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Bluebird Trail: helping baby bluebirds in Tehachapi

Each spring, Karen Pestana spends many hours checking on the well-being of tenants staying in small houses in the Tehachapi area.

Posted by admin - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 19:53 -- 0 comments

Tehachapi Pioneer Cemetery: A place of quiet respect and faded sorrow

A small knoll overlooking Meadowbrook Park in Golden Hills has long been home to about 30 Tehachapi pioneers.

Posted by admin - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 20:15 -- 0 comments

California Juniper: picturesque, fragrant and tough

If you see something long enough, you may stop seeing it altogether. This is true of one of our most widespread trees, the California Juniper.

Posted by editor - Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 18:47 -- 0 comments

Scott Richmond: a life well-lived and well-loved

Residents of the Tehachapi area were shocked and saddened by the February 13 passing of longtime Downtown Tehachapi business owner Scott Richmond, 54, a well-liked and

Posted by editor - Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 17:29 -- 0 comments

Chuck McCollough: love of Cummings Valley leads to Tehachapi vineyard

This is the conclusion of last week’s column about Chuck McCollough, a Stallion Springs resident who has planted a vineyard in the northeast corner of Cummings Va

Posted by editor - Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 21:50 -- 1 comment

Chuck McCollough: from Yuciapa subsistence farm to Tehachapi vineyard

Some people in the Tehachapi area were surprised a couple of years ago when active community member Chuck McCollough revealed that he had bought 14 acres in Cummings Va

Posted by editor - Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 18:00 -- 0 comments

THS yearbooks contain wealth of vintage photos

As someone who is continually researching  the Tehachapi area, I keep my eyes open for archival photographs of our past.

Posted by editor - Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 16:13 -- 0 comments

Playful weather wolves spend a week in Tehachapi

Last week both the television weathermen and the weatherbabes that are replacing them were worked into a frenzy by a series of five storms that drenched Southern Califo

Posted by editor - Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 19:01 -- 0 comments

Honeybees in Tehachapi: 150 years of pollination and honey

Of all the assorted non-native creatures that have been introduced to the Tehachapi area since settlers began to arrive in the 1850s, none have been as useful and produ

Posted by editor - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 18:50 -- 0 comments

Christmas Bird Count: A whole day spent recording every bird you see in Tehachapi

“Look! Meadowlarks!

Posted by editor - Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 19:16 -- 0 comments
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