Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Stallion Springs maintenance crews were kept busy during the Christmas week snow storm. The crew spent the day Thursday and well into Friday keeping the roads in Stallion clear. Thanks to the crews for their fine work. Clean up Day Clean-up Day is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Stallion Springs CSD parking lot. If you have big bulky items, plan on bringing them for easy disposal or recycling. Bulky item pick up for seniors and disabled adults is available. Call...
Rubien Dee Brandon passed peacefully in his home surrounded by loving family on Sunday, Nov. 17. Rubien was born on the 4th of July in Wetumka, Okla., and was raised in Border, Texas. He was commonly known to his high school friends as "Tex." After college, he served as a military policeman in the United States Army which inspired him to pursue a career in law enforcement with the San Diego and Tehachapi Police Departments. After 25 years in law enforcement, Rubien turned in his badge to pursue...
The Tehachapi Police Department will be increasing police patrols at all Tehachapi shopping areas during the holiday season. The increased patrols began Nov. 28 and are intended to keep shoppers safe and to target incidents of retail theft in and around our shopping centers. Officers will be patrolling the local shopping areas throughout Tehachapi as part of a proactive approach designed to reduce crime and increase visibility. It is not uncommon to see a rise in retail crimes during this time...
The City of Tehachapi Economic Development and Community Engagement departments hosted a standing-room-only presentation on "Social Media for Small Business" on Nov. 19 at the Tehachapi Police Department community room. The capacity crowd listened to the presenters speak about the necessity of social media as part of a business plan, along with demographic information pertinent to Tehachapi audiences and valuable tips to make a social media presence more engaging with potential customers and cli...
It's certainly the holiday season as our public works team completes one of my favorite tasks, putting up the Christmas decorations Downtown. We reinvested in new decorations a year ago with LED snowflakes along with illuminated garlands adorning each Downtown light post. This year we purchased a few more for Mill Street and the new transit center so the entrance to our City off of Highway 58 and the heavily-used parking and ridesharing facility had the same dose of Christmas cheer. Thanks once...
Public Safety Power Shutoffs: a topic swirling in controversy. There are many opinions about why they are necessary, whether they are necessary, whether they prevent fires, whether the power companies are profiting from these outages, or whether the safety outages are happening as fallout from PG&E filing for bankruptcy. According to many sources, it is indisputable that PG&E and the other electric utilities do bear responsibility for many of the wildfires which have plagued California in...
On Saturday, Oct. 26, the Tehachapi Police Department participated in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Tehachapi residents were encouraged to bring in their unwanted, unused, expired medications and, for the first time, vaping devices and cartridges for disposal. The Tehachapi Police Department received a total of 66.4 pounds of unwanted medications from the community. Those medications were sealed and turned over to the...
A few suggestions for parents to consider before your ghouls and goblins go out on Halloween: • Make sure costumes are flame-retardant and tell your children to stay away from open flames or burning jack-o-lanterns. • Keep costumes short to prevent trips, falls, and other bumps in the night. • Use make-up instead of a mask. Masks can reduce or obstruct a child’s vision. • Make sure the costume has bright reflective colors so they can be seen. • Plan a safe trick-or-treat route. • Trick-or-trea...
I, along with some members of the City staff and Council, attended the League of California Cities Conference last week. Always an informative time of learning best practices, community engagement tips and networking with fellow city leaders in our state. While it had been a few years since we've attended this event, I was impressed with one takeaway principle: what we're doing in the City of Tehachapi is right on par, if not above what others are considering or just taking the initiative to...
Power Outage General Manager, David Aranda, commented on the outage. He said, "While I understand the need to protect against wildfires, it appears that SCE totally abandoned their responsibilities during the 36 plus hours Stallion was without power. Thankfully, the district and staff at Stallion Springs CSD did not abandon our responsibilities. Chief Gary Crowell worked tirelessly in seeing that people with medical conditions could be cared for by staying in touch with Kern County EOC and...
On Oct. 1 at approximately 7 a.m., a resident in the 1200 block of Clasico Drive in the City of Tehachapi started their vehicle which was parked in the driveway. Due to the colder weather, the resident went inside the home to allow the vehicle to warm up. The resident returned to the vehicle approximately 10 minutes later and found that the center console to the vehicle had been opened and their garage door was now open. The resident realized someone had opened and entered their attached garage...
The Tehachapi Police Department would like to say thank you to those that stopped by Tea Donuts for National Coffee with a Cop Day on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Police departments across the country participated in various community events, talking to the public. We enjoyed the conversations, answering questions, but getting a chance to put a smile on a child's face had to be the highlight. Coffee with a Cop is just one of several community oriented policing programs the Tehachapi Police Department...
Gary and Wendy Perlin both lived in Tehachapi when they were young but never knew each other here. They were living in San Diego and had really had more than their fill of the big city and the expense of living there. They both had fond memories of Tehachapi, the four seasons and the natural surroundings, and both had vocations that would allow a move, so they began to look. With the help of a local realtor, they finally found the perfect rental in April. The first time Gary saw it he realized...
The Los Angeles Section of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will be honoring Tehachapi Development Services Director Jay Schlosser on the evening of Oct. 5 in Long Beach. Schlosser has been awarded 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Public Sector for the Los Angeles Section. He had been honored at the local level on Sept. 19 by the South San Joaquin branch making him one of seven competing for the honor. He and two other engineers will then go on to compete at the Regional leve...
The Tehachapi Police Department will participate in Coffee with a Cop Day on Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Tea Donuts, 807 Tucker Rd., Ste. B in Tehachapi. Coffee with a Cop is now an international event held twice a year. It originated in Southern California in 2011. The coffee event allows the community to meet their local police officers and discuss what is on your mind. Join members of the Tehachapi Police Department for this community building opportunity. Children are...
Oktoberfest The 15th annual Oktoberfest will be on Saturday, Oct. 5 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Stallion Springs Community Center in Stallion Springs. Fun for the whole family including food, beer, wine, gifts and kid-friendly activities. No pets allowed, with the exception of trained service animals. Inside the gym is loaded with vendor booths to satisfy your every desire. Come enjoy the fun and meet other members of the community. Harvest Party The Stallion Springs Community Church will be hold...
The Tehachapi Police Department and the Kern County Fire Department will team up for a public presentation on emergency preparedness on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tehachapi Police Department, 220 W. C St., Tehachapi. With the recent earthquakes in Ridgecrest we feel it is the perfect time to talk about this subject during Emergency Preparedness Month (September). The free presentation will cover individual and family preparation for emergency and disaster situations. The speakers...
The Stallion Springs CERT team received a check for $2,500 from Cheers for Charity on Sept. 5, for their work at the annual Cheers for Charity event. CERT provided traffic control, parking, vendor check-in, VIP check-in and assisted with logistics during the event. Cheers started in 2014 and has expanded each year with 800 people attending this year at Airport Park. Non-Profit Foundation The members of the new Support Stallion Springs Foundation elected a Board of Directors at their first meetin...
The Tehachapi Police Department invites the community to join us for a Neighborhood Watch Kickoff Meeting at Pioneer Park on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. “Neighborhood Watch belongs to the neighborhoods. We want to help the community in coming together, share some safety tips, explain how a Neighborhood Watch works and help get it started,” said Chief Kent Kroeger. The Neighborhood Improvement Project began earlier in 2019 as part of our Community Oriented Policing program at the Tehachapi Pol...
Lori Harvey had been in Tehachapi less than a week when we met in Central Park on the 4th of July. When we finally got together and had a chance to visit, I learned that she was newly divorced and had moved to Tehachapi from Gillette, Wyoming to join her daughter and family here. Lori said that Gillette is probably best known for its proximity to Devil's Tower National Monument of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" fame. Born in South Dakota, Lori has three brothers. Two of them live in...
School is back in session and the buses are running. Police Chief Gary Crowell assisted the students from kindergarten to fifth grade in the boarding process for several days to assure their safety and understanding of the rules for boarding. Non-Profit Foundation approved The Board of Directors approved the formation of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation to be called "Support Stallion Springs Foundation." Susan Muller, Lisa Phram, Vanessa Stevens, Berry Leslie and Leslie Wellman were elected...
The Tehachapi Police Department will again participate in the annual Cop on a Rooftop fundraiser on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 6 to 10 a.m. The fun event is to bring attention to the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics and will be hosted by Dunkin Donuts, 540 Tucker Rd. in Tehachapi. Local Special Olympic athletes are encouraged to attend and enjoy the morning with local law enforcement officers. We would love to see the community join us for a great cause. Expected to join the...
On Aug. 26 at approximately 6:30 p.m., officers with the Tehachapi Police Department received a report of a possible residential burglary in the 500 block of Mesquite Drive in the City of Tehachapi. Officers arrived on scene and discovered that suspects had forced entry into the home, ransacked portions of the home and stole several items from inside the home. From surveillance footage obtained from various Ring Video Systems throughout the neighborhood, officers quickly identified the possible...
On Aug. 11 the Tehachapi Police Department was made aware of a possible criminal threat posted to social media. The possible threat was related to intentions to engage in a shooting at a local retailer. Detectives immediately began an investigation and located additional posts from the same individual depicting photographs of an assault rifle. The suspect was identified as Kevyn Devereaux, 29, of Tehachapi. Devereaux was located and interviewed at the Tehachapi Police Department and admitted to...
During the early morning hours of Aug. 12 a passerby observed a broken window to a business located in the 100 Block of E. F St. The Tehachapi Police Department responded to the location and discovered the business (gun store) had been burglarized. The investigation determined 21 firearms had been stolen from inside the store. An investigation into the burglary began immediately. The Tehachapi Police Department has been actively working with law enforcement agencies in Central California as...
