After a long successful career as a Photostylist and producer in New York and Los Angeles, Hilary Sloane moved to the Morongo Basin and began a new career as a journalist and documentary photographer, getting a journalism certification from Michigan…

Yucca Valley Town Council to review Aquatic Center, Essig Park in tonight’s meeting

The Yucca Valley Town Council Meeting agenda includes reviewing the Aquatic and Recreation Center Project’s list of Qualified Contractors and approval of extra work on the Essig Park Improvements Project. On the agenda for tonight’s Yucca Valley Town Council meeting is the Frontier Communications Update, approval of the Aquatic and Recreation Center Project’s list of Qualified Contractors, and approval of extra work on the Essig Park Improvements Project., increasing the project cost to…

Yucca Valley Planning Commission reviewed the Land Development Report

The Yucca Valley Planning Commission met last night and reviewed the Land Development Update Report. Staff said Chipotle is progressing with revisions to their site plan and a final landscape plan. Quick Quack buildings are going up. Wine and Rocks is working on their staff report with a minor use extension. Nice Dream has appealed the in-leu charges for the highway widening and will attend an appeal hearing on September 5. During the Land Development Report review, Staff reported two…

Yucca Valley Airport District meets tonight (8/9)

The Yucca Valley Airport District, holds their regular session meeting tonight. The Yucca Valley Airport runway work has been completed as of August 5. The Airport is now open, and air traffic has already resumed. The Yucca Valley Airport District also announced a Board of Directors Meeting on August 9 at 6:30 in the Mesquite room of the Yucca Valley Community Center. The Board will review Airport business and future agenda items, including the schedule of Airport usage fees, Job descriptions…

Yucca Valley Planning Commission to review the land update report tonight

The Yucca Valley Planning Commission will meet tonight, August 8. After a lengthy Consent agenda, The Planning Commissioners will review the Land Development Report. The meeting will be held at the Yucca Valley Community Center, Yucca Room, 57090 Twentynine Palms Highway, or on Zoom. Public participation is welcome. To join the meeting on Zoom, go to: https://zoom.us/j/98387460402?pwd=dTVFR3EwT3hYb0VQUzY4SEJ6TGhDQT09. Meeting ID: 983 8746 0402 Passcode: 169039

Yucca Valley Airport reopened

The Yucca Valley Airport runway work has been completed as of August 5. The Airport is now open, and air traffic has already resumed. The Airport had not been repaved since 1986 and needed improvement. The Airport District held a special meeting; they initially considered doing an "overly" that would only last a while. However, the District voted to bring the Airport into FAA standards with a complete repaving that ensured the runway for 20 years. The Town of Yucca Valley offered the…

Yucca Valley Airport getting upgraded to FAA standards; runway being repaved

The Yucca Valley Airport is currently closed for a complete repaving, which began earlier this month. No traffic will be allowed in or out of the small airport until the repaving process is complete, which is estimate to be August 11. The Yucca Valley Airport is historic, iconic, and part of the regional airports collective. The Airport dates back to the early days of Pioneertown in the 1940s when Gene Autry and Roy Rogers needed to transport cast and crew quickly. The Yucca Valley Airport is an…

Yucca Valley Planning Commission approves Black Bear sign at old Sizzler building

During last night’s Yucca Valley Planning Commission meeting, the Commissioners reviewed the Black Bear Diner sign permit on the south elevation of the existing commercial building at 57084 Twentynine Palms Highway. The owners of the Black Bear Diner requested attaching their sign to the same area where the old Sizzler sign went. Because the code was written after that building was built, the regulation had to be reexamined to accommodate the request. Town staff showed slides of different roof…

The Yucca Valley Planning Commission will review parapet signs for Black Bear Diner

The Yucca Valley Planning Commission will meet tonight to review Development Code Interpretation for signs, permits, and other Town business. On tonight’s Yucca Valley Planning Commission meeting agenda is a review of the Black Bear Diner sign permit for signage on the south elevation of the existing commercial building at 57084 Twentynine Palms Highway. The Commission will also review the Land Development Update Report. The meeting is at 6:00 PM in the Yucca Valley Community Center, Yucca Room,…

Concerns over concrete at Essig Dog Park prompts response from Yucca Valley

After much controversy about the concrete pathways and the current size of the small dog park, Deputy Manager Shane Stueckle met with residents and dog owners to discuss solutions. Yucca Valley Deputy Manager Shane Stueckle and Dog park patron Dovora Silberman Early Monday morning, July 17, Shane Stueckle, the Yucca Valley Deputy Manager, and about a dozen residents and dog owners met at Essig Park to discuss the current renovations. Stueckle said he had heard the resident's complaints on…

Essig Dog Park’s current design under protest from residents

Phase 1A of the Essig Park project includes a 1.5-acre dog park fenced for large and small dogs. That project has begun this month, and some residents are unhappy about the design decisions. The town is reseeding the dog areas for grass, but the section under scrutiny is the walkway next to the fence, particularly on the small dog park side. The small dogs love to play with the big dogs and chase them back and forth along that section. The plans called for concrete during the design phase with…