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Cathedral City Wants Students To Serve On Commissions & Committees The Cathedral City Council approved appointing local youth to serve on City Commissions and Committees in order to increase youth input into the City’s projects and activities. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in high school and be residents of Cathedral City or Thousand Palms. To apply, ...
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8 Feb 2012 at 8:38am
Wal-Mart Promotes Healthy Eating You may like the food you buy, but is it "Great for You"? Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads "Great for You" to packaging of some of its house-brand foods. The green and white seal, which shows the stylized outline of a human figur...
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8 Feb 2012 at 7:54am
Just in time for Valentine's Day, you can take a four-legged friend home for $20. The Palm Springs Animal Shelter invites everyone to it's adoption event on Sunday, February 12th, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the new shelter, located at 4575 Mesquite Ave. adjacent to Demuth Park.
The $20 adoption in...
Desert Hot Springs Officer Rushed To The Hospital
We're just really stressed out at the thought of what could happen to him," said Officer Tapia's wife Jennifer Tapia.
The suspension that may result from the hearing didn't compare to what actually happened to Officer Tapia. The hearing started at city hall at 9:30 Tuesday morning. Around 10:00, T...
Occupy Protestor Pleads Guilty to Palm Desert Park Violation
A 66-year-old Indio woman who took part in an Occupy Coachella Valley protest pleaded guilty today to an infraction for staying in a Palm Desert park past curfew.
Gale Wheat was initially charged with a misdemeanor count of staying or
loitering in a public park without a permit. The city agreed to...
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7 Feb 2012 at 5:49pm
Man Charged With Killing Woman's Chihuahua
An animal cruelty charge was filed today against a
Menifee man accused of fatally beating a neighbor's Chihuahua with a golf club.
Larry Edward Jaurequi, 58, could face four years behind bars if
convicted of the felony, as well as a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a
deadly weapon in the Ja...
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7 Feb 2012 at 5:41pm
Valley Reacts to Federal Appeals Court Ruling on Proposition 8
Rancho Mirage couple Tony Sestrich and Dale Deneen married back in June of 2008, during that brief period when gay marriage was legal in Calfiornia.
They say the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals "affirms their commitment".
"It is a very happy day for us, it validates that we are equal,"...
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7 Feb 2012 at 4:57pm
CA Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court has declared California's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 Tuesday that a l...
Vending Machines: They're Selling What?!
A trip to the office vending machine used to be fairly mundane. Put in your change, make a selection, and pick up some food you're probably not proud to call lunch.
But now vending machines across the country are starting to offer a lot more. For example, a college in Pennsylvania has started sell...
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7 Feb 2012 at 9:35am
Getting Most From Your Gym Membership
You've finally decided to shed those extra pounds with the help of a gym. Many hope that the act of paying for a place to "work out" will provide enough motivation to follow through. But that's not always the case. 90% of new members stop going regularly within 90 days of joining.
Here is how to ...
9 Month Old Coachella Girl Dies in Car Crash It was a horrific scene Sunday night, around 6:45 in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 at Monterey Avenue in Thousand Palms. The California Highway Patrol says the 9-month-old girl who died was riding in an unsecured car seat in a car struck from behind by a pick up truck, and then hit a second...
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6 Feb 2012 at 5:11pm
Three Hospitalized in Drive by Shooting Three men were shot in a drive by shooting Sunday. It happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 32700 block of Navajo Trail, in Cathedral City, police said Monday. When police arrived on scene they found Mario Mota, 30, of Palm Springs, Filiberto Velasquezz, 44, of Cathedral City, and Manuel Estrada, 40, ...
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6 Feb 2012 at 4:32pm
The Sizzler restaurant in Cathedral City near Date Palm Drive and Roman Road has closed its doors once again.
The franchise restaurant reopened last may after a remodeling.
Saturday, people had to walk away disappointed.
"It's surprising that it's closing. I don't know why. I've never seen a Sizzler...
Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly $150K Worth of Marijuana
U.S. Border Patrol agents have seized nearly $150,000 worth of marijuana and arrested two people for trying to smuggle it.
Agents assigned to the Indio station say the first incident happened at the Highway 111 checkpoint near Niland. During their search of a tractor-trailer, they say they found ...
Mission Crest students cap off month of fundraising effforts with 'Relay Recess'
Recess recently became more than just fun and games at Mission Crest Elementary School: It was also a battle fought against cancer.
Members of Relay for Life?s Team Virginia Bells on Jan. 31 organized group play activities at recess to cap off a...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/crest-4666-recess-relay.html
8 Feb 2012 at 8:00am
Man arrested for molestation years after abuse took place
HESPERIA ? After allegedly being sexually abused for nearly a decade, a Hesperia victim finally spoke out, leading to the arrest Monday of an Adelanto man, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said Tuesday.
Aaron Windham, 30,...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/molestation-4667-place-took.html
7 Feb 2012 at 4:00pm
Library sells autographed, first edition books to fund new computers
The Hesperia library is counting on book enthusiasts to help fund the purchase of new computers.
The Friends of the Library have declared February to be ?Love Your Library? month and kicked it off with a sale of 97 boxes of autographed books....
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/library-4663-computers-new.html
7 Feb 2012 at 8:00am
School shooting threat proven false
HESPERIA ? Investigators acted quickly and disproved a rumor alleging a shooting was to take place at several local high school campuses on Monday, San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials said.
Sheriff?s officials first caught wind of the rumor...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/school-4662-shooting-threat.html
6 Feb 2012 at 5:11pm
Missing disabled man found
HESPERIA ? A good Samaritan spotted a missing developmentally disabled 22-year-old man Monday afternoon and gave the man a ride back to his group home in Hesperia, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said.
?(Justin Belille)...
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6 Feb 2012 at 3:31pm
Hesperia looks to loosen up party ordinance
HESPERIA ? Residents who step over the line once every few years might be getting a little more slack from the city of Hesperia.
At Tuesday?s meeting, the Hesperia City Council will hear a proposal to relax provisions in the 2008 Police Party...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/hesperia-4657-ordinance-party.html
6 Feb 2012 at 8:00am
Luthier Marc Donner helps the Victor Valley's musicians rock
Instrument repairman Marc Donner went from wanting to be a rock star to helping them shred.
?Back in the ?80s, I was a touring musician, trying to be a drummer,? Donner said.
While on tour, he noticed that the guitarists? strings kept...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/marc-4659-donner-rock.html
5 Feb 2012 at 11:32am
Q & A with Marolyn Kayser: Living in peace
Marolyn Kayser was born in Lincoln, Neb. during the depression. Her mother remarried when Kayser was 5 years old and they moved to Michigan. The family lived in four towns in six years.
After World War II, the family migrated to Southern California....
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4 Feb 2012 at 11:30am
Man tased after attacking deputies with knife
HESPERIA ? Authorities tased a Hesperia man Thursday after he lunged at them with a knife as the deputies attempted to investigate a domestic disturbance, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia officials said Friday.
Oscar Peraza, 51, was...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/deputies-4656-hesperia-knife.html
3 Feb 2012 at 4:00pm
HUSD police chief Mike Graham fired
HESPERIA ? After months of public battles with the superintendent and school board president, Hesperia Unified School District?s chief of police has been fired.
The HUSD school board emerged from a closed session meeting Thursday evening to...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/hesperia-4655-husd-mike.html
3 Feb 2012 at 9:41am
More photos found in Calif. teacher abuse case
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Investigators said Wednesday they have found 200 additional photos they believe were taken by a former teacher who is accused of committing lewd acts on 23 children over a five-year period.
The photos were found late last week at...
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/abuse-32779-angeles-calif.html
8 Feb 2012 at 1:52pm
Adelanto flushing wastewater woes
ADELANTO ? It's been five years since Adelanto embarked on a much-needed $14 million expansion of its wastewater plant that has yet to come to fruition.
After a series of technical and communication issues, plans for an innovative new system...
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/adelanto-32774-flushing-wastewater.html
8 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
VESD eyes $2.15M purchase for new district office
VICTORVILLE ? The Victor Elementary School District is eyeing a $2.15 million property purchase for a new district office.
Wednesday night the district Board of Trustees will vote on buying a 30,000-square-foot building on Second Avenue next to...
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/new-32773-office-purchase.html
8 Feb 2012 at 9:17am
Sheriff's Apple Valley captain to retire in March
APPLE VALLEY ? Bart Belknap, captain of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Apple Valley station, has announced he will be retiring in March and current station lieutenant Lana Tomlin will be taking over the top post.
Belknap?s last day as...
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/valley-32769-apple-sheriff.html
7 Feb 2012 at 5:00pm
Defendant in wildfire arson case guilty of sodomy
RANCHO CUCAMONGA (AP) ? A suspected arsonist facing a death penalty trial for a 2003 Southern California wildfire has been convicted in a separate case of sodomizing a jail inmate.
A jury last week found 30-year-old Rickie Lee Fowler guilty on...
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/defendant-32767-guilty-rancho.html
7 Feb 2012 at 3:38pm
Man arrested for molestation years after abuse took place
HESPERIA ? After allegedly being sexually abused for nearly a decade, a Hesperia victim finally spoke out, leading to the arrest Monday of an Adelanto man, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said Tuesday.
Aaron Windham, 30,...
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/place-32763-took-abuse.html
7 Feb 2012 at 1:32pm
BHS awards good grades
Barstow High School junior Hayley Espinoza accepts an award from principal Derrick Delton for achieving a 3.0 to a 3.49 GPA during the fall semester. She said she was glad she got the award adding, ?This was a hard year.? The high school awarded...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/award-12373-derrick-school.html
7 Feb 2012 at 5:47pm
State installs new seismic instruments in High Desert
BARSTOW ? The California Geological Survey has installed new equipment in the Barstow area to take measurements during earthquakes.
The three new ?accelerographs? collect data about how buildings respond to shaking ground and transmit it to...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/instruments-12371-new-barstow.html
7 Feb 2012 at 3:46pm
City Council recap for Feb. 6, 2012 meeting
BARSTOW ? The following items were discussed at Monday?s meeting:Resolution on Ontario International Airport ? Councilman Tim Saenz said the city of Ontario had requested that a resolution be considered in support of Ontario assuming local...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/feb-12369-meeting-recap.html
7 Feb 2012 at 11:24am
Harpole enters City Council race
BARSTOW ? Former Barstow Police Lieutenant Rich Harpole has announced he will run for City Council.
Harpole came to Barstow in 1983 when the United States Army stationed him at Ft. Irwin. He then married and started a family in Barstow, and began...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/harpole-12366-race-city.html
6 Feb 2012 at 4:48pm
Former mayor enters supervisors? race
A former three-term mayor of Twentynine Palms has entered the race to unseat County Supervisor Neil Derry in the June elections.
Jim Bagley, chairman of the San Bernardino County Airport Commission, said that his broad experience in government makes...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/public-12365-race-mayor.html
6 Feb 2012 at 4:44pm
Yermo's Bob Smith joins supervisor race
A retired sheriff's deputy and president of the Yermo Community Service District announced his intentions Friday to run for San Bernardino County 1st District Supervisor in the June election.
Bob Smith, now a community liaison for the 1st District...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/district-12357-smith-supervisor.html
5 Feb 2012 at 8:34am
Barstow to see new representation in Assembly
California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly and Big Bear Lake Mayor Bill Jahn are both seeking conservatives? support as they seek to represent the High Desert in a newly drawn state Assembly district that unites Barstow and the Victor Valley for the...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/donnelly-12354-bear-see.html
3 Feb 2012 at 5:42pm
New data analyzes teacher salaries
BARSTOW ? Recently released school salary data shows Barstow teachers make less than their peers throughout the state, though much more than the average Barstow resident.
The average Barstow Unified School District teacher made $59,325 in the...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/salaries-12353-teacher-analyzes.html
3 Feb 2012 at 3:58pm
Jury convicts grandmother killer
BARSTOW ? A jury convicted Arturo Hernandez, a Pomona man, Thursday of murdering his own grandmother and dumping her body in the Mojave Desert in 2008.
Hernandez, 23, was convicted of first-degree murder and could serve a maximum sentence of 55...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/barstow-12348-convicts-grandmother.html
2 Feb 2012 at 5:25pm
PG&E, water board sign $3.6 mil settlement
HINKLEY ? The regional water board signed a $3.6 million agreement Wednesday night that will use half of that money to build a new water filtration system at the Hinkley School.
The settlement was concerning Pacific Gas and Electric?s violation...
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/-12347--.html
2 Feb 2012 at 4:30pm
Twentynine Palms Planning Commission Eliminates Parking Requirements, Approve...
TWENTYNINE PALMS PLANNING COMMISSION ELIMINATES PARKING REQUIREMENTS, APPROVES CHURCH On-site parking, tattoo parlors, hawking, and solar fields were all discussed at last night's meeting of the Twentynine Palms Planning Commission.
Twentynine Palms Ca- Motorists in and around Twentynine Palms are asked to be cautious as they navigate Lear Avenue the week of February 13, 2012 through February 16, 2012 and to watch for signs announcing temporary street closures due to crack sealing work on the roadways.
There's a glass case in a room on Graceland's first floor that holds a small white fur coat, a... INDIO - A suspected drunken driver facing murder charges in a 2009 wreck in Joshua Tree National Park that killed two men in the backseat was given a trial date today.
DISCOVERY DAY AT SKY'S THE LIMIT SATURDAY Sky's the Limit Observatory in Twentynine Palms will be holding a free event this Saturday where you can learn about our solar system and the sun, as well as desert plants in our area.
29 Palms man to run for supervisor
TWENTYNINE PALMS ? A Morongo Basin businessman has announced his
candidacy for San Bernardino County supervisor.
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7 Feb 2012 at 8:50pm
Some households to receive federal survey
MORONGO BASIN? Some households in the Basin will receive the
American Community Survey in the mail over the next few weeks. The
American Community Survey is sent to U.S. addresses at random and
is adm
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_d2d0fa76-5210-11e1-b6f5-0019bb2963f4.html
7 Feb 2012 at 8:52pm
Court decision overturns marriage ban
SAN FRANCISCO ? In a decision that could reach the Supreme
Court, a panel of three judges from the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals overturned Proposition 8?s ban on same-sex marriages
Tuesday, Feb. 7, de
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_5e8b57ce-5210-11e1-8b73-0019bb2963f4.html
7 Feb 2012 at 8:49pm
Young artists win praise in student show
TWENTYNINE PALMS ? Art students from Yucca Valley High School
earned the chance to submit their work into a regional show by
winning the most awards at the 29 Palms Art Gallery?s student
show.
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_3432912c-5210-11e1-96a5-0019bb2963f4.html
7 Feb 2012 at 8:41pm
Group takes first step to making Joshua Tree a reserve
JOSHUA TREE ? A proposal to designate the community of Joshua
Tree as a national conservation and historic reserve was met with
approval at an exploratory meeting Saturday morning.
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_10c9eaba-520f-11e1-9e63-0019bb2963f4.html
7 Feb 2012 at 8:34pm
New national monument could add to Basin?s scenic spaces
MORONGO VALLEY ? On a quiet swath of land in Morongo Valley,
wildflowers, boulders and sky stretch for miles. Water trickles
down a hill, coating the pebbles below with moss.
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_2955ad7c-520e-11e1-b92e-0019bb2963f4.html
7 Feb 2012 at 8:25pm
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