Tag Archives: Morongo Basin

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual … Continue reading →

A long time resident of 29-Palms alerted me to this story from the Los Angeles Times. Thanks Jeanne. Its a great, well documented story about 29-Palms, Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Morongo Valley, Landers and the many attributes of our Desert Wonderland. … Continue reading →

  Freshening your driving skills in a classroom might reduce mishaps and insurance costs A Driver Safety course is designed to help you accomplish the following: Update your driving knowledge and recent changes in the laws Learn defensive-driving skills to … Continue reading →

Millions of tax dollars in projects intended to provide power to facilities in the state’s national parks and forests are sitting idle. Morongo Basin clear, for now. Story by: Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times – January 9, 2012 Millions of … Continue reading →

Extended by Popular Demand… 2 more performance dates scheduled Joshua Tree – Sunday, Dec 11, 2011 — 6 p.m. This website received confirmation Sunday, December 11, 2011 at about 6 p.m. from Bonnie Schwartz (Joshua Tree) one of the professional violinists in the … Continue reading →

Only YOU can prevent wild fires!! That slogan suggests NOT the government, but the citizens can prevent wildfires. Why in hell should tax payers pay more taxes for no additional “prevention” services? Ans: To replace the $50 million lost donut … Continue reading →

THE NUTCRACKER – PHILHARMONIC SPECTACULAR! My next-door neighbors, Bonnie and Charlie Schwartz, asked me to provide a bit of information the community would be interested in. Bonnie is one of dozens of orchestra members; a professional violinist involved in this one-of-a-kind production. … Continue reading →

Saturday, November 19, 2011 - in the Hi-Desert Star — Yucca Valley  (A comment first: I appreciate, greatly, the inclusion of my web site as a human interest story in the Hi-Desert Star newspaper. After several emails, and a couple phone calls from … Continue reading →

Petition circulating in opposition to establishment of Dollar General merchandise store in Joshua Tree The following dialogue are copies of two unmoderated Emails received at JoshuaTreeStar.com relating specifically to the “Petition against”, received from Nicholas Holmes, a community speaker at the … Continue reading →

DOLLAR GENERAL STORE Met with calm but vigorous opposition Joshua Tree California – Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 community meeting results Dollar General’s proposed store to be located in Joshua Tree at Sunburst Avenue and the 29-Palms highway was met with considerable opposition … Continue reading →

LATEST VERIZON LANDLINE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY BEING DISTRIBUTED STARTING NOVEMBER 10, 2011   Verizon does not “personally” produce and publish phone directories. They farm that job out to special publishing firms for production and distribution. “SuperMedia” is the name of the … Continue reading →

“FOOD DESERTS” A “food desert” is not apple pie, cookies ‘n ice-cream — that stuff is “dee-zert” where the former is “des-ert” where dry sand resides. “Food Deserts” are defined in the federal  Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 … Continue reading →

Morongo Basin could reap the stench and blight of everyday garbage and trash, by the train-load….. daily… shipped in from L.A. Metro. Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, Morongo Valley and all the communities making up the Morongo Basin region, 40 … Continue reading →

   MEETING: JOSHUA TREE CASINO ISSUE SATURDAY – OCT 15, 2011 – 10 A.M. Joshua Tree Community Center (previous story dated Monday – October 3, 8 p.m.) —It has just been confirmed that the Chief Financial Officer, Steve Gralla representing the … Continue reading →