Desert Trail

TWENTYNINE PALMS — The Wildcat baseball and softball teams will host the Yucca Valley Trojans Thursday in games rescheduled from before spring break.

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.

JOSHUA TREE — Copper Mountain College will host Hugging the Cactus, a conference on trauma-informed education and ethics, April 26. A variety of speakers, sessions and activities will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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 — 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.

JOSHUA TREE — The public is invited to a free showing of the movie “Sheepdogs,” a documentary featuring military veterans who live in the Morongo Basin.

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.

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.

JOSHUA TREE — A Twentynine Palms woman charged with the torture and abuse of two children placed in her care was sentenced to 21 years in prison in a plea bargain accepted Wednesday, March 20, in the Joshua Tree courthouse.

RANCHO MIRAGE — The Twentynine Palms High School golf team beat Desert Mirage 259-297 here Wednesday, March 20.

TWENTYNINE PALMS — County firefighters from station 44 in downtown Twentynine Palms will once again host an Easter egg hunt at Luckie Park.

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

TWENTYNINE PALMS — The city council may name H. Stone James the new city manager when they meet in regular session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at city hall, 6136 Adobe Road.

LOS ANGELES — The conservation group WildEarth Guardians on Wednesday, March 20, sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not designating the Joshua tree as the federal endangered species.