| Locals caught in collapse of "hard money" real estate fund (The Bakersfield Californian) |
| For about 20 years, monthly payments from a Paso Robles real estate investment fund arrived like clockwork. But last year, said Tehachapi resident Jack Girkins, 76, everything stopped cold. Interest payments from roughly $380,000 Girkins and his wife Sharon had invested with the company, Estate Financial Inc., dried up. "It was a good part of our income," he said. |
| 01/03/2009 |
| 2008: The year in review (Tehachapi News) |
| The understatement of 2008 is that a lot can happen in one year. For Tehachapi area residents, it's been a reminder of the old proverb, “May you live in interesting times.” We had quite a ride in Oh-Eight. I am sure that what will stand out in the minds of many people was the June 12 fire that destroyed Tehachapi's historic train depot, which was being remodeled as a museum and tourist ... |
| 12/29/2008 |
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