Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Among the 49 plein air artists returning to Tehachapi in May for the Art 2023 paint out will be Peter Adams. The Pasadena resident has long been associated with the California Art Club and now serves as President Emeritus of that organization. The paintings completed by Adams and the other artists in May will be juried into the Art 2023 Tehachapi public show, to take place at the Aspen Builders Community Center on the weekend of July 22-23, following an special opening event on Friday, July 21....
The Stallion Springs Community Service District is asking residents help protect the community by clearing weeds, debris and trash from yards. Tips for debris reduction can be found on the Kern County Fire Department website at www.kerncountyfire.org/fireprevention/hazard-reduction or you can call the Stallion Springs Fire Department at (661) 822-3980. The Stallion Springs CSD has also been included in a Hazard Reduction Grant with Field Institute and they have already begun clearing brush area...
A letter received by the City of Tehachapi was brought before the City Council at their March 20 meeting. Sue Page of Tehachapi wrote to complain about the length of time it took for fire crews to respond to a house fire at 520 E. D St. Page said the fire was reported about 8:15 p.m. on March 8 and although the fire station was less than a mile from the fire, trucks did not appear until about 30 minutes later and it was Keene (Station 11) that responded. Station 12 on Curry and Valley Blvd., as...
At their March 16 meeting, Tehachapi Rotarians were introduced to Jim Atwood who will be the brewmaster at the soon-to-open Tehachapi Mountain Brewing Company at the new Mountain Bowling located on Santa Lucia in Old Town. Atwood retired from the Navy as an E9 Master Chief on submarines and has worked as a consultant and been involved in global leadership. Atwood has also been a home brewer for some time and has been competing with his beer annually at Cheers to Charity and other brewing...
At the March 20 City Council meeting, Tehachapi Dispatcher Rae Budge received a Certificate of Recognition from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as well as from Tehachapi Mayor Michael Davies and representatives from the offices of Senator Shannon Grove, Assemblyman Vince Fong and Supervisor Zack Scrivner. The Tehachapi City Council meets on the first and third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. They are currently meeting at the Police Department Community Room, 220 W. C St....
At their December 2022 meeting, the Tehachapi Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to form a Facilities Advisory Committee (FAC) for the purpose of creating a space where local representatives could meet monthly and provide input on District facilities. This advisory committee would be able to make recommendations, but they would not be binding to either the School Board or the Superintendent. The Committee would be made up of 13 seats. Each school including TILA would hav...
Virginia Sheridan and Bill Lee were recognized by the Tehachapi City Council and other county representatives for being one of the first businesses to revitalize the downtown area of Tehachapi. Sheridan owns Sheridan's Gifts and Home Decor as well as Kelcy's Restaurant. Sheridan and Lee completely upgraded Kelcy's when they purchased it. The Tehachapi City Council meets on the first and third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. They are currently meeting at the Police Department Community Room, 220...
At their March 23 meeting, the Board of Directors of Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District were presented with a new grant proposal from the City of Tehachapi Public Works Director Don Marsh. Anyone who has been to TVRPD's West Park after a downpour knows that it has an open storm drain running through it resulting in difficulty for many who are trying to reach the ball fields and the district offices. Since the 1970s the city has owned an easement through West Park for that storm water...
Happy Easter! Stallion Springs Parks and Recreation and Stallion Springs Church will be holding a Community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 8 at the Stallion Springs Community Center. The hunt will begin at 10 a.m. Parks and Rec are looking for candy and egg donations. They can be dropped off at the CSD, located at 27800 Stallion Springs Dr. or at Stallion Springs Church at 18151 St. Andrews. Parks and Rec is also looking for a sponsor for Movies in the Park. If you would like to be a...
Ashley Sodergrin, a Tehachapi resident who in 2022 was named Make-A-Wish Regional Director for Northeastern and Central California, addressed members of the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce at their March 22 luncheon at Big Papa's, stepping in for Kern County Sheriff Donnie Youngblood who was unable to appear due to weather related problems in the County. Sodergrin gave a brief history of Make-A-Wish, a nonprofit that began in 1980 when their first wish was granted. The organization grants life-cha...
The Tehachapi Arts Commission will kick off their third nationally recognized art show in mid-May when 50 artists from across the country will visit Tehachapi to begin paintings that will be juried into Art 2023 Tehachapi. The show will be held at the Aspen Builders Community Center on the weekend of July 21-23. Many of the exhibiting artists will be returning for the third time, including landscape artist Annette Hammer of Springfield, Missouri. Hammer has been painting landscapes for over 50...
Tehachapi Girl Scout Troop 8014 was the primary focus of the March 6 City Council meeting. Before the meeting, the scouts were selling Girl Scout Cookies to everyone including the members of the City Council. The first order of business was for Mayor Michael Davies to proclaim March 12 as National Girl Scout Day. March 12 marks the 111th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America by Juliette Gordon Low. Certificates of recognition were given to each of the...
Those attending the VIP opening event of Art 2023 Tehachapi on July 21 will have the opportunity to meet 50 nationally known plein air painters, including Frank Ordaz. Ordaz is one of 50 artists returning to Tehachapi for the third time in May to paint local landscapes and display their finished work at the nationally recognized art show that is held annually in Tehachapi at the Aspen Builders Community Center. Ordaz is a native Californian, born and raised in East Los Angeles. His parents were...
At the Feb. 21 Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner swore in the new chamber board. From right: Supervisor Scrivner, Chamber President Jeanette Pauer, Matthew Nowell, Carolyn Wiles (partially hidden), Jessica Lozano, Susan Abrego, Teresa Carlson and Ashley Cortes. Unable to attend was board member Kenny Harrison....
Native Californian, Laura Wambsgans, will be returning to Tehachapi for Art 2023 after being part of the first two shows. Wambsgans began landscape oil painting 19 years ago, after working as the managing director of a major recording studio and then as a sculptor for two decades. Her last sculpture, "Serenity," was purchased by a Tehachapi mortgage broker and ultimately donated to Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley where it can be can be viewed today in the cafeteria garden. When Wambsgans...
In the Feb. 18 issue of The Loop newspaper began the story of the restoration of the world-famous Union Station located in downtown Los Angeles as it was explored by a group of 19 travelers from Tehachapi who took the Metrolink from Lancaster to Union Station on Jan. 28. The Tehachapi group was made up of members of Friends of the Depot, the Heritage League, the Tehachapi Railroad Club and guests. Dave McMenamin of the Los Angeles Conservancy took the group on a tour of the Union Station...
Patty and Mike Harrington moved to Tehachapi in October, 2022 from Cypress, California, a community located in northwest Orange County where both of them owned and trained racehorses. When they finally decided to retire, they chose Tehachapi because their last colt had come to be raised and trained in the area by friends who had purchased him. Although they no longer own horses, they do have a darling little poodle named Pip. Patty was raised in the San Juan Islands off the coast of the state...
"Governor Newsom is trying to put the oil industry out of business in California," said Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce. The industry has faced a 50% reduction in property tax revenue since 2014 and the state of California now uses 1.8 million barrels of oil a day that comes from countries that have poor human rights. California uses 50% of the oil that is produced in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, a practice that ultimately...
While outlying areas of Tehachapi, such as Stallion Springs, have had the luxury of the high speed internet supplied by Race Communications for some time, the very first installation within the city of Tehachapi occurred on the morning of Feb. 16. The lucky recipients of the first installation were Bradly and Marlene Craighead, who recently moved to Tehachapi from San Diego. The entire Race team showed up for the initial installation, including Director of Sales and Marketing Jim Miller, Marketi...
Every January, Triassic Vineyards sends their newest wines to the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition and, every year they have come home with awards. The 2023 competition was no exception. Vineyard owner Jim Arnold announced that this year, Triassic Vineyards had earned nine awards for their wines. Triassic's 2019 Big Bang blend received a Double Gold (front and center in photo). Wines that receive a Double Gold award have received a Gold rating from every judge. Gold awards were given to...
Diana Wade started canning years ago when she was living near Lake Isabella. It wasn’t long before she began entering her creations in competitions. She won her first blue ribbon at Whiskey Flat Days in Kernville in 2008 and has never looked back. In 2011, Diana and her husband Doug bought a home in Tehachapi that had a kitchen perfect for her hobby. She began experimenting with new flavors and combinations in preserves, salts and rubs. She created gifts for friends and donated items for r...
At the February meeting of the TUSD School Board, Sergeant Justin Ruppert from the Tehachapi Police Department presented the Board with a video presentation of the LifeSpot Prepare Protect Defend Phone app which would be used in case of an active shooter or other emergency incident at any of the schools in the district. In case of an active event, a touch of the app would alert all staff, responding and commanding officers, 911, the fire department and EMS. It will give all responders the...
Glen Steinheimer moved to Tehachapi early February bringing with him his online pool and spa supply business, A2Z Pool Supplies. Glen has been in the pool service business since 1981 and hopes to get his company known in Kern County. According to Glen, he was born in Covina only because that was where the hospital was. His home was in Glendora and that is where he grew up. He went to Citrus College where he studied Police Science with the idea of becoming a police officer. That dream ended when...
The Outreach Committee of the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District will be undertaking several new projects in the near future, said new Healthcare District CEO Peggy Mendiburu and Manager Lisa Hughes. A new Little Free Library is planned for placement in front of the district office at 116 W. D St. An old doll house is being refurbished to be used to house the books. Like other free libraries, books may be borrowed if a book is left behind for others to read. A new community garden is being...
How long has it been since you have given any thought to visiting Union Station in Los Angeles other than you can get there from here by taking Metrolink from Lancaster – usually to catch a train to somewhere else? Due to its recent restoration, Union Station is as much a museum as it is a transportation hub. On Jan. 28, a group of 19 people from Tehachapi, representing Friends of the Depot, the Heritage League, the Tehachapi Railroad Club and others traveled by Metrolink to Union Station for a...
