Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks officially broke ground at the new Meadowbrook Park and Playground on the morning of June 6. TVRPD board members, staff and city officials were joined by many members of the community at the event. Cash the Wonder Dog, a sponsor of the new Dog Park, also put in an apprearance. "Today is a monumental day for TVRPD," said General Manager LeAnn Williams, "I am very honored to be here." She and Maintenance Supervisor Nolan Ferdinand will be managing the project...
The first Dog Days of Summer at Souza Family Vineyard saw the largest gathering of pooches and their owners to date. The May 27 event was also co-hosted by Demi Kapler, who is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and Kern County Animal Services. Tehachapi is an ideal stop for Demi as her family lives in the area. Her mother joined her at the event at Souza and she will be visiting with her father at Walker Pass. Demi left Utah in April with plans to hike the PCT and raise money for Best Friends Anima...
At the end of last summer, Melody and Jake Daily moved to Tehachapi from Los Angeles. For Melody, it was closer to her family but mostly it was the weather, friendly people and the small-town-feel of Tehachapi that attracted the couple. Melody is from Bakersfield. Her father, grandparents and aunts are still there. She was lured away to the “big city” in 2006 when she moved to Los Angeles. For some time she managed a spa in West Los Angeles. Jake spent his early years in Spokane, Wash. and has...
This month, Encore Music is pleased to feature instructor Christine Guarente. Chris teaches flute, voice, and is also one of the piano instructors. Christine moved to Tehachapi last August with her husband, Christopher, and their eight year old son, Max. Her husband, once a test pilot at Edwards is now a test pilot for Scaled Composites in Mojave and Tehachapi with its active arts and entertainment community seemed like a perfect spot for the talented Christine. "Art is alive and well in...
On Tuesday afternoon, May 24, Police Chief Kent Kroeger held a press conference to demonstrate the use of a new clear polycarbonate that will be used to secure vacant and abandoned buildings. Louis Lujan from SecureView and Heather Best from Community Blight Solutions addressed a gathering of city officials and residents and demonstrated the new material which is similar to material used in the windshields of the military HumV. Chief Kroeger stated, "Boarded up buildings are a magnet for crime b...
During a facilities update at the April 26 school board meeting, President Mary Graham had asked Business Administrator Nick Heinlein for a visual of what a sixth grade wing would look like at Jacobsen Middle School. At the May 24 meeting, Heinlein presented drawings that clearly explained the vision for the new wing. Heinlein said that he needed a board consensus in order to move forward with the planning for the wing. Options presented were whether to include eight or ten classrooms and...
Golden Hills Elementary teacher Debbie Lee is probably the most excited 5th grade teacher in Tehachapi. Mrs. Lee, who will be retiring at the end of the school year, said that she "will be going out with a bang." Mrs. Lee's class, the X Team, took home the trophy from the Intermediate Space Challenge held at Tehachapi Airport on May 18. This is the second year in a row that her class has won the top prize. Thirty teams of Tehachapi 4th and 5th graders from Cummings Valley, Golden Hills,...
Brandon and Katie Westley had lived in Rosamond for a while. However, after visiting Tehachapi they decided that this is where they wanted to live. Since they both work for The Spaceship Company in Mojave, it seemed like a natural move. They found a home in Bear Valley and finally moved in February along with their Black Lab, Oreo. Brandon is the Lead Production Technician for TSC. He was born in Huntsville, Texas, a small town near Houston. The town was Sam Houston’s home and Brandon told me t...
At the May 2 City Council meeting, Mayor Susan Wiggins presented a Certificate of Recognition to the Tehachapi Police Explorers and their advisor Officer Mike Adams for their exceptional performance at the Tactical Explorer Competition held in Federal Way, Washington at the end of February. The team is made up of 14 highly motivated boys and girls interested in pursuing careers in law enforcement. They competed against 12 other Explorer teams including the United States Border Patrol and came...
For many years, we have heard that Tehachapi will have a wonderful Visitor Center. Well, if you have recently driven past the corner of Tehachapi Blvd. and Curry St., you know that it is becoming a reality. The scheduled opening of Freedom Plaza and the Tehachapi Visitor Center is late in June. Freedom Plaza will be a lovely parklike setting with shade, trees, tables and a play area for children. The centerpiece of the plaza will be monuments representing the five branches of our military. The...
Reverand Mark Maxon was assigned to Saint Malachy Catholic Church in Tehachapi last November by Bishop Ochoa of the Fresno Diocese. "Assign" may not be quite the right word, because Rev. Maxon said that he chose Tehachapi out of several assignments that he was offered. As a man who loves the outdoors, he said that he is delighted to be here. Before moving to Tehachapi, Rev. Maxon was Associate Pastor for a year and a half in Visalia and at Saint Francis of Assisi in Bakersfield for two years....
At their April 26 meeting, the Tehachapi School Board unanimously approved the final contract with VIA Heart Foundation to supply the district with 21 AED units and to provide the oversight and maintenance of the units. The final cost of the units is $26,585 with an annual maintenance fee of $4,200. Money will also be set aside to provide for replacement at the end of ten years. The district was able to secure safety credit funds for the initial purchase so no money will come out of the General...
On Earth Day, April 22, Girl Scout Troop 3383 along with their leader Kendra Mauldin and Lehigh Cement CEO Craig Miflin planted a young Raywood Ash tree in Philip Marx Central Park. The tree is the first of at least seven trees that will be replacing dead and dying trees that are scheduled to be removed from the park. According to TVRPD Maintenance Supervisor Nolan Ferdinand, the Raywood was chosen because it is a fast growing tree. Lehigh donated the tree to the scout troop and all turned out...
Joan Cote’ is glad to be back in Tehachapi where she grew up and went to high school. She still has family and friends here and always loved the natural beauty of the area. When she retired from her job as an export compliance officer for an aerospace company in San Diego, she knew she wanted to retire here. She said that she wanted to be here for last year’s Mountain Festival and managed the move about one week before the festivities. Joan was born in Trona, California, a little town of aro...
PizzaRami is a new eatery located in downtown Tehachapi at the corner of Curry St. and Tehachapi Blvd. Opened in December, PizzaRami specializes in fresh made pizza and sandwiches. It is operated by Christopher and Teresa Carlson, who are already well known in the area as the owners of Papa's Pizza and Grill in Stallion Springs. About six months after buying Papa's Pizza, Teresa and Christoper knew they wanted to do something on a larger scale, and they had many customers tell them they needed...
Addressing the Tehachapi School Board on Jan.13, Mary Beth Garrison, one of the founding members of Community Clean Sweep, reported on the recycling project launched at Golden Hills Elementary School last year. Community Clean Sweep, which has been in existence since 1989, works with the county, cities and school districts to raise awareness of the importance of recycling. Ms. Garrison's program uses puppets like Dulce Roja (fox) and Sebastian (skunk) to educate school children on the importance...
Ryan Ashley Rosenthal arrived in Tehachapi over the summer when her family moved to Bear Valley from Santa Clarita. They felt it was time to get away from the city. Ryan was born in Mission Hills, California but said that she lived in Missouri, Mississippi, Texas and Nevada during her first four years of life. This was due to her father’s work in food distribution. She said that she enjoys all outdoor activities; however, it is singing that is a real passion for Ryan. In high school she was invo...
Now retired, Jim and Judy Spina have come to Tehachapi from Turlock, California, in the company of their six year old yellow Labrador Retriever, Sophie. They have always liked small towns and had been in Turlock for 15 years. When I asked what brought them to Tehachapi, the answer was simple –most of their grandchildren live in Bear Valley Springs. Jim is a retired sales representative. He worked for a food broker for 35 years before he retired. He was born in Portland, Oregon, and has a brother...
Effective July 1, 2016, the City of Tehachapi and the Tehachapi Police Department will terminate their dispatch contract with Bear Valley Springs Community Services District. In a 5-0 vote, the Tehachapi City Council voted to end the contract with the Bear Valley CSD that has been in effect since 2007 when the Tehachapi Police Department was reestablished. When the contract began, the Tehachapi Police Department paid approximately $277,000 annually with a 5% annual increase. However, by 2014...
Just about now, Jim Pickerell and Cindy Johnson should be making their final move from Castaic, California, to their new ranch in Stallion Springs. They bought the property last March but expected the move to take several months since they will be moving from a ranch that had been in Cindy’s family for many years. Castaic was becoming too crowded so the open spaces of the Tehachapi area were the perfect solution. I met Jim and Cindy at Tehachapi’s 4th of July celebration in Central Park. Rango,...
The week after the 4th of July of this year, Robert and Ann Curtin took over ownership of All American Tire on Tehachapi Boulevard and turned it into the All American Automotive Center, a full service auto repair shop. Robert explained that this is to be their retirement business. Robert has worked on and rebuilt cars and motors since he was in high school as a hobby and also as a mechanic in auto repair shops. For quite a while he had it in his mind to return to auto repair. About 30 years...
I first met Sarah and Randy Frantz at Tehachapi’s 4th of July Hot Dog Festival when they told me that they were buying a home here. They finally were able to make the move from Long Beach in August. For the last 12 years, Randy has worked for the Los Angeles County Fire Department in Palmdale and had commuted to work from Long Beach. Since Randy’s parents live in Bear Valley Springs, Tehachapi seemed like an ideal move with a much shorter commute. Randy and Sarah were both raised in Hun...
Irene and Rory Fox love the mountains. They met in Mt. Baldy, California, 12 years ago. Irene was teaching school and Rory was and still is a contractor. Their move to Tehachapi brought them back to the mountains from Canyon Lake, near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County. They had lived in that gated community for six years but the lure of the mountains and friends who were already living here made them think that Tehachapi might be just the place to retire. They found a house in the mountains of...
At the October 27 meeting of the Tehachapi School Board, Superintendent Susan Andreas-Berval introduced Lori Raineri, President of Government Financial Strategies, a Sacramento company that has been engaged to establish a need assessment of the district's Facilities Master Plan. The plan which is dated December, 2014 itemizes all of the potential needs for each of the district's schools. Ms. Raineri proposed a process for prioritizing the huge list of needs and finding the best way to meet...
Tehachapi can look forward to a new recycled waste plan. Assistant Director of Kern County Public Works, Nancy Ewert, made a presentation at the November 2nd City Council meeting regarding the 2015 Amendment to the Kern County Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) and the new state regulation mandating the recycling of commercial organic waste (AB1826). As of April 2016, any business, public entity or multi-unit residential dwelling of five units or more and producing more than eight...
