Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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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....
"Ah, the labor I love," said Marc Nail, winemaker for Tehachapi Winery. "The wine maker prepares 10 months for the start of harvest, waiting patiently for the grapes to ripen. Then it starts – harvest time. Long hours turn into long days, which become a month, then two with no days off. Harvest begins before sunrise with arrival at the winery around 8 a.m. Everyone is busy cleaning and sanitizing the equipment. Everything is stainless steel or food grade materials – conveyors, destemmer, sor...
On October 5, the City of Tehachapi began the West Park sidewalk project that will make the area near the Little League fields on D Street safer and easier for both the adults and kids to navigate. The Tehachapi City Council approved the grant-funded project earlier in the summer....
Beginning in October, Oak Tree Art and Antiques will be featuring the art of longtime Tehachapi resident Helen McAllister. McAllister and her husband moved to Tehachapi in 1990 from Los Angeles where Helen worked as a behaviorist with the L.A. County schools. She has a degree in art from Cal State University. Soon after moving to Tehachapi, McAllister began doing paintings of the Tehachapi Depot and a winter snow street scene highlighting Kelcy's Restaurant. These two paintings, plus others,...
On Sunday, October 4, a flagpole near the entrance of Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Hospital was dedicated to former Tehachapi Mayor Ed Grimes. Buddy and Nikki Cummings, who made the dedication possible, were joined by the Grimes family, their friends and other members of the community. According to Grimes' widow, Ruthie, this all came about from the grand opening hospital tour she took along with Nikki Cummings. Ruthie remembered saying, "Ed would have loved this. He always wanted to be a p...
For several years Steve and Joanna Chambreau lived in the Silver Lakes community near Helendale, California, a small community in the desert near Victorville. It was an ideal location as long as they had the company of family there. When family members moved away, Steve and Joanna began to rethink their location. They decided to look for a nice, friendly community that was still close to Steve’s work at Edwards Air Force Base. Then they discovered Tehachapi and made the move in April – not lon...
On Thursday, October 1, small groups of Tehachapi High School students and parents staged a sit-in style protest at THS. Some students brought easy-ups and tents to keep out of the sun; others just sat under trees. The sit-in was prompted by the decision of the TUSD School Board to maintain the virtual learning platform until December 18, conforming to Governor Newsom's tier-system guidelines for reopening schools. The peaceful protest provided an opportunity for the students to visit with...
With a four to one vote at the Tehachapi City Council meeting on October 5, engineer Steve Hamblin was chosen to fill the Tehachapi Planning Commission seat vacated by Ken Wright when he moved away from the City. Hamblin will complete Wright’s term which is due to end June 30, 2021. Hamblin is the engineering manager at The Spaceship Company where he has worked since 2018. He lived in Tehachapi from 2014 to 2017 while he was Director of Engineering for ICON Aircraft. He moved his family to N...
On the weekend of September 18, Tehachapi Winery became the newest local tasting room to open to the public for tastings. Owner Mike Chan and winemaker Marc Nail announced that their 2017 and 2018 red varietals are available for tasting and bottle sales. They include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Pinot Noir and Syrah. Chan began growing grapes soon after retiring from CCI as his retirement project. He started by planting two acres of red wine grapes. It was not long before he knew he...
At the end of February, the Tehachapi Library joined the rest of the Kern County Libraries in collecting books to help replenish those lost in the fire that destroyed the Porterville Library on Feb. 18. The first shipment was taken to Porterville in March before the COVID-19 shut-down. Books had been collected at both the Tehachapi Library and at Tehachapi City Hall. On Sept. 16, Veronica Wilson from the library and Key Budge from the City of Tehachapi, loaded up the remainder of the books...
On Sept. 11 2020 the victims and heroes of 9/11 were honored throughout the City Of Tehachapi under the guidance of the national Wreaths Across America organization. Nearly three dozen flag-waving veterans and community members lined both sides of the Dennison Rd. freeway overpass. With the sound of blowing horns, nearly every vehicle and truck passing below acknowledged the significance of this patriotic memorial. U.S. Army veteran Jim Jacobs stood proudly and explained the nation's need for...
Cynthia Zimmer Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer visited virtually with Tehachapi Rotary Club on Sept. 10. She talked about the status of crime in Kern County saying that violent crime is up and it is her goal since coming to the office in January 2019 to see a reduction. She also emphasized the importance of the problem of child trafficking in Kern County citing the location of the county's proximity to north/south and east/west interstates. She said that 85 children have been taken...
On Thursday, September 17 at Farmers Market, the Tehachapi Rotary Club Pick-A-Ticket Fundraiser came to an end with the drawing of six tickets for the lucky winners. All six winners were very excited about the prizes they won. However, now that the Farmers Market has been extended through October, the club has the opportunity to hold another fundraiser. If you are good at guessing how many pennies are in a jar (or not), “SUP or SOAR” is for you. This time two prizes are “up for grabs”: $150 in...
Organic Waste Collection In September 2016 California Senate Bill 1383 established methane emissions goals in an effort to reduce certain climate pollutants in parts of the state. It is to be the goal of the regulatory authority, CalRecycle, to set state organic waste reduction targets and implement a residential organics collection and recycling program by January 1, 2022. Additionally they are charged with a goal that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for...
On Sept. 8, the Tehachapi City Council addressed the resignation of Ken Wright from the Planning Commission and City Treasurer Susan Showler. The Council instructed City staff to advertise for the appointed position of Planning Commissioner vacated by Ken Wright who has moved out of the City and could no longer serve on the Commission. Wright’s term is scheduled to end on June 30, 2021. City Treasurer Susan Showler sumitted her resignation effective Sept. 30 as she is moving out of C...
Although 2020 has been a year that will be remembered for a major pandemic, it has also been an abundant year for produce. Main Street Tehachapi announced that the Tehachapi City Council has approved another extension of the Tehachapi Farmers Market to Oct. 29. This will allow Tehachapi's local apple orchards to participate. For example, Ha's Apple Farm has joined the market with apple products like apple cider, vinegar and apple butter. Come out and enjoy the fall produce and participate in...
At their Sept. 3 meeting, the Tehachapi Rotary Club received a virtual visit from Mary Beth Garrison, community liaison for Rio Tinto/U. S. Borax who gave the club an update on the operations of the Kern County mine located in Boron. Rio Tinto is located on six continents, has over 1,000 employees and produces 30 percent of the world's borates. Borate operations originally began in Death Valley in the 1800s with the borates transported to rail cars by the famous 20 mule team wagons. In 1927 oper...
On the afternoon of Aug. 27 at Dorner Family Vineyard, the developers of Sage Ranch announced their new partnership with Keller Williams Forward Living. Sage Ranch is the 1000-unit planned residential community proposed for the property along Valley Blvd. next to Tehachapi High School. About 40 community members attended the event including Tehachapi city officials. From left are Carlos Horton, Keller Williams; Allie Matthews, Keller Williams; David Bernal, Keller Williams Ba...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is holding a Pick-A-Ticket Fundraiser at the Farmers Market on Sept. 3, 10 and 17. The prizes include a homemade quilt, a $100 gift certificate, a basket of wines and wine accessories, a jar of lottery scratchers, and a basket of assorted items from Home Depot. The Pick-A-Ticket board has 494 squares with rows labeled A–Z, and columns labeled 1–19. Participants can choose any ticket that is available for $5 or five tickets for $20. The drawing for the five pri...
For many years local residents and especially Little League families have complained about the lack of sidewalks on the south side of D Street by the TVRPD facilities and Little League fields. Thanks to a Transportation Development Act (TDA) grant received by the City last year, through the Kern Council of Governments, West Park is going to get a face lift. At the August 17 City Council meeting, Development Services Director Jay Schlosser announced that the City had been awarded a...
Natassia and Brandon Morgan moved to their new home in Tehachapi in February and about a month later, along with everyone else, found they were in lockdown. They had needed to move from the Antelope Valley due to health issues and Brandon had discovered Tehachapi a number of years ago when he worked on the wind turbines. The Morgans were both born and raised in the Antelope Valley. In fact, they were both born at Antelope Valley Hospital. They were introduced by mutual friends and Natassia said...
A General Municipal Election was scheduled to be held at the same time as the Statewide and National General Election on Nov. 3, 2020. City offices scheduled for the November election were City Council District 2, City Council District 3, City Clerk and City Treasurer. The original filing period for candidates closed on Aug. 6, 2020 and was ultimately extended until Aug. 12, 2020. At that time there was only one candidate nominated for each office. The current City Treasurer Susan Showler said s...
On Aug. 1, All American Automotive located at 787 W. Tehachapi Blvd. officially became the owner of Tehachapi Auto Glass, thus adding another service to the family-owned business that just last year became the local Penske truck rental outlet. Tehachapi Auto Glass will continue to operate under that name. The prior owner of Tehachapi Auto Glass, Joe Villa, had taken the business over from a family member but was moving on to other ventures. Robert and Ann Curtin, who purchased All American...
After three years with Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley, hospital President Jeff Lingerfelt announced that he and his wife, Jenny, would be moving to Virginia to be closer to their families, and his last day at the hospital would be Aug. 7. Lingerfelt said that they are sad to leave Tehachapi and have very much enjoyed being a part of our community. He will be taking over a small county hospital located about four hours from his parents' home. "My parents are getting older," said Lingerfelt,...
