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  • Political Rally

    Aug 1, 2020

    On Friday, July 24, local supporters held a political rally for the re-election of President Donald Trump at the intersection of Tucker Rd. and Valley Blvd. in Tehachapi....

  • Anniversary celebration

    Jun 20, 2020

    Sixty six years of marriage for Tehachapi residents George and Anne Marie Novinger!...

  • This & That Home Decor parking lot sale

    Jun 20, 2020

    This & That Home Decor hosted a parking lot sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 13. The business had to go through the City to get permits for the event. They hope to have another parking lot sale in August with more food and music, maybe even a live band....

  • Houchin Blood Bank at Farmers Market

    Jun 20, 2020

    Houchin blood Bank was at Main Street Tehachapi's Farmers Market on June 18. Pictured are Key Budge, Community Engagement Specialist for the City of Tehachapi, and Yessica Diaz-Conti of Houchin Community Blood Bank....

  • Cruise night in Tehachapi

    Mark La Ciura|Jun 6, 2020

    On the evening of May 22 locals gathered for a community created "cruise in" with every kind of car and truck you could think of cruising up and down Tehachapi Blvd. Sounds like a fun way to socialize from the comfort and safety of your ride. Word on the street is this is going to be a regular thing on Friday nights throughout the summer. You can join in with your ride or bring your lawn chair and watch a car show go rolling by. This is a community created event, AKA no one is in charge, so be...

  • Joan Cooper retirement caravan

    May 23, 2020

    The Tehachapi Association of Teachers found a unique way to honor their president Joan Cooper on May 14. Cooper has served as president of the TAT for 24 years. The teachers arranged a car parade that formed at Kmart and drove down F Street to the TAT office on Mill Street. Although not quite the surprise they planned it to be, Cooper, accompanied by Emily Van Andel, Val Bowman and others greeted the well-wishers as they drove by. They all continued to UNeek Findz to sign a quilt created by...

  • Edwards AFB flyover

    May 23, 2020

    On May 14, the Edwards Air Force Base 412th Test Wing conducted a flyover over the Antelope Valley and Tehachapi for front-line workers. This photo was taken as they passed over Tehachapi....

  • Remembering the fallen

    May 23, 2020

    When the flag is lowered to half staff on Memorial Day, May 25, the nation honors those that gave "their all" in the name of freedoms we enjoy today. Lest we forget our hometown fallen, take a moment, look at the plaque, read their names, give them thanks, by letting each of their names quietly roll off your lips....

  • The gift of wheels

    Apr 25, 2020

    Therese Luther of Tehachapi bids farewell to her trusty steed, Chippy, which has transported her through three GranFondos and a slew of training rides. Chippy is being gifted to Paula Poole, a Bakersfield lady furloughed from the oil industry. In the 1990s Paula was part of the Kern Wheelmen racing team and wants to get back into the sport now that her unemployed status gives her plenty of time for training....

  • Community shares hope, gratitude

    Apr 25, 2020

    This Kaiser Permanente banner is a tribute and a "thank you" to its frontline workers during the COVID-19 outbreak....

  • SCE conducts inspections by air

    Apr 25, 2020

    In an effort to improve fire safety and community service, Southern California Edison, along with this contract helicopter with its rear facing observer (orange jumpsuit), spent several days flying over the Tehachapi Valley mid April....

  • 'Curbside' Communion Service

    Nick Smirnoff, NPPA|Apr 11, 2020

  • Neighbors encourage neighbors

    Nick Smirnoff|Apr 11, 2020

    A large number of these signs are appearing in front of homes in Bear Valley Springs as "stay at home" orders continue to be in effect during the COVID-19 outbreak....

  • 'Isolated Yet United'

    Apr 11, 2020

    “Isolated Yet United” by local photographer Courtney Gail of Just Another Shot Photography. The subjects of the photo could be any one of us. At no time was the photographer closer than 10 feet; the photo was taken at a distance of almost 20 feet....

  • Team 585 Chili Cook-off

    Mar 14, 2020

    Students, parents and supporters of the THS Robotics team sampled chili and bid on silent auction items on Saturday, Feb. 29 to help Team 585 earn funds to support their program and travels to upcoming competitions....

  • Symphony Orchestra's Spring Concert

    Nick Smirnoff, NPPA|Mar 14, 2020

    What does Antonio Vivaldi and his passion of the Earth's four seasons; Richard Wagner and his love for his wife Cosima; and the 250th Birthday of Ludwig Van Beethoven all have in common? A wonderful musical performance of their works was performed by the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra at their annual spring concert on March 1 under the baton of David Newby. The afternoon started with Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll." It was written as a surprise birthday composition for his wife, Cosima. It was far,...

  • Main Street awards new facade grant

    Mar 14, 2020

    Main Street Tehachapi President Carol Lawhon presented Cliff Meridth, owner of the soon-to-open Stray Leaves Tasting Room, with a check for $3,000. This is the most recent of the Facade Grants offered by Main Street to Tehachapi businesses that revitalize the look of their downtown businesses. Also pictured, from Main Street, is Natasha Kalpakoff, MaBelle Ammie Fisher and Charles White....

  • Stray Leaves update

    Photo by Nick Smirnoff - NPPA|Feb 15, 2020

    Plasterers continue to put finishing touches to the exterior of the Stray Leaves Tasting Room at the intersection of Green St. and F St. in downtown Tehachapi. Owner Cliff Meridth said in December, during the Ugly Sweater Wine Walk, "We plan to open in mid 2020." The building is across the street from the Hitching Post movie theater and once housed a bank....

  • Downtown landscape expanding

    Photo by Nick Smirnoff - NPPA|Feb 15, 2020

    Demolition have been hard at work removing interior walls and plumbing in the old St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store at the corner of Green St. and F St. in the downtown area of Tehachapi. The building will be converted into office suites and an eatery with outdoor patio with seating facing Centennial Plaza. The rear wall was opened up for expansion into the old loading dock area of the building creating more remodeling space. See Planning Commission Update on page 14 for more information on this...

  • Beppe Gambetta at Fiddlers Crossing

    Mark La Ciura|Feb 15, 2020

    Beppe Gambetta Plays to a packed house at Fiddlers Crossing on Friday night on Feb. 7. The full house enjoyed his fantastic musical stylings. Beppe lives in Genoa, Italy and he travels throughout North America every year. He has performed in the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, MerleFest in North Carolina, the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and festivals in Winnipeg and Edmonton. He has appeared on the radio programs All Things Considered and eTown. For more information and future...

  • Tree clean up in Tehachapi

    Jan 18, 2020

    Citizens around the city are still cleaning up after the late December snow fall....

  • Holiday Lights at CALM

    Jan 18, 2020

    On Jan. 4, the last night of CALM's light extravaganza, Holiday Lights. This beautiful peacock was part of the dazzling displays created by Bakersfield resident, Josh Barnett, and his company Lightasmic®. In the national contest at www.10best.com holiday lights at CALM took ninth place!...

  • Nature's beauty

    Jan 18, 2020

    On Dec. 30 Toshimi Kristof took this photo from Paramount Drive in Bear Valley Springs. Looking at the southern part of Sierra Nevada mountain range from Tehachapi mountain range....

  • Snow in Tehachapi

    Jan 4, 2020

    Reminding us of snowstorms of years past, the storm on Dec. 26 dropped about 12 inches of snow throughout the Tehachapi area....

  • Snow in Tehachapi - 2

    Jan 4, 2020

    Reminding us of snowstorms of years past, the storm on Dec. 26 dropped about 12 inches of snow throughout the Tehachapi area....

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