Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Kern County Public Health launched the free Know Your Numbers program at Rosamond Park on Oct. 4. This traveling program offers two health screenings informing participants of their body mass index, blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol levels both before and after six weeks of nutrition coaching from our Public Health Nutritionist and fitness classes taught by our Health and Fitness Instructor. All fitness levels are welcome as our fitness instructor offers modifications for varied fitness levels and comfort. Fitness and nutrition...
On Sept. 8, the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council held their monthly meeting at the Village Collective on Green Street. During these meetings, advocates from organizations like the Chamber of Commerce, Tehachapi Tourism and Arts Commissions, Tehachapi Unified School District and Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner's office took turns sharing economic updates and upcoming events of interest to Tehachapi's small business owners. First to report was Clare Scotti from the Tehachapi Cha...
For more than two decades, Kern County 4th through 12th graders in need of a little extra help with their math homework have tuned in to “Do the Math,” a standards-based mathematics TV show and free tutoring program produced by KCSOS’s Kern Education Television Network (KETN). The 22nd season will begin on Sept. 12. Host and executive producer Michael Cushine, along with several math tutors, will work with students on air to solve their homework and other standards-based problems. Parents are also invited to speak with tutors on how to bette...
On Aug. 5, the Salvation Army, in first-time collaboration with #LoveTehachapi, held their annual Back to School Clothing Drive. With over 100 families visiting the Saturday morning drive, it's safe to say that the event was a huge success. Before doors even opened, families from all over Tehachapi and Eastern Kern queued in a line snaking around the corner of the building for an opportunity to receive free clothing and breakfast. Carlos' Donut supplied over 200 breakfast burritos and...
Recently, I was asked if I could help raise funds to bring the Mobile Vietnam Memorial Wall to Kern County. I was totally unaware that the AV Wall Board had voted to retire the mobile wall in 2025! This might be an opportunity for another organization to continue this important work that was started by the AV Wall volunteers. Go to their website for further information: www.avwall.org. They are an all-volunteer organization with a dedication to helping veterans through community service. The AV...
In 2022, Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner announced plans to allocate nearly $8.7 million for park improvements throughout his district. Funding for the improvements at eight county parks in District 2 will come from several sources. Recently, the County secured $3,023,637 from the Clean California Grant administered by the Department of Transportation for Mojave East Park. The County Administrative Office has also budgeted $1,000,000 from the County's allocation of federal American Recovery...
Aviation Cadet Paul Day was looking at his instruments and straining to hear any communications over the sound of his radial engine, as he flew blind in the clouds all alone. What seemed like just another routine training flight had now become a struggle for life itself, as he and more than a dozen other young aviation cadets came face to face with the dangers of flying - not in combat, but facing the wrath of the one adversary that has plagued aviators for generations: the weather. March 18,...
CEO of Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD), Peggy Mendiburu, announced two upcoming district events at a special board of directors meeting on June 27. On Aug. 1 at Philip Marx Central Park on East E Street in Tehachapi, the TVHD will be co-sponsoring National Night Out with the Tehachapi Police Foundation. National Night Out is an annual event promoting healthy police-community relations that seeks to build strong relationships within neighborhoods and raise general awareness on crime and drugs, making our communities safer from the...
Alicen Schneider and Ben Eshbach have been living in Tehachapi for about a year. Like many others during the pandemic, they wanted to get away from the LA area. Ben had family living in Tehachapi, so it seemed an ideal place to look. As head of TV Music at NBC Universal, Alicen felt she could still commute to her job three days a week or so. They found a house that they liked but it was a bit of a fixer-upper. While they were considering the purchase, their house in Burbank sold. The real...
Inside Edwards Air Force Base, near Rosamond, is a distinctive little Flight Test Museum, preserving the unique history of aviation testing in the Antelope Valley (also known as the Aerospace Valley). The trouble is, because the museum is inside the military base, the public has no access to it. The Flight Test Museum Foundation (also known as the Flight Test Historical Foundation, established in 1983 by General Pete Knight Retired, Carol Odgers, and General Chuck Yeager Retired), chaired...
Let's take a look at the recent Memorial Day event at Mojave Cemetery. Paul Holzer, general manager of the East Kern Cemetery District said, "Remembering those who gave their all is why we are here today." He thanked the many volunteers who helped with the ceremony and Travis Mullins for the preparation of the cemetery grounds. Holzer said, "Tami Kelly organized Mojave High School students to help place American Flags on each grave of a military veteran who served our country. The Mojave...
Kern County Animal Services will be hosting several Adopt-A-Dog events in eastern Kern County this year. Look for them in the following locations: June 3: Foster’s Freeze, Rosamond – adoption event 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 9: Canine Creek, Tehachapi – adoption event 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 10: Meadowbrook Park – low-cost vaccine/microchip clinic, 8 to 11 a.m. (Only one Tehachapi clinic per year.) July 7: Canine Creek – adoption event 11 a.m – 3 p.m. July 15: Tehachapi Mountain Bowling – adoption event 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 29: Kohnen’s Bake...
Kern County Animal Services will be hosting several Adopt-A-Dog events in eastern Kern County this year. Look for them in the following locations: April 29: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Rosamond – adoption event, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 3: Foster’s Freeze, Rosamond – adoption event 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 9: Canine Creek, Tehachapi – adoption event 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 10: Meadowbrook Park – low-cost vaccine/microchip clinic, 8 to 11 a.m. (Only one Tehachapi clinic per year.) July 7: Canine Creek – adoption event 11 a.m – 3 p.m. July 15:...
The pandemic of 2020 impacted all of us in a myriad of ways including the supply chain of goods and replacement parts. Everything from glass and can shortages to computer chips to baby formula have been impacted. The workforce supply has been affected, as well, leaving many companies short-handed. These shortages and delivery delays have been experienced by local service providers leading to extreme frustration on the part of customers. John Nelson, owner of John the Plumber, is no stranger to...
Local band, Grievance, were able to perform on a very famous stage at the Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood, California. Grievance has been together for two years and has been playing gigs at local venues during that time, but this was a huge step for them. The band plays a great cross section of Classic, Southern Rock and blues music, and has a good mixture of acoustic and electrified songs. As well as playing several covers, they have a growing selection of original songs that are sure to "Rock the...
"Governor Newsom is trying to put the oil industry out of business in California," said Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce. The industry has faced a 50% reduction in property tax revenue since 2014 and the state of California now uses 1.8 million barrels of oil a day that comes from countries that have poor human rights. California uses 50% of the oil that is produced in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, a practice that ultimately...
Major Developments and Deliverables Pedestrian Safety 20th Street West in Rosamond saw the completion of pedestrian safety improvements with the construction beginning in February 2021 and was completed in Summer 2022. The improvements were part of a Safe Routes to School Project and this location was selected due to the proximity to Rosamond Elementary School. The project constructed nearly 1 mile of sidewalks, pedestrian paths, ADA curb ramps and higher visibility crosswalks to ensure a safe A...
Although AEQ Plumbing has been based out of Tehachapi for over a year, owner Tony Quintana said that the company also services Palmdale, Lancaster, Rosamond, California City, Mojave, Sand Canyon, Bear Valley Springs, Stallion Springs, Golden Hills, Keene and Heart Flat to Bakersfield. The company takes pride in offering reasonable prices with excellent service. They also work with Home Warranty insurances. “Our policy is simple,” said Quintana. “Educate, resolve and prevent. That is the reason why hundreds of satisfied customers keep comin...
Hello, Tehachapi! Let us start by introducing ourselves – we are Karl's Hardware, and we are so excited to be a part of this amazing community. We are new to Tehachapi but certainly not to the hardware industry. We have three other stores here in Kern County – located in Rosamond, Mojave and Boron. We are a full service hardware store, and pride ourselves in our customer service and community involvement. We are located at 20901 South St. in Old Town, and occupy the old Pioneer True Value sto...
Southeastern Kern County Retail Submarket Report As Tehachapi enters the final quarter of 2022, some recent data sheds light on the availability of retail properties both in the City of Tehachapi and southeastern Kern County. Recent reports from CoStar, the City's commercial real estate service, shows the area with a 3.3% vacancy rate amongst commercial retail properties in this submarket, which includes the City of Tehachapi, the Greater Tehachapi Area, Mojave, Rosamond, Arvin and a portion of...
Friendly advice, you may not want to speed in Bakersfield for a few months. The long running reality TV show "COPS" will be filming in Kern County. Film crews will be embedded with the Kern County Sheriff's Department. While the Kern County Sheriff's Department provides service to much of the unincorporated areas like Mojave, Rosamond, Sand Canyon and Golden Hills, the "COPS" TV show will not be filming there. Instead, they will be filming the show in the Bakersfield metro area. The partnership...
The speaker at the Sept. 7 meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council was Curt Hildebrand, Senior Vice President, Commercial Affairs for Hydrostor, Inc., a company based in Canada. Hildebrand introduced a new long-term, cost effective and emissions free energy storage facility the company plans to build in the Antelope Valley. Hydrostor is currently in the permitting process for the Willow Rock Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) facility to be located on 70 acres...
For more than two decades, Kern County 4th through 12th graders in need of a little extra help with their math homework have tuned in to “Do the Math,” a standards-based mathematics TV show and free tutoring program produced by KCSOS’ Kern Education Television Network (KETN). The 21st season will begin on Sept. 13 when host and executive producer Michael Cushine and several math tutors take problems from callers and solve them live on air. “There are plenty of apps that students can utilize on their smart phone to help them come up with th...
When I was 17 and fresh out of high school, I was hired as an operator at the local telephone office. I earned 65 cents an hour. Six days a weeks, eight hour days on a split shift of four hours on four hours off and four hours on again. It broke up one's day to where you really could not plan to go anywhere far from town. We had a vocabulary that we used and each word emerged as the soul of kind, polite conversation. No matter how rude or irate some people were, we were the soul of tact. People...
[Editor's note: This is the conclusion of the article from our July 9, 2022 issue.] In 1990, Dan Kurzman's "Fatal Voyage" took a comprehensive look at the Indianapolis story. After reading a San Francisco Chronicle article about the book, Young reached out to Kurzman. According to a Jan. 30, 1991, article in the Chronicle, Kurzman had several conversations with Young and concluded, "I believe that what Young says is true." Kurzman rewrote a passage in the paperback edition of his book, adding...
