Desert Trail

Students from Twentynine Palms High School shared dances from Polynesian, Filipino and Vietnamese cultures at the inaugural citywide International Fest Saturday, April 20, at Freedom Plaza.

MORONGO BASIN — Fires in Twentynine Palms, Wonder Valley and Yucca Valley kept county firefighters busy Sunday afternoon, according to Battalion Chief Donnie Viloria.

State: Population can’t survive at current numbers

TWENTYNINE PALMS — A man seriously hurt in a collision at Morongo Road and Indian Trail Wednesday morning had to be flown to Desert Regional Medical Center.

MCAGCC — Military training noise will increase in the Morongo Basin as Marines train on evacuating civilians from combat zones today.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — James Grider, the latest owner of the Adobe Road property that once housed the Shady Elms Mobile Home Park, is suing the city as part of his efforts to rebuild the mobile home park.

A solar eclipse, as 7-year-old June Alder of Yucca Valley can tell you, is “when the moon blocks the sun.” Locals and visitors gathered to see the phenomenon through telescopes and protected glasses Monday at the Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater.

YUCCA VALLEY — The Trojan baseball team emerged victorious from the first game with their rivals, the Twentynine Palms Wildcats, Tuesday, April 9. The varsity Yucca Valley boys won 17-4.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — A Twentynine Palms house with an attached garage in the 6200 block of Cahuilla Avenue was a total loss after an early-morning fire Tuesday, April 9.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — A Twentynine Palms house with an attached garage in the 6200 block of Cahuilla Avenue was called a total loss after an early morning fire Tuesday, April 9, Battalion Chief Donnie Viloria said.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — Approval of a contract to construct a wastewater treatment plant for businesses in the downtown Project Phoenix area will return to the city council at its next meeting.

TWENTYNINE PALMS —A sheriff’s deputy is facing multiple charges after he was arrested in connection with an investigation into his alleged association with an outlaw motorcycle gang.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — Sheriff’s investigators are trying to determine the role each man played in a fight which sent both to Hi-Desert Medical Center with significant injuries Saturday, March 30.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — More than 1,000 racers and thousands of spectators are expected to descend on the city for the Hilltoppers Motorcycle Club’s off-road races Friday through Sunday.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — New city manager H. Stone James will start work Monday, April 29.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — A Chinese national reportedly in the country illegally was taken into custody inside the Condor Gate at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Wednesday, March 27.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — Properties at three locations could be declared dangerous public nuisances when planners meet in regular session at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at city hall, 6136 Adobe Road.

JOSHUA TREE — S.E. Davis, a Yucca Valley High School student, was chosen from eight applicants as the 2024 Greenleaf Scholarship winner. 

TWENTYNINE PALMS — If a meeting hosted by city officials Thursday, March 21, at Patriotic Hall is any indication, a proposal to build a solar power field north of Two Mile Road will face determined opposition from residents.