The Yucca Valley Airport Board meets tonight at 6:30 P.M. in the Joshua Tree Room of the Y.V. Community Center. Among items of interest, the Airport Board will discuss and Up coming inspection by the State of California, K&N Aircraft Maintenance & Gemni Welding default of payment and unauthorized vehicle dismantling. There will be an opportunity for Public Comments.

Lifestream will conduct a Community blood drive in Yucca Valley tomorrow. Blood wil be taken at the Yucca Valley Town Center Mall from 3 to 7 p.m. Donors receive Gift of Life Donor Loyalty Points that may be redeemed in the online store at www.LStream.org. College students may enter to win $2,500 toward second semester tuition. Healthy individuals at least 15 years of age may donate blood. All prospective donors should be free of infections or illness, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not be at…

If you would like to have some fun helping out at Theatre 29, but don't necessarily want to be on stage, the all-volunteer community theater group is recruiting backstage help. Managing Editor Tami Roleff puts out the call... In addition to the many volunteers that appear on the Theatre 29 stage there are the many hard working volunteers who work behind the scenes, building sets and props, changing out the scenes, helping with costumes, running sound and lights, and more. Anyone who would…

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors reduced their benefits by nearly 40 percent yesterday, making board member compensation comparable to Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties and saving taxpayers more than $240,000 a year. According to a county press release, Supervisors eliminated several types of benefits currently provided to members of the board, including their retirement pickups, contributions toward 401(k) and 457(b) savings plans, and medical expense reimbursements. A…

The Bighorn Desert View Water Agency met in a special session last night. Reporter Mike Lipsitz says they appointed a new Board member and finally approved a long-awaited water agreement... At last night's special meeting of the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency Board, Directors interviewed three candidates and appointed Dennis Staley, a retired educator and 18-year resident of Landers, to fill the open board seat. Also last night, the Board gave its approval to the Ames/Reche Groundwater…

A Yucca Valley man is behind bars after steel knuckles were found in his possession. According to a Sheriff's report, dispatch received a call about 9:45 Sunday night about 1989 Volvo almost sideswiping another car in the area of Pueblo Drive and Borrego Trail in Yucca Valley. The Volvo's driver, later identified as Tommy Marquez, 27, got out of his car and started walking toward the car he almost sideswiped, which is when the driver called police. A few minutes later a deputy located…

A Twentynine Palms parolee was arrested early Tuesday morning for possessing marijuana and ammunition. During a security check of a business in the 73600 block of 29 Palms Highway in Twentynine Palms about 1:30 Tuesday morning, a Sheriff's deputy noticed the business had been broken into. An investigation led the deputy to the home of Darkise Gorman, 28, of the 6500 block of Smoke Tree. After determining that Gorman was on parole, the deputy conducted a search of the residence looking for…

A minor traffic accident in Twentynine Palms sent two people to the hospital yesterday afternoon and resulted in the arrest of a Twentynine Palms man. Shortly after 5 p.m. Charles Little, 53, was making a left turn from southbound Lupine Avenue onto eastbound Highway 62, when he pulled out in front of a westbound SUV being driven westbound on the highway and broadsided the SUV. Little suffered a severe cut to his head, and the driver of the SUV suffered minor injuries. Both Little and the woman…

The Twentynine Palms City Council met last night with a busy agenda. Reporter Dan Stork breaks his report into two parts. Today, accessory structures and a pedestrian walkway. Tomorrow, Project Phoenix and the redevelopment agency... The Twentynine Palms City Council began its meeting with an appreciation of Steve Whitten's year of service on the Planning Commission. The Council then turned to a reconsideration of a code amendment on accessory structures. The Planning Commission had…

A visiting mountain lion brought a state game warden to the Flamingo Heights area Monday. Residents said the big cat, thought to be an adult female at about 90 pounds, took a rest under a pick-up truck at a residence. After about an hour, a game warden, state biologist, and Sheriff's deputy were able to flush the cat out from under the truck and back out into the open desert.