Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club finished the year with two second place finishers at the California USA Wrestling Kids Freestyle Championships at Selland Arena in Fresno. First year wrestler Jake Brown has made his mark in the Bantam Division 43 pounds at the State level this year, with a second place bear! "Jake had some great matches throughout his bracket," said Coach Curtis Nelson. Reese Hart continues to blossom in the Girls Novice Division. Reese competed in a weight class and lost only...
"The Beatles" tribute band performed on Sunday, June 16 at Philip Marx Central Park as the kick-off of the Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District Concerts in the Park series in association with Fiddlers Crossing and MusicMX Entertainment. The performers are members of the tribute band "Ticket to Ride." This is the first of several summer concerts in the park for this year. Corporate sponsorship is by Lehigh Cement and Grimmway Farms....
Get Ready! The Beatles are returning to Tehachapi! As the kick-off for this year's "Concerts in the Park" series, Beatles tribute band, Ticket to Ride will take the stage at Philip Marx Central Park in Downtown Tehachapi on Sunday, June 16 at 2 p.m. for a free concert. Bring your picnic lunches, lawn chairs and transport back to the 1960s with all the great Beatles hits everyone loves! Ticket to Ride's re-creation of the Beatles experience is simply astonishing. The band has been touring interna...
Tehachapi’s second pride picnic will take place for Pride Month on Saturday, June 22 at Philip Marx Central Park, East E St., Tehachapi, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The organizers hope to raise awareness of and build fellowship among the members of Tehachapi’s LGBTQ+ community, as well as their friends, families and allies. Attendees are requested to bring a picnic lunch, non-alcoholic drinks, chairs or blankets and outdoor games. Some gluten-free/vegetarian dishes to share and outdoor games to play will be available. This is a fam...
Tehachapi LGBT proudly announces the second pride picnic held in Tehachapi for Pride Month. The event will take place Saturday, June 22 at Philip Marx Central Park, East E St., Tehachapi, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The organizers hope to raise awareness of and build fellowship among the members of Tehachapi’s LGBTQ+ community and their friends, families and allies. Attendees are requested to bring a picnic lunch, non-alcoholic drinks, chairs or blankets and outdoor games. Some gluten-free/vegetarian dishes to share and outdoor games to play w...
Join Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District on Monday, May 27 at 10 a.m. at Philip Marx Central Park where we will honor our fallen. There will be a guest speaker and laying of the wreaths. The American Legion Auxiliary along with Tomo–Kahni DAR will be providing free hot dogs and drinks....
Wind is a fact of life when you live in the Tehachapi Mountains – there's a good reason there are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of wind turbines on local hillsides. Mountain passes tend to channel winds, and three mountain passes – Altamont Pass, Tehachapi Pass and San Gorgonio Pass – were the areas where the wind energy industry was born in California in the 1980s. While our winds are variable, there are some basic patterns that tend to hold true. Our prevailing wind is from the west/...
TVRPD has come together with the Warrior Booster Club to put on the Warrior Challenge on Saturday, May 18 at 9 a.m. at Philip Marx Central Park, East E St., Tehachapi. Packet pick up and late registration is from 8 to 8:45 a.m. The Warrior Challenge is a 5K course with 12 to 15 obstacles spread throughout. There will be obstacles similar to speed ladders, sandbag carries, belly crawls, monkey bars and others. There is a 50 yard swim for any participant 15 years or older. You can opt out of any obstacle by performing a designated exercise. 5K...
Spring will be “TPopping” Sunday, April 28, when The Tehachapi Pops Orchestra opens its 12th season with a concert in Grace Fellowship Church. TPOPS is comprised of musicians of all ages from Tehachapi and around Kern County. It includes seasoned professionals as well as students who are playing in their first orchestra. As the name implies, TPOPS plays a mixture of showtunes, light classical, jazz, rock, standards and other popular music. For this concert, the orchestra will be conducted by...
On Nov. 12 our community celebrated the brave men and women who sacrificed so much to preserve our Nation's freedom at Philip Marx Central Park....
As the Bear Valley Springs veterans groups will be celebrating Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the Tehachapi Veterans groups along with Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District will be holding their annual Veterans Day celebration in Philip Marx Central Park on Monday, Nov. 12. American Legion Post 221, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 221 and American Legion Riders Chapter 221 will host ceremonies beginning at 10 a.m. with guest speakers and a performance by the Jacobsen Middle School Chorus. A par...
Tehachapi welcomed its sixth Go Native event at Philip Marx Central Park on Sept. 1. This unique event celebrates indigenous culture in California through demonstrations, food, art, music and dance. Native artists shared their talents with guests and helped them make their own crafts, like weaved baskets, necklaces, tule ducks and more....
Come join us, the Kawaiisu Language and Cultural Center, for our sixth annual Go Native! This one-day outdoor event on Sept. 1, from 10 to 5 p.m., features hands-on activities with California's indigenous artists, vendors, drummers, singers and dancers. This is a free public event, fun for all ages, in Tehachapi's Philip Marx Central Park, 311 East E Street. We have invited at least 40 Native American traditionalists from a variety of tribes to demonstrate their arts and to provide hands-on...
Mullenax Ranch of Tehachapi is introducing their mobile goat yoga program with baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats, a miniature breed of dairy goat. With classes in Tehachapi and throughout the state, including such events as "Goat Yoga & Wine" and "Goats & Grilled Cheese" there's enough to "goat around." Goat Yoga is a beginner-level yoga class, where goats walk and play at-will around participants. They use certified instructors local to the area. The ranch utilizes baby goats from their miniature...
Tehachapi Support LGBT invited the community to a picnic at Philip Marx Central Park on June 30 in honor of LGBT Pride Month. Shani December, a member of the organizing group, said this was the first public gathering of the Tehachapi group and that its goal is to, "help build community here in town." The picnic drew well over a hundred supporters and members of the Tehachapi LGBT community. According to the Library of Congress website LGBT Pride Month originated with the 1969 Stonewall riots,...
The Tehachapi Mountain Roller Hockey (TMRH) Falcons are a nonprofit organization and are the only youth travel roller hockey club in Kern County. The Falcons travel across Southern California over the summer months competing in tournaments with teams ranging from 6-years and under through 16-years-old. The Falcons draw in about 50 kids from our community to participate in roller hockey each season. These kids have even competed in the AAU Junior Olympics. Unfortunately, over the years the...
Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club sent a small group of wrestlers to the California USA Freestyle State Championships in Fresno on June 2-3. Reese Hart represented TVWC in the Girls Novice 95-pound division and was able to capture one of the prestigious California State Bear trophies with a second place finish. "Reese has had a great year after taking a couple seasons off, she is a very competitive wrestler and I'm so proud of her," said Coach Curtis Nelson. "We hope Reese will inspire other...
'The Beatles' in Tehachapi...
It was brought to my attention that the monument in Philip Marx Central Park has been, once again, defaced by unknown parties. Those attending the Memorial Day Service will be able to see the damage done. It's a shame that people cannot look at the names on the plaque and know the story behind them. These are the names of what we term Gold Star Veterans: people who were killed in action. If those doing the damage were to know, just a few of the facts, they would never dream of doing harm to the...
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Tehachapi kicks off its new fundraising season on April 19 at Big Papa's Steakhouse, 1001 W. Tehachapi Blvd. The community is invited to come out and learn more about the Relay For Life movement and how they can help the American Cancer Society attack cancer from every angle. "This will be our 15th year of fighting back against cancer," said Robin Sodergren, Relay participant for 16 years and Mission Lead of the Event. "We have a great committee,...
A new year is just another day on the calendar, but the symbolic switch holds so much hope and opportunity. Although Tehachapi is my hometown, I feel there are many experiences and examples of small town charm that I never take advantage of. This year, I want to participate in more of them. Keeping with the theme of this column, here's a list of 18 activities you can do in Tehachapi this year that promote and embrace the small town charm we know and love. 1. Adorable Alpacas: Who can resist...
Chuck and Candi Hallman were wandering through Philip Marx Central Park on the 4th of July when they stopped by our booth. We finally had a chance to visit almost two months later. They said that they had moved to Stallion Springs around the first of this year. They came from Lakeview Terrace in the San Fernando Valley where they had lived for 36 years. However, The Valley was getting crowded and the traffic was annoying. They loved the slower lifestyle and the natural surroundings of the...
I just ran onto a photo of our community water tank from years past; the caption at the bottom says, circa 1914. Circa is a way of saying "about" or "approximately" or "darned if I know!" Close enough. It's from the Ed Wiggins collection and were it not for Ed's saved photos Tehachapi's pictorial history would be sadly lacking. He was the ancestor of Tehachapi's pioneer Wiggins family. He took many, many pictures but did not take this picture of the water tower for Ed was born around 1918! The...
Tehachapi Recreation & Park District just hosted the 2017 Old Timers Reunion in Philip Marx Central Park on Aug. 6, and by all measures, it was a success. The event was well attended, and a good time was had by all. Here are a few snapshots of some of the Old Timers in attendance. Larry Rolin was born in 1965 in Tehachapi hospital, and ever since then, even though he's moved away several times, he's always come back to live here. He spent 19 years working construction jobs that had him moving...
The Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District will present the Mountain Gallop 5K/10K on Saturday, August 19th. Entrants will meet at Philip Marx Central Park. Registration begins at 6:00 a.m. and the race will start at 7:00 a.m. You can register online at www.tvrpd.org. Pre-Packet Pickup August 17 at District Office 8 to 6 p.m. Early Registration $30 for 5K / $35 for 10K. Day of Race Registration $35 for 5K / $40 for 10K. Includes championship timing, refreshments, technical race shirt,...
