Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Triassic Vineyards has won awards at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition every year since 2015 and this year was no exception. Vineyard owners Jim and Sally Arnold announced that Triassic brought home six awards from the 2020 competition that was held in early January. Their 2016 Big Bang, a red blend with Zinfandel as the lead grape, brought home Triassic's first Best of Class award, being number one out of 44 award winners in that class. The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition...
On Jan. 14, the Board of Supervisors held a hearing in response to my referral on Governor Newsom's attack on Kern County's oil and gas industry. In attendance from Newsom's administration were Legislative Affairs Secretary Anthony Williams, CalGEM Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk and Department of Conservation Director David Shabazian. In California, 366,000 jobs supported by the oil and gas industry are in jeopardy, as well as $21.6 billion in annual local, state and federal tax revenue...
I love books. I will read an entire book because I like the way the cover fits in my hands or because its cover has a specific texture. Walking into libraries and used books stores has always made me happy just because of the smell and feel of the books. That being said, I love eBooks! There is something wonderful about knowing that if I finish the second book in a series at 1 a.m., I can instantly download the third one without having to wait! I also love audio books. Who doesn't like having so...
Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District's Board of Directors is pleased to announce they have officially appointed Corey Torres as District Manager. Corey had been acting as the Interim District Manager. Corey has been with the District full time since 2015. He began as their Aquatics Manager and was promoted over the years to eventually becoming Recreation Supervisor. Then in April of 2019, he was appointed Interim District Manager. Corey holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Fresno State...
At their Jan. 21 meeting, the Tehachapi City Council directed City staff to publish two times a notice to appoint an at-large member of City Council to replace Councilman Kenneth Hetge who resigned on Jan. 2. The appointee will finish out the rest of Hetge’s term, which ends on Nov. 3, 2020. A special election was not an option due to the November election when that seat will change from at-large to district. The Council again took up the subject of the Urban Greening Grant project that would s...
Tehachapi has a new City Planner. Her name is Kim Burnell and she comes to Tehachapi with 16 years of planning experience from Riverside, Orange County and Los Angeles. Burnell grew up in Riverside County with a love of horses, dogs and music. She sang in a chamber choir and played French Horn in her high school marching band and clarinet in concert band. She attended University of California Irvine and graduated in four and a half years with three majors. She said that at that time she was not...
Windows 7 has become the new Windows XP. Since Microsoft has retired support for Windows 7, it's suddenly become the best operating system ever. As a technical person, I appreciated the better stability and hardware-integration-without-exploding that Win7 brought us. The menus were faster, and people seemed better able to navigate and get work done. Windows 8 (shudder!) brought even better stabilization and device integration but ruined the desktop and user experience, making it harder to get...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi held its 7th Annual Rotary Wine Pairing Dinner at The Shed on Saturday, January 25. This year the club featured all local wines from the Tehachapi Wine Growers Association which were specifically paired with delicious food created by chef Mano Lujan of Red House BBQ and The Shed. Mano spends a lot of time tasting, talking, sampling and preparing food that will bring out the best of the wine and in turn the best of the food. The menu and wines served this year were...
Those interested in space and science may want to attend the Feb. 12 meeting of American Association of University Women. It features a presentation by Dale Hawkins and Lauren Hollen about the James Webb Space Telescope, which is a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope which was launched in 1990. The new telescope is expected to launch in March of 2021 and will be bigger and better than its predecessor. Hawkins is an engineer and a pilot with a deep interest in space and astronomy. Hollen is a retired teacher who has had a life-long interest...
The City of Tehachapi is proud to present our 2019 Year in Review. The annual printed publication recaps the accomplishments and major initiatives by the various departments within our organization. It's a top-level view of what is being done on your behalf. We unveil the report this week to the entire City staff before we open our regular tour, so to speak, of various community groups and meetings beginning with the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce. We address service organizations,...
In analyzing recent crime statistics, Tehachapi Police Chief Kent Kroeger discovered that chronic offenders accounted for more than half of all arrests in Tehachapi in 2019. Of the 575 arrests in Tehachapi in 2019, he said, 89 people had accumulated 324 arrests, or 56.3 percent of the total. "Some had 10 or more arrests, some as many as 13 in this one year," he told the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi at its Wednesday, Jan. 22 luncheon meeting at the Gold Mountain Sports Tavern. The year 2017 had...
A New Year, new opportunities, new challenges and new possibilities that are endless. What do you want to accomplish in the coming year? Are you one of the many that makes resolutions for the New Year? One of the top resolutions each year, in one form or another, is about health. Whether it is to take time for yourself, get more exercise, lose weight or strengthen your body, they all revolve around being healthier. Whether or not you make a formal resolution, don’t we all want to be h...
Come by and check out Twisted Sisters Revival! Boutique's variety of gorgeous and unique boots, sizes 6-13. The store is located at 20300 Valley Blvd., Ste. F. in Tehachapi....
On Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, Tehachapi's Development Services Director Jay Schlosser received word that he had been awarded the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Public Sector for Region 9 (State of California) from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This is a huge honor for Schlosser who had won the award for the San Joaquin Valley in July and Los Angeles Section last September before moving on to the Regional level. The ASCE is made up of 10 regions and has over 100,000...
Education is a key issue for the American Association of University Women (AAUW) so members were excited to meet Stacey Larson-Everson, the new superintendent of Tehachapi Unified School District. She was the featured speaker at the January AAUW meeting and impressed the group with her vision for the future of education in Tehachapi. Larson-Everson is married to Lance Everson who is a retired property manager and they have four grown children and two grandchildren. They raised their family in...
The Kern Council of Governments has announced their annual Regional Awards of Merit for the year 2019 with the City of Tehachapi receiving two honors. The first Award of Merit was in the category of Transportation for the downtown Park & Ride and Transit Center; the second Award of Merit is for Journalism, the second consecutive year the City has received this honor. The Regional Park & Ride and Transit Center opened on Feb. 25, 2019 and was almost at 50 percent capacity following the ribbon...
As 2020 begins, 2019 left a lasting impression on the local economy In 2019 the City of Tehachapi experienced incredible economic growth. New businesses, expanded retail opportunities and private reinvestment into Downtown have set the stage for another great year in 2020. Here's a look at some of the highlights from 2019 in our local economy. Adventist Health sparks health care growth in the City of Tehachapi. Expanded hospital offerings in 2019 meant more employees in the health care industry...
Tehachapi Mountain Democratic Club has arranged for Julie Solis to address the group at their Feb. 6 meeting. She is a candidate for the Kern County Democratic Central Committee which supports Democratic organizations, candidates and causes in Kern County. Solis, a teacher, has worked with Assemblyman Rudy Salas to get millions of dollars for Kern County residents who suffer from Valley Fever. She organized speakers for a symposium at Bakersfield College to educate the community on Valley Fever. She has spoken to various groups throughout the...
One might say the most challenging part of being an automotive service technician is diagnosing a problem so it can be fixed. Cars can be so complex these days. There usually could be a number of reasons for any given symptom and that could make it challenging to track down. It can also be frustrating for the vehicle owner because it can take time and money. If it’s not something obvious, it’s easy for the customer to focus on the fixing and not the diagnosing. Let us introduce you to something we’ll call Customer Detective Work – that is help...
At their Jan. 13 meeting, the Tehachapi Planning Commission approved a multi-tenant retail center to be located on the southwest corner of Capital Hills Pkwy. and Voyager Dr., between the Holiday Inn and the on-ramp to Hwy. 58. The retail center, proposed by Jeremy Manning of Paul Dhanens Architect, Inc., includes 6,055 sq. ft. of retail space including an 1,855 sq. ft. Starbucks with drive-thru. The plan includes a parking lot with 49 parking spaces. Per Planning Commission guidelines, the...
City Clerk Tory Marsh began the Jan. 6 City Council meeting by announcing that the City had received a letter of resignation from Councilman Kenneth Hetge. Mayor Susan Wiggins stated that as the letter was received too late to be addressed at this meeting, his replacement will be discussed at the Jan. 21 meeting. Development Services Director Jay Schlosser announced that the City is asking for public input for possible non-motorized projects. The Development Services Department has been very...
With the passing of another year, comes another string of political failures pushed by out-of-touch Democrats who control Sacramento. The time is now to make our voices heard as we persist in proposing common sense solutions to the most pressing issues facing Kern County residents. The disconnect between Sacramento Democrats and California constituents continues to widen. Democratic leaders are overly focused on pushing unwelcomed one-size-fits-all regulations onto Californians resulting in job...
The Tehachapi Natural Market is ready to start the new year with a new vibe and wants you to celebrate with them. The Market, located at 20221 W. Valley Blvd., did a soft opening almost exactly two years ago and was warmly welcomed by the community but now they're ready to do a grand opening. Owner Teresa Dunlop is excited about the changes they've made. "I brought on a partner in November with fresh eyes and new ideas. It was just what we needed. We've added seating, brought in new merchandise...
Do you or someone you know have a trailer and love camping in the desert? We are looking for volunteer camp host(s) to stay at Saddleback Butte State Park, near Lancaster at the western end of the Mojave Desert (an hour north of LA). Duties include greeting visitors and campers, selling firewood, light grounds maintenance, light restroom cleaning, and opening/closing gates. It’s a small campground in a quiet park, although spring may be busy if we get a good wildflower bloom. Daily work hours d...
In response to the need for more teacher and staff collaboration time in order to more fully meet the needs of their students, the Tehachapi Unified School District has built in eight late-start Wednesdays over the school year that will allow for these two hour planning sessions. In order to allow for the state required number of annual education minutes, each of the schools have had to adjust their schedules to allow for enough banked minutes to cover the planning meetings. The three...
