Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Fall tours at Tehachapi Native American Village Site California State Parks is currently taking reservations for the fall tour season at Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park in Tehachapi, beginning this Saturday! Park visitation is only allowed on authorized guided tours, which involve a moderately strenuous 3-mile hike. Although no structures remain on this Kawaiisu (Nüwa) Native American village site, the area’s rich history comes alive through the trained volunteer tour guides and the clues that the inhabitants left behind. Tomo Kahni means “w...
On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Freshman Tehachapi Tomahawks won their first game of the season against Central. Both teams played a great game with the Tomahawks coming up with the win, with a final score of 36-12. This victory was hugely in part due to our son, #21 Stylz Davis. Stylz is 8 years old and is a second-year player for the Tomahawks. Stylz plays as a Running back on Offence and Defensive End on Defense. Stylz loves football and he is an amazing player. Even knowing how good he is, we...
What activities did you use to wile away the long days of pandemic seclusion? I heard about a lot of bread making. Families dusted off board games and caught up on G-rated movies. Some people indulged in binge watching cable series they hadn’t had time for during busier schedules. Others got out their knitting needles and finally used their accumulated yarn stashes, making stacks of sweaters for their families, friends, pets and strangers. For singles, books were taken from the “someday I will r...
This is not an obituary but a story of a life well lived. At just two days before turning 101, my mom, Evelyn Dignam decided she was ready to leave this earthly plain. Her life, like so many, was full of ups and downs. She lived through the depression. Her childhood was not always a happy one, so much so, that she would rarely talk about it. Evelyn was a fighter and tried not to let things get her down. She married William Dignam from Bay Ridge Brooklyn in 1942. They loved and supported six...
On Sept. 26 the 1,000th Tehachapi resident opted into the free non-emergent text messaging platform to communicate with the City of Tehachapi. Eighteen months ago on April 8, 2021, the City of Tehachapi added a text communication platform for residents to reach us via text message. Text My Gov was added for non-emergent text communication notifications for citizens to notify the City of Tehachapi departments of various issues, concerns or receive information via text message. “We wanted to be able to offer additional communication tools for t...
I had such a great time on a Sunday drive a few weeks ago that I decided to take another similar one last week. This time I took a different route to the Lake Isabella area – up and back down the canyon – specifically with the idea of visiting the Silver City Ghost Town in Bodfish. And once again, the drive was just as entertaining as the destination. I headed out of Tehachapi on the 58 and took the Comanche exit, turning north toward the 178. A few miles later I turned right onto the 178, follo...
Coinciding with Tehachapi’s Apple Festival, the Tehachapi Friends of the Library’s “Big Book Sale” this year is on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is another 2-in-1 sale. On Saturday there will be two areas of books set up in the library’s courtyard. The first area will have individually priced books, and will include a number of reasonably priced antique and other specialty books. The second section of books for sale will be the ever popu...
In a special meeting held on Sept. 21, the Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously to award the contract for the Dennison Water Main Project to California Compaction Company, who submitted the low bid of $649,486.57. According to Andrew Norton from Public Works, the bid was actually under the estimated cost for the project. The projected plan is to replace a .50 mile of 14 inch diameter pipe and ductile fittings, tie-in connections to existing water lines, as well as the removal of the...
The Apple Festival is excited to partner with the Make-A-Wish® Northeastern/Central California and Northern Nevada Chapter to grant the South Valley Region's 1,000th wish. This is a first for the festival and it gives us great joy to be able to support such a worthy organization and a local Tehachapi youth. The fun begins at 10 a.m. and we highly encourage the community to come out in support of a fabulous 11-year-old who turned 11 on the 11th of October and was born in 2011. This is his wis...
The heat has been getting to me lately, as I'm sure it has gotten to you as well, and while gas prices are going down, they are still relatively high. Both of those factors prompted me to go somewhere close this time, just a short drive and to a mostly indoor, cooled destination. That destination was the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, and it turned out to be a great little quick getaway (call it "half-day" trippin' instead of "day" trippin'). As is my usual modus operandi, I...
One look at the title of this article and many will move on. They will see the word accountability and the voice in their head will say, "No, thank you." Before you flip the page or move to the next article, bear with me for a moment while I explain its necessity. Accountability is a catalyst for growth; spiritual, social, emotional, career, etc. Allowing others to speak into our lives offers the opportunity to see from new perspectives, hold to commitments and goals, and have relationships...
The Loop newspaper’s new weekly podcast “In The Loop” keeps you, well…in the loop! In all seriousness, we are having a great time bringing you your weekly dose of local news and events, features on local businesses and residents, school updates and much more. Co-hosts Nick Tanaka and Josh Crisalli, yours truly, would like to thank our current listeners and invite new listeners who are curious about what we are up to. In the current episode (Sept. 12, 2022, episode 1.15), we cover the burglar...
A culinary makeover from the inside out has taken place at the Great Wall Chinese restaurant over at 807 Tucker Rd., Ste. F., in Tehachapi. A new family has taken over all operations and tasty new menu items are now available. The friendly and humble Kaibin Chen (K.B.) – who has worked as a waiter at Great Wall for six years – purchased the restaurant from the previous owners and brought his parents, Xiadi Chen and Hong Lin, in to cook. They have experience cooking professionally in China, Ger...
On Sept. 8, the Conrad family celebrated the changing of ownership of Postal ASAP, 785 Tucker Rd., Suite G, Tehachapi. The new owners of Postal ASAP received certificates of recognition from Laura Lynn Wyatt representing Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner's office. Corey Costelloe presented a certificate of recognition on behalf of the City of Tehachapi. The Conrad family is excited for their new adventure. Stop by and meet the new owners running this great store!...
Special events in Tehachapi draw crowds and economic impact The economic impact of special events in the City of Tehachapi is an important economic driver for both locals and tourists alike. There is the benefit of these events, whether it is hotel stays for larger events or additional revenue for small and large businesses while people visit Tehachapi and Downtown, specifically. There is also the impact brought on by the event itself, this includes the time by City Public Works, police and admi...
At their Sept. 6 meeting, the Tehachapi City Council approved Griffith Construction as the firm to complete the long awaited Pinon St. extension from Brandon Ln. to Dennison Rd. To complete the project, the City of Tehachapi successfully applied for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds that were available through the Kern Council of Governments (KernCOG) for just such a purpose. The funds totaling $885,299 will provide for 88.53% of the project. The project requires an 11% match...
Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District and Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley are dedicated to ensuring high quality and comprehensive healthcare for our community. To that end, the District’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to put Measure X on the November 2022 ballot. Measure X will not impose any costs to taxpayers or the community. Measure X simply seeks voter approval for the District to enter into a new 30-year lease with Adventist at Tehachapi Hospital. Other than the term of the lease and rent, the proposed new lease is materially t...
We know that computers, phones, and tablets store files and folders on your device, but what are files and folders? Is it like in the movie Zoolander where Owen Wilson's character learns that the files he needs are IN the computer, so he drops it off a balcony and sorts through the debris, looking for the files he needs? Well, no. In an office, a paper file stores related documents together in a container or a drawer. For example, a file might have all the receipts from last year, the budget...
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: "Tehachapi has a quaint feeling that's endearing. Just the way the train station sits next to the bakery, across from the (Depot) museum. The lit-up Christmas tree and Christmas songs playing while you're walking down the street – so beautiful! The summer barbecues that raise money for the VFW. These things signify to me a small t...
(I wrote an account of the 1932 flood over 30 years ago for the Tehachapi News. I was lucky to find someone who had been in Keene when the waters washed away people, houses and even buried a Santa Fe Engine, as well as washed a Southern Pacific engine off the tracks . I carefully kept notes after talking to Walter Hicks, who was in Keene during the whole thing. I have not added anything to enhance the story; only the facts told me at that time, by Walter Hicks, Laura Ramos, Bob Freeman, Bud...
Robert Leo Radebaugh, 78, died on Sept. 5 in Tehachapi. During his last days, he was at home surrounded by his beloved wife, children and friends. Robert "Bob" was born to Richard Wheaton Radebaugh and Martha Walters Radebaugh in Oak Park, Illinois, on Nov. 10, 1943. Bob served in the Navy during the Vietnam war. There he learned about radar technology. Bob joined the early computer industry and thrived in this field for 52 years. Into retirement, Bob loved tinkering with computers. He had a...
Tehachapi blood donors responded on Sept. 7 with the strongest turnout we've had in the three years of coordinating blood drives with our community partners. 90 people registered to donate blood, 10 of those were first time donors including a 16-year-old who came out with her mother. Houchin Community Blood Bank, Tehachapi Vineyard Church, Tehachapi Valley Health Care District, TVRPD and the City of Tehachapi have been working together to help fill the blood shortage in our community. On Sept....
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...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and Gallery ‘N’ Gifts is excited to announce a “First Frightday Spooktacular” on Oct. 7 from 4 to 7 p.m., featuring Halloween-themed artwork by its local artist members. Refreshments will be served, and as always the event is free. Oct. 7 also marks the “dead-line “ (excuse the pun) for community members to turn in their submissions for the annual Decorated Witches Hat Contest. A costume contest and awards for the hats will be held Oct. 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. with prizes and refreshments. Entry for these event...
For this review I have chosen two books that revolve around water, one a lake and one a river. In some respects they are very alike. Both contain mysteries. Both reflect life and death. In both the water holds secrets. The secrets draw groups of people into working together. The stories are both terrifying and tender. That is what they share on the surface. Yet, there are also so many differences. The first book, “The Big Dark Sky,” written by Dean Koontz takes the reader on a ride where adv...
