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It wasn’t exactly a White Christmas, but we did have some intermittent snow and sleet and with low temperatures this has felt like an acceptably cold Tehachapi holiday season. I hope some good snowstorms will visit us this winter...
Posted by editor
- Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:26:10 PST
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In looking at the Christmas cards I’ve gotten this year, there’s the typical variety: a few traditional ones, some (kinda) humorous cards, a few generated at home with a computer and printer, some that are photos with a brief...
Posted by editor
- Wed Dec 26, 2007 15:30:14 PST
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One of the most common birds in the more settled areas of Tehachapi is a vocal, rambunctious little songbird that was imported from England in 1850 and has since colonized almost all of North America: the common House Sparrow (Passer...
Posted by editor
- Mon Dec 17, 2007 13:40:19 PST
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The first snow of the year blew into Tehachapi on the night of Dec. 7, adding a Christmas look to the landscape and signalling the coming winter in a convincing way.
The storm began as rain on Friday morning and gradually changed to...
Posted by editor
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 16:35:30 PST
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A Tehachapi couple has taken the need for some storage sheds, paired that with their love for history and antique objects and using their imagination have created a little townsite: Hogwash.
Bruce and Karen, who asked that their last...
Posted by editor
- Mon Dec 3, 2007 12:32:23 PST
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I walked outside this morning and while admiring the stunning cobalt blue of an autumn Tehachapi sky, I heard the sharp staccato call of a woodpecker. Not the dry knocking caused by the bird drilling into wood with its reinforced bill,...
Posted by editor
- Mon Nov 26, 2007 15:12:17 PST
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Tehachapi is becoming an ever more musical place to live — we now have not one but two community orchestras. The newest addition to the local music scene, the Tehachapi Pops Orchestra, played their debut at this year’s...
Posted by editor
- Mon Nov 19, 2007 13:43:52 PST
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The Tehachapi area has been experiencing the warm days and cold nights that are typical of this time of year. Newer residents often assume that once the calendar summer is over, we descend into cold dark days with icy winds, but actually...
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- Mon Nov 12, 2007 14:02:17 PST
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Dancing skeletons and bright orange marigolds swirled together beneath blue skies, paper cut-out decorations fluttered in the autumn breeze and music enlivened the atmosphere last Saturday as the National Chavez Center at Keene...
Posted by editor
- Mon Nov 5, 2007 11:43:19 PST
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The Tehachapi community lost a very good man last week. A man known for his intelligence, insight, unfailing courtesy and rock-solid dependability, Lars Oberg was a son of Tehachapi who grew up here (Tehachapi High School, Class of...
Posted by editor
- Mon Oct 22, 2007 13:36:02 PDT
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Underneath cloud-dappled Tehachapi skies, a group of local oldtimers gathered at Meadowbrook Park in Golden Hills on Saturday to remember and celebrate the life of Tehachapi native Margaret “Peggy” Pedigo, who passed away at...
Posted by editor
- Mon Oct 15, 2007 14:45:53 PDT
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That little dust-settler of a rain that we had on Friday didn’t amount to much precipitation, but it was welcome nonetheless as it washed the air, returning pollen and other particulate matter back down to Earth and clearing the...
Posted by editor
- Mon Oct 8, 2007 15:05:56 PDT
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What would be a fun and easy way to learn some of the names and behavior of birds in the Tehachapi area? Attend a meeting or field trip of the only club dedicated to local wildlife: the Tehachapi Mountains Birding Club.
Although the...
Posted by editor
- Mon Oct 1, 2007 14:53:34 PDT
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When the Native Americans of the Tehachapi area needed shade during the long dry summers of California’s inland ranges, they had two choices: either utilize shade from an existing source, such as a large tree or boulder, or create...
Posted by editor
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 15:11:07 PDT
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A pleasant celebration was held in downtown Tehachapi last week to celebrate the completion of the seventh and most recent historical mural to appear on Tehachapi walls.
The newly-finished Tehachapi Air Mail Mural, painted by local...
Posted by editor
- Mon Sep 17, 2007 13:30:32 PDT
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