Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Cynthia Zimmer Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer visited virtually with Tehachapi Rotary Club on Sept. 10. She talked about the status of crime in Kern County saying that violent crime is up and it is her goal since coming to the office in January 2019 to see a reduction. She also emphasized the importance of the problem of child trafficking in Kern County citing the location of the county's proximity to north/south and east/west interstates. She said that 85 children have been taken...
Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County) issues the following statement regarding Governor Newsom's Executive Order, which bans fracking and gas powered vehicles: "Reality does not care about political theater. The reality is that there are real costs and job loss, particularly in the Central Valley, due to Gavin Newsom's decisions today [Sept. 23, 2020]. The responsible thing to do right now is to ensure we have sound energy policy that will provide an affordable, reliable and sustainable path...
Kim Mangone, candidate for 23rd Congressional District, spoke at the September virtual meeting of the Tehachapi Mountain Democratic Club. She told the Club she is running for Congress because she believes we need a representative who will fight for the people in our District. As a single working mom, Mangone went to college and earned a Bachelor Degree in Professional Aeronautics and became a Systems Engineer. She feels this work experience gave her the skills to find and solve problems, a...
Organic Waste Collection In September 2016 California Senate Bill 1383 established methane emissions goals in an effort to reduce certain climate pollutants in parts of the state. It is to be the goal of the regulatory authority, CalRecycle, to set state organic waste reduction targets and implement a residential organics collection and recycling program by January 1, 2022. Additionally they are charged with a goal that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for...
Economic development strategy to attract investment in regional economy, promote, growth, prosperity and inclusion A coalition of business, government, education and civic leaders today announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of local industries, diversifying the economy and creating more quality jobs in Bakersfield/Kern to support inclusive economic development. The initiative, named “A Better Bakersfield and Boundless Kern: Regional Action for Economic Prosperity” and referred to as “B3K Prosp...
On Sept. 8, the Tehachapi City Council addressed the resignation of Ken Wright from the Planning Commission and City Treasurer Susan Showler. The Council instructed City staff to advertise for the appointed position of Planning Commissioner vacated by Ken Wright who has moved out of the City and could no longer serve on the Commission. Wright’s term is scheduled to end on June 30, 2021. City Treasurer Susan Showler sumitted her resignation effective Sept. 30 as she is moving out of C...
As an essential business ready to meet the needs of our community, effective Monday, Sept. 14, Valley Strong Credit Union will return to regular business operations at all locations, including the reopening of branch lobbies. In doing this, Valley Strong will continue to exercise social distancing measures and monitor the ever-changing coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Kern County. Any and all future actions will be based upon information provided by the Centers for Disease Control, as well...
At their Sept. 3 meeting, the Tehachapi Rotary Club received a virtual visit from Mary Beth Garrison, community liaison for Rio Tinto/U. S. Borax who gave the club an update on the operations of the Kern County mine located in Boron. Rio Tinto is located on six continents, has over 1,000 employees and produces 30 percent of the world's borates. Borate operations originally began in Death Valley in the 1800s with the borates transported to rail cars by the famous 20 mule team wagons. In 1927 oper...
For many years local residents and especially Little League families have complained about the lack of sidewalks on the south side of D Street by the TVRPD facilities and Little League fields. Thanks to a Transportation Development Act (TDA) grant received by the City last year, through the Kern Council of Governments, West Park is going to get a face lift. At the August 17 City Council meeting, Development Services Director Jay Schlosser announced that the City had been awarded a...
Tehachapi Mountain Democratic Club members are involved in getting out the vote for the November election. This will be the topic of discussion at the Sept. 3 meeting at 6 p.m. on Zoom. As long as Covid-19 rages, monthly meetings will be held online. If you are a Democrat but not a club member, you may get permission to join the meeting by calling (916) 878-6453. Democrats are supporting Kim Mangone in her race to retire McCarthy from the 23rd Congressional District. Club members have written 2,000 personal postcards urging people to vote for M...
On Aug. 25, the Kern County Board of Supervisors approved our budget for Fiscal Year 2020-21. The challenges we face in budgeting for this next fiscal year are many. While we continue to struggle with little to no year-over-year growth in the county's two primary revenue sources, property tax revenue and sales tax revenue, the cost associated with providing essential services continues to increase, primarily driven by the cost of labor. This foundational fiscal challenge is compounded this year...
Assemblyman Vince Fong honored Sikh Riders of America as the 34th Assembly District's Nonprofit of the Year. Sikh Riders of America is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to bettering the community by raising funds for various community programs throughout the local region including supporting public health, our military and veterans, and our local law enforcement. "We, as a community, are incredibly fortunate to have an organization like Sikh Riders of America who are always helping thos...
Tehachapi Mountain Democrats always looked forward to the club’s summer picnic, but with recommendations that large group gatherings should be avoided, this year the picnic will not be held. This was the decision made by the Executive Board at their August meeting. Online meetings are being planned as long as social distancing is in place. The first of these meetings will be presentations about Initiatives on the November 3 ballot. The Board will be meeting to plan these sessions and will announce dates and times, soon. Tehachapi Mountain D...
A General Municipal Election was scheduled to be held at the same time as the Statewide and National General Election on Nov. 3, 2020. City offices scheduled for the November election were City Council District 2, City Council District 3, City Clerk and City Treasurer. The original filing period for candidates closed on Aug. 6, 2020 and was ultimately extended until Aug. 12, 2020. At that time there was only one candidate nominated for each office. The current City Treasurer Susan Showler said s...
After three years with Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley, hospital President Jeff Lingerfelt announced that he and his wife, Jenny, would be moving to Virginia to be closer to their families, and his last day at the hospital would be Aug. 7. Lingerfelt said that they are sad to leave Tehachapi and have very much enjoyed being a part of our community. He will be taking over a small county hospital located about four hours from his parents' home. "My parents are getting older," said Lingerfelt,...
Restaurants in the city of Tehachapi have sprouted umbrellas and outdoor seating on city sidewalks and parking lots in response to closure of interior seating due to COVID-19. "As long as it's safe, we are allowing outdoor dining on closed sidewalks and in private parking lots," Tehachapi Economic Development Coordinator and Assistant to the City Manager Corey Costelloe said at the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi July 22 meeting. "We waived outdoor dining permits. We waived rules about banners at...
The Tehachapi Unified School District began their 2020-21 school year on Aug. 12 with virtual learning. According to Superintendent Stacey Larson-Everson, meal service will continue as before at all schools with pick-up between the hours of 6:45 and 8:45 a.m. The TUSD School Board held their first official meeting of the school year on Aug. 11 with the most pressing items dealing with the $6 million deficit in the district budget due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, the Board voted to...
Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County) issued the following statement regarding the mounting statewide frustration with EDD and their inability to issue unemployment benefits in a timely manner to Kern County residents and Californians across the state: "EDD is clearly broken and many of my constituents are having difficulties. My office is working with hundreds of constituents to try and break through the many bureaucratic inefficiencies that plague EDD. It is clear that the status quo is not...
On Aug. 6, second district supervisor Zack Scrivner spoke to the Tehachapi Rotary Club giving county updates related to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. He reported that the financial impact to the county would result in a $25 million budget hole that would likely be felt by all departments, including the sheriff, fire, library and mental health. To help close the gap, the county will be using some of their reserves but there will be a seven-and-a-half percent cut to all departments except public safety. Even with these measures, an $11...
On Wednesday, July 22, Tehachapi Mayor Susan Wiggins signed a letter of support from the city council for the Tehachapi Wine Grower's Association and the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Councils request to become an American Viticultural Area (AVA) known as the "Tehachapi Mountains." Currently local Tehachapi wine producers must use the designation of produced in California due to the lack of an AVA acknowledgement as a wine production area. The AVA designation of "Tehachapi Mountains"...
The TUSD Board held a special meeting via teleconferencing on July 21 to address the issue of how schools will open on Aug. 12. Superintendent Stacy Larson-Everson told the Board that, based on the new guidelines issued July 17 by the California Department of Health, the District must open for virtual learning only. The ruling states: “Schools and school districts may reopen for in-person instruction at any time if they are located in a local health jurisdiction that has not been on the c...
Recently the Kern County Fire Department responded to two separate child drowning emergencies. We would like to remind all members of our community that approximately 10 people die every day from drowning accidents and drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among children ages 1-4. As such, please review and apply the following safety tips. Protect: • Use layers of barrier protection between children and water, like fences and alarms. • Secure and lock all doors, windows and gates leading to the pool/spa area when not in use. Sup...
Council supports AVA designation On June 26, the City of Tehachapi was notified that the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau was reviewing the application submitted in 2018 by the Tehachapi Winegrowers Commission to establish the approximately 58,000-acre “Tehachapi Mountains” AVA (American Viticultural Area). This division of the U.S. Treasury Department assigns specific viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to bet...
To Whom it May Concern, As the County Supervisor representing the Tehachapi region, I wholeheartedly support the proposed American Viticulture Area of "Tehachapi Mountains" Docket No. TTB-2020-0006. I believe that the proposed rules of this AVA, the boundaries, and the name "Tehachapi Mountains" appropriately reflect the intent of the vintners within the proposed area and will be properly presented to consumers once placed on the bottles. I achnowledge the work the Tehachapi Win Grower's...
While COVID-19 has taken up plenty of time and resources from the City of Tehachapi, our team still has other goals and objectives that must be completed, as is our duty to the taxpayers. There is still a community to help build, maintain and operate. Those tasks do not fall by the wayside due to the fallout from a virus. Where do we go from here? Well, that's a question that was answered almost immediately back in March when the first set of COVID-19 restrictions were placed on our community. T...
