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After spending 20 years in corrections as a psychologist, I am astonished that anyone - much less the governor - could define any class of felons as nonviolent. The current plan to release thousands of California inmates with no or...
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- Mon Jun 29, 2009 15:18:24 PDT
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- Mon Jun 29, 2009 14:06:02 PDT
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A Tehachapi original left the valley for good recently when roper, roofer and bullrider Rick Clagg, 53, died at home from a heart attack on June 5. He had been in poor health for several months.
Rick was a tall, tough, hard-living...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 13:50:10 PDT
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Our lives are filled with an over-abundance of sound; sounds that are pleasing to the ear, some that are less pleasing, some that enhance our daily life experiences and some that are distracting and even downright annoying. Occasionally,...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:46:44 PDT
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By the time you read this, spring will have ended and summer will have officially started, marked by the summer solstice on June 21. It has been a pleasant and prolonged spring in the mountains and valleys of the Tehachapis, and there...
Posted by editor
- Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:32:10 PDT
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Posted June 16, 2009; Volume 110 - No.10, print edition June 17, 2009.
Posted by editor
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:46:46 PDT
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One summer in the 1920s on the lower flanks of Piute Mountain, an Indian woman sat and carefully wove a basket from native materials of deergrass, willow, Joshua Tree root and others. She worked outside her adobe home in a remote portion...
Posted by editor
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:37:45 PDT
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It takes some time to learn about an area and get a feel for the natural rhythms. You can quickly become familiar with a place, but there is no shortcut to truly get to know a region — it takes years of observation in different...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jun 8, 2009 18:08:04 PDT
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- Thu Jun 4, 2009 12:35:28 PDT
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Most snakes found in the Tehachapi area tend to prefer sunny, sandy areas and lower elevations. One species of snake that is content and happy in the mountains and shadier locations is the gentle and docile Rubber Boa.
These small...
Posted by editor
- Thu Jun 4, 2009 12:03:24 PDT
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I hope your horses are in shape as there's lots to do in the coming weeks.
The Southern Kern Roping and Riding Club (SKRRC) in Rosamond had the first of its Ranch Horse Versatility competitions on May 23 at Rosamond High School. The...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jun 1, 2009 17:23:19 PDT
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Although newcomers to Tehachapi may know little about “that cement factory” on the east end of the valley that’s lit up at night like some out-of-place amusement park, the cement plant at Monolith has been there for...
Posted by editor
- Wed May 27, 2009 14:14:28 PDT
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It was a joyful day in Tehachapi on Saturday, December 6 when several hundred residents gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a variety of performances celebrating the grand re-opening of the BeeKay Theater at 110 South Green...
Posted by editor
- Fri May 22, 2009 13:07:10 PDT
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In Tehachapi as in other rural areas, there are certain natural events that country people and those who observe nature use to mark the changing seasons — the first hard frost of autumn, for example, or the first sighting of a...
Posted by editor
- Tue May 19, 2009 13:40:55 PDT
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As bands of sheep make their annual spring appearance in the Tehachapi area, watched over carefully by a shepherd and some herd dogs, it is the continuation of a pastoral tradition that began here over 130 years ago.
Up until the about...
Posted by editor
- Mon May 11, 2009 12:54:58 PDT
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