Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The City of Tehachapi launched its podcast TehachaPod in March of 2020 hoping to reach our commuting community. After learning 65 percent of the working Tehachapi population were commuting to either Bakersfield or the Antelope Valley, a decision was made to explore podcasting. Podcasts have quickly become the new form of customized radio for this generation. TehachaPod launched its first episode with a Public Safety Power Shutoff show that originated from a town hall meeting with Senator...
Patrick Michael Briggs, born on November 21, 1941 to Glenn Hildreth Briggs, Sr. and Margaret Haworth Dartt, in St Peter, Minnesota, passed away on April 2 in Bakersfield. He was the fourth of five brothers. Except for a few years spent near St. Louis, Missouri around 1950, Patrick lived his life in California. Some of his earliest memories were playing with his brothers out in the desert near Muroc (Edwards Air Force Base) where his father worked. One of his earliest memories was getting a...
The East Kern Cemetery District and Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation are joining together to honor those who gave their all this Memorial Day at the Mojave Cemetery, 2040 Belshaw St., Mojave on Monday, May 31 at 11 a.m. District General Manager, Paul Holzer, sees to it that every Veteran's grave has an American Flag placed to thank them for their service. Over 400 veterans are buried in the Mojave Cemetery. Jason Stverak wrote an article about reviving Decoration Day in 2014 and said, "Th...
After having lived in the Antelope Valley on and off for over 50 years, Dave and Belinda White retired to beautiful Bear Valley Springs. One of the reasons they loved the location was the friendliness of the town. Also, they could still be close to their families, yet away from the baking summer temperatures in the Antelope Valley. They found their property two years ago and began to build the dream home that they finally moved into in April. Dave recently retired from the Antelope Valley...
On Tuesday, May 4, the City of Tehachapi was notified its podcast TehachaPod has been honored by the 27th Annual Communicator Awards (Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts) as a recipient of the Award of Distinction in two categories: Government Special Episode for "Salute to Freedom" July 4th episode and for Individual Episodes by a Government Agency. "Our goal and my desire have always been to be as effective at communicating with our community as we possibly can, this is an acknowledgement...
WARNING: This article contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. This is the 12th article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country. Part I of Sergeant Morris' remarkable story ended in the spring of 1965, with Tom, stationed at Na Trang Air Base as part of the 1st Marine Division, having completed more than half of his one-year tour of Vietnam. Then came that most horrible and unforgettable day-May 28, 1965. An urgent call came in...
This is the 11th article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country. Tom Morris came into the world on March 13, 1943-born during a blackout in the middle of World War II. As he recalled, "Everything was blacked out due to the military aircraft companies (Douglas Aircraft Company, North American Aviation, etc.) and naval ports in the area. I should add that I was the first male baby born at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica." Tom's mother was a...
On December 4, 2020, Mojave Air & Spaceport Director Jim Balentine presided over the swearing-in ceremony for three new directors who were elected in the November election. Robert "Bob" Morgan; Charles "Chuck" Coleman and Diane Barney were the three top vote receivers. All three are General Aviation, Commercial rated pilots. Morgan is an aerospace engineer and manager with 30 years of experience in the aerospace industry. His career has involved the design and management of over 33 cutting-edge...
Robert Lee Halasey was the third child to James Christopher Halasey and Linna Aurelia Nicholls (Halasey). He was born in Luverne, Minnesota. Robert passed away peacefully at his home in Tehachapi. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Dorothy Morrell and John Halasey. Robert is survived by his wife of 56 years, Helen, and by his son Michael James Halasey and children Linda Ann Rogers and Frank (Jim) Rogers; grandchildren Kristy, Katie, and Kelsey Nalder, Amber (Eric) Walker,...
This is the seventh article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country. John and his twin brother were born on April 17, 1942 in Suffolk, Virginia. His family soon moved to Newport News, Virginia, where his father worked at the famous Newport News shipyard and, in the early 1950s, became one of the first African-American police officers to serve with the Newport News Police Department. As John recalled, "Newport News is a military community and I...
This is the sixth article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country. As always we begin at the beginning: Marsha was born in 1946 in a little town in Ohio. Her father, a former Marine who had served in the Pacific theater in World War II, passed away at the age of 34 (like many Marines, he had contracted malaria during the war, and that had contributed to his tragic, early death). Marsha was only 10 at the time and her mother, a stay-at-home...
At their first Zoom meeting of 2021 the Rotary Club of Tehachapi hosted speaker Col. Randel (Laz) Gordon, Vice Commander of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base where he leads about 9,500 civilian and military personnel in the developmental testing and evaluation of over a dozen different aircraft and emerging technologies. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Col. Gordon received his commission in 1998 from the Air Force Academy and holds a doctorate from the Air Force's School of Advanced...
On December 18, after the 6 p.m. "Wreaths Across America" program at Freedom Plaza in Tehachapi, veterans and shop owners in Tehachapi presented Police Chief Kent Kroeger and the TPD with memorial posters of Tehachapi's WWII Veterans who the department honored with a reception and tour of the new police station. Capt. Ed Sullivan of the National WWII Memorial Committee and Laura Coaly of Witt's printing made the WWII Veterans posters for the Tehachapi Police Department in memory of the respect...
The 2020 Aerospace Valley Air Show presented their first hybrid show from October 5 through 10 at Edwards Air Force Base. A variety of presentations from military services and other organizations were present. On October 10, several aircraft flew out from Edwards Air Force Base over a large area from Palmdale to Bakersfield, and included Tehachapi....
For several years Steve and Joanna Chambreau lived in the Silver Lakes community near Helendale, California, a small community in the desert near Victorville. It was an ideal location as long as they had the company of family there. When family members moved away, Steve and Joanna began to rethink their location. They decided to look for a nice, friendly community that was still close to Steve’s work at Edwards Air Force Base. Then they discovered Tehachapi and made the move in April – not lon...
With a four to one vote at the Tehachapi City Council meeting on October 5, engineer Steve Hamblin was chosen to fill the Tehachapi Planning Commission seat vacated by Ken Wright when he moved away from the City. Hamblin will complete Wright’s term which is due to end June 30, 2021. Hamblin is the engineering manager at The Spaceship Company where he has worked since 2018. He lived in Tehachapi from 2014 to 2017 while he was Director of Engineering for ICON Aircraft. He moved his family to N...
I have been around aviation since 1983, when I took lessons to fly sailplanes in Tehachapi at the former Fantasy Haven Gliderport, which is today known as Mountain Valley Airport. One of the incentives to get me up to 4,000 feet was to learn to fly and work in Kern County. I have been lucky to have had some great flight instructors and to have been around so many good pilots and I have learned from each of them. One pilot in particular, who towed us up in the gliders, made a big impression on...
Ellen Virginia Clark Woods passed from this life to be with her Lord and God. She died after a long illness at Kindred Care in West Covina on July 10. Gennye, as she was known by all her friends and family, was a long time resident of Rosamond, Calif. She and her family faithfully attended the Church of God in Rosamond. She was born to the family of Albert and Mary Davis in Augusta, Ark. on Aug. 21, 1941. She had one deceased brother, Sonny Davis, and two sisters, Sonnie Killingsworth and...
Greenbriar Capital is very pleased to announce that Greenbriar has executed an initial Master Sales and Marketing Agreement with Keller Williams Forward Living and its CEO to market and sell each unit of its $400 million, 1,000-unit Sage Ranch sustainable subdivision in Southern California upon approval by the California Department of Real Estate. The 1,000-unit Sage Ranch sustainable subdivision is located 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the scenic Tehachapi Valley, a 40-minute drive from...
Father Wesley Clare, pastor of St. Jude's Anglican Church and Chaplain in the National Guard, commemorated his retirement from service in the National Guard on June 28 at St. Jude's Anglican Church. As with most celebrations these days, the event was delayed a few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several chaplains and other military personnel who served with Father Clare over the years as well as members of his congregation and assorted friends and family attended and enjoyed a delicious...
The Flight Test Museum Foundation (FTMF) is honored to announce a generous contribution from Terra-Gen, a leading independent renewable energy provider with offices and projects in the Antelope Valley. Terra-Gen is contributing $250,000 to the FTMF to sponsor the SR-71A Blackbird and help directly fund construction of the new Flight Test Museum being built outside the West Gate at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB). The Flight Test Museum's mission is to preserve, display and educate the public on...
Students from across Cerro Coso’s vast service area, the largest service area in the state, received degrees and/or certificates during Cerro Coso Community College’s virtual commencement ceremony on June 13. Graduates from Mammoth Lakes, Bishop, Ridgecrest, Lake Isabella, Edwards Air Force Base, Tehachapi and online were recognized during a prerecorded graduation ceremony that was presented on the Cerro Coso website. During the past academic year, 492 students earned 679 degrees and 233 certificates for a total of 912 awards. Many are fir...
The City of Tehachapi released two new TehachaPod podcasts this week covering the upcoming Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) season and the Dual Enrollment college credit program for upcoming high school students who can get free college credit beginning as a HS freshman in Tehachapi. Episode 20, released on June 9, features Cerro Coso College's Lisa Stephens and Kristin Hanle who explain the Dual Enrollment Program for high school students in the Tehachapi area. They talk about how they have...
I have always had a great interest in the Blackbird family of aircraft and have often visited Blackbird Air Park in Palmdale. On display there you can see a YF-12, an SR-71 side-by-side and a D-21 drone which was tested on the back of a Blackbird, launched in-flight in the early 1960s. The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by Lockheed Corporation. It was originally used as a trainer, but in the 196...
On May 14, the Edwards Air Force Base 412th Test Wing conducted a flyover over the Antelope Valley and Tehachapi for front-line workers. This photo was taken as they passed over Tehachapi....
