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THE PRECEDENT • Well, we told you so. The controversial “glamping” development south of Flamingo Heights on a property zoned for Rural Living met with objections on many fronts when…
MOVIN’ ON • If you missed last Saturday’s Holiday Dinner, you missed a treat! We actually may be allowed to hope we can settle back into our pre-lockdown groove as…
TOY DRIVE UPDATES • The Homestead Valley Community Associations’ Toy Drive to benefit Mara’s Christmas Wish in Yucca Valley is off to a good start! Even on short notice, the…
Comic legend Gallagher, known for smashing watermelons as part of his famous act, has died aged 76. According to his management team, Gallagher died while under hospice care in the…
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the…
TURKEY TWIST • This Saturday, November 5, at 6:00 p.m., you are invited to our traditional early kickoff of the upcoming holiday season. But this year it’s turkey dinner with…
TURKEY EARLY GOBBLE • Mark the date for the next great dinner in the Johnson Valley Community Center. On Saturday, November 5, at 6:00 p.m. it’s Turkey Enchiladas Casserole, with…
OKTOBERFEST SURPRISES • What a lot of surprises! No other Oktoberfest could offer the entertainment we had at the Twelfth Annual Johnson Valley Oktoberfest! Despite the weather forecast and the…
Reach Out Morongo Basin held its Wild, Wild West Hoedown held October 14, 2022 to kick off Pioneer Days weekend at the historic Tower Homestead Guest Ranch. The sold-out event…
The best thing about living in the desert is the interesting people you can meet. Fay and I were planting a few trees this morning , looked up from our…