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Sanctuary Church proposal for Community Resilience partnership denied by City Council

The former Rite Aid: future home of the Sanctuary Church. Photo by Kat Talley-Jones

This is Part 2 of our City Council meeting recap.

  • Part 1 is available here.

  • The 301-page agenda packet is here.

  • The video for the 2 hour a...

8 days ago
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On the Agenda: Morongo Basin Items at the County Board of Supervisors’ August 4, 2026 Meeting

Vicinity of the Mercury Dry Camp proposal - the fencing in the background is the subject parcel. (photo: Cindy Bernard)

By the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Resident Review Committee

One would hope that August would be a ligh...

9 days ago
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RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council, July 28, 2026, Part 1

Twentynine Palms City Council and City staff at the July 28 meeting, Photo by Natalie Zuk

Last Tuesday, July 28, the Twentynine Palms City Council held an action-packed meeting. Though the session ran more than two and a half hours, captiv...

10 days ago
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Citizen Astronomer: August 2026

Time Lapse of Perseid Meteors. Licenced Adobe Stock by Emeric’s Timelapse

Every August, Earth passes through a stream of dust left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle. Tiny bits of comet debris, most no larger than grains of sand, slam into our a...

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WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY: Psychedelic Summer Lizard

A desert iguana sports tiny Godzilla-like dorsal spines (Gary Nafis, California Herps)

The Desert Trumpet has welcomed many new readers since this love letter to the desert iguana was published in June 2024. We’re glad you’ve joined us! Fe...

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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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    Newsletter from Hi Desert Times Magazines in Twentynine Palms. New arrivals, recommendations, and nerding out on print. Written by the owner Liz Lapp featured in The NYTimes and dubbed "The High Desert Printfluencer" by Alta Journal.

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