Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Austin Knode showcasing some of the various winter items available at Karl's Hardware, 20901 South St., in Tehachapi. See their ad on this issue's cover....
I know I'm a nag. I nag because it's so important to plan now for your family when you die. It's not that we plan to fail, we fail to plan. So what happens to your children when they inherit the family home that is in a trust? A step-up in basis resets the cost basis of an inherited asset to its market value on the decedent's date of death. Example with a trust: Dad dies and has a house that is owned by a revocable trust. He bought the house for $100,000 in 1970 and transferred it to his trust....
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools (KCSOS) office announced it has debuted EdConnect, a news and information website focusing on Kern County public education. The site, located at www.news.kern.org, was established as a venue to better connect Kern County's 46 school districts, charter schools and KCSOS programs with the larger community. "There are so many positive things happening at our local schools," said Rob Meszaros, KCSOS director of communications. "Our goal with this new...
Sitting around with family a few months ago, we began sharing stories, as families do, laughing at inside jokes which are funny only to those related, and just generally having a good time. By the way, at that family gathering we discovered we had, at present, four generations of Tehachapi High School graduates; incorporating years, 1937 to present time. Not bad! Speaking of "do-gooders," I recall one afternoon taking place at McDonald's twin drive-in lines. I decided I needed a cup of coffee...
With winter officially starting on December 21, the season of potentially low temperatures and snow has returned to the Tehachapi Mountains, even though there certainly hasn't been too much cold weather yet this year. But the change in seasons brings about a varied response in the different living things that call this area home. Some opt for a strategy called snow avoidance, in which they simply try to not experience snow or freezing temperatures. This includes virtually all the reptiles and...
It's fun to grow ornamental plants that both thrive in your garden and can be harvested from time to time. This is the case with a California native known as White Sage or Grandfather Sage (Salvia apiana). This hardy plant has attractive gray-green or white-green leaves that contain very aromatic resins. It was used by many different Native American tribes to make smudge sticks or medicine bundles, which serve the same purpose as incense sticks. The leaves are picked off and then wrapped into a...
At 5 p.m. on Dec. 16, local veterans groups gathered at Freedom Plaza to place wreaths before the monuments representing the U.S. Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Merchant Marines. This year a seventh wreath was placed in honor of the 93,129 U.S. servicemen listed as MIA/POW. Following the National Anthem, sung by Marcus Coats, Mistress of Ceremonies Lynn Eckert of American Legion Post 221 introduced guest speaker, Sam McEwen. Local groups involved in the ceremonies were 5150...
The Tehachapi Amateur Radio Association (TARA) met at Don Perico's on Dec. 14 to hold their annual Christmas Party. They enjoyed good food, sharing year end news about ham radio and the company of their fellow "hams."...
Thank you to everyone who voted for our window! We won the popular vote this year and couldn't have done it without you guys and your support! A massive thank you to everyone that participated including our employees who put in over 20 hours of work, All That's Painted Tehachapi for helping out with the window painting, the Tehachapi High School arts department for creating these amazing trophies and to the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce for hosting this fun event! We loved seeing...
