Joshua Tree Community United Methodist Church will provide a free Community Breakfast Buffet Saturday morning from 9-10 a.m. Clothing, shoes, coats and blankets are free to those in need as supplies last. The community is invited. The church is located at 6213 East Parkway in Joshua Tree.

We continue to introduce you to the 12 candidates for this year's Miss Yucca Valley pageant set for February 4th, Today, Manaing Editor Tami Roleff talks with Kiarra Mora... Today we visit with Kiarra Mora, a junior who at Yucca Valley High School and a candidate for Miss Yucca Valley. Hi, Kiarra. Tell us, who is the prominent woman interviewed, and what you have learned... My prominent lady is Kari Grimes from the Morongo Basin Senior Support Center. She's so nice and I've…

This is that last weekend to see the works of Sharon Costa and David McChesney at the 29 Palms Art Gallery. Reporter Mike Lipsitz has the artists' background... The 29 Palms Art Gallery is exhibiting the paintings of Sharon Costa in the Main Gallery, and nature and wildlife photography by David McChesney in the West Gallery through January 29. Sharon Costa, a docent volunteer with the gallery and gift shop for many years, is showing acrylic paintings on canvas and on pine biscuits of…

Twenty-one participants performed in front of a live audience and three musicians were selected to represent the Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley Sunset and Twentynine Palms Rotary Clubs at the Rotary International District 5330 Music Competition last Saturday night at the Blak Box Theater in Joshua Tree. This year's Rotary finalists are violinist Hannah Yaghoubian from Rancho Mirage, pianist Jubilee Bosch from Twentynine Palms, and vocalist Ciera Zartler from Yucca Valley. In addition, the…

Action Council of Twentynine Palms will unveil their latest wine label this Sunday. Reporter Lenore Roberts says the public is invited... The members of Action Council for Twentynine Palms will unveil their 2012 sparkling wine, featuring the "Spirit of Mara" collector's label, on Sunday, January 29, from noon to 2 p.m. at the 29 Palms Inn. The label was inspired by the stunning "Spirit of Mara" mural, which portrays a Native American woman giving thanks for the Oasis of…

"Jake's Women" continues its very successful run at Theatre 29 through February 11. Director Butch Pelfrey and his talented cast are leaving audiences delighted and garnering rave reviews. In "Jake's Women," America's premier comic playwright, Neil Simon, makes another hilarious foray into the world of modern relationships. Jake, a novelist who is more successful with fiction than with real life, faces a marital crisis by daydreaming about the women in his…

State Assemblyman Paul Cook, from Yucca valley, has introduced legislation to fight overregulation and wasteful spending. Reporter Dan Stork has details... Republican Assemblyman Paul Cook from Yucca Valley has introduced two new bills. He claims that if they are enacted, they would "fight overregulation and wasteful government spending." When a state agency proposes a regulation, it is already required to assess the adverse economic impact of the regulation in terms of job creation…

The Combat Center will have another power outage Monday. The power outage will begin at 8:30 Monday night and is scheduled to last until 6:30 a.m Tuesday. However, Southern California Edison warns that its work may not be completed by 6:30 a.m., and so all base personnel and residents on the base should be prepared to be without power for more than 10 hours. Power to non-essential areas of the base between 1st and 9th Streets will start to be shut down starting at 3 p.m. as crews prepare for the…

The Yucca Valley Town Council will look at the job City Manager Mark Nuaimi is doing tomorrow, Reporter Tami Roleff says the meeting is behind closed doors... The Yucca Valley Town Council will hold a special closed session meeting at 8:30 tomorrow, in the Town Hall Conference Room. On the agenda, the Council will hold a performance evaluation of the Town Manager, Mark Nuaimi.

Sketchy details about a chain-reaction traffic accident that tied up Highway 62 for more than an hour yesterday. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Levi Miller, the CHP believes that a male rider on a Yamaha V-Star motorcycle, traveling westbound on the highway about 3 p.m., either rear-ended a big rig trailer, or somehow got tangled up in the back of the trailer. The driver of the big rig didn't realize he had a motorcycle stuck to the back of his trailer and kept going. At…