Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On December 18, after the 6 p.m. "Wreaths Across America" program at Freedom Plaza in Tehachapi, veterans and shop owners in Tehachapi presented Police Chief Kent Kroeger and the TPD with memorial posters of Tehachapi's WWII Veterans who the department honored with a reception and tour of the new police station. Capt. Ed Sullivan of the National WWII Memorial Committee and Laura Coaly of Witt's printing made the WWII Veterans posters for the Tehachapi Police Department in memory of the respect...
Get out and run! The Tehachapi Recreation and Park district (TVRPD) has transformed several of its cancelled events into bright lights for the community. District Manager Corey Torres said the district has given the eggs it had purchased for the popular Easter Egg Hunt to a volunteer group to give to families for Easter egg hunts at home. The Easter Egg Hunt, which was scheduled for Sat. April 11 at West Park, draws hundreds of children every year in four age categories up to age 10. The event...
Kern County Supervisors prioritized public safety when they closed the $44.5 million fiscal deficit that became apparent four years ago. "We cut only 12.8 percent. Fire [Dept] was never cut. We did not cut the Sheriff or the DA," 2nd District Supervisor and Tehachapi resident Zack Scrivner said in his presentation at the Jan. 8 Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council meeting at the Slice of Life Enrichment School. With the submission of the 2019-2020 budget in August, the supervisors...
Tehachapi's 8th year for National Night Out took place at Central Park Aug. 7. The event is held yearly as a means to introduce the public to the men and woman who work as First Responders. On hand were Kern County Fire, Tehachapi Police Dept., Kern County Sheriff, Kern County Search and Rescue and Hall Ambulance. In addition, many of these safety organizations had representatives from their auxiliary organizations on hand to answer questions and hand out safety information. Tehachapi Police...
SB 54 prohibits police, sheriff deputies from cooperating on most ICE actions Law enforcement jurisdictions in the Greater Tehachapi area are upholding the California state law that prohibits them from assisting federal authorities in most illegal immigration enforcement activities. "It's not a big problem. It's no problem at all," Tehachapi Chief of Police Kent Kroeger said to Forde Files. "There is extensive policy regarding immigration violation. If there is a request for information from...
The Woods Pavilion grand opening was absolutely a grand affair held in their newely created space. The Chamber Directors Kathy Carey and Claudia White; Chamber Ambassadors Pat Doody, Kathleen Kline, Tina Larson, Harriet Clendenin joined Chamber President Ida Perkins along with City Manager Greg Garrett and Ryan Rush from Supervisor Scribners office, Susan Wiggins Mayor Pro-tem, Terri Cryer Tehachapi Police Dept. and princesses and queens along with Jim LaMar, President of Greenlawn Funeral...
The Tehachapi community had a new holiday event this year for some of their more disadvantaged kids. In what is to become an annual holiday event, principals of each local school selected candidates for the community's first "Shop With a Cop" event. 14 children were selected for a free buffet breakfast at the Highway-58 Restaurant. Upon arrival, each child was pared with their own Police Officer or Deputy Sheriff. Law enforcement agencies that were able to participate were Tehachapi City Police...
