There is a USDA Food Distribution in Twentynine Palms today, Monday May 20th from 3 to 5PM at 6450 Stardune Ave. The USDA's website incorrectly listed tomorrow for the distribution. This will be the only food distribution at this location for this week. The food is being distributed behind the church, please bring an ID. If you know someone who relies on these food distributions and may have received the wrong information on USDA's website, be sure to let them know.

Desert Dances is an evening of creative dance performance where dancers and movements artists take inspiration from our expansive landscapes to create an evening that promises to move you to your bones. The evening starts at 6:30 tomorrow when doors open at the Firehouse JT in Joshua Tree. It will feature choreography by Lucia Joyce Daisog, Jennifer Henry, Barbara Koch, Carlolyn Pennypacker Riggs, Lauren Slivosky, Alex Valdivia. Tickets will be available at the door - it’s a sliding scale from…

Join the Mojave Desert Land Trust and The Wildlands Conservancy for a free guided hike to Whitewater Preserve on Saturday, June 8th. A bus will provide free return transportation from Jacobs Park in Yucca Valley to Whitewater Preserve and snacks will be provided. Whitewater Preserve is a nature preserve owned and managed by the Wildlands Conservancy within Sand to Snow National Monument. Visitors can learn about the perennial river, striking geology, and special native plants and animals found…

The Bureau of Land Management, or BLM has elevated its seasonal fire restrictions for public lands in San Bernardino County effective next Wednesday, May 22. The Stage 1 restrictions cover public lands managed by the BLM in the hi-desert like Johnson Valley, Sunfair dry lake, and campgrounds like Sawtooth Canyon. Starting on May 22nd - Setting, building, maintaining, attending, or using open fire of any kind is prohibited, except campfires within approved fire pits and grills that are…

Residents of unincorporated areas like Landers, Flamingo Heights, the mesa, Wonder Valley, Joshua Tree and the Lucerne Valley are now eligible to receive some additional dough for spaying or neutering their cats and dogs. The vouchers are worth 100 bucks for cats and 200 dollars for dogs and go toward making sure your pet is spayed or neutered. San Bernardino County Animal Care and the Pet Over Population Coalition - or POPCO - are providing the vouchers so folks in unincorporated areas…

Listen here: The group behind a possible development in Flamingo Heights faced a skeptical but receptive crowd at the Flamingo Heights Community Center on Saturday afternoon, where they laid out their plans for a 4.4 acre commercially-zoned property located at 777 Old Woman Springs Road that would include twelve cabins, a kitchen, swimming pool and changing rooms. Nicholas Fahey and Rob Massar call the project Flamingo Blossom and described it as retreat center - and pitched it to the…