Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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At their February 1 meeting, the Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously for the City to take over the management of Farmers Market from Main Street Tehachapi. Due to dwindling membership and business participation, as well as the impact of COVID-19, the 20-year-old organization voted to dissolve and assign its events to other community groups. Fifteen years ago Main Street had taken over Farmers Market from the City with the City assisting with street closures, and the logistical support of...
Tehachapi Mountain Quilters is looking for new members. During this year of various stages of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many have been looking for a new creative way to use their time at home and the art of quilting is a perfect outlet for young adults, retirees and parents who are homeschooling their children. Tehachapi Mountain Quilters is a teaching guild founded in 1997 under state guidelines and they always begin their meetings with that motto. Their members are always willing...
Tehachapi Mayor Phil Smith presented former Mayor Susan Wiggins with a Certificate of Recognition at the January 19 virtual City Council meeting. Remarking about her professionalism, Smith thanked her for her, "leadership and dedication as Mayor of the City of Tehachapi." Wiggins stepped in as mayor following the passing of former Mayor Ed Grimes. "It has been my pleasure and honor to be mayor of this fine city,' said Wiggins. Per the State of California Executive Order N-29-20, this meeting...
It was a little over two years ago that Keith Sackawitz of Friends of the Depot appeared before a GTEDC meeting and presented the idea of building a viewing platform at the Loop Overlook on Woodford Tehachapi Rd. Over 12,000 visitors a year visit the Overlook said Sackawitz, many in tour buses and FOTD felt the narrow road and limited parking area was difficult and dangerous for visitors. The monument itself is too close to the road and in bad repair. The 144 year old Loop is known worldwide as...
The TUSD School Board recognized LIBRA Library Associates, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit, at their January 12 meeting. Since 1990 LIBRA has raised $110,000 for school libraries. On October 29 the group presented the district with $5,558 raised from a used book sale held at Warrior Park and a fashion show/dessert event. Representing LIBRA at the presentation were Janice Tietz, Debbie Franchere, Alice Muro and Ramona Turmazei. The TUSD Board meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m....
At their first Zoom meeting of 2021 the Rotary Club of Tehachapi hosted speaker Col. Randel (Laz) Gordon, Vice Commander of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base where he leads about 9,500 civilian and military personnel in the developmental testing and evaluation of over a dozen different aircraft and emerging technologies. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Col. Gordon received his commission in 1998 from the Air Force Academy and holds a doctorate from the Air Force's School of Advanced...
On Monday, December 21, the Tehachapi City Council meeting began with the swearing in of the City representatives elected in the November 3 election. Michael Davies represents District 3, Christina Scrivner represents District 2, Victoria Marsh returns as City Clerk and Stacy Curry is the new City Treasurer. The first order of business for the new council was to elect a new mayor. Council-member Phil Smith was nominated for the position of mayor and was unanimously elected. This will be the...
The Tehachapi Humanitarian Relief Group was formed during the current COVID-19 pandemic to fill a need for food distribution and other services for Tehachapi's under-served. The group networks almost entirely through Social Media and were very active during the Christmas holiday. The group teamed up with Michelle Wattenbarger of the American Legion and the Coffee Mill to provide an angel tree. The Legion itself sponsored 20 families. A Google form was set up for families to sign up and the tree...
Tired of the hectic pace of Los Angeles, Gina Dumania and Shawn Bineau moved to Tehachapi in January 2020. They knew of the small town feel and friendly atmosphere of Tehachapi since both of them have family living here. Gina saw the need for something different in a furniture store, something she was very familiar with as she and a partner had a shop in Downtown LA for nearly nine years that bought and sold new and near-new furniture and décor used for staging in film production. Why not someth...
It was about three weeks ago that Tyler and Ivette Farrell moved into their new mountain top home. The couple had lived in Lancaster for over 22 years and had raised their three children there. Their youngest son, Tyler Jr. graduated from high school this year so it was an ideal time to leave the Antelope Valley. Tyler, a financial adviser with JP Morgan Stanley in Lancaster and Saugus, suggested Tehachapi and so the search began. Ivette retired from her position as director of a pregnancy...
On the evening of December 14, the Tehachapi Planning Commission approved the construction of two mixed-use dwellings to be located between Lucky's Barber Shop and the Errea House at 301 S. Green Street. The buildings, each to be about 550 square feet, will be built by Big Sky Dwellings whose office is located in the recently remodeled corner building. The project will be called Green Street Micro Village. Development Services Director Jay Schlosser admitted that the project was a challenge to f...
On December 10, the Tehachapi Rotary Club welcomed Robin Robinson of CityServe. After 31 years as a pastor at Canyon Hills Church in Bakersfield, Robinson moved into a new role in the Bakersfield community with CityServe. This nonprofit has been coming together for the last two years to serve Kern County's hungry, windowed, orphaned, poor, addicted, vulnerable, exploited and unreached. CityServe is a non-denominational faith-based organization that has created international and national...
Tehachapi Chiropractor Kevin Brown is celebrating two years of serving Tehachapi by moving to a larger office located at 20733 South St., Suite B. His family has a long history in the healing arts in Kern County. In fact, he is the great nephew of Newell Jonathan Brown Jr., MD who was Tehachapi’s first Medical Officer in 1909 when the city was founded. Dr. Brown’s mission is simple: Provide affordable, healthy and convenient chiropractic care to the residents of our community. • Affor...
Tehachapi resident Steve White was thrilled when he learned that he and his hearing dog Pepe were to be one of the winners of the 2020 Petco Foundation Holiday Wishes contest. "It is a pretty 'biggie' deal contest." said White. "The winners get anywhere from five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars donated to the rescue facility where their pet came from and the pet owners get a shopping spree at Petco and Sketchers Shoes. Thousands of entries are submitted every year. The winners are...
On First Friday, December 4, from 5 to 8 p.m., On the Boulevard will be previewing their weekend Vendor Sale. Check out the eight to 10 vendors that will be showing their wares on Saturday and Sunday. The vendors will be showing a variety of items including jewelry, trains and Christmas items. On the Boulevard will be open December 5 and 6 during their regular hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday for shoppers to check out the vendors who will be displaying jewelry,...
Yolanda and Richard Durham moved to Tehachapi in May to be closer to their son and his family who are living in Tehachapi. For the last ten years the Durhams lived in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley where they both were teachers. Now retired, sort of, Richard is working as a substitute teacher at Tehachapi High School while Yolanda has taken up sewing and knitting. Both Yolanda and Richard were raised in Manteca in Northern California. They were high school sweethearts and attended...
At their November 12 meeting, the Tehachapi Rotary Club welcomed to their online meeting Don Grafton, Solar General Manager for BHE Renewables. Grafton was joined by Paulette Rush, BHE's community relations specialist. Berkshire Hathaway is the parent corporation of BHE Energy and BHE Renewables is a division of BHE Energy. Grafton said that 10 years ago wind energy locally produced about nine megawatts of power compared with the over 3,000 megawatts that is produced today. BHE began the Pinon...
In December 2018 Silver West Records and Sound Barn Music Productions released the album "Range Riders – The Miracles of Christmas," a project that included a song "The Miracle of Miracles" composed by local Tehachapi resident and famed Hollywood manager Dick Baxter. While best known as the personal manager for such Hollywood "greats" as Dale Evans, Roy Rogers and Kathryn Grayson, the farm kid from Indiana had dabbled in songwriting since he was a teenager and formed Dick Baxter Publishing w...
At a live meeting on October 26 at Aspen Builders, the Tehachapi Planning Commission gave tentative approval to the Final Master Development Plan for The Address, a 238 unit housing development to be build on the northeast corner of Highline Rd. and Tucker Rd. The two-story homes, which will range from 2,600 to 3,000 square feet, will all be modern in style, have flat roofs and second story decks to allow every home a view of the mountains. Garages are pushed back so as not to be a dominant...
On the Boulevard, an eclectic collection of affordable art, will be open again for First Friday, November 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. They will be featuring the photographic art of Sonja Bronson of Quail Ridge Studios in Bear Valley Springs. Bronson is known for her photographs of animals, horses and nature in general. Also on display will be other art objects, oils, ceramics and “Tramp” art. Items on display at the gallery adjacent to On the Boulevard antiques will be on display for three weeks. New...
At the end of June, Diana and Robin Blair moved to Tehachapi from Bakersfield with their cat Moscato in tow. They are now looking forward to Robin's expected retirement from Chevron where he has worked for the last 20 years as an HSE professional (Health, Safety and Environment). Not only were they attracted to Tehachapi's natural beauty and change of seasons but one of their sons is an area resident. Diana and Robin had spent many years in Odessa, Texas before moving to California. In fact,...
Before the meeting began, new Commissioner Steve Hamblin was welcomed to the Planning Commission. A new mural was approved by the Tehachapi Planning Commission at their October 12 meeting. "A Day at the Vineyard" was submitted by Cliff Meridth of Stray Leaves Vineyard to appear on the back of the fireplace located at the future Stray Leaves tasting room on the corner of F and Green Streets in Downtown Tehachapi. The mural will be painted by noted Tehachapi artist Lyn Bennett who also created...
In a five to one vote at their October 13 Board Meeting, the Tehachapi Unified School District Board approved the planned opening of the TUSD schools in small cohorts or groups beginning on October 26. The Priority Cohort 1 students returning on that date will be those Special Education students with moderate to severe disabilities and individual IEPs. The Tehachapi Unified School District District would like to reopen schools in a phased approach so as best to monitor the health and safety of...
Go2Girlz is sponsoring a Halloween Candy Walk on October 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. Owner Michele Borquez said the event is patterned after the Main Street Wine Walks. This event for the little ones will begin at Go2Girlz at 211 S. Curry, in Downtown Tehachapi, where they will receive light-up rings or necklaces, hand-held pumpkins and have their pictures taken. Over ten local businesses have signed up to take part in this fun event for the kids. Maps and instructions can be picked up beginning...
Although she has a degree in Art from California State University Northridge, Helen McAllister worked for many years as a behaviorist for LA County Schools. It wasn't until she and her husband moved to Tehachapi in 1990 that she began thinking about her art. She knew she wanted to teach art locally and began to teach for Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District. As it was during the Christmas season, she did some sample paintings for the class. The first of her series was of Kelcy's Cafe....
