Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Tehachapi Resource Conservation District is currently looking for applicants who are interested in serving on their Board of Directors. TRCD members must be registered voters in California and reside within the district, as well as own real property in the district. If you are interested in applying, please contact the office of Supervisor Zack Scrivner at (661) 868-3660 or email at [email protected]. Supervisor Scrivner encourages citizens interested in serving their communities...
Kern County operates and maintains over 5,000 acres of community and regional parks located across our 8,000 square miles. Each of these parks are unique in size, scope, function, location, geography, amenities and utilization. Our parks range from small neighborhood spaces to massive regional recreational areas, such as Buena Vista, Hart Memorial and Tehachapi Mountain Parks. Each one of them is as important as the next. Together, they are a bell-weather of community well-being, quality of...
Kern County's Second District Supervisor, Zack Scrivner, announced plans this week to allocate nearly $8.7 million for park improvements and maintenance throughout his district, which stretches from Boron on the edge of Eastern Kern to Taft and Frazier Park near the county's western boundary. Funding for the improvements at eight county parks in District 2 will come from several different sources. Recently, the county secured $3,023,637 from the Clean California Grant administered by the...
The Tehachapi City Council began their March 7 meeting by recognizing Tehachapi's community service organization #loveTehachapi, which received the Regional Award of Merit for Community Involvement from the Kern Council of Governments (KernCOG). The group had been nominated for the award by the City of Tehachapi. Read the full story on page 3. Approved by the Council was an airport dust mitigation agreement with the Eastern Kern Pollution Control District for a grant to control dust at the east...
Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner announced on March 2 that the County of Kern has been awarded a $3,023,637 grant for improvements at Mojave East Park. The funding was made possible through a County of Kern submitted "Clean California" Local Grant Program application, a program focused on beautification and improvement of local streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, pathways, and transit centers to clean and enhance public spaces. "Park improvements for the Mojave area are a high priority...
Kern County is an organization grounded in ideas, energy, and innovation. We are a driving force in California's economy – the fifth largest in the world. We're proud to feed and fuel communities, providing essential services to the people in our state, nation, and beyond. Kern County is a hub for aerospace and defense, agriculture, energy, oil, mining, and logistics. Our region ranks third in the nation for most diversified economy, and fifth in the nation for millennial attraction, as our t...
On Jan. 2, 2022, the Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously elected Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner to serve as this year's chairman of the Board. Chairman Scrivner was first elected to represent District 2 in 2010 and has spent more than a decade serving the communities of Bakersfield, Boron, Caliente, California City, Maricopa, Mojave, North Edwards, Rosamond, Taft and Tehachapi. This year, Chairman Scrivner will lead Kern County forward, as an organization grounded in ideas,...
On Dec. 8, the Bakersfield National Cemetery Support Committee unveiled the Avenue of the Flags, 44 new American flags and flagpoles lining the gently curving road leading to the Upper Assembly Area of the cemetery and also sweeping down away from it. It's a graceful circular drive, lined with stately and gorgeous ceremonial flags. Dick Taylor, president of the Support Committee, stood in front of five rather impressive military branch insignia pillars and addressed those gathered including...
The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District is looking for "a new vision for the community," the district's CEO Caroline Wasielewski told the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council (GTEDC) on Nov. 3. The quest for a new vision offers the public the opportunity to be involved in shaping the community's healthcare resources. Now that Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley operates and manages the new district-owned hospital, she said, "our task is to provide healthcare without running a...
Laura Lynne Wyatt, Tehachapi’s assistant to Supervisor Zack Scrivner, announced at the December 1 meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council that East Kern will remain two districts instead of becoming one. The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 at their November 9 meeting to keep East Kern as two districts. Supervisor Leticia Perez had proposed a new map which would have made East Kern from Ridgecrest to Rosamond one supervisory district....
Tehachapi's business community came together on November 30 to bid a final farewell to Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce President Ida Perkins. The Celebration of Life was held in the chapel at Wood Family Funeral Home. Along with her family, speakers included State Senator Shannon Grove, State Assembyman Vince Fong, County Supervisor Zack Scrivner and City Councilwoman Susan Wiggins. Prayers were lead by Pastor Kevin Caudle. A reception followed at Woods Pavilion with friends sharing fond...
America's military Veterans were honored at Legacy Park at Mojave Air & Space Port on Nov. 11. The ceremony was sponsored by the Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation, Mojave Chamber of Commerce and the Mojave Air & Space Port. Veteran aircraft were on the flightline for visitors to view. Dave VanHoy flew his North American T-6 to Mojave, Diane Barney and Dustin Mosher brought their PT-17 Stearman and Todd Schultz flew his Vultee BT-13 over from Bakersfield. Al Hansen displayed his North...
Following the U.S. Census every ten years, redistricting takes place to adjust for population shifts and changes. As we have done every 10 years since Kern became a California county 1866, Kern County is tasked with redrawing our supervisorial district lines again this year. Although this process only happens every ten years, a common story is being told about the desert and mountain areas that make up Eastern Kern County, largely by those who don't live here. This tired and familiar story uses...
At 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 4, the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce helped put shovel-to-dirt to break ground for a new 31,500-square-foot facility that will house the 16-lane Mountain Bowling and entertainment center, as well as P-Dubs Brew Pub and Tehachapi Mountain Brewing. Shown in the photo are from left to right, Laura Lynne Wyatt, representing 2nd District Supervisor Zack Scrivner; Paul Wheeler; Tehachapi Chamber Director Ida Perkins; Ashley Ashmore; Brandon Ashmore; Braxton and Deegan Ashmore;...
Zack Scrivner, Supervisor District 2 of Kern County recently spoke to Tehachapi's Rotary Club. He began by updating those present on the latest issues surrounding oil extraction processes, policies and controversies in the state of California. He went into some detail about how important the oil industry is in helping poor and uneducated people gain a foothold at the entry level and rise to middle class income levels, a possibility that was freely available to past generations of Americans but...
With an official ribbon cutting on Monday, July 26, Friends of the Depot (FOTD), representatives from Kern County and major donors celebrated the completion of the Loop Overlook project. FOTD Vice President Keith Sackewitz initially envisioned the project several years ago after seeing a photograph of an older woman attempting to cross the road to view the historical Tehachapi Loop railroad marvel. It was obvious that the narrow road handled too much traffic for people to view the Loop safely. H...
Planning for the highly anticipated community fundraiser, Cheers to Charity (C2C), is running full speed ahead, and the event is just around the corner on August 14. Sponsors are in place, Aviator Park is reserved, beer is brewed, food is ordered and the wine list is impressive! "More tickets have been sold, by this date, than ever before. We know the Tehachapi community is ready for a fundraising night on the town," said Social Media Coordinator, Becca Dillenbeck. C2C is an outdoor food, wine...
The Tehachapi Loop, our world renowned railroad landmark, draws thousands of visitors annually. The present viewing area is inadequate to accommodate the vast number of visitors that come every year. To address the situation, Friends of the Depot (FOTD) has embarked on a project to build a viewing platform that enlarges the existing viewing site. In September 2020 the Friends of the Depot began a campaign to raise $100,000 to build the much-needed viewing platform. Potential donors were...
Planning for the highly anticipated community fundraiser, Cheers to Charity (C2C), is running full speed ahead. Sponsors are in place; Aviator Park has been reserved; beer is being brewed; food has been ordered; and the wine list is impressive! "More tickets have been sold online, by this date, than ever before. We know that the Tehachapi community is ready for a 'fun'draising night on the town," said Social Media coordinator Becca Dillenbeck. The C2C team is ready to make Cheers to Charity...
At the May 5 Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council meeting, Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner surprised the Friends of the Depot with a personal donation of $10,000 toward the Loop Overlook Project. The donation pushes the project one step closed to becoming a reality. Pictured with Scrivner are Overlook Committee members Keith Sackewitz, Laura Lynne Wyatt, Marlan Woodside, Steve Smith and Lydia Chaney. The May 5 meeting was the first in-person meeting for the GTEDC in over a...
In response to Governor Gavin Newsom's announcement that his administration will undertake to phase out hydraulic fracturing, and ultimately all oil extraction in California, Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner issued the following statement. "Newsom's announcement today continues his misguided and heartless attack on Kern County communities and families, where the oil and gas industry contributes nearly $200 million in property taxes to local governments and schools, provides 17,000...
The Loop Overlook project is a joint effort between Kern County, Friends of the Tehachapi Depot and community stakeholders. Once the project has been completed, the County Public Works Department will be responsible for the road maintenance, including any repaving, repairs, signage or drainage issues that may arise. As with all county roads, this is funded with tax dollars and grants obtained by the county. The platform itself will be constructed of low maintenance materials and will be the...
With the recent establishment of The Tehachapi Mountains AVA designation, plans to promote local wine tourism are underway. The Tehachapi Mountains Wine Growers Commission is working to advance tourism in our area. The City of Tehachapi, our Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner and The Tehachapi Mountains Wine Growers are collaborating to present Caltrans with a plan to erect signage on key roads that will inform and direct traffic to the various vineyards and tasting rooms. The proposal will in...
It was a little over two years ago that Keith Sackawitz of Friends of the Depot appeared before a GTEDC meeting and presented the idea of building a viewing platform at the Loop Overlook on Woodford Tehachapi Rd. Over 12,000 visitors a year visit the Overlook said Sackawitz, many in tour buses and FOTD felt the narrow road and limited parking area was difficult and dangerous for visitors. The monument itself is too close to the road and in bad repair. The 144 year old Loop is known worldwide as...
Truly, 2020 has proven to be extremely challenging due to the spread of COVID-19, which has impacted virtually every facet of our lives. The Board of Supervisors and staff at the County of Kern have worked hard to meet the challenges of this pandemic, while still providing the other essential government services that our residents and taxpayers expect and deserve. When Governor Gavin Newsom escalated his attacks on Kern County's oil industry, I called for a special meeting in January that had...
