Gabriel Hart is a journalist and author from Morongo Valley, CA.

MVCSD fills remaining board member seat, discusses budget for 2023-24

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors held a special meeting on the morning of Saturday, August 12th at Covington Park’s multi-purpose room. The special meeting was called to fill the remaining 5th seat of the board to replace the vacancy left by Fire Commissioner Michael Emory, who resigned in June, and to hold a public budget workshop to discuss the preliminary budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Starting with public comments, a wave of support was voiced for Steve…

Free MUSD Vaccination events Monday and Tuesday

The California Department of Public Health will be hosting a vaccination event today and Tuesday, August 15th at two different MUSD campuses. For Monday, August 14th, the vaccination clinic will be held at La Contenta Middle School from 9am-2pm. For Tuesday, August 15th, the vaccination clinic will be held at 29 Palms Junior High from 9:30am-2pm. A parent or guardian is required to accompany children under the age of 18. Please bring your child’s ID and vaccination card. To schedule your…

Second Saturday Art Crawl tonight in Joshua Tree

It’s going to be a beautiful warm night in the Morongo Basin, with the Perseid meteors falling in the night sky above us and lots to do down here on earth. Joshua Tree’s Second Saturday Art Crawl starts at 6pm tonight in downtown Joshua Tree galleries - most within an easy stroll from each other. At Art Queen, local artist, writer, and Copper Mountain College paining professor Chloe Alfred’s extraordinary exhibit “Internal Echo: Desert Visions and Dreamscapes” takes us on a journey where dreams…

PYROMANIA Def Leppard tribute plays tonight at Tortoise Rock in 29 Palms

Twentynine Palms Tortoise Rock Casino continues its LIVE AT THE ROCK free concert series tonight, August 11th with Def Leppard tribute band PYROMANIA. Witness what has been called “the next best thing to Def Leppard”—PYROMANIA, the world’s #1 Def Leppard tribute band providing the most authentic Leppard experience. No Foolin’—PYROMANIA plays all the Def Leppard hits: Pour Some Sugar on Me, Love Bites, Animal, Armageddon It, Bringin’ on The Heartbreak, Photograph, Hysteria, and more. This show is…

MVCSD to fill remaining vacant seat at special meeting this Saturday (8/12)

The Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors will be holding a special meeting at Covington Park’s multi-purpose room at 10:00am.  For the special meeting’s agenda, the MVCSD Board will appoint a new director to replace the position of Fire Commissioner Michael Emory, who resigned in June. This will be the last vacancy of the board to be filled, returning the board to their full five members. The Board will also hold a budget workshop to create and discuss a preliminary…

Party band “The Hodads” rocking Yucca Valley tonight at Summer Music Festival

Tonight’s band is THE HODADS, Southern California’s most versatile theme party band combining high energy music, stylish outfits, celebrity impersonation, and audience participation. This free concert series runs every Saturday through August 12 at the Yucca Valley Community Center Softball Fields. The gates open at 6:30 pm and the concerts kicks off at 7:00 pm. These family-friendly shows are completely free to the public, and are a perfect way to enjoy hot summer nights here in the desert.…

“American Highwaymen” country-supergroup tribute tonight 8/4

Twentynine Palms Tortoise Rock Casino continues their LIVE AT THE ROCK free concert series with American Highwaymen, a tribute to the country supergroup The Highwaymen tonight, August 4th. Like they are “still alive” and “living still,” The American Highwaymen play the hits of the beloved 1980s project of Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings. Since “that road goes on forever.” Twentynine Palms Tortoise Rock Casino is the “place to rest your spirit if you can,” when…

Wildfire fund offered to those affected by fire hardship

With the wildfire season among us, The Inland SoCal United Way has set up the San Bernardino and Riverside County Wildfire Fund for those affected. Households in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties who meet eligibility requirements for those displaced or damaged by fire may receive up to $500 in financial assistance to help pay for costs incurred due to fire to help replace lost items, hotel stays, or other fire related needs. Eligible households must be residents of San Bernardino or…

Meet the new board members of the Morongo Valley Community Services District

After seven months of turbulence within the Morongo Valley Community Services District, including recall efforts, resignations, and unprecedented legal barricades, the CSD has reached an apparent point of calm appointing two new board members to get back on track. With the swearing in of Vice President Lynn Watts and Fire Commissioner Lance Fisher to commence at the CSD’s regular meeting on Wednesday, August 16th, Z107.7 reached out to these new members to introduce them to the community.…

Morongo Valley Firefighter’s Auxiliary 1st Annual Golf Fundraiser on Saturday, 8/19

The Morongo Valley Firefighter’s Auxiliary and Firefighters Union 5028 will be hosting their 1st Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament on Saturday, August 19th at the Mission Lakes Country Club in Desert Hot Springs. With the Morongo Valley Firefighter’s Auxiliary’s sole purpose to support their local Fire Department, a primary goal is to raise funding for the Morongo Valley Fire department to become a certified American Heart Association CPR class location. This first annual fundraiser will…