TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGH SCHOOL BEATS YUCCA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday the Twentynine Palms High School Girls Varsity Basketball team took a two-game lead with only three games to go in the De Anza League by winning the game against Yucca Valley at home by the score of 55-to-35. Erin Stanford had 8 points, 10 assists, 12 rebounds, and 5 steals. Rosa Graham had 15 points, including 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. Johnette Brown had 11 points, 8 rebounds,…

PARENTS INVITED TO VISIT LA CONTENTA MIDDLE SCHOOL TOMORROW La Contenta Middle School invites parents to visit for their monthly Parent Visitation Day tomorrow. Parents may come for all day or part of the day. Parents may also stay for lunch. The school hours are 7:15 -1:50. Seventh grade lunch is at 10:16 and eighth grade lunch is at 11:48. Principal Garrett Gruwell reminds parents to check in at the office and get a Visitor's Pass. Parent Visitation Days will be held throughout the school…

CASH FOR COLLEGE WORKSHOP AT YVHS TOMORROW NIGHT Yucca Valley High School students and their parents are encouraged to attend the Cash for College workshop tomorrow, Wednesday, February 1, at 6 p.m. in the high school library. Students can learn about completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA, and applying for financial aid for college. One Yucca Valley High School student can qualify for a $1000 scholarship just by attending. For more information, see Mrs. Thompson.

TWENTYNINE PALMS PLANNING COMMISSION IN SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT The Twentynine Palms Planning Commissioners meet in a special session tonight. Reporter Derwood Andrews tells us why... A special meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight at City Hall, for the Twentynine Palms Planning Commission. Called to expedite the recommendations on the General Plan to the City Council, when the review is complete. Maybe tonight's study session will be the last word.

20TH ANNUAL HEALTHY HEARTS RUN, FAMILY WALK SET FOR FEBRUARY 11 Personal health and fitness are the theme of the 20th annual Healthy Hearts 5K Run and Family Health Walk scheduled for Saturday, February 11. The event will start at 8 a.m. sharp, rain or shine. With moderate elevation changes, the 3.1 mile course offers a challenging trek through the neighborhoods and open areas of Yucca Valley's scenic Sky Harbor area. The event begins and ends at Machris Park, on Santa Barbara Driver. Race…

COOK BILL WOULD TO RESTORE COUNTY JAIL FUNDING State Assemblyman Paul Cook, the former Mayor of Yucca Valley, has introduced a bill to restore jail funding to the County. Reporter Dan Stork takes a closer look at the legislation... Assemblyman Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) has introduced AB 1556 to restore $16 million in jail funding to San Bernardino County by the end of 2012. Previously, legislation was passed that required counties that had received state construction funding for jails to give…

FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN YUCCA VALLEY TOMORROW The Santa Fe Clubhouse in Yucca Valley will be holding their monthly food distribution tomorrow, Wednesday, February 1st, at 3 p.m. It is first come first served. They will be distributing the food at the back of the building where there is adequate parking. They suggest that you bring water and dress according to the weather. Please take in consideration that there are no public bathrooms. The food distribution is for any individual or family…

A PROGRESS REPORT ON Y.V. SUPER WAL-MART & DOLLAR GENERAL Just what is going on with the Yucca Valley Super Wal-mart and Dollar General stores? Funny you should ask, Managing Editor Tami Roleff said the town just got an update... The Yucca Valley Planning Commission was given a progress report on the Super Walmart and Dollar General stores at its meeting Tuesday night. According to Deputy Town Manager Shane Stueckle, the Super Walmart has submitted its grading and off-site improvement plans,…

OVER 15,000 AFFECTED BY LOCAL POWER OUTAGE LAST NIGHT Thousands of Morongo Basin residents were without power for about an hour yesterday evening. Southern California Edison reports that at 6:42 p.m. Monday, about 7,200 homes and businesses—over 15,000 people—from Morongo Valley to Wonder Valley and some parts of Landers, were without power until 7:35 p.m. Some isolated areas were without power longer. The Morongo Valley Fire Department reports that a transfer switch at Canyon House Road and…

LANTERN STARTS FIRE DURING POWER OUTAGE And in a related story, during last night's power outage, a resident on Sunflower in the Sunfair area of Joshua Tree, brought a gas lantern into the house about 7 p.m. Shortly after, the vapors from the lantern caught fire. The resident managed to bring the lantern over to the kitchen sink, at which time the overhead sprinklers in the kitchen started going off. Due to the sprinklers, the fire was out by the time that Joshua Tree firefighters arrived…