Food, music, classes and more at upcoming 27th Annual Orchid Festival
Food, music, classes, and much more will be at the 27 Annual Morongo Basin Orchid Festival at Gubler’s Orchids in Landers. Learn more about Orchid species, drink specialized beers, and support the many non-profit organizations represented. Relax…
Mojave National Preserve looking for volunteers to help repopulate Joshua Trees
The Mojave National Preserve is holding Joshua Tree planting events in October, to help reestablish the species which was hit hard during the Dome fire in August of 2020. That fire burned over 43,000 acres of dense Joshua Tree forest - the…
Pickleball programs and clinics this Fall in Yucca Valley
Do you pickleball? It's sort of a smaller version of tennis crossed with badminton, pickleball is one of the most new sports of the last decade. And the Town of Yucca Valley Recreation Department has announced to pickleball programs this…
Free admission to National Park on National Public Lands Day, first day of Fall
It’s the first day of fall - and you can already feel it in the air. Cooler winds and fall foliage have given some parts of the desert a yellow hue normally reserved for springtime. It’s been a wet year in California, with a strong El Nino…
Save the Date: MDLT’s Fall Native Plant Sale is coming
The Mojave Desert Land Trust is encouraging community members to save the date for their seasonal native plant sale on Saturday, October 7th. Landscaping with native plants improves our surrounding habitat while supporting native biodiversity.…
Community Garden coming to Joshua Tree every Sunday
Mil-Tree is creating a community vegetable garden at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. The garden is being created with the low water of the high desert in mind - creating individual container gardens along with larger “wicking beds” - which are…
JTNPA’s Bighorn Benefit Dinner and Auction tonight
Tickets are available for the Joshua Tree National Park Association’s first annual Bighorn Benefit Dinner & Auction scheduled for September 23. This event will feature a catered dinner, an open bar sponsored by Joshua Tree Distilling…
Free COVID tests available again starting Monday
If you have COVID tests at home that were ordered from the last round of free government supplied tests - check that expiration date as they are most likely expired and won’t give the most accurate results. COVID cases are on the rise in…
29 Palms High School locked down after false report of weapon
A false report of a weapon on campus led to a lockdown at Twentynine Palms High School this morning (September 22) The Morongo Unified School District and the County Sheriff's Morongo Basin Station were made aware of a report that a student…
What are the tiny yellow flowers currently dotting the desert?
Local Plant Expert and Ecologist Christina Sanchez was the guest on last Friday’s (September 15) Z1077 Up Close Show. Host Gary Daigneault asked Sanchez about the little yellow flowers dotting our desert landscape. “It's called cinch weed.…
Boston tribute tonight at Tortoise Rock Casino
You’ll be having more than a feeling at Tortoise Rock Casino, especially tonight when Rock N Roll Band, a tribute to Boston, takes the stage. Tonight's show is at the casino's outdoor stage on this lovely September night, but you still…
Veterans of Foreign Wars holding fish fry tonight in Joshua Tree
The VFW Post 6402 will be holding a fish fry tonight (September 22). They’ll be serving up fish and chips along with coleslaw from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. You can find the VFW at 6402 Veterans Way in Joshua Tree.
Last day to register for California Desert Summit
The California Desert Coalition is holding a California Desert Summit in Joshua Tree on Saturday, September 30. The California Desert Summit is organized by the California Desert Coalition (CDC) and sponsored by the Rose Foundation and the…
Volunteer your skills at the Friends of the Yucca Valley Library, meeting Saturday morning
If you’ve been interested in volunteering your time and skills to a worthy cause here in the Morongo basin - the Friends of the Yucca Valley Library are holding a meeting tomorrow morning where you can learn about how your small actions can…
High Desert Beekeepers meet tomorrow (9/23)
The High Desert Beekeepers Association holds their monthly meeting tomorrow (September 23). Beekeepers and bee enthusiasts are invited to attend, share a bee story, learn what to do with cappings that accompany honey harvesting, and learn about…
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