Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Members of the community and the Tehachapi Police Department, including Chief Richard Standridge, gathered at One Fine Day cafe, 117 E. F St., Tehachapi on Sept. 13 for the first "Iced Tea with Your PD." This event is a great opportunity for people to meet and connect with members of the department and the new chief, while enjoying a free glass of iced tea." We wanted to do something different with an event like this in the afternoon to bring out different members of the community," said Chief...
On the evening of Aug. 31, many members of the community turned out at the Hitching Post Theaters for a memorial for the man known as "Bear." Bear has been a well known figure in Tehachapi for many years and was often seen hanging out in front of the Hitching Post Theaters chatting with passersby. His friendly face will be missed by the community....
We are happy to celebrate our country's birthday and we do a fine job on July 4th in saluting the flag as it goes by and singing the "National Anthem." Yes, we do well. The 247 year old Uncle Sam should be proud of us. Sometimes things just slip by us and we in California sort of let California's Admission Day slip by. California was admitted to the United States as the 31st state of the Union on Sept. 9, 1850. The area of California was never designated as a territory which was a prerequisite...
A “threshold concept” is something that one is aware of and understands to a certain extent, but it is the actual experience of the concept that makes it real. My threshold concept was transformed and made real the moment I found myself frozen in shock after receiving the text telling me that my former classmate and friend had taken their life. My “concept” of suicide was suddenly real, as was the pain of losing someone close to me. Unfortunately, that is what is happening rapidly to many ac...
Geo Brawn IV and his wife Nancy moved to Tehachapi near the end of June this year. They moved here from Eastvale, California, a little town near Norco and Riverside, where they had resided for about 10 of their 15 years together. One of the deciding factors in the move was the huge growth in that area of Southern California. Nancy said that another deciding factor in the move was a new Amazon fulfillment center that she said made Costco look like a "mom and pop." For years they had heard how...
We've all seen people age differently. Some people at 50 are showing signs of cognitive impairment and some people in their 80s are as alert as ever. There are as many answers to this as there are people, genetics, diets, exercises, recent illnesses or accidents. There are a ton of different explanations. Lately we've seen political figures on both sides of the aisle show signs of aging. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a deer in the headlights look when he was asked a question about...
When I first found out that my friend Leila got a shot in her eye every month, I freaked out. I was horrified to even think of such a thing. She said it was no big deal; she'd been getting these shots for several years. They were saving her vision. The idea of losing my vision is one of my worst fears, but I couldn't get over the idea of someone coming at my vulnerable eyeball with a syringe. No! No! No! I have trouble putting eye drops in my eyes, no way could I imagine getting a shot in one....
The key to disaster preparedness is preparing today for the unexpected tomorrow. Recent weather events are a great reminder and now is a great time to review your disaster plans. Talk with your family and neighbors. Have a plan and be prepared. Another great way to be prepared is to be trained as a Kern County Fire Department CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) volunteer. This training starts with a 20-hour Basic CERT course, which is being offered Oct. 13, 14 and 15 in Bear Valley Springs. The Basic CERT course covers a wide range of...
Join seven-time world title holders Michael Eads and Rachele Smith on Sunday, Oct. 8 in P-Dubs at Mountain Bowling, 20800 Santa Lucia St., Tehachapi, for a great afternoon of two-step dance! Instructors Eads and Smith have a background in many dance styles including country, western and west coast swing. The class, organized by local line dancing instructor Gloria Yeager, will run from noon to 3 p.m. Couples are priced at $50, but singles are more than welcome to attend for $25. Call (661) 823-4766 to sign up or learn more!...
Despite what we see on TV and in the movies, computer hacking doesn't involve crouching over a laptop on the floor of a dark server room. Or sitting at a desk with multiple monitors with lines of code running on the screens. Followed by someone saying, "I'm in." Does it happen? Probably, but not very often. The most common way to go where you aren't allowed, computer security-wise, is by using social engineering. Social engineering doesn't rely on technical hacking methods to access buildings,...
John Burrows lived his whole life in Fresno, yet he had not been in Tehachapi until he decided to run for Congress. He recently came to introduce himself to members of Tehachapi Mountain Democratic Club and recognized that Tehachapi is certainly different from big metropolitan areas. Although, there are similar concerns about housing, jobs, health care, climate change, veteran benefits and more. "People in this district deserve better representation," he said. Burrows grew up in a single-parent...
Emilie Jane Ying was born in Madison, Georgia on June 28, 1933. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. As a commercial artist, she designed billboards and magazine advertisements; drew maps for the Tennessee Valley Authority and even designed jewelry. In 1958, she married Thomas Ying and in 1961 gave birth to their daughter, Karen. They moved to California, eventually settling in Huntington Beach, and adding daughter, Renee, in 1967. Emilie began a...
The next Tehachapi Blood Drive will be held Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Houchin Community Blood Bank (HCBB). The blood drive is also seeking donors for platelets and plasma. These donations will help burn victims and cancer patients. HCBB will team up with Tehachapi Vineyard Church, Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District and the City of Tehachapi to provide an opportunity to give back to the community by donating blood. The drive will be held at Tehachapi Vineyard Church, 502...
If you like old cemeteries like I do, there are a number of them tucked away in various parts of Kern County. One of my favorites is the Rand District Cemetery in Johannesburg (also known as the Johannesburg Cemetery). In back of the small town of Johannesburg, up the hill and near the mountain (you'll see what I mean when you get there), between Mt Wells Avenue and Sunset Avenue, is the old time – yet also currently used – cemetery. It is unfenced and has dirt roads through it, but it's nea...
Humans tend to rely most heavily on our sense of vision to navigate and experience our surroundings, assisted by our hearing. But another powerful ability is our sense of smell, and this olfactory perception can connect to some of our strongest, most primal likes, dislikes and memories. A scent that matches ones in our memory can transport us to a place and time in our mind instantly, or evoke an association that seems elemental to our being. The smell of a cut pumpkin can immediately summon tho...
Judy Barras Lee was a Tehachapi author who wrote The Long Road to Tehachapi, Tehachapi: The Formative Years, an earlier book about Tehachapi's history, including a fascinating chapter on the Nuwä (Kawaiisu or Southern Paiute) Indian people, and Their Places Shall Know Them No More, a memoir about her explorations into Nuwä culture and her visits to traditional sites. I was always interested in Tehachapi history, even as a little kid, and Judy was unfailingly kind to me and answered any q...
The Tehachapi Police Department is excited to invite the community to another "Pickleball with the Police" family fun evening on Wednesday, Sept. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is a great opportunity to meet your police officers and new chief while trying out the fastest growing sport in America. Six pickleball courts will be set up at the Tehachapi Police Department and all ages are welcome to play. Whether you are a pickleball professional or have never tried the sport before, this is a great...
On Aug. 23, Boom Supersonic's scaled down prototype the XB-1 completed taxi tests on runway 30 at Mojave Air & Space Port. Earlier this year, XB-1 was moved from the company's hangar in Centennial, Colorado to the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California to continue preparations for flight. According to Blake Scholl, Boom Supersonic's founder and CEO (excerpted from Boom Supersonic press release): "The recent progress made towards XB-1's first flight reflects the team's collective efforts...
Community is not the city, the location or the government – it's the people. Webster's dictionary defines community as "an interacting population of various kinds of individuals in a common location." Community is a body, society or group of individuals. On Sept. 9, a community of 165 people from all walks of life gathered together at An Evening for Life to show their support for the Family Life Pregnancy Center and the growing services provided to the Tehachapi and East Kern areas. Together, o...
The wonderful ladies from the Comfort Quilts group of the Tehachapi Mountain Quilters, have done it again! On Aug. 16, (pictured left to right) Vickie Ruggles, Donna Dieterle, Carolyn Pearson, Doris Brown, Gina Siembieda and Pauline Haddox delivered 164 beautiful handmade quilts to L.A. Children's Hospital to be distributed to the children that are patients there. Ours is the only group that provides a beautiful, warm and comforting quilt to these children who are going through treatment. We...
Canine Creek is your Halloween one-stop shop! Check out the cutest spooky attire and merch for your pets early, while the selection is a-BOOn-dant! Canine Creek is located at 798 Tucker Rd., Ste. 5, in Tehachapi....
The City of Tehachapi is inviting community members to attend two upcoming planning meetings for Tehachapi Hometown Christmas. The meetings will take place Tuesday, Sept. 12 at noon and Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. at the Tehachapi Police Department Community Room, located at 220 W. C St., Tehachapi. The meetings are open to the public. Nonprofits, local businesses, churches, entertainment groups or individuals wanting to participate in or support Hometown Christmas are encouraged to attend...
On the same day he was born, July 14, the much loved and famed Nick "the Painter" Benedict passed away at 77 years old. Born in Los Angeles to parents Richard Benedict and Paula Lindenbaum in 1946, Nick is survived by his wife Ginger Benedict, sister Joy Benedict and step-children Bianca and Angelo Loli. Nick met Ginger in Bear Valley Springs in 2000 where he lived for many years, where he became fondly referred to in the Tehachapi community as "Nick the Painter." His specialty was housing trim...
Geraldine Jacinta Mary McConville Stephens was born June 16, 1947 in Portadown, County Armagh in Northern Ireland. She was born to Rory and Gertie (Gilpin) McConville, and was the second born of 10 children. As the firstborn girl, she naturally became the "second mom" to her brothers, sisters and many in the same Irish community in which she grew up - as a natural caregiver, babysitter and a feisty irishwoman that wouldn't put up with any shenanigans. Jeri's father Rory left Ireland to pursue...
The City of Tehachapi has partnered up with Kern Transit to provide a curb-to-curb transit service for Tehachapi and Golden Hills residents. Volunteers are needed in the Tehachapi area to test the Mobility by Ecolane app for Dial-A-Ride services. All participants in the test-phase of the app will receive a complimentary 31-day pass for Dial-A-Ride services in exchange for feedback on the app’s performance. The new app will give users the ability to book and cancel their Kern Transit Dial-A-Ride trip from their mobile device. Contact Kern T...
