Firefighters were busy in the Morongo Basin Sunday. Yucca Valley firefighters responded to a car fire at the top of the eastbound Yucca Grade about 10:15 Sunday morning. The Mercury Sable’s engine compartment was engulfed in flames when…
Officials from the fire department and Sheriff’s station will be at the Homestead Valley Community Council meeting Monday, March 21, to answer residents’ questions. Residents are also encouraged to come to the meeting to talk about the county…
Yucca Valley firefighters were busy yesterday putting out fires. About 5 p.m. they responded to a motorhome fire near Old Woman Springs Road and Buena Vista. County Fire Captain Zach Taylor said the owners were about a mile away from where they…
Joshua Tree firefighters were called to a small vegetation fire about 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. According to County Fire Captain Jay Dimoff, the fire, which was in the desert north of Alta Loma and between Hillview and Sunset Roads, was burning…
A San Bernardino County firefighter is in a fight for his life, and his fellow firefighters are rallying to help him and his family. Engineer Cory Norton has been a firefighter with the county since 2005, and spent many of those years serving in…
With expenses outpacing revenue, the county’s Local Agency Formation Commission voted in support of a takeover of emergency medical services and fire protection services in Desert Heights and Twentynine Palms. Reporter Mike Lipsitz was at…
Wonder Valley residents will have an opportunity to learn more about fire and paramedic services at a meeting Saturday, January 23, at 10 a.m. James Brakebill, of the Copper Mountain College Fire Technology Program, will speak about the…
A father and son are homeless after a Friday morning fire in Yucca Valley. Firefighters were called to the 57400 block of Lupine Avenue just before 9 a.m. There were no flames showing when firefighters arrive, but the windows in the second story…
We continue our special series looking back on the biggest Z107.7 News stories of 2015. Today, in part 3 of 4, the Twentynine Palms, Morongo Valley, and Wonder Valley fire departments were also in the news this year. In Twentynine Palms, after…
Joshua Tree Station 36 firefighters will be giving Santa a ride through Joshua Tree neighborhoods tonight, (December 23) from 5 to 8 p.m. Santa and his fire engine will visit neighborhoods on paved roads in north Joshua Tree, north of Highway…
Joshua Tree Station 36 firefighters will be giving Santa a ride through Joshua Tree neighborhoods tonight, (December 21), tomorrow, (December 22), and Wednesday, (December 23) from 5 to 8 p.m. each night. Tonight, Santa will be riding a fire…
The topic of fire protection service in Wonder Valley swept community consciousness this fall when residents learned that the fire district operating there for about $35 per parcel annually has become unsustainable and that charges even 10 times…
A Morongo Valley home suffered significant damage due to an early morning fire Friday. According to Morongo Valley Fire Captain Jeff Rarey, firefighters from Morongo Valley, CalFire, Yucca Valley, Yucca Mesa, and a breathing support unit from…
Twentynine Palms firefighters have been called to at least three fires in the same area in the last two weeks, started by transients trying to keep warm. Just before 3 a.m. Monday morning, a transient started a fire in a dumpster in the 4700…
More than two years after it was ordered, the Yucca Valley Fire Department finally has its new fire truck. Sort of. The truck, which was built on the East Coast and then driven to the West Coast—and then made the rounds of firefighting…
The Twentynine Palms City Council met in a special meeting last night to consider whether it should express its support for the Twentynine Palms Water District to transfer control of its Fire Department to San Bernardino County. The water…
On Saturday, November 23, Dance Mojave is hosting a fundraising event to help…
Welcome, Login to your account.
Welcome, Create your new account
A password will be e-mailed to you.
