The next scheduled clean up for the Joshua Tree Clean Team is tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. at the Joshua Tree Library There will be trash bags, grabber sticks, gloves and water available for the use of the volunteers. Everyone is encouraged to come and help combat the litter problem. The group will meet afterwards at Park Rock Cafe. For more information call 760-366-8415.

The Bighorn Desert View Water Agency Board meets in regular session tonight. Public comment on placing tax liens on delinquent accounts will be held. Reporter Mike Lipsitz looks at the agenda... The Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency Board of Directors meets tonight in regular session beginning at 6 p.m. As usual, the meeting will take place at Agency offices on Cherokee Trail in Landers. A public hearing is scheduled near the top of tonight's meeting for the purpose of taking public comment…

Desert Blood Services will conduct two community blood drives in the Morongo Basin Wednesday, July 25. Blood donations will be taken at Hi-Desert Medical Center, from 10 to 2 and at Vons in Yucca Valley from 2 to 6 p.m. Donors will receive incentives and Gift of Life Donor Loyalty points. Healthy individuals at least 15 years old may donate blood. All prospective donors should be free of infections or illness, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not be at risk for AIDS or hepatitis. Donors receive a…

The on-again, off-again, off-again purchase of the Blue Skies Country Club by Hi-Desert Water District is off again. In a questionable closed emergency meeting called with just one hour public notice, the board took a pass on the property. Managing Editor Tami Roleff has details... After a special emergency closed session meeting last night, called with just an hour's notice, the Hi-Desert Water District announced that the District is not going to pursue purchasing the Blue Skies Country…

Driving 50 miles per hour over the speed limit through residential streets in Yucca Valley will get you arrested. According to a Sheriff's report, on Saturday evening about 10:40 p.m., Christopher Green, 23, of Yucca Valley, was driving 90 miles per hour southbound on Sage Avenue, which is posted with a speed limit of 40 miles per hour. The deputy reports that Green blew by two pedestrians walking on the shoulder at 90 miles per hour and drove through a stop sign at Sage and Onaga Trail at…

Three Yucca Valley residents were arrested Saturday evening on outstanding warrants. According to Sergeant Jason Radeleff, deputies went to a home in the 56500 block of Antelope Trail about 5 p.m. Saturday to serve outstanding warrants for arrests. The deputies found methamphetamine, marijuana, and prescription pills. Arrested were Tyler Albert, 29, for investigation of resisting arrest resulting in great bodily injury. Tyler Albert was cited and released at the scene. Eric Danielson, 26, and…

The Twentynine Palms City council meets in regular session tonight in closed and open session. A busy session includes the takeover of the fire department by the County. Reporter Dan Stork checks the agenda... Before the regular Twentynine Palms City Council meeting on July 24, a reception for retiring Sheriff's Department Captain Donnie Miller will run concurrently with a closed session of the Council, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The closed session will deal with a case of potential litigation,…

A Yucca Valley man is behind bars, and deputies are searching for his accomplice, in a brutal strong arm robbery in Yucca Valley Saturday afternoon. According to a Sheriff's report, a man was walking near Pima Trail and Church Street to pawn a television when he was sucker punched by an unidentified assailant. The accomplice, Marcus Corona, 18, repeatedly kicked the victim while he lay on the ground. The two suspects then fled the scene, but Corona was located near Highway 62 and Airway…

The Yucca Valley Santanas Restaurant was held up at gunpoint early Monday morning. Sheriff's records show at about 3:30 a.m., two men entered the restaurant at 56547 29 Palms Highway, brandishing guns. They took $213 from the cash registers and then fled out through the back door. No one was injured and Sheriff's detectives are still investigating the robbery.

The Yucca Valley Town Council will meet in a special session tonight. Among the routines items, the Council will hold a public hearing on a proposed 1 percent sales tax for the November ballot. Managing editor Tami Roleff takes a close look... The Yucca Valley Planning Commission meeting for tonight has been canceled. Instead, the Yucca Valley Town Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. in the Yucca Room of the Community Center. The meeting will start with a recognition of employee of the…