Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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It was an unusually full house at the March 20 Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District board meeting. General Manager Michelle Vance informed the board that the Tehachapi City Council approved an investment of $15,000 to assist TVRPD with feasibility studies and a business plan for a bond measure to build a beautiful new recreation facility and upgrade existing facilities. Vance added that she had also applied for and received a grant from Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District in the amount...
It was standing room only at the Police Department Community Room the evening of March 19 when TVRPD Board Chairman Laura Lynne Wyatt and General Manager Michelle Vance presented their concept for the development of a new multi-use community center and for upgrading Recreation and Parks District's existing facilities. They asked the City to support them in their efforts to research and place a bond measure on the November ballot to finance the project. Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park...
Victoria DeHaas arrived in Tehachapi in mid-January from Las Vegas, Nevada accompanied by her seventeen year old daughter, Elisa. As much as she was attracted to our beautiful mountain area, her true motivation was to be with her very first love, Paul Pleis, who has lived in Tehachapi for the last eight years. Victoria met Paul when she was 14 years old and they reconnected while she was living in Las Vegas. She also has family here, an aunt and uncle who have lived in Tehachapi for about 12...
Superintendent Susan Andreas-Berval reported that on March 12 TUSD, along with Cerro Coso Community College, unveiled the long-awaited Welding Program at Tehachapi High School. City Manager Greg Garrett and EDC President Lydia Chaney were in attendance. A storage room at the high school was outfitted with a ventilation system and 10 welding machines purchased for the program. For now, the welding classes are part of the Adult Education Program with Cerro Coso credits; however, it is hoped that...
After living in Chino, Calif. for 43 years, Ron and Linda Little retired and decided to move from a community that they felt had become over-crowded and difficult to move around in. It is a story I have heard repeated over the last year or two. I can remember when the Inland Empire was promoted as the place to move if you wanted affordability and space to improve your quality of life. On their retirement it was time to look for something different. Their daughter Sheila lives in Tehachapi so...
On Monday afternoon, Feb. 26, at the Palmdale Heritage Air Park, Tehachapi pilot Joe Biviano received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot award from FAA representative Karla Borden. The award honors individuals who have exhibited professionalism, skill and aviation expertise for at least 50 years while piloting aircraft. Biviano also received an award for 50 years of dedication to aviation safety. Borden said that the award is dated 50 years after a pilot's first solo flight. Biviano's is dated...
Gene and Pat Coker moved into their mountaintop home in Bear Valley Springs last November. They had spent the last five years living in Ojai, a little town about 10 miles inland from Ventura. Before that they lived in Santa Paula and other areas of Ventura County. They thought that Ojai and the coastal areas of the county had become too crowded, so when they retired they began to search for a new place to live. Gene said that he had always wanted a cabin in the mountains. They had once had a...
At their Feb. 1 meeting at Steampunk restaurant, the Tehachapi Rotarians were treated to an audio visual presentation by Enrico Palermo, Executive Vice President of The Spaceship Company. The Spaceship Company is part of the Virgin Group and is responsible for the design, manufacture and testing of space vehicles for Virgin Galactic. About 450 people are currently employed by the company. Palermo showed the group the latest pictures of Space Ship Two (SS2) and White Knight Two (WK2), the mother...
In a presentation before the Tehachapi City Council on Feb. 5, Robert Ball from the Kern Council of Governments outlined the Kern Region Active Transportation Plan (ATP). He said that with the passage of SB1 last April, KernCOG can expect an increase in funds to fix roads, highways and bridges. The bill would invest $54 billion statewide over the next decade. Ball estimates that Tehachapi could receive as much as $10 million over the next 24 years from SB1 and cap and trade funds. Ball said...
"It is a dream come true," says Jose Guevara of Gold Mountain Sports Tavern, his new restaurant located at 20601 W. Valley Blvd. in Tehachapi. The idea of a sports bar was his dream ten years ago in 2008 when he first planned to open a restaurant in Tehachapi. That dream had to take a back seat when the opportunity came along to open Don Perico's Mexican Restaurant on Valley Blvd. That family restaurant has been so successful that they have just signed a lease for another ten years. On December...
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Jan. 16 City Council Meeting took place in the Community Room of the Tehachapi Police Department. Police Chief Kent Kroeger presented the Council with a Memorandum of Understanding between TPD and Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services for the implementation of a 911 Special Needs Registry. The county launched the new service last week. Kroeger said that first-responders often have only information gathered at the time of a 911 call. For example, those...
Brian and Rosa Scott arrived in Tehachapi in September. Rosa came from Colorado Springs which had been their home for many years and Scott came from his previous assignment in Turkey. Brian is a government contractor and had been stationed near Tarsus until receiving his new assignment at Edwards Air Force Base. His areas of expertise range from mathematics to military arts, business administration and international relations. Brian was born in Boston but since his dad was in the Navy, Brian...
Plans for A-1 Self Storage Tehachapi were approved by the Tehachapi Planning Commission on Dec. 11 and will soon come before the City Council for final approval. The new facility will be located at 101 Industrial Parkway just east of Tractor Supply. Owner Joel Hecht of Carlsbad, Calif. submitted plans for the 102,814 square foot mini storage project with an additional 985 square foot office building. The storage space will be divided into 13 buildings with storage units ranging in size from...
After being forced to cancel their regular Dec. 12 meeting due to lack of a quorum, the Tehachapi Unified School District finally met on Dec. 19 to elect 2018 officers as well as conduct their regular board meeting. In a 4-2 vote, Leonard Evansic and Jeff Kermode will remain as President and Vice President of the Board. The two dissenting votes came from Trustees Joe Wallek and Dean Marham. The remaining officers were unanimously approved; Carrie Austin as Board Clerk, Jeff Kermode as...
Taylor and Eustace Laurie arrived in Tehachapi in September from Alexandria, Va. to begin work in their new clerical positions; Eustace as the new pastor of Tehachapi's Seventh Day Adventist Church and Taylor as Director of Spiritual Care and Volunteer Services for Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. They had both been pastoring their own church in the Washington, D.C. area. However, they realized that their future kids might have to go to two different churches so they began to search for a plac...
George Thomas "Tom" Novinger (61) and his wife, Gladys (62), were swept away by a strong current while crossing the Wailuku River above the falls in Rainbow Falls State Park in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii on Nov. 25. Tom Novinger is the son of well-known Tehachapi residents George and Anne Marie Novinger. The younger Novingers were residents of San Diego County where they owned and operated Vineyard Hacienda, a bed and breakfast and wedding venue. According to Anne Marie, during the...
When the TVRPD Board met on Nov. 28, they welcomed their new member Wes Backes who had been appointed by the city on Nov. 18. Backes and his family have been in Tehachapi for many years. He graduated from Tehachapi High School where he played football for Coach Denman. He is now a member of the Tehachapi Fire Department and stationed at the Valley and Curry station. The Board voted unanimously to take over the Tehachapi Gran Fondo from the City. The matter was due to come before the City...
On the afternoon of Oct. 25, the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce helped Susan Minor celebrate the Grand Opening of Slice of Life Enrichment School. Responding to the needs of home-schooled and traditionally schooled students for classes in language, music, and art, the new facility at 48771 Valley Blvd. has been beautifully designed and remodeled by Susan's husband Lonnie, a general contractor, and their son Seth as a classroom, meeting, and recital center. Susan moved to Bear Valley Springs from...
Just about everyone is aware that Tehachapi's new hospital is due to open sometime next year. Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley also has a new president and CEO. Jeff Lingerfelt arrived to take the reins on August 14. His wife Jenny arrived about a month later. They came from Geneseo, Ill. where Jeff had spent the last two years as CEO of Hammond-Henry Hospital. It was just recently announced that Lingerfelt was named to Becker's Healthcare 60 Critical Access CEOs to Know list for the second tim...
Robert Peralta, owner of Air Tight Heating & Air has lived in Tehachapi ever since he arrived with his parent from Riverside at the age of 17. He was just in time for his senior year at Tehachapi High School. Peralta learned the heating and air conditioning business from the ground up from a friend. He had a knack for the business and it soon became his passion. He discovered that he loved assessing problems with heating and air units and making them run like new. "If a customer thinks their...
Chuck and Candi Hallman were wandering through Philip Marx Central Park on the 4th of July when they stopped by our booth. We finally had a chance to visit almost two months later. They said that they had moved to Stallion Springs around the first of this year. They came from Lakeview Terrace in the San Fernando Valley where they had lived for 36 years. However, The Valley was getting crowded and the traffic was annoying. They loved the slower lifestyle and the natural surroundings of the...
At the Oct. 16 City Council meeting, Assistant City Manager Chris Kirk presented an Airport Land Use Inspection Report from the FAA which was received by the City on Sept. 29, 2017. The FAA had completed an inspection of the airport between May 9 and May 11, 2017 and found the City to be potentially non-compliant with Grant Assurance requirements unless corrections are made to leasing procedures and lease rates. City Manager Greg Garrett had prepared a response to the inspection report...
Carefree Moving and Storage is alive and well in Tehachapi. Carol and Debbie Gerdl want everyone to know that the same family owned and professionally run moving and storage company that Tehachapi has come to rely on is still here, but with some new and exciting additions. For those that don't already know, the business has been operating in Tehachapi since 1984 when Carol and her husband, Bob, established Carefree Moving and Storage as a DBA of Gerdl Enterprises, Inc. By 1991 they had expanded...
After 13 years in Lancaster, Carlos and Mary Jane Aguirre said that they wanted something better for their family. They found a piece of land in Tehachapi on which they decided to build their own home. Carlos had a friend who owned a construction company and together they would build the house. Their house in Lancaster sold quicker than they expected so they moved onto their property in an RV along with their nine-year-old son Daniel and their two dogs, Coco and Princess. They pictured the...
The City of Tehachapi received recognition from the Southern San Joaquin Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers for two of their projects. Freedom Plaza engineered by AECOM received the 2017 Outstanding Small Project award. Located at the corner of Tehachapi Blvd. and Curry St., the Plaza contains five monuments representing each of the branches of the US military. It is also the home of the new Tehachapi Visitor Center. The ASCE also recognized the Snyder Well Intertie Project as...
