Caltrans is alerting the traveling public that the National Weather Service has announced the start of Monsoon Weather Season, which continues through September 30th. Gary Daigneault joins us with these Monsoon safety tips…
Planning to hike, climb, or cycle in this hot weather? Joshua Tree National Park has issued some important safety tips. Gary Daigneault tells you how to plan to stay safe….
Southern California Edison will be on the Up Close Show this Friday - answering questions about grid updates, outages, and other power-related topics.
A Joshua Tree man was placed under arrest after deputies say he locked his male victim into a residence, assaulted him, and then held him at gunpoint. According to a Sheriff’s Press release, on Sunday (July 10) at about 7:45am, Deputies responded to the 6400 block of Valley View St. in Joshua Tree and contacted the Victim who had been locked in, assaulted, and held at knifepoint. The Victim, who told deputies the assault was over owed money, saw an opportunity to escape and ran out of the…
Momentum is building to create a new national monument in the portion of the Colorado Desert in Eastern Riverside County where tribal ancestral homelands are under threat. Bordering the southern edge of Joshua Tree National Park, the proposed national monument will expand wilderness areas and designate a new wild and scenic river to preserve a portion of Mission Creek as a year-round desert water source. The monument will help to ensure connectivity for wildlife and also protect recreation…
Health officials are recommending people wear masks indoors in closed settings, especially when there's poor ventilation, “I strongly recommend that actually everybody wear masks indoors in closed settings, especially when there's poor ventilation, while transmission levels are high,” said Doctor Erica Pan with the California Department of Public Health. The new Omicron subvariants of Omicron, B.4 and B.5, will probably become the dominant variant in California in the coming weeks, Dr.…
If it seems like half the people you know have come down with COVID-19 recently, you’re not alone. Southern California is in the midst of a sustained wave of coronavirus cases that has been building since the spring, and with two new wildly contagious variants bursting onto the scene, the wave is showing no signs of ending. They’re actually subvariants of omicron, the strain that caused last winter’s huge surge. They don’t necessarily cause more severe disease, the difference is that they’re…
There is a serious need for blood donors in the wake of Covid-19. Lifestream is putting out a call for blood donors and your help getting the blood supply back up to a healthy level. Lifestream will be holding a blood drive in Yucca Valley at the Center for Healthy Generations on Saturday, July 9 between 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Donors must be at least 15 years old and everyone under 17 must have written parental consent. Link: Schedule an appointment at LifeStream
One measure seeks to codify the right to access abortion into the state's Constitution. Abortion in the state is currently tied to privacy rights, and proponents fear that, after the United States Supreme Court's recent rulings, abortion access could be challenged in state courts. Two measures focus on sports betting at the state's Native American-operated casinos and horse racing tracks as well as via electronic devices. One measure seeks to ensure that a full 1% of the…
After numerous citizen complaints and media pressure, the County said it is finally taking steps towards fulfilling its obligations on Section 6 in Joshua Tree. The 605-acre parcel, bisected by a dirt portion of Onaga Trail East of Quail Springs Road, has turned into an unregulated, wild-west ad hoc campground, climbing, off-road vehicle and open play area. In June of 2016, the County Board of Supervisors deeded the property to the Joshua Tree CSA 20, a County Special District, for use as a…
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