Editing Tehachapi, California (section)

==In popular culture==
===Film productions===
Tehachapi has been host to productions by both [[Cinema of the United States#Rise of Hollywood|Hollywood]] and [[independent film]]makers, as well as being frequently mentioned, particularly during the [[film noir|noir]] era.<ref name="filmarticle">{{cite news |last=Jepson |first=Eric W |date=April 2005 |title=Hollywood goes to prison |newspaper=[[Tehachapi News]]}}</ref>

Perhaps the first movie to be filmed in Tehachapi was ''[[The Lady of the Dugout]]'' (1918), which starred former outlaws [[Al Jennings|Al and Frank Jennings]] playing themselves. The brother outlaws were well known to Americans of the time.<ref name="filmarticle" />

Referencing [[California Correctional Institution#History|the local women's prison]] was a common manner in which Tehachapi received mention in noir film, including [[James M. Cain]] adaptations ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]'' and ''[[Double Indemnity]]'', in which [[Fred MacMurray]]'s character tells of one woman who killed her husband: "All she collected was a three-to-ten stretch in Tehachapi (neither of Cain's novels mention Tehachapi)."<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', [[Sam Spade]] (played by [[Humphrey Bogart]]) tells a female criminal and [[love interest]], "Well, if you get a good break, you'll be out of Tehachapi in twenty years and you can come back to me then." In [[The Maltese Falcon (novel)|the book]], the reference was not to Tehachapi but to [[San Quentin]].<ref name="filmarticle" />

''[[Nocturne (1946 film)|Nocturne]]'' (1946) featured a housemaid mysteriously referred to as the "Tehachapi Debutante," and 1948's ''The Hunted'' has a heroine fresh out of Tehachapi after four years for jewelry theft.<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[The Story of Molly X]]'' (1949), Molly X is the leader of a San Francisco gang sent to Tehachapi for her role in a burglary attempt instead of San Quentin for execution. Most of the film then takes place at the prison, as Molly goes from being trouble to a model prisoner.<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[1001 Rabbit Tales]]'', [[Bugs Bunny]] tells the sultan's son that [[Hansel and Gretel]]'s witch was sent to Tehachapi.<ref name="filmarticle" />

In ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' (1994), actors [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[William Shatner]] appear in a scene filmed in the Tehachapi mountains.<ref name="filmarticle" />

The [[Christina Applegate]] vehicle originally titled ''Tehachapi'' sends her character to Tehachapi because her lover is in prison here. The movie was eventually released under the title ''Across the Moon'' (1995).<ref name="filmarticle" />

The fourth season of the teen-geared television series, ''[[Endurance (TV series)#Season 4 - Endurance: Tehachapi (2005–06)|Endurance]]'' produced by the [[Discovery Kids Network]] was filmed in Tehachapi and aired from 2005 to 2006.

In ''[[Mac and Me]]'' (1988), after the characters state they have to "drive to [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]]'s in [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]]" the next shot shows them driving up a dirt road through a Tehachapi [[wind farm]]. Similarly, ''[[Terminal Velocity (film)|Terminal Velocity]]'' (1994) has a fight sequence filmed on top of a hill in one of the farms.

''[[Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'' (2005) shot a sequence at a wind farm and on Oak Creek Road, which winds through several farms.

Tehachapi was featured in several episodes of the [[Animal Planet]] reality show ''[[Pit Bulls and Parolees]]''. The show focuses on the [[Villalobos Rescue Center]] and the pit bulls cared for by the center; in 2011, the rescue's application to use property owned in Tehachapi to expand rescue operations was denied by the Kern County Planning Department.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enovijas|first=Carin|date=April 13, 2011|title=Pit Bulls & Parolees reality rescuer won't move here|url=https://www.tehachapinews.com/news/pit-bulls-parolees-reality-rescuer-won-t-move-here/article_9ce7b8f3-e805-5224-8840-413f42fff102.html|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=Tehachapi News|language=en}}</ref>

Other movies filmed in Tehachapi include ''Face to Face'' (2001), ''Fault'' (2002), ''Batman: Revenge'' (2003){{citation needed|date=January 2021}}, ''The Gentleman Don La Mancha'' (2004), ''I.F.O. (Identified Flying Object)'' (1985), ''Motor Mansions'' (2005), ''[[The Legend of Bloody Mary]]'' (2008), ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1940, featuring the scene at [[Keene, California|Keene Ranch]]), and ''[[The Hangover Part III]]'' (2013).

===Music===
The American [[Country rock|Country Rock]] band [[Little Feat]] references Tehachapi in its song, [[Willin' (Little Feat song)|Willin']], written by its multi-instrumentalist band member [[Lowell George]]. The song has been covered numerous times, most notably by [[Linda Ronstadt]] on her 1974 album, [[Heart Like a Wheel]], by [[Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen]] on its 1975 [[eponym]]ous album, and by [[Gregg Allman]] on his 2017 album, [[Southern Blood (album)|Southern Blood]] (released posthumously). The American singer [[Margo Cilker]] included a song called "Tehachapi" on her 2021 album [[Pohorylle]].

===Video game references===
In the 1999 [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] video game [[Parasite Eve II]], its main protagonist, [[Aya Brea]], receives a map of Mojave region and is tasked to go to a fictional town of "Dryfield". The said map can be examined more thoroughly as an item of interest, and upon closer inspection it is revealed that the picture for the aforementioned map was actually based on real life satellite photo of the region, which shows real roads and infrastructure as they were existing in late 1990's, including portion of the real town of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]], with the fictional town of "Dryfield" being encircled in it, and it's physical position on the picture shown in-game directly matching where Tehachapi is positioned in real life. The fictional location of "Dryfield" looks nothing like the real Tehachapi does in reality, but on the map picture that's being shown in the Parasite Eve II game it is directly placed where real Tehachapi is.

===Condor mass perching===
In May 2021, a resident came home after a holiday to find that about 15 to 20 [[California condor|condors]] had descended on her home.<ref name=PC_NYT>{{cite news| title=Pesky Condors Invade California Home| author=Johnny Diaz| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/us/california-condors-house.html| work=[[The New York Times]] | date=May 6, 2021| access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref> She said, "To have that many condors on my house was surreal; they can be destructive and messy. Nature is amazing!" The birds had ripped up decking, taken to a bath spa and knocked over several plants.<ref name=PC_NYT/>

The [[Fish and Wildlife Service]] responded to [[Twitter|tweets]] about the incident that the house is in a condor habitat where there are food sources and that sometimes condors use houses and decks as perch locations.<ref name=PC_NYT/> Spokeswoman Pam Bierce said that as condors re-colonized historical ranges "people could increasingly find themselves interacting with the curious, intelligent and social birds".<ref name=PA_LAT>{{cite news| title=Party animals: California condors show up uninvited at woman's home, trash the deck| agency=[[Associated Press]]| url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-07/flock-giant-california-condors-trashes-home| work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=May 7, 2021| access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref>

Mickols' daughter Seana Quintero stated that all-in-all her mother was in "good stride and appreciating this once-in-a-lifetime annoyance but hoping they decide to leave her house alone soon".<ref name=PC_NYT/>