Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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At the Oct. 18 City Council meeting, Mayor Phil Smith presented Joan Benz and her family with a plaque honoring her late husband Paul Benz for his years of civic support and charitable contributions. He is probably best remembered throughout Tehachapi as the owner of Benz Sanitation and Benz Propane. His many achievements included the 40-acre Benz Youth Sports Complex located east of downtown Tehachapi off Tehachapi-Willow Springs Rd. Paul was one of the organizers of Tehachapi Search and...
At the Oct. 14 meeting of the Tehachapi Rotary Club, Rotarian Claudia Baker presents the check for $4,068 to Rotary President Paul Kaminski that she had received from Cheers to Charity on behalf of Rotary. Rotarians were in charge of the silent auction and wine pull at the Cheers event and shared the proceeds with Cheers, who in turn wrote them a check as a donation for a portion of the amount....
Cheers to Charity 2021 has a lot to celebrate! What started as a small fundraising event in the Veritas parking lot back in 2014 has become the most anticipated fundraiser of the year in Tehachapi. This month, the Cheers team funded eleven local nonprofits with grants ranging from $2,000 to $15,000 for a total of $55,568. The August 2021 event, featuring food, wine, craft beer and home brews, was attended by 800 people. Tehachapi's Aviator Park lit up with thousands of sparkling lights, warm...
There will continue to be a cycling event in Tehachapi in September but it will not be a GranFondo. On Tuesday evening October 18, the Board of Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District voted not to have a 2022 Tehachapi GranFondo. When reaching out to areas of Tehachapi that are outside of the boundaries of the park district to help create a 100-mile ride, they found that the support was no longer there. As a result the staff did not believe they could put together a 100-mile ride nor...
Inspired by an old episode from the sitcom "I Love Lucy," on Oct. 23 visitors at Tehachapi Winery had the opportunity to stomp grapes; an old Italian technique for crushing wine grapes. The adults were joined by a whole new generation with Zoey, age 6, and Irie Forrest, age 4....
On Oct. 4, the City of Tehachapi presented its first two Tehachapi Beautiful Awards. City Manager Greg Garrett, accompanied by City Council members Susan Wiggins and Christina Scrivner, presented Socorro and Carl Schmidt, 211 W. Valley Blvd., with their award and personally placed the sign for all to see. Socorro was born in Tehachapi and she and Carl bought the home in 1954. A block of cement from their original driveway remains etched with the date Sept. 17, 1954. "I took care of it for...
After being located on West Tehachapi Blvd. for six years, All American Automotive will be relocating to South Street in Old Town effective November 1. When Robert and Ann Curtin found out that part of their facilities were to be turned into a self-storage facility, they knew they would have to eventually move. During the search for possible new locations, they were afforded the opportunity to take over the South Street location of Murphy’s Diesel. Jeff Murphy was constructing a new building t...
At the Oct. 6 Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council meeting, Fr. Wes Clare of St. Jude’s in the Mountains Anglican Church announced that the church parking lot on Pinon St. across from Tompkins Elementary School is available for parents to use as a drop-off and pick-up location when bringing children to school or picking them up after school. Fr. Clare said that the church is providing coffee for parents in the morning and juice and snacks for the kids waiting to be picked up after s...
At 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 4, the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce helped put shovel-to-dirt to break ground for a new 31,500-square-foot facility that will house the 16-lane Mountain Bowling and entertainment center, as well as P-Dubs Brew Pub and Tehachapi Mountain Brewing. Shown in the photo are from left to right, Laura Lynne Wyatt, representing 2nd District Supervisor Zack Scrivner; Paul Wheeler; Tehachapi Chamber Director Ida Perkins; Ashley Ashmore; Brandon Ashmore; Braxton and Deegan Ashmore;...
Recently added to the already impressive staff at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley is their new Administrative Director of Operations Edward H. Martin II. In that capacity, Martin will be acting as the President's representative in the community. Martin comes to Tehachapi from Riverside where he worked in management with SAC Health Systems in San Bernardino. He has over 15 years of management experience in national and international health programs and services. Martin was born in Washington,...
At the September 20 City Council meeting, Assistant to the City Manager Corey Costelloe presented an implementation plan for City compliance with SB1383. It is a new law which addresses mandatory organics recycling, including edible food reclamation and the addition of a third organics collection barrel, along with a probable cost increase to residents. When first brought to their attention, the City Council sent a letter to CalRecycle expressing their concerns about the timing and cost increase...
Arriving in Tehachapi in the middle of one of the area's hottest Augusts, Sue and Neil Repke moved into their new home. The couple came from Columbus, Ohio where they had lived most of their lives. In fact, Sue's mother came from seven generations of Ohioans. Neil retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves a few years ago but had been working as a civilian contractor at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Neil applied for a transfer to Edwards AFB so the couple could move closer to...
On September 16, Jenny Lavers from Adventist Health AIS Cancer Center addressed the Tehachapi Rotary Club giving some of the background and functions of the center. Lavers is Administrative Director of Service Lines for the center. She told Rotarians that the AIS Cancer Center was founded in 2013, filling a real need in the Bakersfield community. Formerly, over 20 percent of cancer patients had to leave the area for treatment. The center now services over 9,000 patients per year. AIS is working...
At their September 13 meeting, the Tehachapi Planning Commission approved the development of 55 of the remaining lots of Alta Estates located just west of Curry St. and south of Pinon St. The lots will be developed by nationally-known developer K. Hovnanian Architecture. Hovnanian had originally submitted three models to the City in Hacienda, Farmhouse and Spanish styles. The City in return asked for four models to include two Farmhouse styles. The homes will be from 1,900 to 2,400 square feet....
When computer consultant George Thomas V retired, he decided to sell his home in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania and move closer to his daughter who lives in Tehachapi. Coopersburg is near Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where George was born. He arrived in Tehachapi in August and as soon as his Pennsylvania house sells, he will be buying a home here. A Pennsylvania resident all of his life, George joined the Army after high school and spent two years in Germany. He attended Penn State...
The Development Services Department presented the major issues at the September 7 Tehachapi City Council meeting. Director Jay Schlosser presented several items adjusting the Tehachapi Zoning Code, all of which were approved by the Council. Schlosser presented an amendment to the City zoning code, replacing a section that deals with signs. He explained the required changes were primarily due to a Supreme Court decision rendered in 2015 in a case called Reed et al. v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona et...
Abby Girl and the Real Deal put on a great show for over 100 spectators on the evening of Aug. 28 at Tehachapi Wine and Cattle Company. It was a highlight of the evening when Mike Van Atta picked up his harmonica and joined the band for a couple of numbers....
Newly retired and looking to move out of Santa Clarita, Joel Schoeninger and Georg Pich began to look for a new place to live. Joel said he had driven through the Tehachapi area years ago and the appeal of having four seasons ultimately brought them here. They fell in love with the first home they saw and bought it. Georg recently retired from Wesco Aircraft in Valencia, a company that provides supply chain management services to the aerospace industry. Originally from San Salvador, he lived in...
At their August 16 meeting, the Tehachapi City Council gave their approval to the Final Master Development Plan for the Sage Ranch Community to be built on 138 acres between Valley Blvd. and Pinon St. next to Tehachapi High School. The approval included the CEQA EIR, the Planned Development Zoning and the Tentative Tract Map. As Christina Scrivner recused herself, the final vote was 4-0. The community will consist of 995 single-family and multi-family residential units and include recreational...
When I asked Adriana and Peter Garthwaite what brought them to Tehachapi, without a moment’s hesitation, Adriana said “God.” Last September, while they were attending a Feast of the Tabernacle event at Brite Lake, Adriana said she was in awe of the beauty of the greater Tehachapi area. At the time they discovered Tehachapi, they never gave a thought to moving here. It was when a woman from a local church here gave Adriana a tour that she first thought, “what a great place to live.” The Garth...
The City of Tehachapi Planning Commission approved the site plan for a new 2,400-square-foot Chipotle Mexican Grill at their Aug. 9 meeting. The new restaurant will be located in the Tehachapi Junction center near Starbucks at the corner of Tucker Road and Tehachapi Blvd. Although it will feature a drive thru, orders will need to be placed in advance with customers notified that their order is ready before entry into the drive thru is allowed. The restaurant has also agreed to add additional...
On Aug. 5, members of the Tehachapi business community came together with representatives of local government to cut a ribbon celebrating the official opening of Deco du Jour, a new upscale furniture store located in the SaveMart shopping center at the corner of Tucker Road and Valley Blvd. Owners Gina Dumania and Shawn Bineau opened the store during the pandemic and were very excited to finally be able to hold the event....
At the August meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council, the Tehachapi Arts Commission presented Christina Scrivner, head of Philanthropy for Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Foundation, with a check for $14,300 to be used for future art acquisitions for the hospital. The check represented the proceeds from ticket sales to the VIP Reception that kicked off the Art 2021 exhibit on the weekend of July 23-25....
This Dia de los Muertos horse visited the August meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council. He was brought by artist Jerico Vise to present the idea of the "Horse of a Different Color" project. Her idea is a herd of horse statues that would be painted and decorated by artists and shown at a public exhibition with proceeds to benefit "Return to Freedom" and other equine rescue efforts....
On the evening of Aug. 3 the Tehachapi Police Department and the Tehachapi Police Foundation partnered to host National Night Out at Philip Marx Central Park. The annual crime prevention campaign is designed to heighten crime and drug awareness, generate support for local law enforcement and strengthen neighborhood spirit and partnerships. Community organizations set up booths throughout the park to pass out information and fun stuff for the kids. Police vehicles and fire trucks were on hand...
