Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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A life-giving spring produces clean, clear water every day, filling a couple of small ponds that reflect the trees that tower above them, and the blue Southern California sky above. This natural gift of abundance was cherished by Native people for many centuries, and then sorely neglected by the newcomers who arrived and pushed them aside. Not any more. Thanks to an effort led by Tongva tribal members, this bountiful source of fresh water is once more a place of beauty. It is a natural resource...
Elsewhere in this edition of The Loop, you will see the obituary of my father, Michael Costelloe who passed away on Feb. 5 after some prolonged health battles. Never one to shy away from a challenge or a difficult task, he gave everything he had in that battle before the grace of God took him home. It's true what they say, as you get older you tend to notice you take more and more after your parents. In retrospect of my life I can certainly attest to that fact, I am a lot like my father Mike....
Carmen Rae moved into her new home in Tehachapi in October, 2023. Her home is adjacent to that of her son and daughter-in-law Robert and Debra who built the home to accommodate a space for her. Robert and Debra moved to Tehachapi in 2021 with plans to build the home and were a part of a Meet Your New Neighbors article in November 2021. For the last several years, Carmen had been living in Palmdale, where her son Scott was living. Other than her two sons in California, she has a son, a daughter a...
Christopher John Cote, 71, of Tehachapi, passed away peacefully on Jan. 28 following a stroke. He was under the care of Hospice in Bakersfield. Chris was born in Tehachapi to Lou and Mary Cote on March 4, 1952. He graduated from Tehachapi High School in 1970. Chris worked 40 years in the Bay Area in the HVAC field before returning to live permanently in Tehachapi. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a sister. He leaves behind his sister Joan; brothers, Mick, Kevin and Joe;...
Michael Joseph Costelloe was born on March 29, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York and passed away Feb. 5 after a series of health battles. Mike was one of six born to John and Teresa Costelloe. He grew up in Long Island, New York before work called the family out west in the 1960s where they settled in Costa Mesa, California. Mike would go on to attend and graduate from Mesa High School where he excelled in baseball, football and wrestling. After graduation in 1970, Mike returned to New York where he...
Approximately 20 years ago, the Rotary Club began its Senior Luncheon program in December, serving residents a full holiday meal, which included turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans, dinner rolls, drinks and pumpkin pie. All free of charge. That first year we had eight people in attendance. Since that first luncheon, it has continued to grow until 2018 when we had over 300 attendees to serve. Many donations were made in order to serve so many people, including from...
Participants at the sold out Rotary Wine Pairing Dinner were not disappointed by the wine, the food or the fun atmosphere created at the old Moose Lodge on the corner of F and Curry streets. After checking in, each person was sent to their assigned seat to get their first glass of wine, Eberle 2021 Reserve Chardonnay. This gave everyone a chance to mix and mingle, look at the 33 items on the silent auction table and purchase opportunity tickets for the incredible quilt specifically designed for...
Sharron Rose Domingo, born in Long Beach, California on Oct. 17, 1942 was 81 years old and resided in Tehachapi when she passed away on Jan. 3. Sharron was one of five children born to Emerson and Fay Ray. Her siblings are Monte, Robert, Lorene, Sharron and Marne. She attended Glendale High School and later operated a wig shop, hair salon and costume shop. She taught art, inspired creativity and mentored countless individuals throughout her life. She is survived by her husband Anthony Leonard...
The year 2024 is here, folks! Let’s make it a great one for our community. Pickleball is still going on all winter, Monday through Friday from 7:30 til 10:30 a.m., and evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Contact Rhonda at (661) 428-7461 for more info. Also, the Oak Tree Tennis Club participated in a fundraiser that raised almost $1,000 to aid Tehachapi High School tennis teams. Around 50 people participated in the second annual fundraiser. Well done, team! The Equestrian Center always has events going on. The Pony Club, part of the United States Pony C...
The California Lions Clubs, in particular Tehachapi Lions Club, is sponsoring the Student Speaker Contest of 2023-24, titled “For a Better World - What Would You Change?” The contest is open to all students ages 14-18, whether they are in public, private or home school programs. Students, this is your opportunity to voice your opinion (plus facts) and gather some funds toward your future goals. The competitions are progressive. The local competitions could possibly garner a student up to $500 in cash. The higher level contests could pos...
If you enjoy meeting fun loving people, eating incredible food and enjoying great wine then this is the event for you. This year, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi has secured five amazing wines from Eberle Vineyards of Paso Robles. The wines were given to chef Mano Lujan, who tastes each one and develops a menu that not only enhances the food, but also brings out the best of the wines. Mano will talk about what he made and why. The Wine Pairing Dinner on Jan. 27 starts at 6 p.m. at the newly...
Margaret (Marge) Stevens passed away peacefully in her home on Dec. 18, 2023. Marge was born in Orange, California on Nov. 20, 1934, to Richard and Constance Sweney of Los Angeles, California. After graduating Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois, Marge attended UCLA to become a stewardess. While attending UCLA, she met her husband of 34 years, William (Bill) Stevens at a gas station around the corner from the university campus. Marge left college to become a housewife extraordinaire,...
The calendar year is closing out and there were several moments and accomplishments in the local sports scene to brag about in 2023. I will start at the 10,000-foot level with facility improvements for our Tehachapi High School student athletes. What started due to some frankly embarrassing moments during the 2022 fall season led to local advocacy led by the Warrior Booster Club to bring our facilities up to competitive standards. Thankfully, the Tehachapi Unified School District agreed, and...
On Oct. 31, 86-year-old Harry Davies moved to Tehachapi from Garden Grove, a community in Orange County where he had lived for over 30 years following his retirement from NASA. He purchased a home here to be close to his son, Tehachapi City Councilman and Mayor Michael Davies and his family. Raised in Los Angeles, Harry said he worked at a stable during his school years. Following high school, he joined the Air Force and spent four years active duty and four years in the reserves. As part of...
It’s that time of the year again! As we have done in the past, we are hosting an informational presentation for high school and college-age young men, women and their parents who would like to learn about Naval ROTC Scholarships to pay for college and to serve in the military. Midshipman 2nd Class Travis Sturckow, from Tehachapi, is a Junior at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the NROTC. He graduated from Devil Pups in 2018 and will be providing a brief presentation on NROTC basics: how to apply, daily life, career opportunities and more....
The Tehachapi Warriors Booster Club honored Athlete of the Month recipients for the month of November on Dec. 14 at Tehachapi High School. Honorees were recognized for their work on the fields, courts and courses in the month of November and represented the final group for the fall sport's season. The girl athletes honored were Presley Gardener (Varsity Volleyball), Audrey Landers (JV Volleyball), Kylee Christy (Frosh/Soph Volleyball), Paityn Billings (Varsity Tennis), Princess Amezcua (JV Tenni...
Sitting around with family a few months ago, we began sharing stories, as families do, laughing at inside jokes which are funny only to those related, and just generally having a good time. By the way, at that family gathering we discovered we had, at present, four generations of Tehachapi High School graduates; incorporating years, 1937 to present time. Not bad! Speaking of "do-gooders," I recall one afternoon taking place at McDonald's twin drive-in lines. I decided I needed a cup of coffee...
Thank you to everyone who voted for our window! We won the popular vote this year and couldn't have done it without you guys and your support! A massive thank you to everyone that participated including our employees who put in over 20 hours of work, All That's Painted Tehachapi for helping out with the window painting, the Tehachapi High School arts department for creating these amazing trophies and to the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce for hosting this fun event! We loved seeing...
It is safe to say that we are blessed with several givers in this community – specifically in the world of sports. I look at pictures of our local teams and spot many coaches and volunteers that came up through the ranks locally, and are giving back to the sport and the community they love. It is not a foreign concept in athletics. Coaches are usually comprised of former athletes themselves, some played at a high level, others not so much, but their love for the game and the appreciation of the...
Barbara Jean Holland (née Bernard), the life of the party, entered the world on March 21, 1945, in Los Angeles, and bid us farewell on Nov. 2 at the age of 78, in Bakersfield. Jean, the queen of smiles and merriment, left us with a legacy that will keep us warm for years to come. Jean is survived by her husband of 56 years, Jack Ray of Tehachapi, her daughter Christine Ionna of Bakersfield and her son Michael James of Seattle, Washington. Jean knew how to turn any gathering into a joyous...
The Tehachapi Warriors Booster Club honored the second round of Athlete of the Month recipients for the 2023-24 school year on Nov. 13. Honorees were recognized for their work on the fields, courts and courses in the month of October. The girls athletes honored were MacKenna Chambers (Varsity Volleyball), Addison Smith (JV Volleyball), Lola Napier (Frosh/Soph Volleyball), Rose Gray (Varsity Tennis), Gabrielle Baker (JV Tennis), Cassandra Arias-Prado (Varsity Golf), Emma Gonzalez (Varsity Cross...
On the extraordinarily blustery morning of Nov. 27, as biting winds tore through Tehachapi, Kern County Public Works hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the side of Woodford-Tehachapi Road, courtesy of property owner Ryan Hanzel of Hanzel Enterprises Inc., to celebrate the end of a large repavement project on roads between Highline Road and Valley Boulevard. Attendees of the ceremony included Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, Kern County Public Works Director Josh Champlin, Mojave Highway...
I had been married to my Marine a whopping 17 months when he received orders in 1951 that he would be sent to Korea for a year. This was during the "Korean Conflict" which is what they called the war they had going over there. I found it difficult to imagine a whole year without him. My baby son, 8 months old, and myself had no choice but to come home to Tehachapi. Uncle Sam's allotment did not cover the expense of maintaining an apartment for the two of us. My parents were happy to have us....
[Editor’s note: A portion of the article printed on Nov. 25, 2023, has been redacted. The article is being reprinted below to include a statement from Greenbriar.] The central topic of discussion at the Nov. 13 meeting of the Tehachapi Planning Commission was the Phase 1 Precise Development Plan of the Sage Ranch planned community, to be located on 138 acres between Valley Blvd. and Pinon St., just west of Tehachapi High School. The project, when complete, could contain up to 995 single and m...
On the morning of Dec. 5, the Tehachapi Police Department sponsored a Torch Run to benefit the Special Olympics Southern California. Runners began and ended the run at Centennial Plaza in downtown Tehachapi....
