Local CHP and Sheriff's deputies will be on maximum DUI enforcement this weekend. The Fourth of July is one of the deadliest holidays of the year due to alcohol-impaired driving crashes. The state's DUI task force is stepping up enforcement efforts to catch and arrest impaired drivers who put themselves and others at risk. The Sheriff will staff extra DUI units through Saturday. Remember, if you drink, don't drive.

Three people were arrested early Monday morning after a Twentynine Palms resident reported seeing headlights at a vacant home. According to a Sheriff's report, a resident in the 2900 block of Bluegrass Avenue, saw headlights and a vehicle in a neighbor's driveway. After verifying with the homeowner that no one was supposed to be at the home, the neighbor called the Sheriff shortly before 3:30 Monday morning. When a deputy arrived, four suspects fled in a vehicle that was later…

On June 30, the San Bernardino County Probation Department deployed the final seven Probation Officers to be stationed at law enforcement agencies as a result of AB 109, the State Prison Realignment Plan. This brings the total number of Probation Officers assigned to work directly at police departments and Sheriff's substations to twenty-five. The Probation Department will hire in excess of one hundred new officers as a result of AB 109 Realignment, and will assign them to different aspects…

"Seussical the Musical" has completed the first weekend of its five-week run at Theatre 29. Managing Editor Tami Roleff reviews the kid-friendly musical... Theatre 29's "Seussical, the Musical" brings out the kids in all of us. Director Gary Daigneault and musical director Bill Barrett have done an outstanding job of putting on this kid-oriented musical. "Seussical" is like a mad dash through several Dr. Seuss books. Chris Fleischman's Cat in the Hat…

Investigation by San Bernardino County Fire Investigators and Fire Prevention Officers on random days during the months of June and July resulted in confiscation of 7,750 pounds of illegal, dangerous fireworks, and two felony arrests have been made. The two felony arrests occurred at the Yermo Agricultural Inspection Station on southbound I-15, where investigators confiscated 3,950 pounds of illegal fireworks from a U-Haul box van. The interdiction task force also confiscated fireworks from a…

A federal jury in Southern California has convicted a former U.S. Marine of illegally possessing a chrome-plated AK-47 that may have once belonged to a member of Saddam Hussein's royal guard. Assistant U.S. Attorney Allen Chiu said in a statement Tuesday that 40-year-old Joel Cleve Miller, of Twentynine Palms, was found guilty last week of illegally possessing a machine gun. Miller was not convicted of transporting the weapon from Iraq. Weapons experts determined the gun was from Iraq,…

A Joshua Tree man was arrested after an argument with his girlfriend turned physical. According to a Sheriff's report, Benjamin Monroy, 21, was arguing with his girlfriend near Park Drive and Commercial Street in Joshua Tree when his girlfriend said he choked her and scratched her neck. After an investigation, Benjamin Monroy was arrested on suspicion of felony spouse abuse, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $50,000.

A Wonder Valley man was found dead next to his off-road vehicle Friday evening after he was reported missing. Sheriff's deputies were notified Friday morning at 11:20 that Michael Casseaux, 50, was not returning calls or phone calls after drinking all night and leaving his child with a friend. Deputies responded to his residence in the 7000 block of Oleander at about noon Friday. Shortly after 7:00 pm, deputies located Michael Casseaux lying next to his red quad in the open desert about 200…

Friday Night Teen Tennis kicks off July 6, 6:30 to 9 p.m., at Jacobs Park, Yucca Valley, and runs each Friday evening through August 24. The informal program features summer tennis fun with friends under the lights with jock jams and pizza. No pre-registration is required. Just show up. A small donation for pizza is requested.

The City of Twentynine Palms Recreation Department and Charlie Blaauw "Dutchie," a former soccer pro from the Netherlands is offering a four-day soccer camp for girls and boys ages 6 to17, July 9 through 12, from 8 to 11 a.m. in Luckie Park. Participants will learn passing and receiving, turning away from pressure, dribbling, shooting, goal-keeping and tactical techniques. The registration fee is $75 per child which includes a camp T-shirt, ice cream party and four days of instruction.…