A murder suspect is dead following a deputy-involved shooting in Joshua Tree on Sunday. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s were called to a report of a stabbing at a gas station on Twentynine Palms Highway and Park Boulevard where there were two stabbing victims. Anthony Frugoli was still at the scene with non-life threatening injuries. Shane […]
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As more cities in the Coachella Valley tighten rental restrictions, some people in California’s largest city were fleeing the congestion and seeking shelter in isolated communities like Joshua Tree. Now, San Bernardo is taking new steps too, issuing restrictions on renters. Full restrictions are shown here. The city of Palm Springs issued a temporary ban […]
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Sentencing is scheduled Friday afternoon for two La Quinta residents convicted of the shooting death of a 20-year-old man nearly five years ago during a botched drug deal. Jesse Keith Cottom, 22, and Kenneth Michael Wilson, 25, could face life in prison without parole for the Jan. 30, 2015, murder of Ryan Sniffin of Joshua […]
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The remains of a man who has been missing in Joshua Tree since July 13, 2018, have been identified by coroners officials Paul Miller, 51, of Guelph, Ontario, was last seen around 9 a.m. July 13 when he left his hotel to hike 49 Palms Oasis, a popular trail on the northern end of the […]
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Two small earthquakes rattled parts of the Coachella Valley Sunday, but there were no reports of serious damage. A temblor with a preliminary magnitude of 3.5 was detected at 2:07 p.m. about 10 miles north of Indio, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A second quake registered at a magnitude 3.0 around 3:18 p.m. about […]
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A Ventura County judge blocks the relocation of a convicted rapist to Joshua Tree as the desert community deeply opposed the move of Ross Wollschlager into their neighborhood. There was strong opposition from people who live in Joshua Tree as well as from the San Bernardino County District Attorney and the sheriff, D.A. prosecutors even […]
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A rare sighting in Joshua Tree is giving people in social media plenty to talk about, a unique home that looks straight from outer space recently landed in the desert. It looks like a flying saucer taken from Area 51 but it is actually a rare home in Joshua Tree’s Area 55, the owner of […]
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Joshua Tree National Park will reopen all currently closed campgrounds this Friday ahead of the fall season, park officials announced Wednesday. The park closes several campgrounds during the summer months to save on maintenance costs and help renew vegetation, as the number of campers tends to decrease amid the hot weather, according to the park […]
