Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On Friday, Oct. 11, following a naturalization ceremony held at the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, National Park Service Director Charles (Chuck) Sams dedicated the Memorial Garden in which Cesar Chavez, his wife Helen and dogs, Huelga and Boycott are buried. Sams said that Chavez, who passed away in 1993, had expressed a desire to be buried in that spot near the dogs when he passed away. The garden was developed around his grave and Helen was buried there following her death in...
On the morning of Oct. 7, artist Lyn Bennett began the repairs on the Nuwä mural located on the north side of the Hitching Post Theater. Bennett is part of the "Make Art Tehachapi" mural restoration team....
I met Dr. William Costello, his lovely wife Annette and their seven children on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 22, following services at Tehachapi Sovereign Grace Church where Will had been installed as permanent pastor the week before. The family came to Tehachapi from Visalia where Will had been pastor of Grace Bible Church for six years before joining the pulpit-supply team of Grace Bible Church of Bakersfield. When Pastor Mike Jarvis resigned from TSGC at the end of 2022, Will was sent to fill in...
At a recent board meeting of the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District, Laura Dreyer of the Tehachapi Arts Commission presented TVRPD with a painting of the gazebo in Philip Marx Central Park that had been painted by local artist and muralist Lyn Bennett. The painting will be placed in their district offices....
Members from the Board of Directors of the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce accepted a Certificate of Recognition from TVRPD Board President Mariann Paciullo (right) at the September TVRPD Board meeting, recognizing the Chamber's many contributions to the District. From left are Mitchell Abrego, Kristy Vasquez, John Knight and Julia Pence....
At the Sept. 17 meeting of Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District Board of Directors, Recreation Director Sarai Diaz presented ribbons to the winners of the Fit and Fun Under the Sun Challenge. Team winners were: 1. Doll-Fins - 7,550 miles, 2. Tehachapi Hotties - 7,178 miles, 3. Limit Breakers - 5,703 miles. Cycling winners were: 1. Phil Richmond - 1,157 miles, 2. Daniel Epperson - 1,023 miles, 3. Tracy Jones - 968 miles, 4. Stu Mac - 957 miles, 5. George R. - 839 miles. Swimming winners...
Following the Aug. 12 approval by the Tehachapi Planning Commission, the new AT&T cell tower came before the City Council on Sept. 16. The Council approved an agreement between the city and a New Cingular Wireless PCS (AT&T) that would permit a 38-foot cell tower to be placed at the area commonly known as the Rock Pile at Tehachapi Airport. The five-year lease will bring the city about $36,000 yearly with an annual increase of 3%. The new tower should greatly improve AT&T service in Downtown...
Pastor Harold Gordon arrived in Tehachapi on July 1 with his wife CeCe and their 4-year-old son Elijah. They moved to Tehachapi from Oakland for Harold to take over as pastor of Tehachapi Valley United Methodist Church on Shout Rd. Although Harold was born in Los Angeles, his family moved to South Carolina when he was 18 months old. He has a brother and a sister. Their mother passed away when he was young. He dropped out of high school and joined the army and spent three years in Germany. He say...
When I was a teenager, I often had dreams in which I was flying low over and through mountains, following the currents and looking down on the peaks and valleys. At times, they looked like I could reach out and touch them. As an adult, I often had the opportunity to fly in small planes, but as fun as it was it was always noisy and it seemed we were always going somewhere. It was never like my dreams. On moving to Tehachapi about 13 years ago, I learned that the community had two airports. One...
On First Friday Sept. 6, the Tehachapi Valley Arts Association gathered at Gallery 'N' Gifts to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the association. Located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. Gallery 'N' Gifts has been the home of the organization of artists and artisans since the beginning....
On the morning of Sept. 9, the community came out to join the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce, Tehachapi Murals committee and members of the Tehachapi Valley Arts Association to re-dedicate the newly repaired "1915 Street Dance" mural on Tehachapi Blvd. Last year the mural had begun separating from the wall and needed to be replaced. Cutting the ribbon was artist Lyn Bennett who did most of the re-creation. Bennett is joined by Gale Caldwell of Gallery 'N' Gifts, JR Long who did all the...
Golden Hills Community Services District The five members of the Golden Hills Community Services District Board of Directors are all elected at-large, meaning they do not represent any specific area. Each is elected for a four-year term. Terms for three of the directors will be up for election in November. Directors David Benham and Joe King have filed for reelection. Director David Shaw has chosen not to run again. Two other candidates have filed for a seat on the Board. They are retired firefi...
On the morning of Aug. 14, Liberty Dill Photography and the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon, officially opening the new photography studio located on the southeast corner of S. Robinson St. and Tehachapi Blvd. The event was attended by City and County officials, as well as Miss Tehachapi....
Pauline McKindley moved from Vermont to Tehachapi in April to join three of her five older sisters on a 20-acre ranch they all purchased in Cummings Valley. She says she loves the openness of the valley and the view from their property, especially when SpaceX launches from Vandenburg. Born in San Bernardino County, Pauline, her sisters and two step-brothers lived there until they all moved to Tucson, Arizona when Pauline was 7 years old. Tucson was her home for 30 years. While in Tucson she...
After several months without a meeting, the Tehachapi Planning Commission met on Aug. 12 to consider two new projects. The Planning Commission approved the installation of a new AT&T telecommunications tower to be located on the Rockpile located at Tehachapi Airport. The 38-foot tower will join those of Verizon and T-Mobile cellular, as well as those for the city and airport communications. AT&T customers have been waiting for such a tower for many years. A Conditional Use Permit was approved...
Members of the community mingled with members of the Tehachapi Police Department in Philip Marx Central Park on the evening evening of Aug. 6 for Tehachapi Night Out. Police Chief Richard Standridge renamed the event to make it more relevant to Tehachapi. Members of the community visited with officers and other community organizations. The evening was followed by a showing of the movie "Shrek."...
The three primary items brought before the Tehachapi City Council for a vote at their Aug. 5 meeting were presented by Development Services Director Jay Schlosser who requested funding for all of the city's upcoming road maintenance projects for the fiscal year 2024-25. The first of the projects presented was for surface repairs and reconstruction of approximately 1.7 miles of roads in Capital Hills on the north side of Highway 58, an area that had not been touched since it was originally...
I first met Edward and Valerie Padua in Philip Marx Central Park during Tehachapi's 4th of July celebration. They stopped by The Loop newspaper's booth in the company of a giant, fluffy, 40-pound, six-month-old poodle "puppy" named Scooby who behaves very much like his namesake. Edward and Valerie had moved to Tehachapi at the end of May from Palmdale, where they had been living for about three years, and were anxious to learn more about their new hometown. Edward is employed by CalTrans Distric...
On the evening of July 19, the Tehachapi Arts Commission celebrated their fourth annual show with the opening of Art 2024 Tehachapi, held again at the Aspen Builders Inc. Activity Center on D Street. All proceeds from the VIP event ticket sales will go toward the Commission's Art in the Parks program with Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District. Guests were treated to open bars and hors d'oeuvres while viewing the exhibition and talking with the 44 participating artists and show sponsors....
Tehachapi Police Chief Richard Standridge spoke at the July 16 meeting of the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce held at the American Legion Hall on F Street. Standridge emphasized to the group, "if you see something, say something." Too often he has heard from citizens after the fact, that they say saw an occurrence and did nothing. Since becoming chief, Standridge has increased the number of TPD officers in the department and in the last few months has promoted several of them. Standridge...
Merrill Colon moved to Tehachapi in May 2024 from North Carolina, joining members of her family who were already Tehachapi residents. Merrill was born and raised in Vermont and is a graduate of Texas A&M. She said she has lived in many places around the United States, among them being Louisiana and New York. She has had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the world and did spend quite a bit of time in Indonesia. As a result of her travel experiences, Merrill is fluent in French and...
At their July 16 meeting, the Board of Directors for the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD) unanimously approved the district’s 2025 Proposed Budget. Director Lydia Chaney made the motion to approve and Director Christine Sherrill seconded the motion. The district’s proposed revenue of $1,225,935 comes primarily from state and local taxes and interest but also includes about $60,000 of income from the district’s rental properties. Proposed expenses for 2025 were $549,700 and showe...
The program at the July 15 meeting of the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors illustrated that, without a doubt, the arts are alive-and-well in Tehachapi. All four speakers at the meeting were involved in various aspects of art and presented current projects going on in Tehachapi. Jeanette Pauer introduced the group to Make Art Tehachapi, a committee consisting of Pauer, Tina Dille, Lyn Bennett and Charles White. They will be restoring the murals in Tehachapi one by one starting the the Stree...
Now is the time to buy your ticket for the Art 2024 Tehachapi opening event on July 19 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Aspen Builders Community Activity Center located at 410 W. D St. in Tehachapi. Tickets are $125 and 100% of the proceeds from ticket sales go to the Art in the Parks program with Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District. The Tehachapi Arts Commission is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit. This is an excellent opportunity for you to meet all of the artists and view the paintings...
