TehachaPod

TehachaPod gets a chance to sit down with Development Services Director Jay Schlosser and talk about the many new commercial and residential projects in the City of Tehachapi. Jay talks about new eateries coming to town, new construction, remodeling of existing businesses, new housing developments and industrial projects. If you have any questions for the City of Tehachapi, or TehachaPod please send an email to [email protected]. TehachaPod is hosted by Key Budge, Corey Costelloe and Greg Garrett.

Assemblyman Vince Fong representing Tehachapi and surrounding communities joins Key and Corey in studio to talk about California's budget, lack of a wildfire mitigation plan, water storage issues, the new DMV law restricting the selling of our personal data, and legislation regarding illegal street racing. We cover a lot of ground in a short period of time with Assemblyman Fong. Please send in your questions and thoughts to [email protected].

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Tehachapi Farmer's Market Manager Marianna Gutierrez joins the TehachaPod crew to talk about some of the new things coming for the 2nd half of the market season. We talk to vendors and people attending the Tehachapi Farmer's Market. The energy at the Farmer's Market has been overwhelmingly positive from everyone. The Tehachapi Farmer's Market is every Thursday 4-7 PM on Green St in Downtown Tehachapi through Sept. 30. If you have any questions, show ideas or topics you would like us to talk about please send us an email at [email protected].

We talk to Southern California Edison's Terry Ohanian the Director of Expedited Grid Hardening and to Cal Rossi the Government Relations Manger for the Tehachapi area. They explain what is being done to harden the grid in preparation for the upcoming PSPS season. We ask questions received from the community and get the answers from SCE about the impacts all have felt throughout Tehachapi. We talk about resources for people with disabilities and who they can turn to for help. www.SCE.com provides updated information, resources and alerts through their website. Send your show ideas and questions to [email protected].

The TehachaPod team, Corey Greg and Key get together and recap the 4th of July All American Festival, and talk about the things that are coming up this summer in Tehachapi.

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We got a chance to talk to Jana Slagle from the Kern County Department of Human Services about a few of the services they provide to the community. We talk about Adoption, foster parenting, human trafficking, purple ribbon month - Keeping kids safe in and around vehicles, the Safe Surrendered Baby Awareness program and more. It was an amazing conversation with Jana to hear what KCDHS does for the community. To see how many services come from this department go to their website www.KCDHS.org. To contact TehachaPod with show ideas, your thoughts or requests for a guest send an email to [email protected].

The Tehachapi Society of Pilots based at the Tehachapi Municipal Airport sponsor a Build-A-Plane program for local teens in their hangar. The program is approaching its third year of retired aviators mechanics and engineers mentoring local kids interested in the aviation field. They get hands on experience. I visited the Tehachapi Build A Plane Summer Program and watched the students working hands on with the tools building the plane. The Tehachapi Build A Plane program is looking for additional students and mentors to join the program, more information can be found at www.TehachapiSocietyofPilots.org or on their Facebook page @TehachapiBuildAPlane. Send your questions and show ideas to [email protected]

TehachaPod provides a recap of the 2021-22 Budget meeting that took place. A balanced budget was approved by the Tehachapi City Council. We breakdown the budget, revenue sources, expenditures and where the money gets allocated to meet the needs of the city.

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On Tuesday June 15, 2021 California's pandemic restrictions were lifted to open the local economies. Tehachapi celebrated with a large gathering of 55 small businesses in the downtown area to have a Grand Reopening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. All 55 businesses and nonprofits cut ribbons at the same time in a huge ceremony attended by more than 150 people. TehachaPod breaks down some of the barriers that were faced during the pandemic for small businesses and how as a community we all worked together to overcome the obstacles.

Ashley Krempien joins TehachaPod to talk about the All American 5 K Race in Tehachapi on July 4th. She says this year will be a rolling start, so you can start your run anytime between 7AM and 9 AM to make it as enjoyable for you as possible. We also talk about the Ed Grimes Memorial Pancake Breakfast also hosted by TVRPD at Central Park. We tell you where to enter, find breakfast tickets and also cover a few more things leading up to the 4th celebration. Get all of your race entry application forms at TVRPD.org. Send your TehachaPod questions, thoughts, show ideas to us at [email protected].