Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The City of Tehachapi was honored on Sept. 27 with an engineering award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the Tehachapi Boulevard Bike Path Project. "The City of Tehachapi is honored to receive an award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for the Tehachapi Boulevard Bike Path Project. We received this award in the category of 'Outstanding Bikeways & Trailways.' It is no surprise to me that Tehachapi is being recognized for our quality of life. Years of hard work...
Public hearings for draft environmental report due summer 2019 Piece by piece, elements of the massive California High-Speed Rail (HSR) project are falling into place as planners move ahead like the tenacious tortoise who prevailed over the overconfident and dismissive hare. In this case, the hare is the portion of the population of California whose favorite word for the project is "boondoggle." The tortoise keeps moving steadily ahead. "There are 120 miles [of track] under construction and 21...
There are so many things in Tehachapi that remind me of my dad. The wildflowers, the people, the open and endless sky at dusk. But nothing quite brings him back to me like the gentle hum of a mountain dulcimer. I woke up to a lovely surprise a couple of weeks ago. Fiddlers Crossing, Tehachapi's local gathering place for beautiful concerts and art, posted on Facebook a preview of their upcoming mountain dulcimer concert with Steve Eulberg and Erin Mae Lewis. I already planned on attending the con...
The streets of downtown Tehachapi were bright with color after the 2018 Chalk on the Walk on Aug. 11. Artists of all ages began claiming their 4 by 4-foot section of sidewalk canvas along Tehachapi Boulevard and Green Street at 7:30 a.m. It didn't take long for beautiful art to appear. While some of the artists were new to Chalk on the Walk, others like Best in Show winner Bridget Lucas have participated for "more years than I can remember." Lucas graduated from high school this year and is...
My first experience living in a Quonset hut was, as a bride, in 1950. The tunnel-like buildings were one of hundreds-of-thousands that had been constructed to house military personnel and families on bases during World War II. Our group of huts, called Homaja Housing, was just inside the main gate of Camp Pendleton. The one-thousand or so huts were located on the west side of Vandergrift Boulevard as it proceeded into Camp Pendleton, a giant Base encompassing over 126,000-acres that swept from...
August First Friday at Tehachapi Treasure Trove will feature bead loom weaving with Susanna Monette. Susanna creates her own designs and uses a variety of loom types to create the desired effects. Susanna will have on display several major projects using bead loom pieces, hand beaded pieces and dream catcher weaving as well as beaded accessories and dream catchers. An appreciation of geometric design has enabled Susanna to create unique designs using themes such as desert life, native animals an...
If you have a business, service club, or perhaps an event you want to get noticed, it's important to pursue as many avenues as you can to get the attention you need. You'll definitely want to use print media, of course. An ad in The Loop always works. But nowadays there's a whole new boulevard to walk down-social media, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, to mention just a few. While that ad in The Loop will stay in front of people for at least a couple of weeks, social media might only...
In 2012 the City of Tehachapi introduced a sponsorship program that allowed businesses, organizations, families or individuals to sponsor an American flag in downtown Tehachapi. The sponsorship program, known as the "Adopt-A-Flag" program, gives Tehachapi and its residents an opportunity to show off their pride and patriotism for America. The City has approximately 100 decorative light posts on Tehachapi Boulevard, Green Street, F Street, Curry, Robinson, and the Mill Street corridor right off...
Tehachapi's Freedom Plaza and Visitor's Center, already a recipient of three regional awards by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Council for Engineering Companies, was recognized on March 23 with another award at the State level. "The American Society of Civil Engineers is both the largest and most prestigious civil engineering group in the United States. This award from Region 9 of the ASCE represents the highest award in our category for the State of California. The...
A decade or more back, when I first saw the construction/renovation of Green St., with colorful road tiles on the intersections, newly designed street signs, and an added "first for Tehachapi," a one way street, I thought, "What next?" Why does Tehachapi think they need a one way street? A few years back I used to drive a senior citizen to the Post Office each day at ten o'clock in the morning. Actually, we were both senior citizens but he was just more senior than I by some fifteen years. I...
April First Friday will feature artist James Barrs, a rock collector extraordinaire. He creates unique expressions in natural stones. He walks the desert finding beautiful rocks. He then polishes, cuts slices and then creates a variety of sculptures using his finds. When James came across his first piece of petrified wood he was hooked. He walks the desert around Rosamond, California City (behind Castle Rock) and all the way to Barstow looking for interesting rocks. He has been polishing and...
Mill Town Marketplace is celebrating their sixth First Friday Night Market on April 6. Local residents that craft their own products will be in pop-up tents in the parking lot of Alligator Rose at the corner of South Mill and F Streets in downtown Tehachapi, 5-8 p.m. Featuring live music, food, wine, shop specials and a grand prize drawing from business contributions in the vicinity, which are now valued at $800. A very happy recipient each month wins this drawing qualified with purchases from...
It was a sunny day on May 19, 1938 when my eldest brother, Everett Davis, drove my sister, Evelyn, my brother Buster and myself to the local airport in my father's 1928 Hupmobile. I had asked to go as they got into the car and they grudgingly assented. Ten year old sisters can be a trial to older siblings and I was perfectly cast for the part. The occasion was a commemoration marking the 20th Anniversary of National Airmail Service with a flight from Tehachapi to Bakersfield. Local pilot, Harry...
On Friday Evening, March 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. Tehachapi Treasure Trove will again celebrate First Friday. The featured artist for March will be Jan Brottlund. Jan has been dabbling in all kinds of arts and crafts her whole life. At the Treasure Trove she is currently displaying steampunk, folded book art, iris paper folding, and an assortment of sewn, painted and string art pieces. She enjoys learning different crafts and experimenting with new ideas. Jan started crafting as a child in northern...
2th Annual Valentine's Wine and Chocolate Tasting...
The city of Tehachapi is run as a business. "We are a non-profit business," City Manager Greg Garrett told members of the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi on Jan. 31 at the Tehachapi Police Department Community Room. "The trick is keeping the lights on," he said. The city operates the water and service utilities and owns, among other properties, the train depot museum, the BeeKay Theatre, the police department building and the wastewater treatment plant. "We have highly trained professionals," he...
To Celebrate 2018 the Chinese Year of the Dog, the Treasure Trove will be featuring "Love Is Going to The Dogs". Paper dog and heart valentines will be available to color for those who wish to contribute to our sponsored rescues: • Doberman Pinscher SOS • Have a Heart Humane Society The ornaments will be posted on our dog house wall for the rest of February. Come join us to support the dogs, enjoy food and wine and listen to music by Art Larson on clarinet. The Dog is the symbol of loyalty and...
This month, many lacy cards will change hands to celebrate Valentine's Day. To celebrate, an exhibit of vintage Valentines will be on view February 2 for First Friday at the Tehachapi Museum. Another exhibit features several garments and samples of many types of lace. The featured jacket from the 1800s is made entirely of handmade lace that includes several types of lace and delicate stitching, made to fit a petite Victorian silhouette. It is astounding in its detail and shows the many hours of...
Tehachapi's Freedom Plaza and Visitor Center, already recipient of three regional awards by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Council for Engineering Companies, will now be recognized with another award at the State level. Freedom Plaza has earned the distinction of 'Small Project of the Year' for ASCE's Region 9 which covers the State of California. With the ASCE Region 9 award, Freedom Plaza is now in consideration for 'Best Small Project' for the entire national...
I often hear people say, "It's never been this hot before!" Later, "It's never been this cold before!" Don't forget to mention, "We've never had such a dry year before!" or "We've never had this much rain before." Actually, the only answer to that is, "Yes, we have." This past year, however, has been a real pain to those who mourn the lack of moisture of any kind. A couple of rains and a spitting of snow and we're back to "sunny days ahead" Sunny California is certainly earning its name. January...
First Fridays have become a popular event of fun, refreshments, hospitality and shopping at all the participating venues. Gallery 'N' Gifts will be featuring Debbie Haeberle Gallery 'N' Gifts is located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. Tehachapi Treasure Trove is located at 116 East Tehachapi Boulevard, right across the street from the water tower in Railroad Park. Featuring Student Art. Come see what is happening and join the fun, food, wine, conversation, and music by Art Larsen on Clarinet. Oak...
Christmas Around the World at the Errea House Museum featuring Germany Christmas Around the World this year at the Errea House will be featuring German decorations and holiday traditions. Two decorated Christmas trees will be on a silent auction, as well as other items. The trees will be decorated with typical German ornaments of lace, wood, and glass, with the traditional dill pickle ornament adorning the trees. Across the street the Museum Gift Shop will be brimming with German ornaments and...
The big, stand-alone industrial building just north of Tehachapi Boulevard east of Dennison is the Chemtool manufacturing plant. While the absence of signage at the site and strangely shaped tankers rolling in and out render the plant anonymous and rather mysterious, the company is the west coast anchor of the fifth largest grease maker in the world. The Tehachapi Chemtool plant produces custom grease products, blending oil with specialty chemicals that can make the grease last longer, perform...
Future commerce in the city of Tehachapi – The vehicle and truck pump stations and metal frame of the 14,788 square foot building of the Pilot Flying J Travel Center are emerging quickly at the Summit (where Hwy. 58 crosses the train tracks and Tehachapi Boulevard). The company's traveling construction crew is expected to complete the project in October. In a configuration similar to the nearby Love's Travel Stop, the project will have access points for vehicles on Tehachapi Boulevard and n...
Quite often I encounter someone who greets me with, "Hello there, young lady!" They're just being kind for, unless their eyesight is nearly gone, they can see the wrinkles that disqualify me as a young lady. Never once, though, does anyone address the attendees at the local Old Timer's Picnic, as young. We all know that to qualify one has to have been around the block a couple of times. I enjoy being on the committee for the local Old Timer's Picnic. When sitting behind a table greeting folk,...
