Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Memorial Day in Tehachapi was full of ceremony, honor and a grand parade. A large crowd gathered to watch the parade travel down F Street to Central Park, where a flag raising ceremony took place accompanied by a 21-gun salute and the fly-over of a Navy biplane. The program in the park began with an opening prayer by American Legion Post 221 Chaplain Eric Purdy. It was followed by an address delivered by combat veteran Dave Reinhart, Dennis Ragsdale read the names of over 150 local veterans who...
Tehachapi City Manager Greg Garrett and TVRPD General Manager Corey Torres presented a Certificate of Recognition to departing TVRPD Board member Wes Backes, thanking him for his service. Backus submitted his letter of resignation after having represented the City of Tehachapi on the TVRPD Board for the last several years....
At their May 10 meeting, the Tehachapi Planning Commission considered two projects that would alter existing business locations. The Commission unanimously approved the J Street Commerce Center project to be constructed at the site of the old Home4Less site located at 430 W. J Street. The property is currently owned by Tehachapi rug-makers Mike and Kathy Hensler. In addition to the old existing 9,000-square-foot warehouse and another 4,000-square-foot building, the Hensler's plan includes five...
On the weekend of May 14, 36 artists from all over the country came to Tehachapi for the Art 2021 plein air paint-out event sponsored by the Tehachapi Arts Commission. Artists could be found almost anywhere in Tehachapi and their finished work will be displayed at a public show and sale at Aspen Builders Community Activity Center on July 24-25. There will be an opening artists reception on July 23 with tickets available for $100 each. Tickets can be purchased at www.artstehachapi.org or by...
The American Legion Post 221 and Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District have announced that there will be a Memorial Day Parade in Tehachapi this year on May 31. The parade units will meet at the old Kmart parking lot around 9:30 a.m. and at 10 a.m. proceed down F Street to Mojave Street., turning right to end at Philip Marx Central Park for a flag ceremony, including a rifle team and bugler. As in the past, names of local veterans who have died during the last year will be read. Legion...
Nick and Marilyn Calhoun moved into their new Tehachapi home in March. They actually arrived from Fruita, Colorado (near Grand Junction) in January and lived with their son Troy until they found their new house, a project that proved more difficult than they expected given the state of the local real estate market in January. Before retiring, the Calhouns had lived in Colorado for 25 years. Nick said that over the years he has bought and sold trucks all over the world working for companies like...
At their May 17 meeting, the City Council approved credit card processing fees for utilities and other services. As always, the City of Tehachapi continues to accept credit cards, debit cards and e-checks in payment of utility bills. Credit card companies and merchant processors charge the city processing fees for each transaction, which the government allows to be passed on to the customer. Until last March, the City charged customers a $4 convenience fee for credit card charges in $300...
During the fist two weeks of May, Adventist Health in Kern County celebrated Nurses Week and Hospital Week in a big way. They commissioned Bakersfield muralist Jennifer Williams-Cordova to design two different paint-by-number murals for each of their three hospitals, Bakersfield, Delano and Tehachapi Valley. The theme for the Nurses Week (May 3-7) murals was "Thank you for giving HOPE" and Williams-Cordova was on hand at each hospital to guide the nurses in the actual painting. The murals at...
After having lived in the Antelope Valley on and off for over 50 years, Dave and Belinda White retired to beautiful Bear Valley Springs. One of the reasons they loved the location was the friendliness of the town. Also, they could still be close to their families, yet away from the baking summer temperatures in the Antelope Valley. They found their property two years ago and began to build the dream home that they finally moved into in April. Dave recently retired from the Antelope Valley...
From May 14-17, the Tehachapi Arts Commission and residents of the Greater Tehachapi area will welcome 40 nationally known plein air artists to our city. While taking part in Art 2021 Tehachapi, the artists will spend the weekend with their easels, canvas, paints and brushes, painting various aspects of Tehachapi’s diverse landscapes. The event is called a “paint out” and the visiting artists may be seen in town, in the vineyards or any place there is something to be committed to canvas. Speci...
At the May 5 Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council meeting, Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner surprised the Friends of the Depot with a personal donation of $10,000 toward the Loop Overlook Project. The donation pushes the project one step closed to becoming a reality. Pictured with Scrivner are Overlook Committee members Keith Sackewitz, Laura Lynne Wyatt, Marlan Woodside, Steve Smith and Lydia Chaney. The May 5 meeting was the first in-person meeting for the GTEDC in over a...
The Bakersfield Symphony was front and center for Tehachapi Rotary’s April 22 meeting. Executive Director Holly Arnold and Director of Marketing and Development Gabe Adame gave an outline of the organization’s history and plans for their 2021 season. Arnold has held her position with the symphony since May 2019. Before joining the orchestra she was CEO of the Kern Chapter of the American Red Cross and director of community relations for Hall Ambulance. Adame started with the symphony as executiv...
After a year-long closure,the Tehachapi Depot Museum reopened on the weekend of April 10 and 11. Docents were on hand to show visitors through the exhibits. They paused for a quick picture before masking up for the day. The Depot will be opened from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday only during the months of April and May. The Loop Overlook committee was also on hand outside the Depot, passing out popcorn and collecting donations for the new Loop Overlook project. Their goal is to raise...
At their April 12 meeting, the Tehachapi Planning Commission gave a new approval for a Hampton Inn to be constructed in Capital Hills on the north side of Hwy. 58. Original approval for the 85 room hotel was given in 2015 to the projects prior owner. New owner Trophy Hospitality of Las Vegas was represented at the meeting by Bakersfield architect Steven Kieke. The new Hampton Inn will be located on the northwest corner of Capital Hills Parkway and Challenger Drive. The three story hotel will...
Long time Tehachapi massage therapist Molly Sherman has announced that she has moved her practice to Bee Good to Yourself Essential Oils Training Center located at 104 S. Robinson Street in downtown Tehachapi. Bee Good is owned and operated by Mindy Martindale, a wellness advocate with dōTerra Essential Oils International. The two women have known each other for several years as both were members of Tehachapi Mountain Valley Professionals, a local business organization. The compatibility of...
Tehachapi Development Services Director Jay Schlosser presented three road projects for a vote at the April 19 City Council meeting. Every year the City of Tehachapi receives an allocation from the SB1 Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Gas Tax) amounting to about $270,000. Schlosser presented a list of 45 streets within three residential areas to receive new surface treatments for 2021. Although the streets within these neighborhoods are currently in relatively good shape, the seal...
At their April 15 online meeting, the Tehachapi Rotary Club hosted Brynn Carrigan, Kern County's new Director of Public Health. Carrigan, who is replacing prior director Matt Constantine, had been Assistant Director of Public Health since 2012 and was responsible for managing departmental programs and services. During the COVID-19 pandemic Carrigan served as KCHD Incident Commander for the department's Operations Center. She is from Bakersfield and graduated from Cal State Bakersfield with a deg...
On the afternoon of April 5, in a cold harsh wind at the corner of Capital Hills Pwy. and Challenger Dr., the City of Tehachapi held a public press conference to address its response to the High Speed Rail (HSR) project. According to a press release from the City of Tehachapi, "The HSR has quickly and quietly opened public review and comment period for the California Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report/Supplemental Draft En...
On Thursday, April 1 Tehachapi Rotarians were introduced to representational artist and chair of the Tehachapi Arts Commission, Dwight Dreyer. He spoke to the group about Art 2021 Tehachapi, an event where painters from all over the country will come to Tehachapi in May to paint and then return to display their finished artwork at a public art show and sale in July. Dreyer is the founder of Dreyer Fine Arts, located in Keene, where he maintains a 5,500-square-foot teaching studio on 11 acres....
Brite Lake is open for fishing. TVRPD's plan was to stock the lake this year with five hundred pounds of trout monthly beginning in January; however the level of the lake was too low. The precipitation Tehachapi received during the winter raised the lake enough so that TVRPD was able to stock the lake twice in February so there is currently plenty of fish. Five hundred pounds of trout are planned to go into the lake every month through May depending on what the hatcheries have in stock and the t...
Houchin Community Blood Bank returns to Tehachapi on Tuesday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a community-wide blood drive at Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Parks District's West Park, 490 W. D. Street. If you would like to reserve a time to donate, please use this link to find a time that works for you: connect.hcbb.com/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/6141. HCBB will be bringing an additional bus and personnel for this drive to help it run smooth and faster for those who donate. To help save...
The Tehachapi Winegrowers Commission announced this week that Tehachapi vineyards made a big splash at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition in January. Three local vineyards submitted their wines this year and all three brought home awards. Tehachapi Wine and Cattle Company, Tehachapi's first vineyard, received a Silver for their 2017 Primitivo and a Best of Class for the 2017 Primitivo bottle design in the Luxury Packaging division. Ilda Vaja of Rancho de los Viejeros Vineyard...
Small Business Loyalty At their February 16 meeting, the Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously to approve a new program presented by Economic Development Coordinator Corey Costelloe. The aim of the “Small Business Loyalty Program” would be to provide an incentive for the public to make purchases at small businesses within the City of Tehachapi. Costelloe explained that customers who purchase $100 or more of goods or services at any independently owned small business within the City of Tehacha...
Saturday, February 20 was a special day at Tehachapi Wine & Cattle Company. Original owners Bob and Patty Souza tended bar along with new owners Mike Van Atta and Beth Hamilton in celebrating the vineyard's 2017 Reserve Primitivo. The 2017 wine represented the last harvest for the Souzas and the first bottling for Van Atta and Hamilton, as well as the first wine supporting the new Tehachapi Mountains AVA label....
Josh Pierce, Manager of Training and Development at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley was the featured speaker at the January 28 telephonic meeting of the Tehachapi Rotary Club. In his current role with AHTV, Pierce manages community outreach, business development, rehabilitation services, volunteer services, and facilitates the COVID-19 testing and vaccine programs for the hospital. Pierce joined the hospital staff about 18 months ago and has been referred to by co-workers as the "Swiss army...
