Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The flu, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and COVID-19 are circulating at levels higher than usual for this time of year and are expected to continue to increase, according to the California Department of Public Health. With many viruses circulating at high levels and with the holiday gathering and traveling season upon us, it is important that we all do our part and take preventative measures to ensure our hospitals have capacity to care for all vulnerable patients who may need lifesaving...
We all use devices (smartphones, tablets or computers) that contain information we don't want strangers or thieves to access. Therefore, we lock them with a username/password combination to protect our privacy. However, since we will unlock our device 5, 10, 15, 20 times a day, we use fingerprints, faces, passcodes, PINs or lock screen patterns to unlock our device instead of our username/password. But what if you've got bandages on your fingers, your face got stung by bees, or you can't...
I'm lousy at making up puns, but I love to hear or read them. Here are more fun puns I've come across in the last few months – feel free to use them for grins and groans at your upcoming holiday parties: It's hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally. Last night I had a date with a ghost. I knew it the moment she walked through the door. "That's the last time I pet a lion," Tom said offhandedly. Raining cats and dogs isn't as bad as hailing taxis. I was watc...
NovelTeas Book and Tea Club of Tehachapi has been meeting for seven years. We began reading Laura Childs’ Tea Shop Mysteries. We met in members’ homes for tea parties, pairing our teas with the titles of the books we read each month ... a series of 20 books. We’ve had enjoyable times hosting and socializing. We even had a tea party interpreting the main characters in Childs’ mysteries. Then, we decided to take a “tour around the world” with author Nelson DeMille’s novels. We’ve read 14 of his novels and paired our epicurean delights with t...
Albertsons and Save Mart have supported the Salvation Army Thanksgiving meals program and Tehachapi Community Church’s collection for this worthwhile program for the last 13 years. TCC recently collected money from our congregation to provide Thanksgiving dinners for the Salvation Army to distribute to less fortunate families in Tehachapi. Donations were accepted during Sunday services and online at the church’s website, www.tccucc.org. When called on, Save Mart and Albertsons came through in a big way by donating gift cards to add to TCC...
Marjorie (Marge) Ann Armstrong, 80, passed away on Nov. 9. She was born on July 1, 1942 to Thomas and Anna Cornelius Emfinger, and she was the third of five children. Marge grew up in Bakersfield and the surrounding areas, moving around throughout the central valley. She met her husband David and shortly after their marriage in 1960, they began raising a family. They were first graced with the birth of their daughter, Sherry, then to be followed by their son, David Jr. Several years later,...
Clarence was born to Carrie Dodd and Newton Ring in House, New Mexico in a small house that later became his Aunt Vera's home and the location of the annual family reunion. He grew up on a ranch in the area and had a lifelong dream of owning that ranch someday. Clarence spent more than 29 years as a Correctional Officer and retired as a Lieutenant from Tehachapi prison. In his younger years, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, water skiing and camping. After he retired, he volunteered at the local...
The Tehachapi Warriors football season ended a couple of weeks ago, capping a remarkable campaign with a 10-2 record and a second-round appearance in the CIF Central Section Division III playoffs. The season included the Warriors winning the South Yosemite Mountain League Championship in the first season of the new league's existence. Tehachapi posted a perfect 4-0 mark during that league campaign bringing home the program's 31st league championship and the first outright title since 2011. The...
It's hard to believe we are in the holiday season again! It sure seems this year has flown by. Now is the perfect time to get your estate planning in order. Don't let another year go by without a plan. What is better ... a will or a trust? A trust will streamline the process of transferring an estate after you die while avoiding a lengthy and potentially costly period of probate (in California if you have assets like a house, and it is worth more than $166,000, there will be a probate in most...
The Tehachapi Police Department will be increasing police patrols at all Tehachapi shopping areas during the holiday season. The increased patrols began Nov. 23 and are intended to keep shoppers safe and to target incidents of retail theft in and around our shopping centers. Officers will be patrolling the local shopping areas throughout Tehachapi as part of a proactive approach designed to reduce crime and increase visibility. It is not uncommon to see a rise in retail crimes during this time...
Wildlife in the community Stallion Springs is home to many wild animals like coyotes, bear, elk and others. For the safety of the animals and the residents; 1. Watch them from a distance. Never approach them. 2. Do not feed the wildlife. Make sure trash is secured and no pet food is left outside. 3. Remove any standing water and water features. 4. Pets and their food should not be left outdoors at night. 5. Bird feeders should not be accessible to other animals. 6. If wildlife becomes...
Claire Christine Fogel was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 2, 1942. She passed away Nov. 7 with her loving husband of 30 years, Neil Fogel, by her side. Claire was a marketing analyst for major corporations for many years. After moving to Tehachapi 11 years ago with her husband Neil, Claire, who was a voracious reader of many hundreds of books, decided to become an author at 70 years old. In the next six years, she wrote and self-published a series of five books. The books were teenage...
On Nov. 19 K. Hovnanian® Homes celebrated the official opening of their development with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The development offers a wide variety of floor plans pefect for anyones needs and desires. The homes feature vaulted ceilings, top of the line finishings to fit taste, budget and lifestyle. Four plans are available, ranging from 1,927 square feet to 2,401 square feet ranging in price from $492,500 to $565,500. A model home is open from 2 to 5 p.m. on Mondays and 10 a.m. to 5...
Are you in the mood for another festive holiday season? Trees and stars, candles lit, presents and tasty goodies? Some people easily embrace the holiday and all its trimmings. Others would rather retreat into a Scrooge stupor and plod along until well into the new year. Most of those people can be given a jump start by thoughts of Christmas Past (memories), Christmas Future (hopes) or Christmas Present (loved ones around them), and music, movies and books can add inspiration. Like charging dead...
