TehachapiNews.com

News@Noon for May 22, 2013

©2013 by Tehachapi News The Tehachapi News presents the News@Noon for May 22, 2013: The latest news - The No.9 Tehachapi Warriors' baseball team will face off against No.13 Madera South at 4:30 p.m. today in the CIF Central Section Division III semifinals at Jacobsen Middle School. Stories...

Local News

1. Wild pigs creating problems for homeowners

   Residents of rural areas including Stallion Springs and Bear Valley Springs are experiencing property damage caused by wild pigs.

   According to the website of the state Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, the pigs (Sus scrofa) are native to Eurasia and northern Africa. In the early 1700s Spanish and Russian...

1. CHP plans sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, May 25

   Hoping to cut down on drunken and drug-impaired drivers over the Memorial Day weekend, the California Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, May 25,in an unincorporated area of eastern Kern...

2. Warriors' baseball faces Madera South in D-III semifinals

   The No.9 Tehachapi Warriors' baseball team will face off against No.13 Madera South at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, in the CIF Central Section Division III semifinals at Jacobsen Middle School. 

3. Vogel waives preliminary hearing

   Accused sex offender Steven Vogel appeared for a pre-preliminary hearing at Kern County Superior Court in Mojave Tuesday, May 21 at 11 a.m. Vogel waived his right to a preliminary hearing, which was scheduled for...

4. Freight trains collide and derail near Tehachapi

   A second Union Pacific train in a little over a month derailed near Tehachapi early Monday morning.