The Marine Corps has issued a sound advisory in our area for Friday, April 12. Marines will be participating in training that will increase noise output in the area of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday night. Sounds may be amplified by potential cloud cover. The Marines at the base will be participating in a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation exercise. To provide feedback and sound reporting or for more information about operations…

The Yucca Valley Airport District Board of Directors meets in regular session tonight (April 10) where they will be discussing finances and insurance policies. The board will also receive a report from the airport manager. The meeting is open to the public and begins at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Yucca Valley Community Center.

The Flying Doctors SoCal Golf Tournament is returning to Hawks Landing Golf Course in Yucca Valley on April 20th - and there is still space for 3 teams to join up. The tournament will feature on-course games like longest drive, closest to the pin, a putting contest, and a chance at a new car if you sink a hole in one. Mulligans, raffles and a 50/50 drawing all on top of a great day of golf. The Flying Doctors have been Flying Medical Missions since 1975 - most recently right here in the Morongo…

Z107.7 News listener Tim Curr sent in photos from Monday's partial solar eclipse. Partial only because Southern California wasn't in the "path of totality" - which is the strip of the United States that got to experience the eerie dusk feeling of the moon passing between the earth and the sun - completely blocking out most of the light for a brief few seconds.Here in the Morongo Basin it looked noticeably dimmer and scattered clouds moved quickly making viewing the eclipse…

The Western Burrowing Owl has had a petition submitted on its behalf to be placed on the California Endangered Species list as threatened or endangered. According to the California Fish and Game Commission Notice, the western burrowing owl is a small bird of prey that lives in open, arid, relatively flat to rolling terrain covered by low stature vegetation, such as grasslands, shrub steppes, and desert shrubs.  Vegetation cover and height are significant habitat factors due to the…

Are you a graduating Morongo Basin high school senior? Do you plan on continuing your higher education in a major that can impact environmental conservation? The Morongo Basin Conservation Association, or MBCA - will be awarding three $1000 scholarships for students who have a strong interest in environmental and conservation issues - with a strong preference for technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The MBCA says that one of the three scholarships will be awarded to an arts major in…

Campfure permits are required to have one on BLM land. It’s free and super easy to obtain at the BLM's website. You have to watch a video and take a short quiz, but its might be a good thing to do with kids before heading out and doing some camping. You can also get one at any CAL FIRE, U.S. Forest Service, or BLM office. A campfire permit is also required to operate a gas powered stove. If all this seems like a bit much to roast some marshmallows, according to the National Park Service a…

It may not look like it this weekend, but spring is here and that has me wanting to get out and hike as much as I can. One area that I have yet to explore is the Mecca Hills to our south. If you exit the National Park at the Cottonwood Exit you won’t be too far from them. They are also part of the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument - 660,000 acres of potentially protected California desert located south of I-10 and stretching from the Coachella Valley to near the Colorado River. The…