Chuck McCollough in a tasting room conversation in his typical denim and plaid. He layered up to stay warm because he didn't have an ounce of fat on his body.
Chuck McCollough was very proud of newly installed weather station, shown here circa spring 2009. Chuck's dog Rosie is looking for squirrels in the background; she came to work with him almost every day.
Contributing columnist Robert Price is a three-time Emmy-winning reporter for KGET-TV. Reach him at rprice661@gmail.com or via X, formerly Twitter: @stubblebuzz. The opinions expressed here are his own.
Chuck McCollough in a tasting room conversation in his typical denim and plaid. He layered up to stay warm because he didn't have an ounce of fat on his body.
Jon Hammond / For Tehachapi News
Chuck McCollough was very proud of newly installed weather station, shown here circa spring 2009. Chuck's dog Rosie is looking for squirrels in the background; she came to work with him almost every day.
Among the many turns in his long, focused life, two catastrophic events in particular helped shape Chuck McCollough鈥檚 direction.
One was the devastating Tehachapi earthquake of July 21, 1952. McCollough, then about 25, worked for a Kern County oil company as a geological engineer, and if there鈥檚 one thing geologists cannot resist, it鈥檚 the opportunity to peer down a fresh scar upon the Earth's face. McCollough and a colleague drove up the mountain from 优蜜传媒 to investigate the Cummings Valley, where the Tehachapi Women鈥檚 Prison had been rendered uninhabitable, and he found himself enthralled by the region鈥檚 beauty. That thrall would last a lifetime.
Robert Price is an Emmy-winning reporter for KGET-TV. His column appears here Sundays; the views expressed are his own. Reach him at rprice661@gmail.com or via Twitter: @stubblebuzz.
