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EastSiders alum Kit Williamson and John Halbach fled L.A. to make their new home (and TV show) in Joshua Tree.

El desierto A la vista de la escabechina que el señor Sánchez ha hecho en la parte socialista del Gobierno y la continuidad de la podemita –para desgracia del país–, hay una primera observación que hacer: ni Galicia pinta algo en el poder político del Estado ni el PSdeG en el PSOE. Cierto que la ministra Yolanda Díaz sigue y es de aquí, pero no está allí por eso, sino por sus dotes de supervivencia en el alambre y porque con ella y sus cuatro acompañantes queda probado que...

On her final day of her three-day trip to the West Coast to visit military bases, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visits the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms today. Biden is on a listening tour, hearing the concerns of military families, as part of her re-launch of the Joining Forces program, which she established with First Lady Michelle Obama in 2011. The program encourages the public to find ways to support service members, veterans, and their families, and is focused on e...

Mayor Daniel Mintz presided over the council meeting. Heather Clisby photo Last night’s Twentynine Palms City Council meeting was a continuance of the discussion on the pros and cons of vacation home rentals (VHR) and if the current city ordinance is effective. But first, Dr. James Danoff-Burg, director of conservation at The Living Desert, gave a presentation on the explosion of the raven population, how they are threatening our desert tortoises, and what locals can do to deter them. The Li...