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Looking for a few good Men and Women

April 2, 2012
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The best crime prevention is citizen attention! Citizens are recognizing they can help combat crime in our community by becoming more active in crime prevention programs. The citizen patrol is one of our most successful programs.   The Morongo Basin Station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has one of the largest and most active Citizen Patrol programs in all of San Bernardino County. This program is making a large impact on the Morongo Basin and is gaining in popularity since it is so effective in reducing crime....

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Community Cleanup Contest is April 14, 2012 In Twentynine Palms

March 27, 2012
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The City of Twentynine Palms is inviting all local clubs and organizations to participate in the bi-annual Buck-A-Bag Community Cleanup Contest to help beautify the City of Twentynine Palms. The event will be held on Saturday morning, April 14, 2012, during the Spring Community Cleanup Day, which has a free drop-off location for trash from 8:00 until 12 noon at 74325 Joe Davis Drive, in Twentynine Palms, next to Luckie Park and the CommunityServices Building. The City will award prize money for trash collected and turned in at the Cleanup Day drop-site between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m....

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AB-1506 To end Fire Tax passes committee

March 26, 2012
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SACRAMENTO – AB 1506, which Assemblyman Paul Cook (R- Yucca Valley) and Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries (R-Lake Elsinore) introduced to end the rural fire tax, passed out of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources this afternoon. Since the tax was first imposed in June 2011 as part of the state budget, the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (CBFFP) has increased the tax from $90 to $150 per parcel. The tax affects homeowners living in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) for fire protection, regardless of whether they already receive service...

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Glendale may be forced to sell Alex Theatre – latimes.com

March 24, 2012
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Glendale may be forced to sell Alex Theatre – latimes.com

Millions of dollars’ worth of planned improvements at the Alex Theatre have been put on hold, and Glendale may be forced to sell the historic venue because of the state’s elimination of local redevelopment agencies. Glendale Arts, the nonprofit group that operates the theater, said it had postponed upgrades until it determined whether transfer of the venue’s ownership from the now-defunct redevelopment agency to the city was legal. If not, the theater could be sold as an agency asset. In February, a new law took effect shutting down California’s...

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The Governor’s New Tax Plan

March 22, 2012
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Raises more tax revenue, but still shortchanges schools On March 14, 2012, the Governor filed a new tax increase proposal with the Attorney General’s office.  It has been suggested in news accounts that this will be the basis of the Governor’s 2012-13 budget proposal.   The data from the Department of Finance indicates that the proposal would raise $9 billion in 2012-13, up $2.1 billion from the Governor’s original proposal.  Note that the projected state deficit in 2012-13 is $9.2 billion. The essential elements of the Governor’s new tax increase...

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Putting Things Into Perspective

March 20, 2012
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You’re a 19 year old kid. You’re critically wounded and dying in The jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .. It’s November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in. You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you’re not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and...

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Retirements and Promotions Make History with San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner

March 20, 2012
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On Thursday, March 15, 2012, the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center hosted a much anticipated promotional ceremony for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The awe inspiring event was not only a momentous occasion for those promoted, their families and friends, but was a milestone for the department. The 65 safety promotions were unprecedented in the department’s 159 year history and underscores Sheriff Rod Hoops commitment to perpetuate a responsive and progressive law enforcement agency.   Sheriff Hoops and current Undersheriff Bill Abernathy, stood before several hundred family members, friends...

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Contra Costa must fill 44 seats on redevelopment shutdown boards – San Jose Mercury News

March 15, 2012
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Editors Note: San Bernardino County is in a similar boat and needs some strong minded negotiators to divvy up the Redevelopment Tax Increment Fairly.   Contra Costa County needs a few good men and women. Actually, it needs way more than a few. The board of supervisors must fill 44 slots on the oversight boards that will supervise the dismantling of redevelopment agencies. The task is horrifically complex, and the pay is zilch. But the county has no choice. The state Supreme Court earlier this year upheld legislation that shut down, as of...

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Willow Tree Studios

March 14, 2012
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The Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce a ribbon cutting ceremony for Willow Tree Studios! Willow Tree Studios offers classes from dance to fitness, and the class list and schedule can be found at willowtreestudios29.com/. The ribbon cutting ceremony for Willow Tree Studios will be held on March 19th at 5:30 pm at the studio, 6767 Adobe Road. Be sure to help us welcome this new business to Twentynine Palms!

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Gun nation: Inside America’s gun-carry culture

March 14, 2012
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Christian Science Monitor (03-11-13): GARNER, N.C. – Leaning against a scrub pine as preschoolers scurry about at his feet, Shane Gazda, father of 3-year-old twins, recalls a conundrum he faced earlier that morning: whether to take his Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun to a Groundhog Day celebration in this town’s White Deer Park. After all, what was once against the law in North Carolina – carrying a concealed gun in a town park, square, or greenway – is now, as of Dec. 1, 2011, very much allowed. To...

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Derry Advocates for Creation of Animal Services Commission

March 13, 2012
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SAN BERNARDINO, CA – Supervisor Neil Derry announced today that he would bring forth plans to create an Animal Services Commission similar to one established in the City of Los Angeles.  The commission would increase the degree of transparency and accountability by incorporating a citizen oversight component.   The success rate of pet adoptions has increased dramatically due in part to the development of fantastic programs like “Pets for Patriots” by the Department of Animal Care & Control.  And the award-winning spay and neuter program has buttressed a challenging...

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New Draconian Use Tax exploits Californians

March 13, 2012
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Come tax day this  April, you will be paying a new USE TAX whether you owe it or not. It’s factored in how much you owe the state in new taxes based upon “perceived” consumer purchases. If you purchased nothing, you still owe; if you spend more the state guesses what they think you owe. Specifically, this will impede improvements in the economy, undermine confidence in the economy and, sadly, rub salt in the face of lower income families and stick it to seniors. You know, it’s no longer...

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OHV Lobby Days coming next week | Lucerne Valley Leader

March 12, 2012
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The website SaveTheHammers.org is spearheading an effort to lobby congress nationwide next week. The website, started by the California Motorized Recreation Council, is holding its National OHV Lobby Days on March 14-15. The group is hoping to stop the U.S. Marine Corps from permanently taking over a large portion of the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle area and is asking the public to lobby congress on those days. Visit http://savethehammers.org for more information. via OHV Lobby Days coming next week | Lucerne Valley Leader.

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A 1991 Double Murder Solved By the Cold Case Squad

March 11, 2012
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On September 01, 1991, a citizen heard someone digging in the desert near their Lucerne Valley residence and later saw a vehicle leave. The following day, this citizen and a neighbor walked over to where the digging was heard and located a body in a shallow grave. After deputies arrived and located the body, the Sheriff’s Homicide Detail responded and assumed the investigation. The body was found in a rural desert area of Lucerne Valley, southeast of Santa Rosa Street and High Road, in the County of San Bernardino....

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