Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On Wednesday, July 12 Kern County Public Health Services unveiled their new Certified Healthy program for Kern County restaurants. The program uses a number of criteria to identify foods that are considered healthy and can be used to lower chronic disease and obesity risks. Restaurants that meet the standards will be recognized with a prominent logo on the restaurant grading card that is displayed in their window. At the news conference, Health Services Director Matthew Constantine said that...
Snow Orthodontics, represented by Craig White, presented the architectural design and site plan for Snow's new offices to the Tehachapi Planning Commission at their July 9 meeting. The project is to be located on the Tucker Rd. lot located between Remax/Canine Creek and King of Siam/M&M Sports. The 13,576-square-foot facility will include storefront space and a section containing several 125-square-foot salon suites for such services as hair, nails and massage. The project, which actually faces...
Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District held their third public meeting on June 28 to discuss the possibility of a new community center and upgrades to the existing park facilities to be possibly financed by a bond measure. This meeting was streamed live on Facebook for those who could not make the meeting. TVRPD General Manager Michelle Vance said that the district has made a commitment to (1) listen to the community, (2) to make the project for everyone, (3) to stay on budget, (4) to...
Kern County Sheriff Officer J. Weiss and his dog Neco demonstrate a tug-o-war during Local Hero Week at Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District (TVRPD) Adventure Camp. Camper Cayden also had a chance to play tug-o-war with Neco. The Tehachapi Police Department showed up, too....
Jenny and Jeremy Jones moved to California from South Dakota. They came from Brookings which is about 45 minutes north of Sioux Falls. Jeremy was hired as a test pilot at Edward Air Force Base so they temporarily settled in Rosamond at the Air Park where they had the use of a neighbor's plane. However, they are not desert people and found the beauty of the mountains in Tehachapi and the weather closer to their native South Dakota. They found a home in Bear Valley and made the move in May. Both...
At their June 7 meeting, the Tehachapi Rotarians had the opportunity to listen to Tejon Ranch Vice President Barry Zoeller. Zoeller joined Tejon Ranch following positions with the Kern Board of Trade, KERO television and the board of CASA. Following a video presentation, he outlined the history of the ranch and the master plan for the future of the company. Last November was the 175 year anniversary of Tejon Ranch. It was founded in 1843 from a Spanish land grant. General Edward Fitzgerald...
James and Kathy Govereau moved into their new Bear Valley home in April. They moved here from Broomfield, Colorado, a little town just north of Denver. They had lived there for 12 years after spending many years living in Las Vegas. Kathy said that they won an opportunity trip to Colorado, went for a vacation and loved it so much that they moved there. However, most of Kathy's family has lived in Tehachapi for many years and she and James had been coming here to visit three or four times a...
This time of year Tehachapi sees hundreds of Pacific Crest Trail hikers. They come from all over, some to hike all the way from the Mexican border to the Canadian border and some to complete a section or two. They carry most of what they need for the three to four month journey with them, picking up replacement supplies along the way. Their equipment, designed for long distance hikers, can be expensive and somewhat heavy. As a result, more and more hikers are learning to make their own packs...
The Tehachapi City Council had the sad duty of deciding how to deal with the council vacancy created by the death of Mayor Ed Grimes. Essentially they had two choices, to appoint a replacement to fill the position until the November election when a new council member can be elected to fill the remaining two years of Mayor Grimes term. Not appointing someone to fill the vacancy would leave the Council with four members and the possible inability to pass some measures for lack of a majority vote....
At the June 4 City Council meeting the Police Department Community Room was filled to overflowing with people waiting to weigh-in on the subject of SB54, the Sanctuary State bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown last October. Postings on social media had erroneously lead many to believe that members of the City Council supported the measure and they wanted their voice to be heard. Speakers came from as far away as Los Angeles to protest the measure. At the May 21 meeting, a measure to oppose...
Bob and Tracy Anderson moved to Tehachapi last November from Lancaster where Bob operated a martial arts studio. He and Tracy had a plan to move to the natural setting of the mountains and open a combined fitness, self-defense and firearms training facility in Tehachapi. The result is Force 5 Training Center located in Old Town that opened its doors last month. Bob was born in the bay area and grew up in Fairfield. He was adopted, a fact he did not learn until he was grown and went to get a...
Force 5 Training Center, a mixed martial arts studio, has recently opened at 20601 Highway 202, Suite 102, in Tehachapi. The studio features classes in fitness, firearms and self-defense; one-stop shopping for personal protection. According to Professor Bob Anderson, the style taught at Force 5 is called Kajukenbo, which is an American hybrid combination of karate, judo and jiu-jitsu, kempo and Chinese kung fu. He holds black belts in all five disciplines and incorporates them all in his...
In 2003, Don and Kristin Freed began looking at areas that would get them out of Los Angeles. Both of them had grown up around Tujunga in the San Fernando Valley. For a time they considered Provo, Utah, but ultimately that would take them too far away from family. Don said that he started driving around and exploring areas around LA. One time he dropped Kristin off for a visit to Yosemite and on the way home just wandered around Tehachapi. When he picked her up, he said he had to show her someth...
About 150 people attended the first of four public meetings held by Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District on May 3 at the Aspen Builders, Inc. Activity Center. The meeting was to explore community priorities should the district decide to invest in a new recreation facility. "However, you first need to take care of what you have," said TVRPD General Manager Michelle Vance, assuring everyone that upgrading existing facilities would be the first priority. She said that the area has...
After closed session deliberations, following the nearly three and a half hour May 8 School Board meeting, the Tehachapi School Board unanimously chose JMS Principal Paul Kaminski to serve as the Interim Superintendent for the District. The Board listened to presentations from three search organizations that specialize in locating school superintendent candidates, but were unable to make a clear choice at that time, nor could they agree on whether to start the search immediately or wait for a...
Contractor Scott Crooke and his wife Susie bought Tangleweed Farm in Golden Hills last October. The couple had been living in Orcutt, on the Central Coast, and was looking for more room to raise a family and their two boxers, Sunnie and Summer. Scott had been coming to Tehachapi for years. He has a friend living in Paradise Valley, near enough to Tehachapi Mountain Park to hike there. About two years ago the Crookes bought a piece of property in Alpine Forest thinking they would build there....
On April 18, the Tehachapi Police Foundation announced the names of their 2018 honorees. The four will be honored on Thursday evening, May 17, at the second annual Honoring the Thin Blue Line banquet to be held at Rose Garden Estate in Cummings Valley. The Tehachapi Police Foundation, a 501(c)3 tax exempt non-profit corporation, was formed in 2016 as a means to receive grants and raise funds to be used for the department's nonbudgeted items. "It is a great way to build a bridge between the...
Assistant to the City Manager, Corey Costelloe, outlined a new mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling program at the April 16 Tehachapi City Council meeting. The program is the result of the 2016 California Assembly Bill 1826 requiring mandatory organic waste collection from businesses and multifamily properties. Organic waste refers to food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed with food waste. From January 2016 to Ja...
After a long absence, Tangleweed Farms will reopen to the public on Saturday, April 21. The new owners, Susie and Scott Crooke from Orcutt, Calif., plan to maintain the sustainable, organic farm as it was by prior owners John and Laurie Thorpe. The Crookes took possession of the property last October just as Susie found out that she was pregnant. This slowed down their move to Tehachapi and the work on the farm. Scott has been trimming trees and bushes and making a few other changes to the...
At their April meeting, the Tehachapi Senior Center Board of Directors voted to support the proposed TVRPD bond measure to build a new community center in Tehachapi. Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District General Manager Michelle Vance outlined the project for the Board and asked for their input. Board President Lewis Brown said that the new center would replace the old existing facility on the corner of F and Hayes Streets. Brown added that the group would need to remain autonomous. The...
Jeff Lingerfelt, President of Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley gave an update on the new hospital at the monthly Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council meeting on April 4. He said that code compliance adjustments should be completed by mid-May. There had been problems with gaps in at least 28 doors, pharmacy certification and the height of counter tops in the lab station had to be adjusted. He added that the projected opening for the hospital is this July. He thanked the Tehachapi...
The weekend of April 7 marked the end of an era for the Tehachapi wine industry. Bob and Patty Souza, the growers who started it all in 2003, symbolically poured their last wine. The reins were passed to new owners Mike Van Atta and his wife Beth Hamilton, who have been Tehachapi residents for about 10 years. "The next time we come here, we will be on the other side of the bar," said Bob. As part of the purchase, the four will be trading houses so Bob and Patty will now be city residents. The...
Tehachapi resident Stephen Schrepfer, owner of Think Green Pedicabs, brought one of his units to the April 4 GTEDC meeting. Schrepfer had treated City Manager Greg Garrett to a ride the day before. Garrett told the group that he liked the pedicab project. Schrepfer hopes he can have them available in Tehachapi this year. Pictured with Schrepfer is Tourism Commissioner Zanya Biviano and Tehachapi News reporter Cara Jackson....
On St. Patrick's Day, Bob and Patty Souza hosted a well- attended meet and greet at Souza Family Vineyard for Scott Spielman, who is running for Kern County District Attorney. Spielman went to school in Simi Valley with Patty's son Brian. The event was a reunion for both families. Spielman has been with the County for 24 years and has been Assistant DA for the last 7 years. He has prosecuted over 100 felony trials, over half of which were major. He served in the U.S. Army for three years. As a...
Dan and Sarah Gildea arrived in Tehachapi from San Diego in November. Health problems forced Dan to sell the auto repair shop in Santee he had owned for 30 years and retire. The San Diego area is an expensive place to live if you're retired so he and Sarah began to search for an area that would suit their retirement needs. Affordability was a big factor and they also wanted a house that had room for Dan's welding shop. Dan said that he found Tehachapi on the internet so he and Sarah began to exp...
