Listen here: When much of Landers goes dark this Saturday (January 14, 2023) the lights at Belfield Hall will beckon friends and neighbors to drop in, sit down, and warm up. A scheduled outage will leave much of Landers without…
Those bright colorful metallic balloons may look festive, but they are a serious danger in fire-prone areas and can harm or kill wildlife. According to Southern California Edison (SCE) last year over eleven-hundred power outages were caused…
Many Morongo Basin residents were rattled by a widescale power outage yesterday (August 19). According to outage reports from Southern California Edison, the outage occurred just before 1:30 p.m. Reports of the outage extended through areas of…
Due to multiple power outages in Twentynine Palms, The Twentynine Palms Senior Center (6539 Adobe Rd) is opening as an emergency cooling center. According to Southern California Edison, over 500 homes are currently affected with a projected…
After a 36-hour closure, Amboy Road is officially reopen to travelers in both directions. The Sheriff’s department was notified around 9 p.m. Wednesday (July 21) that flooding and heavy winds had caused numerous downed power poles and electric…
Update 07-23, 9:10 a.m.: The CHP reports that repairs have been completed and the road is now open. Update 10:44 a.m.: A fleet of repair vehicles from Edison are en route to the location. According to the CHP, Repairs are ongoing and the road…
A driver caused a power outage in Twentynine Palms early Tuesday morning when she crashed her vehicle into a power pole. According to Sheriff’s report, deputies responded to the intersection of Canyon Road and Highway 62 in Twentynine Palms…
Update 12:05 p.m.: SCE reported repairs are still in process, power is expected to return to the 35 remaining affected homes by 7 a.m. tomorrow (July 21). Update 10:02 a.m.: SCE reported repairs are still in process with only 35 homes still…
Southern California Edison is performing routine pole upgrades in Yucca Valley. The traffic signal at Yucca Trail and Joshua Lane will be a four-way flashing red on Wednesday, June 2, during the outage, expected to be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
High winds and rain are blamed for a couple of power pole fires and downed power lines in the Morongo Basin. County Fire Battalion Chief Mike O’Bier said there were numerous downed lines in Yucca Valley Sunday, but the most significant was a…
Updated 2 p.m. October 19, 2020 with additional information A distracted driver caused a power outage in parts of the Morongo Basin Saturday. According to the Sheriff's Department, about 1:40 p.m., the unidentified driver was traveling…
Portions of the Morongo Basin were without power for hours after a car hit a power pole on the Yucca Grade Tuesday night. Morongo Valley Fire Chief Bob Springer said, for unknown reasons, Darrian Turner, 22, of Yucca Valley, turned his white…
While notices are issued to Morongo Basin residents for planned power outages, unexpected power outages caused by faulty equipment, storms, or accidents are unexpected and can leave many residents without power for hours or even days. Reporter…
Caused by winds clocked at over 50 miles per hour locally, nearly 3,400 customers, some 8,500 people, were affected by power outages in the Morongo Basin Monday afternoon. Starting about 2:43 p.m., Edison reported outages in Joshua Tree (2,168…
Pioneertown MapDownload Yucca Mesa MapDownload Many residents in Yucca Valley, Yucca Mesa, and Pioneertown received alerts from Southern California Edison Monday afternoon that the power company may shut off their electricity today due to…
Picture taken looking from Joshua Tree to Twentynine Palms Thursday Morning. Photo by Jason Harvey. An afternoon round of monsoon driven thunderstorm brought severe flooding to the Twentynine Palms area yesterday. A county swift-water rescue…
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