Gabriel Hart
Morongo Valley Reporter
gabriel@z1077fm.com
Gabriel Hart is a journalist and author from Morongo Valley, CA.
In addition to reporting at Z107.7 News, he is the editor-in-chief/publisher of Beyond the Last Estate, a print-only magazine featuring creative reporting on contemporary literature. His punk-noir novel On High at Red Tide is out now from Pig Roast Publishing.
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Stories by Gabriel Hart
October 7, 2026
Morongo Valley Pet Mayor Election attacked with voter fraud, gains two dog mayors
To avoid any last-minute upsets like the 2024 election when in-person voters banded together last minute to elect Ziggy the Chicken, this year voting was done anonymously online…
October 4, 2026
MDLT and the Wildlands Network preview phase one of the Highway 62 Wildlife Crossing project
With funding from MDLT through Caltrans mitigation funds, The Wildlands Network is currently in the first phase of research that will study the effects of the two wildlife…
October 2, 2026
5th Annual Morongo Valley Halloween Extravaganza and Music Festival goes all weekend
The festivities begin Friday at 5:00 p.m. with the Morongo Valley Music Festival featuring Bombshelter Alley, Daytime Moon, Waxy, Spankshaft, and more. Saturday goes from 10:00 a.m. to…
September 28, 2026
J. Robbins, frontman of post-hardcore band Jawbox, plays free show at Up on the Sun Records in Yucca Valley Tuesday (9/29)
Playing in notable punk rock bands like Government Issue in the 80s, Jawbox in the 90s, then Burning Airlines in the early 2000s, J. Robbins career has gone…
September 27, 2026
A look back the Morongo Valley Pet Mayor Election brings us to the present with a challenging new candidate
Formerly known as the Morongo Valley Dog Mayor Election when it was open only to canines, the annual mayoral race began in 2022, when All American Fuel and…
September 24, 2026
Celebrate National Public Lands Day at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve this Saturday (9/26)
In partnership with the National Park Service and the National Environmental Education Foundation, National Public Lands Day takes place on the fourth Saturday of September and has consistently…
September 23, 2026
Yucca Valley Planning Commission updates Outdoor Lighting Ordinance to include shielding of string lights
The Yucca Valley Community Center’s Yucca Room felt slightly more formal last night, with two tables filled with literature from the International Dark Sky Association and a four-panel…
September 22, 2026
The Yucca Valley Planning Commission go into their fourth discussion to update and enforce Outdoor Lighting Ordinance
For their fourth discussion and review of the Outdoor Lighting Ordinance, the Planning Commission aims to update the Ordinance in regard to Yucca Valley’s increased population and to…
September 19, 2026
Joshua Tree’s Noise Floor music shop keeps equipment and lessons accessible, grand opening Saturday
Jesse Worstell and Kevin Zeiber had been playing in the band The Bad Habits (who back up the local Desert Chrome Pole Dancers) when Worstell asked him what…
September 12, 2026
Joshua Tree’s 2nd Saturday Art Walk features heavy rockers Stone Levitation with sign language interpreter to support art from the deaf
At the Art Queen stage there will be live music starting with Dead in the Desert from 6:45–7:30 p.m. drawing inspiration from the Grateful Dead and other classic…
September 11, 2026
Friends of musician Fred Drake meet at the Joshua Tree Saloon on Friday (9/11) to celebrate 25 years of his album ‘Twice Shy’
Fred Drake was an American musician who moved from L.A. to the hi-desert in 1992, where he became co-founder of the legendary Joshua Tree recording studio Rancho De…