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Meet And Adopt Joey Boo

Meet Joey Boo, a yellow Labrador Retriever.  Lovable, playful, and ready for you.

Call (760) 329-0203 for more info.

Don't forget about the Le Chein Event, presented by Palm Springs Life.

Date: March 17, 2012

Place: Larkspur Tent off El Paseo Time: 9:30am to 3:30pm

$65.00 per person

Includes: Doggy ...


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8 Feb 2012 at 9:20am

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

Palm Springs Adoption Event

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...


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8 Feb 2012 at 7:45am

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...


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8 Feb 2012 at 7:23am

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...


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7 Feb 2012 at 10:07am

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 ...


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7 Feb 2012 at 9:00am

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

Cathedral City Sizzler Closes

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...


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6 Feb 2012 at 7:44am

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 ...


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3 Feb 2012 at 9:07am

Hesperia Star: High Desert News


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)...
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/search-4661-deputies-disabled.html
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....
http://www.hesperiastar.com/news/-4658--.html
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

Victorville Daily Press


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

Barstow News


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

Topix: 29 Palms News


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.


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8 Feb 2012 at 12:11pm

Crack Seal work in Twentynine Palms

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.


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7 Feb 2012 at 5:28pm

Twentynine Palms: Marine base recognized for clean energy

The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms is one of two bases to receive the Environmental Protection Agency's award for its efficient, clean and reliable approach to generating power and thermal energy from a single source.


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7 Feb 2012 at 4:23pm

Suspect in fatal Joshua Tree National Park crash given trial date

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.


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7 Feb 2012 at 2:18pm

Discovery Day at Sky's the Limit Saturday

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.


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7 Feb 2012 at 5:04am

Hi Desert Star


29 Palms man to run for supervisor
TWENTYNINE PALMS ? A Morongo Basin businessman has announced his candidacy for San Bernardino County supervisor.
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_a1326022-5210-11e1-8742-0019bb2963f4.html
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
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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
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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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