Today is Memorial Day, and across Tehachapi, city offices are closed — but the community is anything but quiet.
Fishing Derby Returns to Downtown Tehachapi
The Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District is hosting its annual Fishing Derby today, May 25, starting at 11 a.m. at Philip Marx Central Park at Mojave and E Street in downtown Tehachapi.
It’s the kind of event that captures everything good about a small mountain town on a holiday — families outside, kids with fishing poles, neighbors catching up in the sun.
Memorial Day in a place like Tehachapi carries a particular weight. This is a community with deep ties to military service — from the veterans who call Bear Valley Springs and Stallion Springs home, to the service members stationed not far away at Edwards Air Force Base.
If you’re spending the day locally, the Fishing Derby is a great reason to get outside this morning. And if you’re just passing through on a holiday road trip, downtown Tehachapi’s restaurants and shops are worth a stop — a mountain town this welcoming doesn’t stay a secret forever.
To everyone who has served, and to the families who have sacrificed alongside them — Tehachapi remembers.