If you’re traveling from the hi-desert to Big Bear this week, expect delays on State Route 18. Caltrans will be replacing culverts along the highway from Lucerne Valley to Big Bear Dam, and only one lane will be open to traffic in both directions, necessitating flagging and traffic control. Construction begins today (April 29) and will be happening all week long form 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Learning Aligned Employment Program, or LAEP - is looking for local employers to provide college students opportunities to gain career-related experience in their fields of study. This may sound like a lot of words for a familiar concept - internships - and you’d be correct with one important clarification - these are paid positions for the students. The program requires that the students get a comparable pay rate to others in that position.  Here’s the kicker - Copper Mountain College will…

Edit: We previously reported the wrong details on the Friends of the Yucca Valley Library sale - the actual details are much more exciting! Please see the update below from the Friends of the Yucca Valley Library: A SUITCASE SALE at the Yucca Valley Library. No, we're not selling suitcases, but you can bring a bag, a box, a backpack, or a suitcase and fill it with mysteries, romances, and antique-looking books and donate any $ amount to our Summer Reading Program for kids (starts June 3rd)…

The Yucca Valley Senior Center will be hosting a Spring Senior Center Rummage Sale this Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Yucca Valley Senior Center. The community is invited to support the many local seniors who have come together to individually sell their items. The annual sale gives many senior participants the opportunity to support their independence through the sale of treasures and extra items from their garages, attics, storage sheds and closets. Shop for a wide variety of items…

The Mojave Desert Land Trust is located right on the edge of Joshua Tree - you probably pass by the big MDLT sign on Highway 62 coming in or passing through our small unincorporated community of Joshua Tree. Tucked between the Town of Yucca Valley and the City of Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree is of course named after the iconic succulent- which is one of the two threatened species that the Mojave Desert Land Trust named in their annual report that they released earlier this week. If you aren’t…

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department have announced that they will be out in maximum enforcement of DUI laws tonight from 6PM to 2AM. DUI stands for driving under the influence, and that means alcohol, marijuana, or even over the counter drugs - anything which can impair your driving and reaction times can result in a DUI charge which - on average can cost a driver 13 thousand dollars in fines, a suspended license - or worse, you can harm or kill yourself or others. It’s not worth it -…

"This is a heavily self-reliant community people… most people that live in the desert choose to live out here because of the solitude, and while we have a very social community we also live in a place where people like their space. With that said a lot of those people are the very first people to stop and help…” That's Justin Merino of the High Desert Emergency Action Alliance. We were talking about the hi desert’s propensity to help one another - and during a rising fentanyl epidemic…

Blood supplies are low in the Morongo Basin, and Lifestream will be holding a blood drive tomorrow (April 20) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Center for Healthy Generations, located at 57121 Sunnyslope Dr. in Yucca Valley. Healthy individuals at least 15 years of age may donate blood. (Everyone under 17 years of age must provide LifeStream with written parental consent.) Donors receive a free mini-physical (including readings for blood pressure, pulse, cholesterol levels, iron level and temperature…