Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Fall is here and the birds are moving from their summer breeding grounds in North America to the wintering grounds in Central and South America. As birds fly south they need places to rest and replenish on their way. One of the largest concentrations of migrating Turkey Vultures in North America comes down the Sierra Nevada, through the Kern River Valley and the Tehachapi area. Look up and you may see "kettles" of vultures swirling up into the sky. We know that some of our readers don't know why...
Ha's Apple Farm has much more than apples. Late summer and early fall is also the time for growing pears in Tehachapi. The history of pear growing in our area is well documented at the Tehachapi Museum. David Ha said that when he came to Tehachapi, there was a line of packing houses down Tehachapi Blvd. The building to the right of The Shed was owned by grower Grant Sullivan who sent his pears to San Francisco. The Shed was the packing house for the Nunes family and the Pattersons owned what is...
Desirable assisted living facilities are in short supply everywhere, including Tehachapi. One such local gem can be found on a corner in Golden Hills. Mountain Vista Senior Care has been operating at near capacity in Tehachapi since opening in March of 2011. Property owner, Dan Hunt has owned the property since 1989 and still lives upstairs. When Dan purchased the house, it was a small 1,460-square-feet. The now-retired associate warden at CCI and father of five began to enlarge the house that...
Michael Biglay ~ In canvassing the District, Michael Biglay said he found that the number one issue that people are concerned about is crime. "Everybody wants more deputies," he said. He wants to see more growth, more jobs and an emphasis on public safety. Different communities have different concerns, he said -- in Boron, it's theft and trash dumping; in Taft, the issue is roads. Biglay would begin Town Hall meetings and workshops to identify what is needed most. "I don't feel we get...
Who will sit on the City Council after Nov. 6? Malibu attorney Kevin Shenkman accomplished what he set out to do when he sent a letter to the Tehachapi City Council demanding that it slice up the city into electoral districts to balance a supposed racial and ethnic inequality in voting. The City Council, fearing a multi-million-dollar lawsuit if they refused, said OK, we'll do it. They decided to jettison the at-large election system and hired a consultant to divide the city into voting blocs. T...
Jason and Elise Duma moved to Tehachapi in August. They came from a little town called Wildomar in Riverside County. Wildomar is not too far from Lake Elsinore. Jason had worked as a lineman for Southern California Edison for 11 years and had been trying to get a transfer some place close to mountains, the outdoors, four-seasons and camping. Elise said that he had tried to transfer to Bishop but the area is so desirable that someone has to retire before anyone new can get in. He was offered...
Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club wrestlers have had a busy summer with dedicated wrestlers attending various clinics. The clinics allowed the kids to work with world elite wrestlers and some of the best coaches. Michael Murillo attended Victor Camp with Olympian Jordan Burroughs. Kayden Gonzales attended Russian Olympic brothers, Sergei and Anatoly Beloglazov clinic, with local Porterville Olympian Tim Vanni. Reese Hart, Cayden Castrellion, Levi Hart, Murillo and Gonzales attended BC Clinic with...
Browsers and banking If your computer can't connect to your bank or financial institution anymore, you need to switch your browser. Old Windows and Mac computers become "unsupported," meaning they no longer receive security and bug fixes from Microsoft or Apple. The default browsers (Internet Explorer or Safari) on these computers are also no longer supported. As security on the internet evolves, these old versions of IE and Safari don't know what to make of modern, secure websites. Even if you...
To create good quality of life for a community, you need to have vision. You need to be able to openly look at your city, see its beauty, see its potential and be honest when there are things that need to change. There are many aspects of our existing parks and facilities that need TLC. There are many additions we should be making now, not necessarily for us, but for the future generations of Tehachapi. Our vision is obtainable. According to the National Recreation and Park Association,...
Standing fourth in line in the BeeKay Theatre Mural one will see two more "old timers," Mildred and Bud Cummings. It would take volumes to include the history of the Cummings family, but I will include information that will certainly put Bud and Mildred in the annals as one of Tehachapi's earliest settlers. In 1849 a young teenage Austrian boy, named George, stowed away on a ship headed for California. This would have involved the ship traveling the North Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic...
A Tehachapi City Development Services Department grant application to the California Natural Resources Agency's Urban Greening Program became a major issue at the Oct. 1 City Council meeting. Development Services Director Jay Schlosser asked the Council to authorize the filing of an application for the Urban Greening Grant Program and assure that, should the City receive the grant, the project would be completed. The program was created in 2016 and Schlosser had sent a grant application, but...
Amigos De La Feria, an organization that assists in capital improvements for Antelope Valley Fair and Event Center buildings, landscaping and more, recently raised nearly $25,000 via an annual raffle fundraising campaign. Proceeds from the campaign are dedicated to the A.V. Fairgrounds La Plaza, a Latino Heritage Cultural Center open to the entire community. Local Antelope Valley resident, Samantha Sisk, winner of this year's raffle, was presented a $10,000 dollar check by Amigos De La Feria...
These past few weeks, I have been contacted by numerous people, some males, but mostly females, who have been victims of sexual assault. A sexually explicit letter was also placed on my teenage daughter's car by someone who's been watching her and her female roommates. One of her roommates posted online, "Women experience this kind of violence or threatened violence every day. When will it stop?" How does it stop? To be honest, I kind of lost count about how many times I've been sexually...
"When I do art, I feel safe. I'm in the present moment, not the future or the past and that calms me. Creating art is my medicine. It teaches me to be more of a human being rather than a human doing," said Melanie Rivers, indigenous mixed media artist. Mixed media art combines a variety of media in one piece of artwork. According to a blog on the Abstraction of Cubist Collage from www.ideelart.com, the use of mixed media began around 1912. "Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque permanently altered...
Hold on to your broomsticks, it's almost Halloween! To celebrate, the BeeKay Theatre will again be transformed into the BooKay! On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Tehachapi Pops Orchestra (TPOPS) will offer musical tricks and treats in two hour-long performances, at 4 and 7 p.m. As in prior years, the concert will be presented in partnership with the Tehachapi Community Theatre (TCT). Alex Zohn, of TCT, will return for an encore performance of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," with music composed by BooKay...
Derby Downs Cart Races Come out and join the Stallion Springs Police Activities League on Nov. 3 for some racing fun at the Derby Downs Cart Races. Register by Oct. 19 at the CSD for just $20 and receive a free T-Shirt. The first race will begin at 9 a.m. Racers must arrive no later than 8 a.m. Racers must be 5 years of age or older and bring their own helmet. Hotdogs, chips and sodas will be available for purchase. Community Church Harvest Party A Harvest Party will be held on Oct. 20 from 11...
Each year at the Tehachapi Crèche Festival held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a live nativity is portrayed, which has become very popular. Children and adults are dressed in Nativity costumes and pose for 20-30 minutes in the facsimile of a stable. (The stable was built as an Eagle project by Grant Nettles.) The scene is very serene with soft lighting and Christmas carols playing quietly in the background. The spirit is so strongly felt by the onlookers that many are...
Since 1998, American Association of University Women has been changing the lives of girls through the Tech Trek program. It is a nationwide experiential summer camp for eighth grade girls designed to create interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). There are currently 14 campuses that hold these summer camps. On Oct. 10, the local AAUW featured Leslie Edwards, a program graduate who has continued her work with the program. Edwards went on to college and earned a degree in...
On Oct. 8 the Tehachapi Planning Commission was finally able to give the go-ahead to Rudy Ramirez for the development of the old Moose Lodge at 123 West F St. The Commission had been unable to reach a quorum at their two prior meetings. Ramirez plans to develop the facility as a restaurant, meeting facility and venue for parties and weddings. Ramirez said that the facility will have amplified music at which time he agreed the outside doors will be closed. All events must end by 11 p.m....
The industrial revolution changed the habitation patterns of the world. Rural residents needed to live around cities where the jobs and services were located. As we continue along in today's technical revolution, the pace of technology is shifting those patterns once again. Transportation, the internet and new business practices allow residents to commute to their jobs from further distances. Many can telecommute and have the ability to work from essentially anywhere. That advancement of...
Here's another of those little gems, a story called "Shipwreck" with a great message: A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The first thing they prayed for...
The speaker at the Sept. 27 Rotary meeting was David Brust, organizer of the Tehachapi Beer and Wine Festival. Before his talk on Measures J and K, Brust presented the local Rotary group with a check for $1,500 for their volunteer help with the Beer and Wine Festival in July. Many Rotarians signed up to help serve beer and wine at the event. Aside from being the organizer, along with Linda Carhart, of the Beer and Wine Festival and the Apple Festival, Brust is a member of the Kern County Board...
Local artist ZiYu (Anya) Hansen represents Tehachapi proudly for the second consecutive year at the 2018 Kern County Fair among many tough competitors. Anya is an immigrant from Taiwan and is assimilating well into American culture, participating in the arts and in the Tehachapi community. Many people have met Anya at the Tehachapi Farmers Market. She sells her creative indoor succulent art arrangements to match anyone's home decor. Shoppers at the farmers market might remember Anya had...
During the Korean War, comparisons between the F-86 and MiG-15 were always made by the pilots on both sides. The MiG was able to fly higher and always had the advantage for the start of battles. The MiG had a better rate of climb, and thrust to weight ratio, also the armament was superior, as they carried one 37-mm and two 23-mm cannons, compared to six 50-caliber machine guns in the F-86. Russian pilots later admitted that the F-86 had better fuselage aerodynamic form, gained speed faster in a...
Photos by Nick Smirnoff (NPPA)...
