Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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When it comes to fire insurance in the Kern County mountains, things have changed. In recent years, wildfires caused insurance companies to look more closely at homes located near brush. Today, many "big names" have stopped writing or renewing insurance policies in these areas. I saw this trend coming several years ago. At the time, I represented a "big name" company. I knew I needed to start representing more than one company. This is one reason I left that company last year and started over...
NEWS RELEASE September 11, 2014 Animal Call On Thursday September 11, 2014, at 6:37, officers from the Tehachapi Police Department were dispatched to call of a large bear sighted in the area of Jacobson Middle School. Officers located the bear on the front porch of a residence in a residential housing tract at the corner of C Street and Pepper, which is about one block from the school. Officers attempted to contain the bear on the porch of the residence and requested an immediate response from...
Want to quit traditional smoking and thinking of "vaping" as an option? Looking for a better local resource for top quality vapor products? Look no further than Vaperizen, right in the heart of Tehachapi. Owned by local residents, Steve and Judy Morgan, Vaperizen was conceived when both Steve and Judy, who had been smoking for over 40 years each, decided it was time to kick the cigarette habit and look at better options. They selected vapor cigarettes as their alternative to cigarettes. Vaping...
Lately we’ve been seeing appraisals come back with commentary requiring repairs be made before the close of escrow. What triggers this situation? Generally houses need to be free of “health and safety” issues in order to be finance-able. And, a reasonable buyer wants a house that is safe and secure and free of major defects. There are two stages in a normal purchase. During the course of buying a home, the buyer usually hires a home inspector to comment on the condition of the home. This entai...
David and Penny Rivas had been living in an old farmhouse in Ventura, California, but when Penny retired after eight years in litigation support for Amgen in Thousand Oaks, they decided it was time for a move. They were attracted to the livability and cool nights of the mountains of Tehachapi and finally made the move to Bear Valley in June. David retired two years ago from “boiling water” at a forging plant in nearby Oxnard. He monitored the boilers that operated a 50,000 pound hammer that was...
Over the summer back in Oklahoma I had the opportunity to sample some white zinfandel jelly. I really enjoyed it. So once I got back from my trip I went out on the Internet and searched for a recipe. Well one popped up immediately. Exactly four ingredients. Wine, pectin, sugar, and a bit of butter to prevent foaming. So I went into the kitchen and tracked down a bottle of white zinfandel (I had some Two Buck Chuck from Trader Joe’s). The recipe took 3 cups. Well that took almost the whole b...
I found a program from the 11th Annual World Championship Gold Panning Contest held at Tropico Gold Mine in some of my things after I cleaned out my storage unit recently. I thought I would look in my mother Marion Deaver's files to see if I could find some photos of the contest, and in the process found two more programs and a bunch of photos my mother took over the years of the event. The programs included ones from 1968, 1970, and 1971. The event was started in 1960, and I remember going...
The Stallion Springs Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday Aug. 19 at the CSD. The board approved the Execution of the Water Shortage Contingency Plan declaring a Stage 2 Emergency. General Manager, Mary Bath Garrison noted that Stallion Springs has done well so far in conserving but more will be known after the August meter readings at the end of the month. She displayed a door hanger that will be used as a first notice to violators. Police Report The Police department...
Today is the final day of our museum tour in L.A. and I’m super excited to see what the kids think about the La Brea Tar Pits. It’s amazing that such a thing could exist in the Miracle Mile district. As we began our tour, we learned how constant maintenance is needed to ensure structural integrity of not only the museum but also the surrounding areas. “It’s like stepping back in time, to see what was at this very spot, thousands of years ago,” I said hoping to point them toward a career in...
When people tell me, “Gee, you know lots about Tehachapi!” I just tell them that what I know, I know, and what I don’t know, I really don’t know! About the time I think I have it all together, is when I find out I need a few more lessons. This town has its secrets and some are left unsaid simply because they weren’t newsworthy enough to make the newspaper but were part of community life and would bring a smile or a tear to those remembering. Then, of course, there are some secrets that are...
As a youngster so many years ago, I could easily follow along with the melody of Johnny Mercer’s Oscar winning song of 1946’s Judy Garland musical, ‘The Harvey Girls’. For those of us that were smitten with Dorothy from Kansas and her little dog Toto, Susan from Ohio and all of her singing cohorts were actually based on a group of brave and independent women that were largely responsible for bringing civilization to the west, the Harvey Girls. The post civil war migration west involved two pri...
Mountain Bible Church began in 1971 as a Bible study on Mulberry Street with only five families. Soon their growth required that they move out of the home and they began renting the Masonic Temple, which provided a meeting place for the next nine years. In September, 1971, the study/fellowship was officially incorporated as a church, adopting the name of Mountain Bible Church of Tehachapi. Fruitvale Community Church of Bakersfield (now known as Riverlakes) was very instrumental in lending...
Customers come in to the store seeking help and advice on how to do a home improvement project and usually they take our advice, use the products we recommend, and come back with the good news that it worked. But there have been times when people react in surprising ways. I distinctly remember 5 or 6 years ago a woman came in for paint. She wanted to repaint the kitchen walls. We asked what kind of paint was currently on it-flat or shiny. She said shiny so we told her that she would have to...
This September, two more space probes will arrive at Mars. After flying for the better part of a year in very loose formation, NASA's MAVEN and India's Mangalyaan orbiters will begin examining Mars with new eyes. This will bring the total number of operational satellites to five (three American, one European, and now one Indian), plus two surface rovers. MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) is on a daring mission to find out how Mars lost its atmosphere. The evidence is clear...
When one thinks of a dog's life, one typically envisions a mutt stretched out in a sunny spot on the living room floor taking an afternoon nap; a happy-go-lucky puppy with her tongue hanging out as she enjoys the wind in her face on a car ride; a bounding buddy happily chasing a ball. These simple things indeed represent the joy of a dog's day-to-day existence, and they are sublime. That being said, balance is key in everyone's life - human and dog alike. Imagine a life with all work and no...
Have a Heart Humane Society is one of 38 non-profits chosen from a nation-wide pool to participate in the eBay Giving Works Campaign For Your Cause program. The pet rescue’s goal is to raise $10,000 for the Tehachapi Fix Your Pet Project through eBay auctions, which will run from Oct. 22 to Oct. 29 on eBay. To date, Have a Heart has funded and hosted 8 spay/neuter clinics in Tehachapi but more are needed. To reach our goal Have a Heart needs at least 75 auction items with a minimum value of $50 for each item. “We’ve already received some amazi...
Featured this issue is Moessner's Harvest Turkey Melt, made with caramelized onion and apple, cheddar cheese on sourdough Parmesan bread, with cranberry wasabi mayo on the side. All grilled to perfection and served with a salad. See their ad below for location and hours....
Join the 20 year celebration of Spirit Center (Taegosa) Jogye Order Korean Temple and International Zen Center in Tehachapi on September 13 & 14. Located at 8400 Juniper Way in the Sand Canyon area of Tehachapi, CA, Mountain Spirit Center was founded in 1994 by Erik Berall (Muryang Sunim), a Zen practitioner and student of Zen Master Seung Sahn. The temple, considered a modern masterpiece of design, "off-the-grid" sustainability, spirituality, and wellbeing, was built by practicing people, Zen...
"It has been a pleasure knowing and working with this young man over the years! Tyler Beardsley (right), from Tehachapi High to College of the Sequoias state championships to full ride to Sacramento State. Good luck and God bless! - Coach Moe Cramer, Jr...
Let me introduce you to La Bella Amore's famous Chicken Parmesan. Oh, yeah...take a good long look. Here at La Bella we use boneless skinless chicken breast of the highest quality, which we hand fillet. Then we hand bread each piece after it's ordered and deep fry it. Now comes the magic, our delicious homemade zesty marinara sauce has a special place right between the freshly cooked chicken and a generous handful of the best whole milk mozzarella cheese we can buy. Now into our broiler for a...
(continued from The Loop Aug. 16, 2014 issue, pg 8) What should you know about distributions from IRAs and other retirement plans? Effective retirement planning involves not only an awareness of the types of savings vehicles available, but also an understanding of taking distributions from these vehicles. In particular, you should be familiar with the income tax ramifications of distributions (including a possible 10 percent premature distribution penalty tax for distributions made prior to age...
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Applications for the second round of grants to help revitalize the unincorporated East Kern County communities of Mojave, Boron, Rosamond and Old Town Tehachapi are available now and will be awarded in November. A total of $250,000 in grant money will be disbursed this year for façade improvements, signs, painting, landscaping, awnings, fencing, windows and more. With a growing sense of ownership and pride, residents of the those communities have worked with the Kern County Department of...
As local bicyclists and participants in the inaugural GranFondo discover the joys of riding in the Tehachapi area, bike racks are appearing - somewhat slowly - on the landscape. Forde Files offers kudos to the downtown establishments who lead the way, notably KMart, which has a bike rack in front and another in back., presumably for the employees. There are no bike racks to be found anywhere at any of the malls on Tucker Road. Indeed, signs at the malls make it clear that cyclists are not...
