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38 ARRESTED, OVER 40,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED IN WEEK 8 OF COUNTY ILLEGAL GROW RAIDS
38 people were arrested, and 23 illegal marijuana grow operations countywide, including five in Twentynine Palms, one in Wonder Valley, and one in Landers, were shut down during the eighth week of illegal marijuana grow raids. According to…
ART TOURS CONCLUDES THIS WEEKEND
The 20th Annual Highway 62 Open Studio Art Tours concludes this weekend. The third and final weekend of the event sees more than 150 high desert artists throw open the doors of their art studios to members of the public. Participating artists…
FATAL MOTORCYCLE VS VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 62
Officers from the Desert Hot Springs Police Department responded to a vehicle vs. motorcycle traffic collision late last night (October 21) near Highway 62 and Pierson Blvd. in Desert Hot Springs. According to a press release, officers…
MYSTERIOUS HUMAN REMAINS FOUND NEAR ILLEGAL GROW
Ruled “suspicious circumstances”, we have little information on human remains found in Landers. According to a Sheriff’s Department press release, deputies responded to a call on Tuesday (October 19) in the desert area near Mikiska Blvd. and…
MEMORIAL SERVICES ANNOUNCED FOR JB CARROL
Memorial services have been announced for community icon, JB Carrol. JB Carrol passed away on October 15, 2021, just 18 days shy of his 100th birthday. JB was born in 1921 and came to Twentynine Palms after becoming a pilot instructor following…
15 ARRESTED, OVER 20,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED IN WEEK 7 OF COUNTY ILLEGAL GROW RAIDS
15 people were arrested, and 23 illegal marijuana grow operations countywide, including five in Landers and one in Yucca Valley, were shut down during the seventh week of illegal marijuana grow raids. According to Sheriff’s reports, deputies…
FINAL WEEKEND TO SEE “A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER” AT THEATRE 29
Live theatre returned to the Theatre 29 stage this month with the opening of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” which wraps up its run this weekend. Assignment reporter Chris Fleischman show the show and offers this review… PLEASE NOTE:…
JUVENILE ARRESTED FOLLOWING BRAWL AT PIONEER DAYS CARNIVAL
A juvenile was arrested following fighting that broke out at the Pioneer Days carnival in Luckie Park Friday (October 15). Just before 9 p.m., deputies who were assigned to patrol the carnival responded to several large groups that had gathered…
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION APPROVES PROTECTION EXTENSIONS FOR MOHAVE DESERT TORTOISE AND WESTERN JOSHUA TREE
The California Fish and Game Commission met yesterday, October 14, in an all-day zoom meeting that included decisions regarding protections of the Mohave desert tortoise and the Western Joshua tree. Reporter Heather Clisby has the details … …
MARINE KILLED IN TRAINING EXERCISE AT MCAGCC
Multiple media outlets are reporting a tragedy aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center that took place earlier this month. During a dry fire exercise on October 3, Lance Cpl. Jonothan Barnette, 24, from Georgia, was struck in the chest…
29 PALMS MAN APPEARING IN COURT, CHARGED WITH SEX WITH A MINOR
A Twentynine Palms man will appear today in court following an arrest last week for two felony counts of sexual acts with a minor. Anthony Benton, 26, was arrested on October 5 in Twentynine Palms and booked into the West Valley Detention…
5TH NAVY SAILOR CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH 2019 CORPSMAN DEATH
In a Camp Pendleton courtroom on Tuesday (October 12), HM2 Edmond Maebane was charged in the 2019 shooting death of corpsman HM3 Michael De Leon aboard MCAGCC. Maebane was formally charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment,…
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN SEARCH FOR LAUREN CHO
On Saturday, (October 9) the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department conducted an additional search and rescue operation in the ongoing search for Lauren Cho, who was reported missing on June 28. During the search, unidentified human remains…
32 ARRESTED, OVER 23,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED IN WEEK 6 OF COUNTY ILLEGAL GROW RAIDS
32 people were arrested, and 29 illegal marijuana grow operations countywide, including one in Landers and four in Twentynine Palms, were shut down during the sixth week of illegal marijuana grow raids. According to Sheriff’s reports, deputies…
SHERIFF SEARCHING FOR MISSING TWENTYNINE PALMS MAN
The San Bernardino County Sheriff is asking the community’s help in locating missing Twentynine Palms man, Jervon Winston. Winston was last heard from on September 26 and went missing from the 73000 block of Sunnyvale Drive in Twentynine Palms…
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Desert Hardware has been the DIY spot in Twentynine Palms for 71 years
Listen to this story here: Janet Kodish: “You got to have a hardware store!…
