After a summer break, the Twentynine Palms Public Cemetery District Board of Trustees meets for their regular monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon. The Board will receive overviews of their finances and cemetery staff operations. The public is invited to tomorrow’s meeting which will be held at 4:30 p.m. at the Cemetery District, located at 5350 Encelia Ave.
The Yucca Valley Art Walk features the many galleries of Yucca Valley opening their doors to the public, with many debuting new work or new shows. Star Tile is inviting everyone to come "get dirty" by playing with and making their own tile from 5 p.m. to 9p.m. To facilitate creativity, beer and wine will be available. Goat Mountain Co. debuts a sculptural show curated by Anna Stump called "Hand Carved in the Hi Dez," featuring carved artwork from Abe Delcerda, Chirs Barber,…
A Morongo Valley man out of prison on bail was arrested again for investigation into drug and weapon charges. On Wednesday (August 14) at around 8 a.m. County Sheriff's deputies served a search warrant at a house in the 49000 block of Visnaga Ave. in Morongo Valley. Deputies report finding Lisa Hoffman, 69, and Dawn Carter, 51 inside of the house. Deputies say that Hoffman was found to be in possession of approximately one ounce of methamphetamine and packaging materials. They report that…
A number of hi-desert artists will be selling their work at an "Artists Indoor Swap Meet" this weekend. Starting Friday at 12 noon and running until 6 p.m., local artists and vendors will be selling two dimensional and three-dimensional art, along with what they are calling "gently used" art supplies on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit the indoor swap meet at Hi-Desert Artists Center located on Twentynine Palms Highway at the corner of Geronimo in Yucca Valley.
The Friends of the Joshua Tree Branch Library will be hosting a blowout book sale on August 17th from 9-3. All books and DVD's will be 50 cents each with children's books will be free with a limit of 10 books per child. The Joshua Tree Branch Library is located at 6465 Park Blvd. on block North of Highway 62. All proceeds help fund programs at the Joshua Tree Branch Library.
The Twentynine Palms High School Ladycats volleyball team hosted the Aztecs of Palm Desert last night and lost in three. Senior Jayde James was big at the net with eight touches. Freshman Eva Tili was also big at the net with seven touches and four kills. Senior Jenica Silvas played solid defense with eight digs, one solo block and had two kills for the cats. Sophomore Vivian Grunt had six digs and two kills. Junior Cambria Schneider had five digs. Senior Violet Tucker and Sophomore Seniyah…
After extending the deadline to file with the county, the candidates running for open seats on the Twentynine Palms City Council and Morongo Valley Community Services District have been announced. Twentynine Palms City staff provided Z107.7 with a list of candidates running for City Council Districts 1 and 2: In District 1, incumbent council member and current mayor Steven Bilderain is running against challenger Carrie Williams. In District 2, current council member Joel Klink announced that he…
Long time Twentynine Palms resident Mary Rosenthal celebrated her 90th birthday this past week with a party and a fundraiser for Reach Out Morongo Basin. To help celebrate her nine decades of life - family and friends donated $1300 to the Neighbors-Helping-Neighbors organization in her honor. Reach Out Twentynine says that Mrs. Rosenthal and her daughter's Mary and Kathe made a surprise visit to the Senior Center and presented the donation jar to Reach Out Morongo Basin executive director…
The Yucca Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting a mixer today, and everyone is invited. Business owners, independent operators, and members of the community are invited to the event to meet new chamber members and celebrate retiring chamber members at today's lunch mixer, which will be held at Black Bear Diner from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. The cost to attend is $25 and includes lunch.
UPDATED August 13, 4 p.m.: During the investigation, deputies identified Ulysses Gamboa, a 23 year-old resident of Yucca Valley as the suspect and sought a warrant for his arrest. Earlier today (August 13), deputies report Gamboa was taken into custody in Desert Hot Springs, without incident. Ulysses Gamboa arrested for investigation into attempted murder and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail on $1,000,000 bail. Detectives are asking the public for information about a stabbing at the Yucca…
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