A Twentynine Palms man who was convicted of domestic battery in May was arrested Monday—for domestic battery. According to a Sheriff's report, a woman called the Sheriff's department about 10:20 Monday morning saying Michael Carreon, 20, tackled her when she tried to leave a home in the 74300 block of Chemehuevi Drive. The woman asked for a deputy to keep the peace while she collected her things to leave. After an investigation, Michael Carreon was arrested for investigation of…

After a high-speed chase through neighborhoods, a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon resulted in the arrest of a Twentynine Palms woman for failure to yield and a felony warrant. About 4:45 yesterday, a deputy attempted to stop Tina Louise Maurer, 33, for broken tail lights near Mesquite Springs Road and Highway 62. According to Sheriff's Sergeant Jason Radeleff, Maurer fled northbound on Mesquite Springs Road at a high rate of speed and blowing through stop signs. When Maurer attempted to…

A pair of earthquakes, the first moderate and the second small, just one minute apart, rattled the communities of the Morongo Basin today. According to the USGS, the first 3.9 magnitude temblor struck at 10:54 this morning, the second, a 2.6, hit at 10:55. The twin quakes were felt as a sharp jolt followed my a rolling motion at the Z107.7 studios in Joshua Tree, they were centered 2 miles and 3 miles respectively SSE of Yucca Valley. There were no reports of damages or injury.

The popular and free workshop pruning workshop will be offered in Yucca Valley Saturday. Reporter Derwood Andrew gets out his clippers... If you enjoy your roses and want to get the best advice on when and how to prune, join local expert Mike Branning from Unique Landscape and Cactus Nursery, on Saturday, January 14, at 11 in the morning. Meeting at the rose garden next to the Hi-Desert Nature Museum, with your gloves and pruning shears, Mike will walk you through the steps with professional…

Yucca Valley High School and Charlie Blaauw, "Dutchie," a former soccer pro from the Netherlands, are offering a four-day soccer camp for girls and boys ages 6 to17, July 16 through 19, from 8 to 11 a.m. each day in at the high school field. Participants will learn passing and receiving, turning away from pressure, dribbling, shooting, goal-keeping and tactical techniques. The registration fee is $70 for the entire week and a portion of the proceeds will help support the Yucca Valley…

The longtime, popular librarian at the Yucca Valley Library is retiring. Reporter Dan Stork wises Lynda Grove the best... Longtime Yucca Valley Librarian Lynda Grove retired last month. Lynda went back to college after her four children were in school, and graduated from college in 1986. She started working as a part time Library Assistant at Yucaipa Library, to make extra money to fund study for a Masters Degree in Anthropology. But she found that she loved the library, so when the opportunity…

The Twentynine Palms Public Cemetery District Board of Trustees is looking for a volunteer to fill a vacancy on its five-member board. To be a member, one must reside within the Cemetery District and have a desire to serve the community in this capacity. A Board member is recommended by the local Board to the County Board of Supervisors for appointment to a four-year term. Contact the cemetery office 760-367-9316 for information or forward a letter of intent to be a Cemetery Trustee to 5350…

The Yucca Valley Airport Board will meet in regular session tonight at 6:30 pm at the Joshua Tree Room of the Yucca Valley Community Center. On the agenda is discussion and vote on runway improvements and estimates completed by the Yucca Valley Airport Corporation – Yucca Valley Airport District. The board will also discuss a Public Finance Assessment and Bond issue.

The County Board of Supervisors eliminated a provision in the Development Code that required property and business owners to pay for major paving projects when they applied for relatively minor additions or alterations to their property. A county spokesman said there have been several instances recently in which non-profits, businesses and homeowners have been required to pay for major road paving projects along the length of their property. This will free residents and businesses from the…

Local residents have all heard the stories about the vast underground rivers under our desert. The Mojave Water agency will offer a special speaker to learn more about them. Reporter Lenore Roberts tells you how to sign up for the presentation... There have been some interesting and often amazing stories about vast underground rivers in the Mojave Desert. However, one question remains: Are they true? Come join speaker Anna Garcia to discuss the legends and stories behind these wild tales of…