The United States Department of Agricultue, in collaboration with the Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County, will be holding a free food distribution event for needy families on Monday morning (January 8). Head over to Belfield Hall in Landers from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 29 Palms Community Pantry & Outreach from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Training with Pay at the Yucca Valley Community Center from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the Joshua Tree Community Center from 10 a.m. to noon to pick…

The Joshua Tree VFW Post is serving up a special chicken fried steak breakfast tomorrow morning (January 7). That fried steak, along with breakfast items, will be available from 8 a.m. to 11. a.m for $12 to $15, at the VFW, located at 6402 Veteran Way in Joshua Tree. 

The Cactus Sew-ables Quilt Guild will hold their monthly meeting on Monday. (January 8) The guild will present a gift of flower quilt blocks to 2023 Guild President Lori Conway, and there will be a “getting to know you” game. Everyone is invited, guests will pay $3 at the door. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Yucca Valley Community Center.

A man was arrested again for suspicion of burglary in addition to suspected car theft in Joshua Tree last week. On Thursday, December 21st at around 5:15 p.m., County Sheriff’s Deputies contacted Brandon Doering, a 33 year-old resident of Yucca Valley, near the intersection of Twentynine Palms Highway and Veterans Way in Joshua Tree. Doering was arrested by Deputies for investigation into burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime. He is being charged with felony burglary, vandalism,…

The Animal Action League will be holding their world famous drive-through nail trim only clinic today (December 27) from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Nail trimming is only $7 per pet, no appointment necessary.  Remember that this is a nail-trim only clinic, no vaccine or microchip services will be offered. The Animal Action League reserves the right to refuse service based on pets temperament, and as well as the temperament of their owners. The Animal Action League is located at 62762 Twentynine Palms…

On a recent episode of the Z107.7 Up Close Show, Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent Jane Rodgers and the National Park's Emergency Services Program Manager Myles Landry discussed a number of topics and issues with host Gary Daigneault. When asked what type of rescues that Rodgers and Landry do most often, Rodgers and Landry explained that many emergency situations were weather related, even in the winter. Rodgers explained that as soon as the sun goes down, the weather can…

Getting records in the high desert will be easier in 2024. San Bernardino County announced last week that they are bringing their mobile Assessor-Recorder office to Joshua Tree. This ARC Mobile Unit will be offering Birth, Death, and Marriage Certificates; marriage licenses and ceremonies, notary public filings, and more. The ARC Mobile Unit will be providing service outside of the Bob Burke Government Center on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month between the hours of 9:30 a.m. to 3…

Tonight’s regularly scheduled meetings of the Twentynine City Council and the Yucca Valley Planning Commission have both been cancelled. The Twentynine Palms City Council will meet next in regular session on January 9. 

It's impossible to miss - food and merchandise vendors setting up along hi desert roads. Over the last six months, Twentynine Palms Highway and it's service roads, Old Woman Springs Road, and highway-adjacent parking lots have become filled with tents, tables, carts and trucks selling a variety of goods and foods. Street vendors have always been a part of the desert community, but a recent uptick in vending, particularly in Yucca Valley, has been noticeable. And one popular food…