For more than 30 years, Mara Cantelo coordinated a Christmas dinner in Yucca Valley so no one had to spend the day alone. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, things will be a lot different. Ernest Figueroa says the biggest change is the…
For more than 30 years, Mara Cantelo coordinated a Christmas dinner in Yucca Valley so no one had to spend the day alone. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, things will be a lot different. Managing editor Tami Roleff says not only will…
Southern California Firefighters are once again participating in the Spark of Love Toy Drive. The campaign collects new, unwrapped toys to help our local children in need. Morongo Basin residents may drop off new, unwrapped toys at all Morongo…
Southern California Firefighters are once again participating in the Spark of Love Toy Drive. The campaign collects new, unwrapped toys to help local children in need. Morongo Basin residents may drop off new, unwrapped toys at all Morongo…
At last night’s meeting of the Yucca Valley Town Council, representatives from Mara’s Christmas Wish gave council members a preview of what the annual Christmas dinner will look like in the year of COVID. Instead of a dinner buffet in the Yucca…
Tonight’s meeting of the Yucca Valley Town Council will start at 5:30 p.m. with a closed session meeting. Council members will confer with legal counsel over pending litigation by Thomas Geiger, who was driving when his car was hit by a…
As part of its Feeding Morongo Basin project, the Morongo Basin Healthcare District recently distributed checks to 18 local food pantries, churches and community centers in support of their efforts to distribute free food to Morongo Basin…
The Yucca Valley Town Council heard a presentation from Hi-Desert Medical Center CEO Karen Faulis about services and programs offered by Hi-Desert Medical Center and its clinics. The hospital has added or expanded its neurology, cardiology,…
For more than 30 years, Mara Cantelo organized Tender Loving Christmas, a free Christmas dinner in Yucca Valley, open to all Morongo Basin residents, who don’t want to spend the day alone. After Mara’s death in 2017, the event continued as…
More than three decades ago, Mara Cantelo started serving a free Christmas dinner in Yucca Valley so no one would ever have to spend Christmas alone. The event has become one of the biggest all-volunteer efforts in the Morongo Basin; every…
More than three decades ago, Mara Cantelo started serving a free Christmas dinner in Yucca Valley so no one would ever have to spend Christmas alone. The event has become one of the biggest all-volunteer efforts in the Morongo Basin; every…
More than three decades ago, Mara Cantelo started serving a free Christmas dinner in Yucca Valley so no one would ever have to spend Christmas alone. The event has become one of the biggest all-volunteer efforts in the Morongo Basin; every…
In keeping with the spirit of the season, the merchants from the shops at Zanny’s in downtown Joshua Tree invite you to mix, mingle, dance, and jingle while you help contribute to Mara’s Christmas Wish. Assignment reporter Keith Bailey tells…
A meeting for volunteers for Mara’s Christmas Wish will be held at 6:30 tonight in the Cholla Room of the Yucca Valley Community Center. Volunteers are still needed to help decorate the community center prior to Christmas Day, set up on…
Morongo Basin Ambulance will be in front of the Yucca Valley Walmart from 9am till 3pm on 12/7, 12/14, and 12/21. Help us fill the ambulance with toys to support Mara Wish toy drive benefiting local children. Your donation of a new unwrapped…
Part of Mara’s Christmas Wish, the free annual Christmas dinner feast and event in Yucca Valley, includes the distribution of toys to the children attending. Gathering all the toys to be donated is a community-wide effort. Reporter Andrew…
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