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Tehachapi Mountain Festival returns
We are very excited to celebrate the 59th Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival. This mainstay event...
A look at city budget season
Budget season is undoubtedly a crucial time each year. With the City of Tehachapi operating on a...
City faces new challenges
If you are a city resident, you have received some information via a resident newsletter explaining...
Tehachapi's All American 4th of July returns
We are here on the verge of our Independence Day, grateful for the opportunity to celebrate once aga...
Finally, getting back to normal
As we pursue a sense of normalcy, our business at City Hall continues down that road with all the...
Quick start for 2021
The City of Tehachapi has been blessed to be able to assist in the continued economic vitality of...
Pushing forward into 2021
We arrived, we saw, we survived 2020. If this were the Scouts, we would receive a badge. I guess one...
Tehachapi continues to evolve
While COVID-19 has taken up plenty of time and resources from the City of Tehachapi, our team still...
Congratulations Class of 2020
Congratulations Class of 2020, you made history. Probably not in the form you had hoped, but make...
Using common sense to flatten the curve
It's beginning to look like the state mandated stay-at-home orders and social distancing protocols...
Working on two fronts
As we continue this modified version of life during the Coronavirus pandemic, it's important to...
Diversity is key
The interaction within the City of Tehachapi is as unique as the day is long. Working with and...
Tehachapi Senior Center
One of the benefits of being City Manager is interaction with the public and more importantly with...
2019 Year in Review
The City of Tehachapi is proud to present our 2019 Year in Review. The annual printed publication...
Tehachapi, a reason to stay in California
One can understand, given today's climate, the desire for many to leave the state of California....
Holiday season in Tehachapi
It's certainly the holiday season as our public works team completes one of my favorite tasks,...
Public Safety Power Shutoffs
The City of Tehachapi received electrical power in 1915 when the municipal lighting system went...
The Tehachapi model
I, along with some members of the City staff and Council, attended the League of California Cities...
Dreams of the future
Thomas Jefferson said, "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." He...
Importance of tourism in Tehachapi
Tehachapi continues to drive conversation in Kern County, especially among visitors and those that...
Bread prices
Our City Clerk came across something interesting during a search of our archives last week. They...
Opportunity for all
Tehachapi has become a place of opportunity for all. We can't promise you the "American Dream" but...
Disaster preparedness
Every once in a while Mother Nature likes to prove to us just how small we really are. The latest se...
Civility
Civil societies are those in which ideas are explored openly with the intent of discovering truth....
City approves balanced 5-year budget
The Tehachapi City Council last Monday night approved a balanced five-year budget for the City of...