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WEEKS 29 AND 30 OF OPERATION HAMMER STRIKE LEADS TO THE SEIZURE OF OVER 50,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS, 8 GUNS, AND CASH
49 people were arrested, and 46 illegal marijuana grow operations countywide were shut down, including four in Twentynine Palms, one in Wonder Valley, two in Landers, and three in Joshua Tree during the twenty-ninth and thirtieth weeks of…
THIS WEEK’S TRAFFIC UPDATE: LESS WORK ON GRADES
Caltrans is continuing work on Highway 62 this week. Beginning today (March 28) through Wednesday (March 30), crews will be working on grinding and paving from Church Street to Indian Canyon Avenue going westbound from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.…
JOHNSON VALLEY SHARED USE AREA CLOSURE CHANGES
The Johnson Valley Shared Use Area will be temporarily closed to the public beginning Friday April 29, 2022 through Monday May 9, 2021 while the Marine Corps conducts critical military training in the area. Please note this is a change…
ROTARY AMUSEMENT PARK CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND IN TWENTYNINE PALMS
Come one, come all to this magnificent high-desert amusement park event at Luckie Park in Twentynine Palms. This astonishing occasion is filled with family friendly rides, games, food and is presented by the Twentynine Palms Rotary Club. This…
ONAGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONFISCATES AIR-SOFT GUN
Today (March 24) at approximately 12:45 p.m, it was brought to the administration's attention that a student at Onaga Elementary School had brought a plastic airsoft gun on campus. Staff immediately located the student and confiscated the…
HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT ENDS WITH MOTORCYCLIST KILLED
A motorcyclist was killed in a high-speed pursuit early Thursday morning. According to a CHP press release, on March 24, just after 1:30 a.m., deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department observed a blue-colored Yamaha R6…
MISSING NEWPORT WOMAN FOUND AFTER WEDNESDAY SEARCH
A missing 69-year-old woman from Newport Beach was the subject of a Wednesday (March 23) search when family members reported her missing in Yucca Valley. Sheriff’s deputies searched from the land and the sky for the woman in the Yucca Valley…
MISSING WOMAN SOUGHT, FOUND, IN YUCCA VALLEY SEARCH
UPDATE 12:25 PM 3/23/22On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 1130 hours, Detective Shaunna Ables located Judith Kee while searching the area one milesouth of Machris Park in the Town of Yucca Valley. Kee appeared to have fallen and was found in a…
TWO ARRESTED IN WONDER VALLEY AFTER POSSIBLE GETAWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT IN SAND
Two people were arrested Sunday, accused of burglary in Wonder Valley. According to a Sheriff’s press release, on March 20 deputies assigned to the Morongo Basin Station were dispatched to a burglary in progress on the 77800 block of Samarkand…
SUNDAY NIGHT FIRE IN YUCCA VALLEY DISPLACES 2, DESTROYS HOME, CLAIMS LIVES OF 3 CATS
A Yucca Valley family is working with the Red Cross following a fire that took their home and the lives of their cats. Last night (March 20) just before 11 p.m., San Bernardino County Fire crews were dispatched to a reported residential…
USDA FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN JOSHUA TREE, YUCCA VALLEY, AND LANDERS
The United States Department of Agriculture will provide assistance to families facing food insecurity with a commodities distribution at three locations around the Morongo Basin tomorrow (March 21.) The USDA will distribute free food to those…
‘PRIDE 29’ PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETS VIRTUALLY THIS WEEKEND
Twentynine Palms is gearing up for Pride 29, the citys’ first formal celebration of the LBGTQ+ community, and Morongo Basin residents are invited to join in the planning process this weekend. Reporter Heather Clisby has details… The 29 Palms…
COUNTY GRAND JURY APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN
Applications for the San Bernardino County 2023 Civil Grand Jury are now being accepted. Successful applicants will serve as Grand Jury for the 2023 calendar year beginning January 1. Gary Daigneault tells you how to apply... The Grand Jury is…
FATHER KILLED; SON ARRESTED FOR DUI IN NORTH JOSHUA TREE CRASH
A father was killed in a single-vehicle DUI crash Tuesday in Joshua Tree. According to a CHP press release, on March 15, shortly before 9 p.m., Kevin Spruell Jr., 24 of Joshua Tree, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Tracker northbound on Center…
WEEKS 27 AND 28 OF OPERATION HAMMERSTRIKE LEAD TO THE SEIZURE OF OVER 150,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS
73 people were arrested, and 53 illegal marijuana grow operations countywide were shut down, including three in Twentynine Palms, two in Landers, and one in Yucca Valley during the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth weeks of illegal marijuana grow…
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