VOYAGER, a Journey cover band, is going to be rocking Tortoise Rock Casino tonight with a free show.  The show is open to everyone – small town girls living in lonely worlds, city boys from Detroit or other non-desert destinations, or just anyone who just wants to ESCAPE into a night of ROCK AND ROLL. VOYAGER starts playing at 8 tonight at Tortoise Rock Casino in Twentynine Palms – bring a chair This free concert series, called "Live at the Rock," is running every Friday and features a…

A temporary closure in Whitewater Canyon down the hill in Riverside County starts this Saturday, June 1st and stays in effect until October 31st. The BLM says its due to high fire danger in the canyon - a mixture of dry grasses from this winter’s rains and only one road in and out of the canyon, which would make a wildfire evacuation extremely difficult. According to the BLM’s Palm Springs South Coast Field office - only about 4000 of the 1.7 million acres of the public lands they manage will be…

The Yucca Valley High School Girls Soccer Booster hosted a fundraiser for the Lady Trojans Soccer Team, and they said it was a “sold out” success. The Boosters held their first Golf Masters Fundraiser Tournament on May 19, with the goal of buying new uniforms for the team. Coach Samantha Stoker said that the tournament, saw 14 teams compete at Hawks Landing Golf Course in Yucca Valley, bringing in more than $5000 from sponsors, players, and supporters.Stoker thanked the sponsors, and said…

I wanted to talk to Veterans about memorial day, so when I contacted the Commander of the Joshua Tree VFW Post 7264 about coming down and talking to them, I pictured the same guys I would see in parades where I grew up… old timers, frankly. I was a little surprised to meet two guys around my age, possibly younger now that I think about it. John Pellior is the Commander of the VFW Post 7264 - VFW stands for Veterans of Foreign Wars. It’s located right off Hwy. 62 down a small street called…

Chia are a nice native that can pop up in a yard. Let it grow and go to seed for more next year. If you are like me and have been a little lazy on some of your weeding and you will be using the long weekend to get your yard weed-free, you may want to take a closer look at the grasses and winter annuals that came up. The taller, faster growing weeds can hide baby native plants that have used the wet winter to get established. This year in my backyard, I found dozens of baby creosote bushes…

An update from the Society of the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep. They are going to be doing a water haul to the Kerr Big Game Guzzler in the Mojave National Preserve on Saturday, June 1st. They need as many 4x4 vehicles as possible that can carry a large water cube. They are also in need of volunteers to help lay hose and man the pumps. Scott Gibson of the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep says that The Kerr Guzzler did collect water this last season, however, a catastrophic failure…

Mosquitos are a relatively “new” issue in southern california, with wetter winters giving the water-borne pests more spots to breed. Luckily the San Bernardino County Mosquito and Vector Control Program (or MVC) is here to protect the public health by controlling these pests, reducing the risk of diseases like West Nile virus and the plague. The MVC conducts inspections and treatment of water sources here in San Bernardino County to control mosquito breeding or any other diseases that may become…

You have probably seen them around town or in your neighborhood: little free libraries have been popping up in the last few years offering free books and other fun items to neighbors and passerbyers. Having a little library filled with books in your neighborhood can help give kids and adults access to reading material they may not normally find. You can make them out of a lot of different things - some are charmingly cute custom built enclosures, while others have repurposed things like old…