Morongo Basin Senior Support Center on Sunnyslope Drive in Yucca Valley will hold an open house this week, July 16-20. Between 9 and 2, tours of the facility as well as free classes are offered to see what they offer. Warm Water exercise as well as land exercise and much more. Call for details 760- 365-9661.

An artists' supply store in Joshua Tree will be moving at the end of the month. Assignment reporter Corrisa Evans gets out her brushes to paint us a picture with the details... Donation=Creation will be closed the last week of July to move to its new location at the Joshua Tree Chamber of Commerce, but before that, they are holding a summer moving sale of 20 percent off all donated and gently used items through the month of July. Donation=Creation will reopen at thie new location on August…

The Los Angeles-based Cadiz Company released the final environmental impact report for its proposed Mojave Desert water pipeline on Friday. Cadiz proposes to build a 43-mile pipeline connecting an underground water source, about 50 miles southwest of Needles, to the Colorado River Aqueduct. The project's backers say the pipeline will allow them to deliver 50,000 acre feet of water annually to Southern California's cities and suburbs. The Rancho Santa Margarita Water District in Orange…

An 8th Congressional District candidate who finished third in the June primary ended a recount he had requested. Philip Liberatore of Lake Arrowhead brought the 24-precinct recount to a halt just three hours after it began Friday morning, said county Registrar Mike Scarpello. Officials at the San Bernardino County Registrar's Office had gotten through six precincts before Liberatore ended the recount, held at Liberatore's expense. Friday's recount cost Liberatore $11,335 and would…

Blood drive will be held tomorrow afternoon in Pioneeertown. Managing editor Tami Roleff rolls up her sleeve... Lifestream will conduct a community blood drive in Pioneertown Tuesday, July 17. Blood donations will be taken at Pioneertown Post Office, from 10 to 2 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…

Sharp eyes and a good memory by a Sheriff's sergeant led to the arrest of at least two people suspected in an armed robbery in Morongo Valley in April. Early Thursday morning, Sergeant Trevis Newport was patrolling in Yucca Valley when he saw a car, belonging to people suspected of being involved in the robbery, drive westbound on the highway. Sergeant Newport followed the car and made a felony traffic stop near Ramona Trail in Morongo Valley. Newport, assisted by Deputy Mike Abel, pulled…

The State is changing the age requirements for children entering kindergarten. In order to prepare students for entering school, a new program, Transitional Kindergarten, is being offered for children who will turn five years old in the fall. Reporter Dan Stork has more information about registering your child for this new program... The Morongo Unified School District will be offering a transitional kindergarten program this coming school year. Students who are eligible for this program are…

One man was arrested after a shooting incident in Yucca Valley Friday Night. Sheriff's Sergeant Richard Hutchens said deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the area of El Dorado and Barron at about 11 p.m. Deputies contacted Douglas Hiday, 29, who told them he had been in a fight with several individuals there. He said he ran into his house and retrieved a handgun and then fired three shots into the ground. Investigation revealed no evidence of the other men present and Douglas…

Two men were stabbed and one arrested after what Sheriff's investigators described as a brawl in the parking lot of the Twentynine Palms Denny's restaurant early Saturday morning. Sergeant Richard Hutchens said deputies responded to reports of a fight and stabbing at 3:11 a.m. to find a Marine, who has not been identified, with stab wounds to his chest. Witnesses said the suspect had fled on a motorcycle. Deputies pursued two motorcycles, one which fled while the other pulled over to…

The California Highway Patrol reports that this weekend's storms have closed Highway 62 east of Twentynine Palms, from Godwin Road to Highway 177. Contractors have started repairing the road and it's hoped the road will be opened tomorrow.