YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION SIGN ORDINANCE MEETING
Signage rules and alternative energy systems are both local hot button issues. Managing Editor Tami Roleff says that you can make your views known at a special Yucca Valley Planning Commission meeting this week… The Yucca Valley Planning…
GEM AND MINERAL SHOW IN JOSHUA TREE
A gem of our lineup of local annual attractions is in large part about gems. Managing Editor Tami Roleff invites you to the Gem, Mineral, and Craft Show in Joshua Tree… Dazzling gems and geodes are sparkling in the desert sun. The 38th Annual…
GLASS OUTHOUSE GALLERY RECEPTION SATURDAY
The Glass Outhouse Gallery is hosting an opening reception Saturday for an exhibit of contemporary quilts of Diane Mooradian. The reception will feature food and music from 5 to 9 p.m. The quilt exhibit will run October 5 through 27; the Glass…
HWY 62 ARTS TOURS COLLECTIVE SHOW
The collective exhibit for the 2013 Hwy. 62 Art Tours is open at the 29 PalmsArtGallery. Reporter Taylor Thacker says an artist’s collective show runs through the end of the month … The Hwy 62 Art Tours spotlights over 200 artists and performers…
DUMB CROOK AUTO THEFT
If you steal a vehicle, it’s not a good idea to drive it around the town where the vehicle was stolen. A man who had reported his van stolen saw his van in the Food 4 Less parking lot in YuccaValley shortly before noon Thursday. The registered…
SIX ARRESTED IN YUCCA VALLEY PUBLIC NUISANCE SWEEP
Six people were arrested in Yucca Valley Tuesday during a day-long sweep for public nuisance crimes. According to a Sheriff’s press release, the list of offenses for which individuals were arrested included suspicion of panhandling, misdemeanor…
JOSHUA TREE VFW SUNDAY BREAKFAST
The Joshua Tree Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Sunday breakfast is chicken fried steak from 8 to 11. And don’t forget Taco Wednesday from 11 to 1. The VFW post is located at 6402 Veterans Way in downtown JT.
SHERIFF, JUDGE, AND CALTRANS AT COUNTY SAFETY FORUM
About three dozen people, mostly public officials and employees of local agencies and governing bodies, attended a public safety forum at Copper Mountain College. Dan Stork summarizes the presentations they heard from three regional officials,…
UNFOUNDED REPORT OF ARMED ROBBERY NETS TWO ARRESTS
A report of an armed robbery early Tuesday morning turned out to be unfounded, but two men were arrested on parole and probation violations. According to Sergeant Derek Garvin, an unknown man called to report he was held up at gunpoint about…
FIRST SATURDAY EVENT TOMORROW IN OLD TOWN YUCCA VALLEY
The Old Town area of Yucca Valley will see over 20 local businesses participating in their first Saturday event tomorrow. Managing editor Tami Roleff explains… First Saturday—a late night shopping, entertainment and social event—returns tomorrow…
MARINE BASE CAR SHOW CANCELLED
Due to the government shutdown, the Commanding General’s Annual Car Show, scheduled for Saturday, October 5, on the Marine base in Twentynine Palms, has been cancelled. Marine Corps Community Services, MCCS, has a skeleton staff in place, and is…
REACH OUT VOLUNTEER NAMED NON-PROFIT VOLUTEER OF THE YEAR
A volunteer from Reach Out Morongo Basin was honored as Non-Profit Volunteer of the Year at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Academy of Grass-Roots Organizations last week in Victorville. Carrie Hendrickson started volunteering for Reach Out…
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GET NEARLY $1,000,000 FROM DOD
Morongo Unified School District has a history of garnering financial support from the Department of Defense. Dan Stork says that record of success continues… Morongo Unified received a Department of Defense Education Grant to improve STEM…
CMC FOUNDATION TO RAFFLE OFF NEW HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE
A brand new 2013 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail motorcycle will be raffled off, with the proceeds going to the newly named, but still-not-built, Christine Proudfoot Student Activity Center at Copper Mountain College. The Rotary Clubs of Joshua…
WHAT IS CALLED A “MIRACLE” BRINGS A JOSHUA TREE WOMAN HOME
Doctors, nurses, caregivers, and family all say it’s a miracle. A Joshua Tree woman who’s been on hospice care for most of the year, and wasn’t expected to live, is going home today. Managing editor Tami Roleff met with Julie Cassle yesterday,…
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