A countywide job fair was held at Copper Mountain Community College in Joshua Tree on Wednesday (9/18). For many folks looking for work, just getting a foot in the "digital door" is the primary struggle.
Smog used to be a much bigger issue here in California. In the 60’s and 70’s when gas was cheap, big American muscle ruled the streets and cars were sold more on their horsepower than their miles-per-gallon. However, a oil embargo in ‘73 made auto manufacturers put fuel economy first, and it also precipitated the import market makings its way into the American auto industry. The Honda Civic made its domestic debut with the super efficient CVCC engine, which could pull numbers like 30 to 40…
The Desert Soul Club is coming up the hill to add a little mod, soul, and funk into downtown Joshua Tree this Saturday Night. DJs Bob Deck, Greg Tormo, and Z107.7’s own Lee Joseph will be spinning wax from hitmakers in the 60’s and 70’s as well as digging deep for some hard-to-find floor stompers. The doors open to Taylor Junction at 6pm, and there will be stacks of northern soul, R&B, mod, motown, garage and psychadelia hitting the platters so you can get out of the desert heat and move…
A detached garage and "conex" storage container are amongst the multiple structures that were on fire at a residence in the 4000 block of Balsa Ave. in Yucca Valley yesterday. Three County Fire units responded to the property fire, which is situated at the bottom of a hill surrounded by open desert. County Fire Division 4 Battalion Chief Travis Aguirre says that a “welding building” was fully-involved in flames when they arrived at the fire around 3 PM on Tuesday, and it had…
The Covington Park Community Room’s air conditioning struggled to keep up with the standing-room only crowd that gathered on Thursday to listen and talk to the Bureau of Land Management. They are considering granting a 30 year lease to InterConnect - a company that builds giant communication towers. The one they are proposing for land in Morongo Valley would nearly 200 feet tall, require solar panels, an access road, fencing, and other not-so-natural developments in the BLM land. This…
California contains some of the most varied landscapes in the country. Over 800 miles of coastline climbs in elevation as you move east toward the Sierra Nevada's, crossing dense forests and misty mountains before hitting the vast Mojave Desert - home to unique plants and animals that you can’t find anywhere else on earth. Today is California Biodiversity Day and the start of Biodiversity Week - an initiative to help encourage the discovery and protection of our state’s flora and fauna. The…
The developers behind the planned LoveMore Ranch 64-home development are holding an Instagram Live session as a follow-up to the community meeting they held last week. Founder Axel Cramer will be doing an “ASK ME ANYTHING” and will be answering all additional questions that the group received. The Instagram announcement says that the goal is to “provide additional space to provide information about the LoveMore project.” You can join the live session starting at 3PM today by visiting…
Stargazers who want to take a bit of a drive can go to the Lucerne Valley Branch Library’s Observatory Inaugural Event this Saturday, September 7th from 6 to 9pm. According to the Lucerne Valley Unified School District, the library observatory is a joint project of retired NASA Astronaut Dr. Jose Hernandez and the company he founded, Tierra Luna Engineering, and the County of San Bernardino. Tierra Luna Engineering specializes in creating educational products in science and technology to…
The Town of Yucca Valley has canceled tonight’s (September 3) regularly scheduled meeting of the Town Council. The Town issued a statement saying that the meeting was canceled due to a lack of scheduled agenda items. The Yucca Valley Town Council will meet next on September 17. The City of Twentynine Palms has canceled tonight's (September 3) regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission. The City of Twentynine Palms did not provide a reason for the cancellation. The…
The Twentynine Palms Varsity Wildcats Boys Football team lost their game against Canyon Springs High School by a score of 22-40. The Wildcats next play on Thursday (September 5) at Victor Valley High School. The Yucca Valley High School Trojans hosted Rancho Christian on Saturday night (August 31). The Trojans lost 41-44. Yucca Valley High School will host Serrano High School on Friday night (September 6)
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