Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi-Have a Heart Humane Society is excited to announce the publication of "Touched By A Furry Angel," with a book signing featuring 25 Tehachapi pet lovers/writers on Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 10 am – 4 pm at Tehachapi's Railroad Park during the Springtyme Faire. (Group photo on Saturday at noon.) The book is the brainchild of New York Times bestselling author and publisher (Bell Bridge Books), Deb Smith, who volunteered her time and publishing expertise to create a heartwarmi...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi has had a busy spring with several fundraising events, and we’ve also designated funds towards highly cherished projects. First there was an Afternoon Tea at Fiddler’s Crossing and the proceeds were donated to the local Salvation Army for their after school program, plus the Rotary Board designated an additional $500 to be contributed for this purpose. The next event was a Spring Fashion Show held at the BeeKay Theater. This event not only promotes local shopping by showing just how wonderful the clothes are at Dah...
Debbie Lee's fifth grade class at Golden Hills Elementary may be the most excited students in Tehachapi this week. "The Little Einsteins" took home the trophy from the 2015 Intermediate Space Challenge held at Tehachapi Airport on the morning of May 19. They are pictured above with their prize (photo provided). Twenty three teams of Tehachapi 4th and 5th grade classes participated in the challenge. The participating schools were Cummings Valley, Golden Hills, Tompkins, Carden School and Hope Aca...
At the May 12 meeting of the Tehachapi School Board, Superintendant Susan Andreas-Berval had some exciting news to report. The Jacobson Middle School track team, under the direction of coach Amy Lang, did very well in the recent regional meet and will soon be headed to the state competition. Sixth grader Sara Heier set a new school record for the 800 meter race. The old record was set last year by an eighth grader. The Association of California School Administrators (ASCA) for Kern County named...
Our Low Flow Toilet Direct Install program is free to anyone in the City of Tehachapi (with buildings older than 1992 that still have the old high flow toilets), and we just expanded the program to Golden Hills multi-family properties. Our installation contract ends July 30, which means you need to get your application in by June. If you’ve been thinking about participating, NOW is the time! The application is available on-line at tccwd.com/water-conservation/ or call me at 661-822-5504. If you’re outside city limits in the CSD or County, the...
On April 20 the Tehachapi City Council approved a water conservation plan. On May 21 stage 2 of that plan will go into effect. Stage 2 regulations are mandatory with warnings delivered for first offenses. Fines can be expected for repeat offenders. 1. Irrigation of lawns, landscaping, foliage, gardens, flowerbeds and other outdoor areas shall be limited as follows: street addresses ending in odd numbers may only water on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; addresses ending in even numbers may water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Irrigation...
Last fall Chris and Carolyn Wiles finally moved to Stallion Springs from California City where they had lived since 1998. Carolyn said that she used to drive around Tehachapi pretending that she lived here. As a result of her work as a supervisor at Terra-Gen Operating Company, Carolyn was often in town. She represents Terra-Gen at Chamber of Commerce meetings and has been on the board of both Tehachapi and Mojave chambers for some time. Chris is a civil service employee at Edwards Air Force...
Tehachapi Humane Society and Dr. Beverly Billingsley Veterinary Clinic have joined forces to provide Fix Your Pet (FYP) spay/neuter clinics to low income residents of Tehachapi, only. Pets will be kept overnight at the clinic and picked up by owners the next day. The next clinic dates with Dr. Billingsley are planned for May 13 and June 10. More clinic dates with Dr. Billingsley will be held the second Wednesday of every month. Don’t forget, pet vaccine clinics are held the second Saturday of every month at the Tehachapi Humane Society office,...
Tehachapi's own Maureen Recalde, winner of the world-wide Voice of McDonald's singing competition, will share her Christian testimony and her gift of song at the 2015 Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, May 7 at McMullan Hall, St. Malachy Catholic Church. Recalde, operations manager for the two McDonald's restaurants in Tehachapi, won the Voice of McDonald's in 2012 at Orlando, Fla. before an audience of 25,000. She subsequently has traveled to Europe, South America and Canada to sing. The conte...
Our local bird club is having their next meeting: Tuesday Evening, April 28th at 7 p.m. in Golden Hills Elementary School Cafeteria at 20215 Park Rd Guest Speaker: Karen Pestana Karen Pestana is a local biologist, who for more than ten years has managed our bluebird nest box monitoring program here in Tehachapi. She and a number of die-hard volunteers have maintained and monitored over fifty boxes, collecting data and submitting it to Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Nest Watch program. In 2011 the...
The Tehachapi mountains hold many paths for recreation and fun, but sometimes the fun goes wrong. People get separated while hiking; take a fall while out enjoying the mountains; and then there are times some folks, old and young alike, wander off from their homes. Others go out hang-gliding by themselves, or a plane goes down, and the Kern County Sheriff’s department needs help finding these folks. This is where the Tehachapi Mountains Search and Rescue unit comes in and helps their community members. The TMSAR is an all-volunteer unit of civi...
Please join us for a patriotic Flag Day as we properly retire our nation’s flag and enjoy music, displays, demonstrations, special guests and the spoken word. Flags in need of retirement can be dropped off at the following locations: •Kern County Fire Station, at the corner Curry & Valley Blvd. • Kern County Sheriff ~ West Golden Hills Station •VFW ~ West Tehachapi Boulevard Flag Retirement Ceremony Friday, June 12, 2015 ~ 5 p.m. Coy Burnett Stadium ~ 126 Snyder Ave All Are Welcome ~ Free Admission Questions? Please Call Chuck Reuter (661) 9...
Mary Alvarez is the new owner of Golden Hills Salon. She has given the salon a fresh updated look and is well on her way to creating a truly full family salon. Congratulations to Mary and welcome to Tehachapi. Golden Hills Salon has a long standing tradition of customer service and quality salon services, and it will only get better from here. The salon is open six days a week from 9-6 p.m., closed Sundays. They are located at 20021 Valley Blvd, Suite C in the Golden Hills area of Tehachapi (next to Carlos’ Donuts and Java Loop Express). W...
The fifth annual native plant sale is underway, and orders are now being taken on-line or by mail until April 3, 2015. This and previous plant sales have all been offered jointly by the Desert-Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council (DMRC&D) and the Tehachapi Resource Conservation District (TRCD). Some new drought resistant species are being offered this year, such as Whitebark California Lilac, 4-Wing Saltbush, and grasses, such as Indian Ricegrass. Many flowering plants are...
Adventist Health would administer Tehachapi Hospital and three rural clinics, hire and fire, connect hospital to expanded resources and re-purpose the existing facility built in 1956. The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District board of directors voted 5-0 on Feb. 25, 2015 to approve Adventist Health as a potential affiliate, moving the process into negotiation. Following letters of intent, due diligence by both parties and the fleshing out of a contract, the matter will be brought before the voter...
At its regular meeting on January 20 at the Wells Education Center, the Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously to adopt an "Urgency Ordinance" that establishes a temporary moratorium on the permitting of hookah lounges within the Tehachapi city limits. City Manager, Greg Garrett, reported that the city had received a permit request to locate a hookah lounge in a currently vacant building on South Green St. The emergency measure would give the city 30 days to further study this land use and to...
No snow, no problem – A slightly windblown snowman made out of sprayed white tumbleweeds beckons from the front yard of a home on D Street. The promised big winter year-end snowstorm dusted the higher elevations of Bear Valley but otherwise skipped the Tehachapi area, which was cold and brilliantly clear as 2015 made its appearance. According to MountainBase weather station (www.mountainbase.com), located in West Golden Hills, temperatures dropped to 16.2 degrees Fahrenheit at 7 a.m. on Dec. 3...
The Tehachapi Critical Care Replacement Hospital, under construction and looking grand but facing rough financial seas ahead, is looking for a strong partner that will provide fiscal, clinical, cultural and governance support. The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District Board of Directors took the step of approving a lengthy Request for Proposal (RFP) Affiliation/Partnership at its Dec. 17, 2014 meeting at the Golden Hills Community Services District. The 5-0 vote was a major move in a new...
The kids are doing fine with Common Core math concepts and vocabulary, teachers report, but parents who learned math differently tend to be baffled, so Golden Hills Elementary School hosted a Math Night Dec. 10, 2014 to help mom and dad catch up. "Young mathematicians should be flexible with numbers," Golden Hills Principal Heather Richter told approximately 22 parents of elementary students in the Tehachapi Unified School District who gathered in the cafeteria. Eight teachers volunteered their...
On Saturday, November 15, 125 volunteers came from neighborhoods throughout Golden Hills to clean up, cut back, tear down, and stuff bags with fly-away litter and illegally dumped debris. This was the first Clean-Up Day of the former Golden Hills Country Club, located on the corner of Westwood Drive and Woodford-Tehachapi Road. Littered with fly-away trash, overgrown with long-forgotten junipers and nasty Star Thistle; punctuated with tires, old wood with rusty nails, and broken fencing...
Years ago when one traveled to Bakersfield over U.S. Highway 466, it involved going down what is now known as the “old road” which, at that time, was the only way one could get to Bakersfield. To navigate this historic road today, one must proceed west on Highway202 and turn right on Woodford-Tehachapi Road. This will put you on the old road that we all once traveled moving northwest down past Keene and into the San Joaquin Valley. On this old road was an infamous turn called Dead Man’s Curve! J...
Sighs! Laughter! Applause! All of these were heard throughout the evening in the Golden Hills Elementary cafeteria as 4th and 5th grade students competed at the District Oral Language Festival on Tuesday, Nov.18th. Students from each elementary school site memorized literary works in one of five categories, which included Verse Choir, presented by groups of 4 to 6 students; Serious Duo; Humorous Duo; Serious Solo; and Humorous Solo. The students were coached by their classroom teachers and/or parents in order to perfect their interpretation pri...
It’s now been one full year since I moved up here permanently. ”Here” meaning country living at 4000 feet, with wind, seasons, and life-style changes. I’ve been meeting people from the community and residents from all over the greater Tehachapi region, as well as tourists and visitors who’ve come to sample wine in the tasting room at Triassic. As my family and I have spoken many times, “There’s intrigue in the people up here, and the stories of their lives add to the quality of our lives.” Whether you made a choice to move or you grew up her...
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...
Harvested trees from Alpine Forest find new home as furniture and construction lumber for use by Kern County Fire. Kern County Fire Crews at Camp-8, newly housed at the old Monroe High School have a working smaller scale saw mill. Fire crews 81 and 82, under the leadership of Crew 81 Forman Casey Payne, and Crew 82 Forman Craig Estep, have been helping in the harvesting and removal of Bark Beetle infested trees in the Tehachapi area. The infamous Bark Beetle kills a pine and moves on to a new...
