Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Stallion Springs CSD will have a new web site effective Feb. 15, 2017. The new site will be www.stallionspringscsd.com. Please be sure to go to this site for the latest Stallion news and information. You can also pay water bills on line, report CC&R violations, municipal code violations, and road issues at this site. Acting General Manager, David Aranda noted, “The weather then became a real challenge for the community and staff. Staff was out during the holidays and into late night/early morning hours plowing during the recent snowstorms....
At a ribbon cutting on Feb. 9, Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District and the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce presented the newly refurbished Aspen Builders, Inc. Activity Center, formerly known as the West Park Activity Center. Jim and Lesa Cyr, owners of Aspen Builders, Inc donated $101,00 to the $300,000 project. An additional $30,000 was contributed by other project partners Lehigh Heidelberg, the City of Tehachapi, McDonald's of Tehachapi. Sail Thru Car Wash and RST Cranes. Each of...
Off they go... The parade of construction trailers that have been a fixture at the Replacement Tehachapi Critical Access Hospital site at Capital Hills since February, 2013 are being removed as the contractors move on to other jobs. Project Manager SHP Project Development's report to the Jan. 17, 2017 Tehachapi Healthcare District board of directors meeting at 305 S. Robinson St. states that construction is complete. The city of Tehachapi Planning and Building & Safety final inspections are...
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley is honored to provide faith-based whole-person care for the community of Tehachapi and surrounding areas. As consumer expectations and the healthcare industry have changed and evolved, so has the Adventist Health brand. On Jan. 31 we announced the next chapter in the Adventist Health story, which now includes Tehachapi Valley. Adventist Health is embarking on a new brand direction that includes an expanded mission statement and core values that support our visio...
On Oct. 26, 2016 civic leaders from Kern County met with the Union Pacific Railroad in Bakersfield to discuss the economic impact it has on the region. Tehachapi's Mayor Susan Wiggins, Mayor Pro-Tem Kim Nixon and City Manager Greg Garrett met with Union Pacific's President, C.E.O. & Chairman of the Board Lance Fritz to discuss several items relating to Tehachapi. "It was a great opportunity for the city to go over with him (Lance Fritz) and his team about proposed projects between Union Pacific...
As most of you have noticed, it’s election season, which is hard to avoid unless you live on a deserted island. As with most campaigns, those who are running want to be elected to the office which they seek. Everyone has their own mantra and claim that choosing them in November will be the best choice. When all this rhetoric begins and then rumors get added in along with it, it is hard to see the “forest for the trees.” Most of you know that I am currently the mayor of Tehachapi and I have...
Those of you who read my column know I almost always write a piece from my Mother Marion Deaver's "archives" digging through her old files to find some subject to which I can give new life. Last week I had the pleasure to ride in historic railcars with other city and county leaders, from Bakersfield to Tehachapi on a route now dubbed the Tehachapi Trade Corridor. The tour was to showcase the nearly completed double tracking project which offers a 63 percent capacity improvement on the major...
The East Kern County economic diversification study currently being carried out by the Austin-based TIP Strategies has found that "location quotients" (LQ) by occupation show ratios of high-level jobs per geographical designation above those of the nation, state and Kern County as a whole. "Location quotients by occupation is one of the most exciting findings," TIP senior consultant John Karras said at a presentation to the East Kern Economic Alliance on Sept. 7, 2016 at the Rio Tinto plant...
At their August 15 meeting, the Tehachapi City Council voted to unanimously sign an agreement between the City of Tehachapi and the High Speed Rail Authority to track any eligible expenses by the city related to the project and to invoice the HSRA for the reimbursement of those expenses. The agreement was initiated by HSRA as a way for the city to recoup some of the costs for services related to items such as research requests. The agreement is not meant to be an approval of the High Speed Rail...
If there were any serious objections to the proposed route of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) track over the Tehachapi pass, the 45 people who attended the project community update July 20 in Tehachapi were pretty quiet about it. The single question from the audience following the HSR Authority presentation related to fire safety along the electric rail line. People got answers to their questions from a dozen project engineers and managers who fielded questions one-on-one in a relaxed...
City Manager Greg Garrett and Mayor Susan Wiggins presented Mark and Jessie Milano with a Certificate of Recognition for their generous donation of the entry monument to the Tehachapi Event Center and Rodeo Grounds. Garrett said that he first met the Milanos when they moved to Bear Valley Springs from Pasadena about 25 years ago. They have always loved the community and have made significant donations to the Tehachapi Mountain Rodeo Association and essentially to the City of Tehachapi. Mr....
To celebrate and recognize the great contributions of the men and women throughout all of the branches of the military, we'll be opening our new Freedom Plaza on June 30, 2016, at the corner of Curry St. and Tehachapi Blvd. at 3 p.m. The new plaza will feature a stunning one-of-a-kind monument consisting of individual pieces recognizing the five branches of the military, as well as host a new Visitor Center being run through a partnership with the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council...
The City of Tehachapi and staff would like to invite everyone to the annual Fourth of July Hot Dog Festival. This will be our fifteenth year in collaboration with Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District on this annual family fun-filled day. This will also be our fifteenth time hosting the great celebration at Philip Marx Central Park and Coy Burnett Field. In years past, we have entertained thousands and we are expecting an even larger crowd at this year's bigger and better celebration of...
The July Fourth Warrior Booster Pancake Breakfast began 15 years ago as a way to raise funds for the Tehachapi Warriors Football Team. Ed Grimes and head football coach Steve Denman took on this project which continues to grow like crazy. According to Grimes it's a winner all around, the team players get involved setting up, helping throughout the event and cleaning up, they also sell tickets at the Farmers Market each week leading up to the event. By having the players get involved in the...
On May 30, the Nation observed Memorial Day. I'm sure that most of you, like me, reflected on the sacrifices that so many men and women have made to protect our nation and our freedoms. How blessed we are as a nation because of their service! The very next day, I had the chance to accompany several City Council members, including Mayor Susan Wiggins, Councilman Phil Smith, and our Councilwoman and Honorary Commander, Kim Nixon, to a reception at Edwards Air Force Base to meet the Secretary of...
Develoment Services Director Jay Schlosser told the City Council that RRM Design Group, Inc has been retained to update the City's Landscape Design Guidelines. They will also be developing a new recommended plant list to incorporate into the list of draught tolerant vegitation. The list will be available online. The Council also approved two requests from Police Chief Kent Kroeger. The first approved an agreement with the California Highway Patrol for use of the Bakersfield Communication...
Above, top photo, Jason Meyer, 14, of Rosamond, salutes during a ceremony May 12, 2016, at Love's Travel Stop for the Fallen Soldier Cart that is being transported from Seattle to Washington, D.C. accompanied by patriotic fanfare and motorcycle escorts of veterans. The carrier, seen in the lower photo on the left, will be used for the transport of deceased service members. "We don't want them treated as cargo," escort James Rea said. During transport, a cart carrying a deceased veteran will be...
Members of Tehachapi Mountain Democratic Club recognized Earth Day by picking up trash along Tucker Road and Valley Blvd. The volunteer workers filled sixteen large bags with trash. The Club cleans that section of road quarterly under a Caltrans program which provides bags and safety vests. Democrats meet the first Thursday of each month at Big Papa's Steakhouse. Dinner is at 5 p.m. followed by a program at 6. The meeting on May 5 features Greg Garrett, City Manager, as the speaker. Any...
Nikki to MB – Nikki Cummings turned over the post of president of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council (GTEDC) to Mary Beth Garrison on Jan. 6 at the council's meeting in the Tehachapi Police Department community room. Cummings' three-term tenure as president was a period of robust growth and expansion for the organization, whose mission is to encourage economic growth in the Tehachapi area. When she first became involved with the GTEDC, she said, "I was the youngster hanging o...
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...
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...
Real estate looking good -- Jim Hutson of the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors reported to the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council on Sept. 2 that in the area Multiple Listing Service there were 281 listings of homes, with 88 in escrow. The number of distressed sales (short sales and foreclosures) is down significantly, at 7 percent. In the last three m onths, 171 homes have sold, with an average of 60 days on the market. The median price of a home is $242,000, up 7 percent...
August 27, Hall Ambulance Service donated an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District, for use at the Dye Natatorium Pool. Hall Ambulance Founder and President Harvey L. Hall traveled to Tehachapi to make the presentation. The donation is part of Hall Ambulance's community outreach program, which has previously donated AEDs to senior centers in the Company's East Kern Response Areas, which include Boron, California City, Rosamond, Mojave and Teh...
City Manager Greg Garrett updated the City Council on the many current projects in which the city is currently involved. He reported that the city is looking to recruit two new police officers, a sergeant and a utility manager. Work has begun on the drainage project at the corner of Valley Blvd. and Curry St., and work will soon begin on the new islands at Curry and Pinon streets. The Developmental Services Department is in their new building at the corner of Robinson and F streets. The city...
Two years in the making, designed for a major purpose yet versatile enough for year round operation, Tehachapi's newest fire engine was delivered to Station 12 on South Curry Street in Tehachapi on June 26. Fully was funded by the Wind Industry under the guidance of Kern County 2nd District Supervisor Zack Scrivner and Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall and Deputy Fire Chief John Silliman. Designed and built for use in fires associated with wind turbines, the Class III all terrain/all season...
