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Breaking Bread Ministry in Twentynine Palms is serving up a free meal and fellowship tomorrow from 3 to 5 at the Little Church of the Desert Community Hall. On the menu is chili, cornbread, and dessert. The meal is prepared and served up by the…

Joshua Tree Community United Methodist Church will provide a free community breakfast buffet tomorrow and every Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m.. Clothing, shoes, coats and blankets are free to those in need as supplies last. The community is…

Tomorrow is the first Saturday breakfast at the Copper Mountain Mesa Community Association on Winters Road in North Joshua Tree. Breakfast is served from 8 to 11 and is still only $4.50 per person. Friendly volunteer neighbors dish up eggs,…

The Joshua Tree Veterans of Foreign Wars is serving up fish and shrimp tonight from 4 to 6 at its post at 6402 Veterans Way. Sunday breakfast is chicken fried steak from 8 to 11. And don't forget Taco Wednesday from 11 to 1.

A new exhibition opens tomorrow at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum in Yucca Valley. Reporter Derwood Andrews invites you to an exhibition on body art called, "Beauty and Culture..." A new temporary exhibition on Body Art, runs from now…

A meeting of the Cactus Sewables Quilt Guild will take place this Monday, January 9, in the Yucca Room of the Yucca Valley Community Center. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.; meeting begins promptly at 1:00 p.m. Highlight for the afternoon will be the…

Morongo Basin residents responded to a question we asked on the Z107.7 Facebook page, Morongo Basin Broadcasting. With the New Year, we asked our thousands of friends what they would like to see most in our desert communities. Among the most…

The cold weather is bringing cold critters into your home, and they can bring disease. Reporter Lenore Roberts said County Vector Control Department is offering ways to prevent yourself... It is important for the health of your family and pets…

The Morongo Basin finally has its first baby of the New Year. Noelani Valencia Leopoldo was born Wednesday, January 4, at 10:32 p.m. Her proud parents are Brenda Estrada and Daniel Leopoldo of Joshua Tree. Noelani weighs 6 pounds, 15 ounces and…

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Thursday evening, just 8 miles south of Joshua Tree, 9 miles south-southeast of Yucca Valley, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:47 p.m. at a relatively shallow depth of 3.7…

Coming up in high school sports tomorrow, the Yucca Valley High School Trojan soccer team travels to Desert Hot Springs. The girls' game starts at 3:15; the boys start at 5 p.m. The Twentynine Palms High School Wildcat soccer teams travel…

The Hi-Desert Nature museum will be featuring magnetism at its Science Saturday event this weekend. Reporter Derwood Andrews, himself a magnetic personality, files this report... We all know what a magnet is, right? But try explaining what it…

The California Retired Teacher' Association meets this month on January 13 at the Helen Gray Educational Complex in Joshua Tree beginning at 10 a.m. Cheryl Erickson will be the featured speaker describing Building a Library in Uganda. All…

Through January 29, enjoy the paintings of Sharon Costa in the Main Gallery and photography by David McChesney in the West Gallery at the Twentynine Palms Art Gallery. Member work is also on view in the Pickering Room of the gallery. A…

Joshua Basin Water District got a good financial report card from auditors last night. Reporter Mike Lizpistz was there and files this report... At last night's meeting of the Joshua Basin Water District, Directors accepted and filed the…