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Former City Manager Stone James Hired by Culper Consulting

Mayor Daniel Mintz presents a plaque to outgoing City Manager H. Stone James for his two years of service. From the left: City Clerk Cindy Villescas, Mayor Pro Tem Octavious Scott, Mayor Daniel Mintz, City Manager H. Stone James, Councilmem...

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Wildlife Wednesday: Crustaceans in the Desert?

A pair of Triops with their three eyes clearly visible. (Wikimedia Commons)

Some of you have gotten lucky, but it hasn’t rained much for most of us this summer. And like many of you, it’s not as if I haven’t tried everything. I washed our...

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Mercury Dry Camp Appeal Denied

Site of Mercury Dry Camp, per Craig Doty in public comment “…I returned home and saw that they were running a bulldozer in the middle of the night, finishing off the remnants of the creosote, and obliterating any life that existed before…”...

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Recap: Twentynine Palms Tourism Business Improvement District, August 20, 2026

TBID Vice Chair Ashton Ramsey, Marketing Director Breanne Dusastre, Chair Rakesh Mehta, and board members Liz Shickler and Ben Uyeda. Photo: Heidi Heard.

On Thursday, August 20, 2026 the Twentynine Palms Tourism Business Improvement Distri...

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RECAP: Yucca Valley Town Council, August 18, 2026

The Tri-Valley Little League Senior Division Softball All-Stars. Photo by the Yucca Valley Resident Review Committee.

By the Yucca Valley Resident Review Committee

The August 18 meeting ran over three hours, most of it spent on department...

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    The Desert Trumpet, named for the idiosyncratic plant native to the Mojave Desert, focuses on getting 29 Palms residents the information they need to be active engaged citizens of our City.

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    Artist / Activist / Tennis Fanatic Co-founder 29 Palms Neighbors // The Desert Trumpet Recipient of the 2023 CALI Catalyst grant awarded by the Center for Cultural Innovation cindybernard.com

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    Hi Desert YIMBY, renovator, STR owner. I support a thriving, free and independent Desert Heights and Twentynine Palms Water District. UCLA Comm Studies.

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    Eleanor Whitney is a writer, content marketer, and the author of Riot Woman, a collection of feminist essays, and Quit Your Day Job, a business workbook for creative people. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction, an MPA, and BA in cultural studies.

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    Writer. Comedian. Joshua Tree Astronomy Adventures Owner & Guide.

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