Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Kay Ford and her husband lived in California City for almost 50 years. They raised a family there. However, it was when she was finally there alone at the end of last year, that her grandson, Josh, and his wife, DeVerie, asked her if she would move to Tehachapi to be closer to them. She always found Tehachapi to be a very unique place so she said, “Find me a place and I’ll be there.” It took them a couple of months to find the right house and Kay made the move to Tehachapi in January, altho...
Welcome to Tehachapi to Kellie Dudevoir, the new owner of Canine Creek Pet Wash and Boutique. Kellie sold her house in La Habra Heights, Orange County and purchased a new home and business in Tehachapi. She arrived on Dec. 26 to snow and ice. In 2010, Kellie had visited her best friend, Callie Murray, who lives here and while running errands, they stopped at Canine Creek. She thought it was the cutest place, loved the idea and took pictures. Fast forward to 2016, now divorced and with both of...
Last July, Emily and Paul Sandholdt moved to Tehachapi from a small country town in Central Illinois called Loda. The adventure came about when Paul, who had spent the last five years with GE Wind, was offered a job with them in California. It was not an easy decision as both of them had grown up in the Midwest ; however they had friends in Los Angeles and Paul had two sisters who had moved to Northern California 15 years ago, so west they came. Emily says that Tehachapi reminds her of the rural...
Brian and Christina Porter are thrilled that they finally live in a place where Brian can be home with his family every night instead of just once a week. For the last 10 years, Brian has been a supervisor and transmission lineman with Southern California Edison. The Porter family lived in Phelan, located on Highway 138 close to the 15 Freeway and the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County. Brian was assigned to areas of Kern County so his family rarely saw him during the week. Now that the kids...
After living 18 years in Buena Park near Knotts Berry Farm, Phil and Terry Zamora retired and moved to Tehachapi in October. They were tired of the Orange County traffic and were looking for a slower lifestyle in which to spend their retirement. Terry’s brother, who lives in Cypress, Calif. (near LA) had heard of Tehachapi and suggested they give it a look. The location was perfect as Terry has family in Shafter and Phil has family in Barstow. Now her brother also wants to move here when he r...
Jake and Jessica Nelson moved to Tehachapi in September. Although they didn’t move a great distance, they are much closer to Jake’s work with Homeland Security in Bakersfield. Jake was born in Palmdale. His father now lives in Orange County but his grandparents live in Agua Dulce and he has a sister in Acton. He joined the Army and stayed for nine years. On his release from the military, it was this experience that helped to attract the attention of Homeland Security. He is currently wor...
Ryan and Megan White moved to Tehachapi in July from the Kern River Valley. Megan said that they moved the week after the start of the Erskine Fire. She said that on the first few days the fire was headed right toward their home but fortunately for them, the winds changed and the fire headed in another direction. For the White family, moving to Tehachapi satisfied two important goals; one, to expand their business to a new community and two, to find better schools for their nine year old son,...
I met Paul and Pamela Forbat in Central Park on the 4th of July. They said that they had bought their new second home in Bear Valley Springs last April and were only weekenders. It took a few months and several phone calls for us to connect again. Paul told me that this was their second vacation home in the mountains; the first had been in Pine Mountain Club. Their permanent home is in Simi Valley, Calif., between the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County. They said that it was the four...
October is here: cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, colorful leaves, windy days and the last full month of presidential political ads. God help us. This, too, shall pass. I write today knowing that there are many things in the air at my church this month. Folks are fall cleaning their closets and preparing for a church rummage sale on Saturday, October 22. Meanwhile, artistic elves have been painting up a storm in our Friendship Hall, adding color to a previously beige gathering space. Our...
John and Annika Rehard had quite a welcome to their home in Bear Valley Springs. A few days after moving in, they were told to evacuate due to a brush fire. Although it was for only a matter of hours, it was still very unsettling. The Rehards had been trying to move to this area for over two years making offers on four properties before finding their beautiful rambling home on a hill. They had lived on a ranch in Agua Dulce, near Santa Clarita, for 30 years. Of their two horses, ten llamas and...
A beautiful Saturday evening with a light breeze to cool the air, Tehachapi attracted around 100 people to come join the Tehachapi Gandy Dancers Square Dance Club for the Dance Under the Stars at the Skating Rink. Dancers joining the Gandy Dancers came from the Aces and Deuces from Palmdale, the Boots and Slippers from Simi Valley, the Dam Dancers from Lake Isabella, the Joaquin Squares from Bakersfield, the Mountain Squares from Frazier Park, the Sierra Hillbillies from Simi Valley, and the...
When Marcus came to Tehachapi as a student at Airstreams Renewables, he had no idea that Tehachapi would become his family’s home but in April of this year Marcus and Ayrissa Canty and their five children found themselves on a new adventure. Marcus was born in Savannah, Georgia. His dad was in the military and at one time was a guard at the national monuments in Washington D.C.. Marcus told me his sister got her Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard and is now working on her Master’s Degree. “She...
In the fall of last year, Fantan-sy Calocci (pronounced Fanta-shay) found herself making a move to Tehachapi from Inglewood, California. When her mother passed away, Fantan-sy inherited her mother’s RV which had been kept here in Tehachapi. She said that once she arrived, she decided to stay. Tehachapi had been one of her mother’s favorite vacation spots as was Wrightwood in the San Bernardino Mountains. Fantan-sy said that years ago her mother would trailer her horses to Tehachapi in order to...
Tehachapi Valley United Methodist Church has a new pastor. Reverend Robin Wells began her new assignment on July 1 and the itinerant pastor said that this is her ninth move in ten years. Her prior assignment was Outreach Chaplain at Church of the Wayfarer in Pacific Grove, California, near Monterey. While on the coast she was also Staff Chaplain at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. She said that was where she first heard of Tehachapi, when one of her coworkers was from here. Robin...
I met Bryanna and Paul Pleis in Phillip Marx Central Park during the 4th of July Hot Dog Festival. Although they had actually moved here at the end of last summer, Bryanna said that she is not able to get out much and wanted to know more about their adopted town. She said that the family had primarily moved here from Bakersfield for medical reasons but the weather and the beautiful mountains were also factors. She added that people in Tehachapi have been wonderful. BryAnna said that she was...
Katelyn Fritz and Brian Blades moved to Tehachapi in May from the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles. Brian was downsizing his screen printing business and they are expecting baby daughter, Maia, in August so the seasons and setting of Tehachapi caught their attention as a great place to raise their new daughter and begin a new small business. After buying a home in Bear Valley, it was time to find a space for their business, Ultimate Ink. The couple has recently opened their new screen printing...
The Tehachapi Gandy Dancers Square Dance Club held a graduation ceremony honoring five students on May 18 2016. The graduates receiving diplomas from the College of Do Sa Dos and Allemande Lefts were Carolyn Scott, Marvin Seibel, Craig Swarens, Debbie Swarens, and Shirley Farrant (in absentia). Linda Carmichael, President of the Tehachapi Gandy Dancers, presided over the ceremony. Jean Schwynoch, Co-President representing the Kern County Chapter of the United Square Dancers of America (USDA)...
It was a work transfer with a utility company that brought Dean Long to Tehachapi. He came from Rancho Cucamonga where he had lived since he was five years old. He found a beautiful mountain top home with spectacular views in Bear Valley Springs. His parents came to visit shortly after he moved into his new house and they brought some pictures that his father had taken of this area while working with a utility company back in the 1970s. One picture really looked familiar to Dean. On closer...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Happy Holidays, but beware. Stallion Springs Police Chief Mike Grant warns you to look out for scams and fraud at this time of year. Check your bank and credit card accounts on a regular basis. You may want to look into Identity Theft protection. There are several companies that offer different levels of protection for relatively little money. Be sure to report scams or fraud to the police department so they can follow up on the issue. If you are a Stallion Springs resident and believe you may...
