the Friends of the Library prepare for a more typical "big" sale which is coming up in...
