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The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District held their annual Competency Skills Fair this week.

Mama Hillybean’s business has doubled over the last few months but the revenue just isn’t enough to make ends meet.

Groups have began collecting for Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project. The project’s national collection week kicked off on Monday and Kern County is hoping to collect 7,000 gift-filled shoe boxes.

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Skeletal remains found in Death Valley may belong to one or more of the four German tourists who vanished in searing summer heat 13 years ago, authorities said Friday. More


The Alta Oak Creek Mojave project has the future looking green, but it is causing some residents to see red.

With the 21st Annual Isabella Lake Fishing Derby less than five months away, the first load of trout have been delivered by the Department of Fish & Game. More


Over the last few weeks we’ve heard about the winding lines at the H1N1 clinics and people showing up as early as the night before to guarantee their spot, but the wasn’t the case during Tehachapi's first H1N1 clinic.

Two men were arrested after sheriff deputies said they were found with methamphetamine for sale. More


Kern County Sheriff’s rescue helicopter ‘Air-5’ was called out Sunday afternoon for an off-road motorcyclist who drove off a steep embankment and injured his leg. More


Saluting Tehachapi

The California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi houses over 5,000 men in their facilities ranging from minimum to maximum security, but back in 1933, it was California’s first women's prison. Watch Video

As the city celebrates Tehachapi’s centennial throughout 2009, local leaders want to make sure they stay true to the city’s motto, "Respecting our past, planning our future." Watch Video #1 | Watch Video #2

The Tehachapi earthquake was the largest earthquake in the United States since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Watch Video

Tehachapi has seen much growth over the years, but it was back in 1888 when the first wooden home was built in Cummings Valley. Watch Video



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