Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The second weekend in May brought 49 nationally recognized plein air painters to Tehachapi for a paint-out, and a chance to begin works of art that will be completed back in their studios where they can bring the works to life. The finished paintings will be juried into the Art 2023 Tehachapi show that will take place on the weekend of July 21-23 at Aspen Builders Community Center, located at 410 W. D St. in Tehachapi. The show will be the third nationally recognized art show sponsored by the...
Hello, Tehachapi! My name is Lilliput Nobleman (don't ask how I got tagged with that) but everyone calls me Louie. I'm new in town, having flown into Los Angeles airport from a farm in Ireland on Christmas Eve 2022. I spent a few months at the Symphony Dressage training facility in Bear Valley Springs for some sort of evaluation. My trainer Chermaine, who I like a lot, said that I was pretty chill and so off I went to live at my new home at Mountain Springs Ranch in Cummings Valley, located just...
On April 1, the Stallion Springs Chief of Police was honored at the City Counsel meeting. Major Jason E. George VFW 12114 presented to Chief Crowell a plaque for outstanding performance as a law enforcement officer. His performance and dedication are second to none. Pictured in the photograph from right to left are: VFW members Tracey Keefe, Danny Romero, Russell Slover, Alex C. Athans, Chief Crowell, Daryl Black and Ed Keefe. Major Jason E. George VFW meets the first Wednesday of the month at...
I remember for years making my customary drive from my home in Thousand Oaks to my office on Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks by way of the Ventura Fwy. The drive was always a guessing game. You didn't know if it would take 45 minutes or an hour and 45 minutes. You just got in one lane, turned on music or an audio book and like a zombie just kept edging along the road. This was life and you did not know there was an alternative. One day I came up to Tehachapi to visit my old friend Bob Stewart who...
The Stallion Springs Community Service District is asking residents help protect the community by clearing weeds, debris and trash from yards. Tips for debris reduction can be found on the Kern County Fire Department website at www.kerncountyfire.org/fireprevention/hazard-reduction or you can call the Stallion Springs Fire Department at (661) 822-3980. The Stallion Springs CSD has also been included in a Hazard Reduction Grant with Field Institute and they have already begun clearing brush area...
Church Services St. Malachy Catholic Church – Holy Thursday 7 p.m.; Good Friday Noon; Holy Saturday Vigil Mass 8 p.m.; Easter Sunday 8 a.m., 10 a.m., Noon (Spanish), 2 p.m. (Latin). Tehachapi Community Church - UCC – Good Friday Noon; Easter Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mountain Bible Church – Good Friday 6 p.m. - Easter Sunday 10 a.m. (See article at https://www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2023/04/01/community/did-the-disciples-really-believe-jesus-rose-from-the-dead/10613.html ) Stallion Springs Commu...
Happy Easter! Stallion Springs Parks and Recreation and Stallion Springs Church will be holding a Community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 8 at the Stallion Springs Community Center. The hunt will begin at 10 a.m. Parks and Rec are looking for candy and egg donations. They can be dropped off at the CSD, located at 27800 Stallion Springs Dr. or at Stallion Springs Church at 18151 St. Andrews. Parks and Rec is also looking for a sponsor for Movies in the Park. If you would like to be a...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery 'N' Gifts is at it again. When the Stallion Springs Community Center sent out a request for help with supplies for their upcoming youth craft days and summer camp art projects, TVAA rallied once again to be sure Tehachapi youth could get their creativity flowing. TVAA holds several artistic fundraising events each year. A photo contest in February and August, Makers Markets in June and August, the Tehachapi All Youth Art Contest in April, and Chalk...
Did you know that California produces over 91% of the strawberries in the United States? Florida is second with a domestic winter crop. Here in California you might see strawberries year round due to our temperate climate, however, the biggest strawberry production occurs in the Santa Maria region that includes the coastal region of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, Northern Santa Barbara and Monterey County. Oxnard is considered by many to be the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” Nic...
Lewis Brown was enthusiastically welcomed by American Association of University Women as the guest speaker at their February meeting. He was the Tehachapi's 2022 Citizen of the Year and is well known as president of the Senior Center. Brown purchased property in Stallion Springs in 1971 after he came here for a rodeo. In 2004 he retired after working 27 years for Knudsen Creamery in the San Fernando Valley. In 2009, he and his wife moved to Stallion Springs. They began attending some activities...
While outlying areas of Tehachapi, such as Stallion Springs, have had the luxury of the high speed internet supplied by Race Communications for some time, the very first installation within the city of Tehachapi occurred on the morning of Feb. 16. The lucky recipients of the first installation were Bradly and Marlene Craighead, who recently moved to Tehachapi from San Diego. The entire Race team showed up for the initial installation, including Director of Sales and Marketing Jim Miller, Marketi...
Diana Wade started canning years ago when she was living near Lake Isabella. It wasn’t long before she began entering her creations in competitions. She won her first blue ribbon at Whiskey Flat Days in Kernville in 2008 and has never looked back. In 2011, Diana and her husband Doug bought a home in Tehachapi that had a kitchen perfect for her hobby. She began experimenting with new flavors and combinations in preserves, salts and rubs. She created gifts for friends and donated items for r...
Stallion Springs Parks and Recreation has gone online with RecDesk. Sign-ups are available from the CSD website. Families can sign up on www.stallionspringscsd.com. Look for “activity sign ups.” All registrations for events, activities and pool access will be done through this site. Stallion Springs Church is now offering a food pantry drive-thru distribution. The next available dates will be on Saturday, March 11 and April 8 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. It is open to all, with no income ver...
Want a fun summer job? Stallion Springs Parks and Recreation announced that they are looking for lifeguards for the pool this summer. Those interested should contact Nicole Ilere at (661) 823-7883. Candidates will need to take the lifeguard certification class offered by TVRPD. The class includes videos, group discussions and hands-on practice. They also teach teamwork, rescue and surveillance skills, First Aid and CPE/AED. Completion of the course results in a two-year certification in Lifeguar...
The Stallions Springs Community Center (SSCC) is proud to offer a chance for locals to expand their interests. "We are lucky to be able to offer our community members classes in many things, and we are excited to be able to offer things for more than just the kids in our community. We are now about to offer a set of writing classes by an author, writing coach, editor and publisher with over three decades of experience," Nicole LLere, Stallion Springs Parks and Recreations Coordinator said. "And...
Josephina "Josie" Flores Borg, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on Dec. 22, 2022, in Tehachapi. She was born on Aug. 8, 1952, in Corona, California. She was one of seven children born to Lydia Moncivais and Guadalupe Jose Flores. She grew up in her hometown of Corona, where she met Frank Salazar. They had two daughters, Jennifer and Priscilla, and with the love and support of her mother, sisters and brother, she was able to raise them in a safe and loving...
Tehachapi Mountain Quilters will be holding their next meeting on Monday, Feb. 6, at Shepherd of the Hills Church. Doors will open at 9 a.m. for socializing and the meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. We will be having "Trash to Treasures" after the business part of the meeting. Members who have quilting items and fabrics they no longer need will have items available to sell, so come prepared. The Quilt Guild is pleased to announce that we will be having "Beginners Quilt Workshops" available for...
What if I told you I could lock in your gas prices for the rest of your life at $1.63 per gallon? Wouldn't you quickly take advantage of that tremendous financial savings? Did you know we pay Edison as much as $.40 per kilowatt during high peak hours? That is the equivalent to $6.50 per gallon in gasoline. Solar creates a "fixed cost" for you...anywhere from $0.09 to $0.15 per kilowatt, which is the equivalent to $1.63 per gallon of gas. Would you take a deal to fix your gasoline price at...
The Tehachapi Mountains are home to at least six species of tree oaks and perhaps that many shrubs oaks as well. Oaks are one of the defining characteristics of many local landscapes. The biggest of these are Valley Oaks, which can grow into massive, living sculptures with pale, deeply furrowed bark, a rugged framework of craggy, angular limbs and a spreading canopy of green lobed leaves. The fate of our largest native oak trees, the Valley Oaks (Quercus lobata), can be compared to that of the...
The Tehachapi Mountain Quilters are pleased to announce that we will be having beginning quilt workshops open to the public. If you are interested in learning how to quilt, now is the perfect opportunity. The first meeting will be Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. at Stallion Springs Community Church, 18151 St Andrews Dr. At that time, you will be given information on the workshops, a supply list, etc. The workshops will start with the very beginning of the process and the end result will be a finished quilt. The cost is $25 for members, $50 for non-members....
Longtime resident and local artist Norma Rose Adams passed away Dec. 19 of complications from COPD. She was 84. Norma was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Fred and daughter Teri. She is survived by their four shared children Stephen, Jan, Cheryl and Kathy, five grandchildren and multiple grand dogs and cats. Norma had many friends in Stallion Springs and Tehachapi. She is loved by all and loved all of them, too. Per her wishes, there will be no formal services....
Jack was born on Dec. 28, 1939 and passed away on Dec. 9. He was born to Jack I. and Hazel Dressel in Lemon Cove, California. He attended grade school in Orange Cove, California, and graduated from high school in Reedley, California in 1958. Throughout his childhood, he stayed and worked in his grandparent's Orange Orchard, where he enjoyed working with his grandfather, uncles and cousins. In his teenage years, he worked at various packing houses with his dad making boxes. In his early 20s,...
Chances are, you live in Tehachapi because you love it. You find it special somehow. Can you describe it? Let's see how some of your neighbors feel about Tehachapi: It's quiet. Mountainous. Beautiful scenery. Good barbecue. No smog. We were just in L.A. for a conference, and there was that horrible traffic, and the people that come with it – you can escape all of that here. – Juan It sounds so cliché, but I love the four seasons! Geographically, it's just a beautiful place. In Stallion Spri...
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...
Winter Skate Day, Dec. 28 Join us for "Winter Skate Day" at the Stallion Springs Community Center, Thursday, Dec. 28. This fun-filled day of indoor skating will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. The cost of $3 for kids and $5 for adults is payable at the door. Rollerskates and rollerblades only. All participants will be required to sign a waiver. Snacks and hot cocoa will be available for purchase. General News The Stallion Springs CSD reminds residents that when streets are plowed, residents...
