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It actually is all about the Children

February 1, 2012
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With the report of the temporary closure of Monument High School and the Layoff of 18 teachers by the desert trail reporters Jimmy Biggerstaff and Courtney Vaughn: Budget woes close Monument High School temporarily – The Desert Trail: News: morongo unified school district, education, budget cuts, sky high school, monument high school MORONGO BASIN — Morongo Unified School District is temporarily closing one school and eliminating 18 teaching positions. The school district announced Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 1, it will close Monument, the alternative high school in Twentynine Palms, and...

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Sick Bastard Caught with 7 Year old girl in Big Bear

February 1, 2012
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On Friday, January 6, 2012 deputies from the Big Bear Station responded to a report that a seven year old female had been sexually molested on numerous occasions by Jorge Hernandez-Oropeza, 34 in 2010 and 2011 while being babysat by Hernandez’ mother. The Crimes Against Children Detail assumed the investigation. The investigation revealed two other victims who reported being molested by Hernandez in 2001. On Thursday, January 26, 2012 Crimes Against Children detectives arrested Hernandez for PC 288(a) – Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a Child Under 14. He was...

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R.I.P. ….. R. D. A. 1945-2012

February 1, 2012
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At 12:01 AM February 1st 2012 the switch was turned on California Redevelopment Agencies. After several minutes of smoke and the smell of burning flesh, the RDAs were declared Dead!!

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The Demise of California’s Redevelopment Agencies: The End of a War Against Ourselves

January 31, 2012
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SACRAMENTO BLIGHT FLIGHT – The city of Sacramento, my adopted hometown, has always been at war with downtown blight. Do I exaggerate? It will not seem so to most Sacramentans, we who have arrived here, by birth or by choice, since city fathers first rolled out the big guns of redevelopment in 1950. It started in the West End, the neighborhood sandwiched between the State Capitol and the Sacramento River. In old pictures, the West End is a jumble of Victorian houses, brick hotels, bars, eateries, garages, machine shops,...

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Come on…. Did you ever hear of Google Maps?

January 31, 2012
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On Sunday, January 30, 2012, at about 6:45 PM, officers assigned to the La Quinta Police Department were dispatched to a report of two lost hikers in the area of the Guadalupe Trail, South of the La Quinta Cove. The father and son duo had set out on a day hike, wearing light clothing, and were not properly dressed or equipped for an overnight hike. The hikers became disoriented and lost the trail, when they reached an area where brush had overgrown the trail. The hikers did have a...

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Don Kemby Throws in the Towel

January 30, 2012
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How can you express ones feelings for the very closest of friends? How can a guy like me show the absolute honor for that friendship. How can a lowly guy like me show just how much I love that old man. My  Surrogate father, my mentor, my friend, Mr. Donald Kemby Esq. Friends if you have not been sent this email, I am about to share what can be both the most inspiring and sad news I have heard in many years. A legend in the Legal Profession, Attorney to Los...

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Correcting a Report: New Senate Boundary lines to stand

January 30, 2012
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It was reported last week here on Cactus Thorns that the Local Senate Boundry was ordered by the State Supreme Court to revert to its existing boundary lines. That Report was inaccurate and we wish to correct the story and apologize to any of our readers who might have been confused. This will mean that we will not have a senate seat representing our area for some period of time. We’re not here to judge if it is fair we just wanted to correct the story. California high court backs panel’s new state...

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Cruising for a bruising February 1st fast approaches

January 29, 2012
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Come Wednesday local government as we know it will cease to exist. Redevelopment and the schemes that redevelopment brought will be gone. Things that in our case 29 Palms has brought to the table in since Jan 1, 2011, can and will be contested by those who will set on the Oversight Board, that will as of February 1st be in charge to the Successor Agencies. What about that bond? Those bond issues passed during the period that the State forbid such activity expressly to Launder redevelopment money from potentially the Morongo Unified...

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Its Opening Wednesday Feb 1

January 28, 2012
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Save-A-Lot will be hosting a neighborhood preview on Wednesday February 1 from 4:45-8pm. The United States Marine Corps Color Guard will be in attendance to lead the National Anthem at 4:45. At 4:50 the Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony welcoming Save-A-Lot to Twentynine Palms. The store manager, Alisha Riddle, will then welcome attendees and say a few words about Save-A-Lot and how they are committed to contributing to the local community. Save-A-Lot will be presenting a $2500.00 donation to the 29 Palms Food...

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Stolen Vehicle, Stolen Firearm, Felon with a Firearm

January 27, 2012
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On Thursday, January 26, 2012, at about 10:31 P.M., a deputy from the Cabazon Station was on routine patrol in a vehicle equipped with the Automated License Plate Reader, (ALPR), when he observed a Honda traveling at a high rate of speed through the roundabout intersection of Apache Trail and the I-10. The vehicle stopped near a gas pump of the Morongo Travel Center, located at 49020 Seminole Dr., Cabazon. The deputy’s ALPR notified him that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Redlands. A high risk traffic...

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