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Ruling, What Does It Mean

February 2, 2011
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Court Ruling Requires Greater Protection Against OHV Abuse in California Desert In follow-up to a ruling on off-highway vehicle routes in the California desert, federal judge imposes deadline for new plan and imposes protective measures   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Jan 31, 2011 – Ten environmental organizations secured a favorable ruling in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages 25 million acres of public land in southern California known as the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA).   The January 29,...

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Wonder Valleys Pyramids

January 31, 2011
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Wonder Valleys Pyramids

What is with those pyramids on Amboy Rd in Wonder Valley? Is it some kind of Pyramid Power going on? Are they preserving food, sharpening razor blades, improving health, triggering sexual urges or just making coffee taste better. Inquiring minds want to know. Its the Chakra Desert Healing Pyramid Project.

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Let’s Use Our Heads

January 31, 2011
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Let’s Use Our Heads

Today rioting in Egypt disrupts world markets and drives oil prices ever higher. Will it be Pakistan whose problems pummel us tomorrow? We don’t know the answer to that but we must surly know that Feinstein’s bill could not have come at a worse time? Americans can no longer make their house payments. State and local governments cannot make payroll.  Jobs are scarce, times are tough, the future looks bleak and our continuing reliance on Middle East oil insures that our cost of living soars with every hiccup in...

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New Commander of Indio Jail

January 27, 2011
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New Commander of Indio Jail

Indio, Ca– Sheriff Stan Sniff promoted Lieutenant Frank Taylor this afternoon to the rank of Sheriff’s Captain. Captain Taylor will serve as the new Commander of the Sheriff’s Indio Jail. Captain Taylor will begin his new duties officially on January 27th, 2011. Sheriff Sniff said, “Captain Frank Taylor is known for his hard work and dedication to the Department and will bring a tremendous amount of experience to his new position. He has held a wide variety of assignments within the Sheriff’s Department, including investigations and field assignments in...

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Closing up the Mojave: Feinstein plans to run us all out of our homes

January 27, 2011
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Closing up the Mojave: Feinstein plans to run us all out of our homes

Washington, DC– In 1994 Feinstein told us that the 3 Millions Acres she closed us out of in the Mojave Desert was all that was needed to protect future generations. Then again in 2006 she came back and took more Millions more from public access.And then again in 2008 and 2009 when she bull shitted Bush and Obama respectively. This week Senator Feinstein has basically asked Congress that the rest of the Mojave Desert be closed off to public use. Oh she figure if she cuts out of her...

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Emma Jean’s Place

January 27, 2011
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Our desert home has many great things to go and do. Yesterday reminded me of one of them. The Holland Burger in Victorville on old 66 is always a treat, Wednesday lunch special is always meat loaf, made fresh at the restaurant, not shipped in like most. The owner makes it from scratch the night before, they make everything from scratch, and even the burgers are hand made. No fo fo food and no credit cards are allowed, cash and real food is the norm. The husband and wife...

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Greener Than Thou: The Tyranny Of Eco-Sanctimony

January 26, 2011
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The Bell Tells For You Greener Than Thou: The Tyranny Of Eco-Sanctimony Larry Bell, 01.20.11, 02:25 PM EST Modern-day environmental activism is often contradictory. Just as everything humans have done in the name of industrial progress hasn’t been kind to the environment, it shouldn’t be assumed that everything is bad either. Yet the modern-day environmental activist movement tends not to see it that way. If there is perceived climate change, then it must be for the worst and our fault. Since human activities including industry create pollution, then most...

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Martin thought he got away with it.

January 24, 2011
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Martin thought he got away with it.

On Saturday January 22, 2011, at about 10:00 PM, an officer from the Coachella Police Department was driving in a marked unit equipped with an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) near Grapefruit Blvd. and Avenue 52. This device can scan the license plates of vehicles and compare them automatically to wanted vehicle databases. The ALPR system picked up a stolen white van occupied by a male adult driver. After confirming the vehicle had been stolen out of Rancho Mirage, the officer attempted to stop the driver, who immediately fled...

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Critical Missing in Hi-Desert

January 20, 2011
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Critical Missing in Hi-Desert

ADELANTO, CA-  Gerardo Gonzalez walked away from his care facility and was last seen on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of Pearmain and Seneca in the City of Adelanto. Gerardo is mentally challenged and has the mental capacity of a 10 year old. He is also a diabetic who is insulin dependant and does not have his medication with him. He is in need of his medications and he is known to walk around town with no set destination. He does not know how...

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Forget The Palm Drive Gauntlet

January 20, 2011
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Forget The Palm Drive Gauntlet You all don’t know what a gauntlet is unless you’ve seen this world’s premiere off-road event! It happens in our back yard, next month. Follow link for sample…

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