A lighter agenda left room for heavier discussion on code requirements for new businesses at last night’s Yucca Valley Planning Commission. The meeting kicked off with an item from last month - that’s the color change request for the newly renamed “Field Station Joshua Tree” located at the west entrance of Yucca Valley. The former Travelodge is technically a mile closer to Morongo Valley than it is Joshua Tree, which is about 9 miles east of the site on Hwy. 62. Last month the self-described…

The former Yucca Valley Travelodge - now named Field Station Joshua Tree - gets another go at getting their exterior paint colors approved. At last month’s meeting the revamped motel’s developers didn’t submit the correct amount of exterior mockups and were told to come back this month with the correct amount for proper consideration. Drainage issues at Brehm park are making the fields extra soggy, especially with all the wet weather we’re having. That issue alongside new business development…

Listen here: Two presentations lead off the Yucca Valley Town Council meeting last night - the first by 3rd District Rep Dawn Rowe where she presented the town with a  check for 1.6 million dollars for Pickleball Courts. There’s also a million dollars being set aside for rehabbing the Senior Center, alongside 5 million in County funds for the long-planned aquatic center. Dawn Rowe presents a check for YV Pickleball Courts County Fire Protection District Interim Deputy Chief of Operations Scott…