Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Go2Girlz is sponsoring a Halloween Candy Walk on October 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. Owner Michele Borquez said the event is patterned after the Main Street Wine Walks. This event for the little ones will begin at Go2Girlz at 211 S. Curry, in Downtown Tehachapi, where they will receive light-up rings or necklaces, hand-held pumpkins and have their pictures taken. Over ten local businesses have signed up to take part in this fun event for the kids. Maps and instructions can be picked up beginning...
Although 2020 has been a year that will be remembered for a major pandemic, it has also been an abundant year for produce. Main Street Tehachapi announced that the Tehachapi City Council has approved another extension of the Tehachapi Farmers Market to Oct. 29. This will allow Tehachapi's local apple orchards to participate. For example, Ha's Apple Farm has joined the market with apple products like apple cider, vinegar and apple butter. Come out and enjoy the fall produce and participate in...
Pictured from left rear, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) J. Tirado and A. Moreno and Paramedic L. Carillo, right, of Hall Ambulance pay $1 to guess how many acorns are in the jar at the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi Farmers Market booth Aug. 6. The person who estimates the number of acorns that is the closest to the actual number will receive 50 percent of the funds raised at the Kiwanis Farmers Market booth. The Tehachapi Kiwanis Club will retain 25 percent of the proceeds and Scouts BSA...
In the thirty-plus years since I left Southern California and decided to open up my Farmers Agency in Tehachapi, I’ve been asked this question a lot, “why Tehachapi?” What would motivate you to leave an Agency in Sherman Oaks to come up here? What makes Tehachapi different? Like many of us who transplanted from the L.A. area, I was used to driving in bumper to bumper traffic with the sounds of horns as your constant companion. The air was so smoggy that on a bad day you couldn’t see the mountai...
Main Street Tehachapi's Farmers Market has been extended through September this year. If the farmers' produce holds out, the market will go until September 17. Farmers Market is on Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., rain or shine, in Downtown Tehachapi on S. Green St. Main Street Tehachapi has raised the necessary funds to refund the fees paid for vendor spaces in an effort to ease the burden on the produce growers who make up the Market. Vendors, most of whom have returned for the past...
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi welcomes Financial Adviser Brandon Billings to its Board of Directors. Billings, of the Edward Jones office at 709 W. Valley Blvd., Ste. B, is a youth sports coach and outdoor enthusiast. "It's an honor and privilege to be able to serve the community and help it grow," Billings said. Billings has come up from Bakersfield to assist long-time Kiwanian Ben Graham as he transitions into retirement. Other officers elected to the Kiwanis club 2020-2021 term at its June...
Tehachapi native Chad Walker, stage manager for the soft rock duo Air Supply, writes his estimate of the number of acorns in the jar at the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi booth at the Main Street Farmers Market on July 9. Walker is a 2002 Tehachapi High School graduate. He has been with LA-based Air Supply for 12 years and is looking forward to getting back on the road for live performances in the fall. The "Acorn Scramble" is a fundraiser for the Kiwanis Club and Boy Scout Troop 136. Half the...
Houchin Community Blood Bank will be in the City of Tehachapi on Tuesday, June 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for community-wide blood drives. The June 23 blood drive will be located at the Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation District West Park Aspen Gymnasium parking lot on D St. in Tehachapi. There are plenty of reservation times available for this blood drive. Reserve a space for this blood drive at www.connect.hcbb.com/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/5580. Houchin Community Blood Bank...
Houchin blood Bank was at Main Street Tehachapi's Farmers Market on June 18. Pictured are Key Budge, Community Engagement Specialist for the City of Tehachapi, and Yessica Diaz-Conti of Houchin Community Blood Bank....
One of Tehachapi's favorite summer events is now open. The Farmers Market on Green Street in Downtown Tehachapi runs through Aug. 13. Hours will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. each Thursday. This year the Market will initially only have fresh produce, packaged foods and essential household items such as soap. Permission from the Kern County Environmental Health Department was only granted last week and the Market is not allowed to have live music, food vendors for on premise consumption, or arts and...
This Kaiser Permanente banner is a tribute and a "thank you" to its frontline workers during the COVID-19 outbreak....
While doing some research at Beale Library back in 1987, a mere 33 years ago, I could not resist copying some events listed in the old 1920 Tehachapi News. It gave such a delightful glimpse into those days of yesteryear. The dates of the temperatures occasionally skip a day. I searched ahead for February and March. Often people say, "We've never had weather like this in January before." Note the 79 degrees on Jan. 18, 1920. Now we can't say it's not global warming. We can just say, "Yes, we...
Main Street Tehachapi President Carol Lawhon presented Cliff Meridth, owner of the soon-to-open Stray Leaves Tasting Room, with a check for $3,000. This is the most recent of the Facade Grants offered by Main Street to Tehachapi businesses that revitalize the look of their downtown businesses. Also pictured, from Main Street, is Natasha Kalpakoff, MaBelle Ammie Fisher and Charles White....
The interaction within the City of Tehachapi is as unique as the day is long. Working with and talking with community volunteers, citizens, visitors and residents means interacting with people from all walks of life. Nothing served as a reminder of this more than an experience a few weeks ago. Myself and a few other members of the City staff were invited as guests to witness President Trump sign in new federal guidelines aimed at helping Kern County farmers receive more water from the State...
On Friday, Feb. 7, State Senator Shannon Grove held a Town Hall at the Slice of Life Enrichment School in Tehachapi. The purpose of the meeting was to address the Public Safety Power Shutoffs during the autumn of 2019. Also taking part were representatives from Southern California Edison; Laura Lynne Wyatt of Kern County Board of Supervisors; Tehachapi City Officials Greg Garrett and Key Budge; Kern County Fire Department; Deputy Michael Dorkin and spokesperson Megan Person of the Kern County...
On Saturday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. at The Shed restaurant in Tehachapi, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi will be hosting the 7th Annual Wine Pairing Dinner which is one of the Club's major fundraisers for the year. This year the featured wines are from Tehachapi Wine Growers Association. Mano Lujan, owner of The Shed and Red House BBQ, who has experienced culinary studies in China, Japan and Mexico is specifically designing the food so that the wine enhances its flavor and the food enhances the wine....
Actually, a first remembered Christmas for me, a member of the Davis Family, was in the desert town of Mojave with the famous strong winds hitting the house. That one action of the harsh, howling wind always made me, as a small child, feel quite secure in my warm bed with my parents nearby. There was a problem though because we had no fireplace for the jolly old elf, Santa, to make an entrance into our living room. The brick chimney atop our house connected to a wood stove, and that worried me....
Most Tehachapi residents know Main Street Tehachapi (MST) from the many fun and entertaining events that bring residents and out of towners to the historic downtown area, such as the Valentines Wine and Chocolate Walk, the Ugly Sweater Wine Walk, the summer Sip Sip Hurray Wine Walk and the Summer Farmers Market. MST is currently an all-volunteer organization, although in the early years there were employees funded through the Tehachapi Redevelopment Agency. A hard-working Board of Directors keeps the organization alive with their love of...
A lot of people may not realize the importance of our wine walks to our local businesses. One obvious reason is fundraising for the historic downtown Tehachapi area. Then there is also building community, supporting downtown businesses and providing something fun for the 21+ crowd. The wine walks, although held downtown, benefit the Greater Tehachapi area. For example, the Ugly Sweater Wine Walk benefits not only the downtown businesses by bringing in visitors and shoppers but the local wine gro...
It's certainly the holiday season as our public works team completes one of my favorite tasks, putting up the Christmas decorations Downtown. We reinvested in new decorations a year ago with LED snowflakes along with illuminated garlands adorning each Downtown light post. This year we purchased a few more for Mill Street and the new transit center so the entrance to our City off of Highway 58 and the heavily-used parking and ridesharing facility had the same dose of Christmas cheer. Thanks once...
Despite power outages Tehachapi was full of festive Halloween fun including Trunk or Treat in Downtown Tehachapi, Woodward West's Halloween Hoopla in Stallion Springs and, of course, local businesses got into the spirit....
Ed Miller, well known to the vehicle repair shops in Tehachapi, is the new owner of the NAPA Auto Parts Store (dba Kern Auto Parts, Inc.,) located at 20633 South Street. Ed grew up in Lake Isabella and still resides there; he is married and a father of six. Ed's personal history with NAPA Auto Parts is one of years of hard work and dedication, which were eventually rewarded with remarkable success. He began at the bottom, employed as a delivery driver at the age of 23. Over the years, he worked...
Tehachapi Treasure Trove is planning a special First Friday on Oct. 4, as the store's downtown location will be celebrating seven years of making friends and fun, as well as art and of being a continuing major player in the Tehachapi art community. The Treasure Trove began as a nugget in the mind of Mel White with help from Sandy Thoman, and after a couple of exploratory meetings, Susanna Monette and Janet Meabon joined them in the planning and implementation of the new adventure. The initial...
From Sea to Shining Sea; new Downtown Tehachapi Trucking Company moves goods across the United States If there were a road map to starting a small business in your home and transitioning into a major player in an industry, then K.M. Payton Trucking certainly fits that mold. The newest business residents of Downtown Tehachapi, K.M. Payton recently opened their new and first office at 118 S. Robinson Street. The business, founded by Mike and Kendra Payton, handles shipping of frozen seafood and...
The Third Annual Basque Dinner, a four course meal, was served outdoors in front of the historic Errea House on Aug. 24. Guests started the evening with a glass of Picon punch, a typical Basque drink accompanied by Basque style tapas as part of the four course meal, finishing with a slice of almond tort with Morello cherry sauce. Tapas included: Basque sausage, marinated pork tenderloin, almond stuffed olives, cod stuffed piquillo pepper, pickled tongue and Manchego cheese with quince paste....
