RATTLESNAKE AVERSION TRAINING FOR DOGS
The Morongo Basin Humane Society is sponsoring rattlesnake aversion training on May 10, 2014. The training will be done by experienced dog trainers from Natural Solutions Wildlife Enterprises. Each dog is trained individually to avoid…
MARINE AND DAUGHTER RECOVERING FROM DUI CRASH THAT KILLED WOMAN
More than two weeks after a Joshua Tree crash that killed the wife of a Twentynine Palms Marine, her husband and baby are slowly starting to recover from their life-threatening injuries. Lance Corporal Christopher Matthews, 28, is now in a…
MARINE BASE ALERTED AFTER UNFOUNDED REPORT OF A MAN WITH A GUN
It was determined there was no threat after suspicious person was seen at the Twentynine Palms Marine Base yesterday. According to base sources, an investigation was launched and increased security was in place after the Provost Marshall's…
YUCCA MESA ELEMENTARY NAMED “DISTINGUISHED” SCHOOL
The California Department of Education has selected Yucca Mesa Elementary School as a Distinguished School for 2014. Reporter Dan Stork tells how that distinction was achieved... Yucca Mesa Elementary School is one of 424 elementary schools in…
HI-DESERT WATER DISTRICT SPLITS SEWER CONSTRUCTION INTO FOUR PROJECTS FOR BIDDING
At last night’s special meeting of the Hi-Desert Water District’s Board of Directors, the directors agreed to split up the construction of the sewer project into four construction packages. By doing so, the directors believe more contractors,…
VENDORS SOUGHT FOR GRUBSTAKE DAYS COMMUNITY FAIR
Yucca Valley’s traditional Grubstake Days is coming up Saturday, May 24, at the Hi-Desert Boys and Girls Club and Brehm Youth Park grounds on Little League Drive in Yucca Valley. Vendors and non-profit groups who would like to have an outside…
REACH OUT INVITES SUPPORTERS TO AN EVENING AT THE RUIN
Reach-Out Morongo Basin has scheduled a very unique experience to help with their valuable Neighbors Helping Neighbors program. Managing Editor Tami Roleff tells you how to attend, “An Evening at the Ruin”… A dinner fundraiser to benefit Reach…
YUCCA MESA CELEBRATES CINCO DE MAYO TOMORROW
The Yucca Mesa Improvement Association will hold a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta on Saturday, May 3. The event will be a celebration of Mexican food and drinks, live music by Roger Arnold and Bobby Furgo, and a piñata. The fiesta runs from 4 to 7, with…
HI-DESERT CHORUS CONCERT IS IN TWO WEEKS
The performance dates of May 4 and 5, listed for the Hi-Desert Chorus’s spring concert in the Yucca Valley Activity and Events Guide, are incorrect. The chorus will perform its “Keep the Music Alive” concert at the Yucca Valley Community Center…
CACTUS SEWABLES MEET MONDAY
Cactus Sewables Quilt Guild will meet on Monday, May 5, in the Yucca Room of the Yucca Valley Community Center, 57098 29 Palms Hwy. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.; the meeting begins at 1 p.m. Guests are welcome. The speaker this month will be quilt…
FEATHERS N’ FUR ALL STARTED WITH A LOST PARAKEET
The Feathers n’ Fur wildlife rehab groups is asking for support through the County’ Give Big Campaign. ROP Broadcast Student Victoria Robinson says it all started with a lost parakeet… At Feathers N’ Fur wildlife rehab, Conni Chaffin has told me…
JOSHUA TREE VFW WITH A BUSY KITCHEN
The Joshua Tree Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will be serving up a fish and shrimp dinner, tonight from 4:00 to 6:00. Sunday breakfast is chicken-fried steak from 8 to 11. And don’t forget Taco Wednesday from 11 to 1.
COPPER MOUNTAIN MESA BREAKFAST TOMORROW
Tomorrow is the First Saturday Breakfast hosted by the Copper Mountain Mesa Community Association at 65336 Winters Road in north Joshua Tree. All of your breakfast favorites are served from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. for $5.
SPUDTACULAR AT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
The United Methodist Church of Twentynine Palms will hold a “Spudtacular” baked potato dinner, Sunday, May 4, starting at 5 p.m. Load up your potato with mild chili, real bacon bits with all the extras, all for only $5. Fix a salad with a…
FREE FOOD FOR LIFE CINCO DE MAYO MEAL TOMORROW
On Saturday, May 3, the Catholic Community will be serving the meal for Food For Life. They are celebrating Cinco de Mayo. The meal is served from 3 to 5 p.m. at Little Church of the Desert Community Hall in Twentynine Palms.
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