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A LEFTOVER LUNCH CAUSES EVACUATION OF THE COURTHOUSE
19 YEAR OLD HELD AFTER DUI CRASH WITH 3 MINOR PASSENGERS
DEPUTY HURT ON MOTORCYCLE CRASH HOME AND RECOVERING
29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT OF PRIVATE ROADS
29 PALMS GRANT FOR SIDEWALKS ON MESQUITE SPRINGS, BASELINE
TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY GETS FUNDING FOR CAMINO DEL CIELO TRAFFIC LIGHT
YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING FOR HEARING ON
HANFORD STRIP CENTER *
HOSPITAL BOARD TO EVALUATE BRIM HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
YUCCA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL’S CHAD MAYES NAMED TO SUPERVISOR HANSBERGER’S STAFF
COUNTY ATTORNEY’S UNION BACKS DERRY AGAINST HANSBERGER *
PART 2 OF 2 LOOKING AT IRS SCAMS AND CONS
BIGHORN DESERT VIEW WATER SPECIAL MEETING TO HIRE MARINA WEST *
PALM CANYON THEATER OFFERING IMPROV SHOWS
29 PALMS HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE PRESENTS "CRIMES OF THE HEART" *
YUCCA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS TAKE ON BANNING TOMORROW *

A LEFTOVER LUNCH CAUSES EVACUATION OF THE COURTHOUSE
A LEFTOVER LUNCH CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF THE JOSHUA TREE COURTHOUSE YESTERDAY. WHAT WAS CALLED "A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE" WAS FOUND IN THE LADIES RESTROOM. THE DISCOVERY CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF THE COURTHOUSE OF ALL PERSONNEL INCLUDING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S CLERICAL STAFF AT AROUND 2 PM. THE SHERIFF'S BOMB AND ARSON SQUAD WAS CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THE PACKAGE WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE SOMEBODY’S LUNCH WITH CRACKERS WRAPPED IN TIN FOIL. AUTHORITIES LIFTED THE EVACUATION JUST BEFORE 5:00 PM.

19 YEAR OLD HELD AFTER DUI CRASH WITH 3 MINOR PASSENGERS
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE, AND HAVING 3 MINORS WITH HIM, SENT A JOHSUA TREE MAN TO JAIL SATURDAY NIGHT. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER ROB MCLOUD SAID THAT AT 11:25, 19 YEAR OLD BRYAN ROTE OF JOSHUA TREE WAS DRIVING HIS 2006 DODGE RAM PICK-UP EAST ON DIVISION STREET, NEAR DOWNTOWN JOSHUA TREE, ON HIS WAY HOME WITH 3 JUVENILE PASSENGERS. DUE TO SPEED AND LEVEL IN INTOXICATION, ROTE MISSED THE TURN INTO HIS DRIVEWAY, RAN OFF THE ROAD HITTING A FIRE HYDRANT. ROTE THEN SMASHED INTO A MAILBOX AND THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE. THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER, IDENTIFIED AS 16 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS WHITTEMORE OF JOSHUA TREE, REPORTED HE HIT HIS HEAD DURING THE CRASH AND MAY HAVE "PASSED OUT". WHITTEMORE WAS TAKEN TO HI DESERT MEDICAL CENTER FOR EVALUATION. BRYAN ROTE WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE FOR INVESTIGATION OF FELONY DUI, AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE MORONGO BASIN JAIL ON $50,000 BAIL.

DEPUTY HURT ON MOTORCYCLE CRASH HOME AND RECOVERING
A SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE WHO WAS INJURED SATURDAY IN AN ON-DUTY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IS HOME AND RESTING TODAY. DETECTIVE RICK MILLARD WAS RIDING A DUAL-PURPOSE SHERIFF’S MOTORCYCLE WEST ON THE 62 FREEWAY NEAR RONALD DRIVE WHEN A CAR IN FRONT OF HIM SLOWED SUDDENLY, MILLARD WAS THROWN FROM HIS BIKE, SUFFERING BROKEN RIBS AND A CONCUSSION. AUTHORITIES SAY MILLARD WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AND WILL BE AT HOME HEALING UP FROM 3 BROKEN RIBS

29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT OF PRIVATE ROADS
THE 29 PALMS CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN REGULAR SESSION TONIGHT. OF INTEREST IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON WHETHER THE STATE VEHICLE CODE SHOULD BE ENFORCED ON THE CITIES PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED ROADS AND CHANGING THE NAME OF A DOWNTOWN PARK. REPORTER TERRY BIGLER TAKES A CLOSER LOOK....ENFORCEMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE ON PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED ROADS WITHIN CITY LIMITS WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THIS EVENING AT SIX IN CHAMBERS ON ADOBE ROAD. ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING, AWARDING OF THE 2008 SLURRY SEAL PROJECT CONTRACT TO AMERICAN ASPHALT IN THE AMOUNT OF $435,000.00, AND AN UPDATE OF THE MANAGEMENT ACTION PLANS. MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS…REPORT ON THE FOOD PANTRY, CONSIDERATION OF CHANGING THE NAME FROM CLIFFORD L. STANLEY PARK TO VETERANS PARK, AND A PRESENTATION ON CONNECT CITY NOTIFICATIONS SYSTEM. THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR MICHAEL TREE AND TO CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNCIL REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION.

29 PALMS GRANT FOR SIDEWALKS ON MESQUITE SPRINGS, BASELINE *

TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY GETS FUNDING FOR CAMINO DEL CIELO TRAFFIC LIGHT
THE TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY HAS FINALLY RECEIVED THE FUNDING TO PUT IN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CAMINO DEL CIELO AND THE HIGHWAY AT THE FAR WEST OF TOWN. THE TOWN ANNOUNCED THE RECEIPT OF $400,000 IN PROPOSITION 1B BOND MONEY FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $258,713 IS ANTICIPATED IN THE SPRING OF 2009. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO INSTALL A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE CORNER OF CAMINO DEL CIELO AND STATE ROUTE 62. PROPOSITION 1B, THE HIGHWAY SAFETY, TRAFFIC REDUCTION, AIR QUALITY AND PORT SECURITY ACT OF 2006, WAS PASSED BY CALIFORNIA VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2006. THE BOND PROVIDES $19.92 BILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING $1 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES TO SPEND ON LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES. THE TOWN HAS WORKED WITH CALTRANS SINCE 1999 TO OBTAIN AUTHORIZATION FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT SR 62 AND CAMINO DEL CIELO, RESIDENTS IN THE WEST END OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE FOUND IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO SAFELY ACCESS SR 62 BECAUSE OF THE TRAVEL SPEED AND TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON THE HIGHWAY. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE NEW SIGNAL WILL BE INSTALLED SOME TIME DURING 2009.

YVPC SPECIAL MEETING FOR HEARING ON HANFORD STRIP CENTER *

HOSPITAL BOARD TO EVALUATE BRIM HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
THE HI-DESERT MEDICAL CENTER WILL MEET IN REGULAR SESSION TONIGHT. REPORTER TAMI ROLEFF SAYS THE BIG DECISIONS MAY COME IN CLOSED SESSION.... THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HIGH DESERT MEDICAL CENTER WILL HOLD A MOSTLY ROUTINE MEETING AT 6 PM TONIGHT AT THE HELEN GRAY EDUCATION CENTER AT THE HOSPITAL IN JOSHUA TREE. ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE BOARD WILL APPROVE NEW APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENTS, A RESIGNATION, AND APPROVE REVISIONS TO POLICY AND PROCEDURES. JEFFREY SCOTT WILL ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. THE BOARD WILL ALSO HEAR REPORTS FROM THE HOSPITAL’S ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND BRIM HEALTHCARE. THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO CONFER ON EXISTING LITIGATION AND TO DISCUSS THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BRIM HEALTHCARE.

YUCCA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL’S CHAD MAYES NAMED TO SUPERVISOR HANSBERGER’S STAFF
THIRD DISTRICT SUPERVISOR DENNIS HANSBERGER ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT YUCCA VALLEY TOWN COUNCILMAN AND FORMER MAYOR CHAD MAYES WILL JOIN HIS STAFF. MAYES, 30, HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE YUCCA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL SINCE 2002, WHEN HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER ELECTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL. IN 2005, MAYES SERVED AS THE MAYOR. MAYES WILL REPRESENT HANSBERGER’S THIRD DISTRICT TO CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITIES OF YUCAIPA, REDLANDS AND HIGHLAND, AND SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED AREAS. MAYES WILL BEGIN WORKING FOR HANSBERGER ON APRIL 28^TH.

COUNTY ATTORNEY’S UNION BACKS DERRY AGAINST HANSBERGER *

PART 2 OF 2 LOOKING AT IRS SCAMS AND CON
WITH THE TAX DEADLINE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY, THE IRS IS WARNING TAXPAYERS ABOUT SOME SCAMS AND CONS. TODAY, REPORTER DAN STORK HAS PART 2 OF 2.... IN ADDITION TO PHISHING, FRIVOLOUS ARGUMENTS, AND UNWARRANTED FUEL TAX CREDIT CLAIMS, THE IRS IS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MANY OTHER SCAMS. THESE INCLUDE:

HIDING INCOME OFFSHORE
SHIFTING ASSETS INTO ROTH IRAS AT LESS THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE
FILING PHONY SUBSTITUTE W-2 FORMS
FALSE CLAIMS FOR REFUNDS
FRAUD BY PREPARERS OF TAX RETURNS - CHOOSE YOUR PREPARER CAREFULLY
MISUSE OF TRUSTS TO PROTECT INCOME FROM TAXES
MISUSE OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND DEDUCTIONS
USE OF SHELL CORPORATIONS TO HIDE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

THE IRS HAS A FORM TO REPORT SUSPECTED TAX FRAUD: 3949-A, WHICH YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FROM IRS.GOV.

BIGHORN DESERT VIEW WATER SPECIAL MEETING TO HIRE MARINA WEST *

PALM CANYON THEATER OFFERING IMPROV SHOWS

THE PALM CANYON THEATER IN NEARBY PALM SPRINGS IS OFFERING A MONTHLY IMPROV SHOW. ROP BROADCAST STUDENT TIM WALLS HAS YOUR INVITATION....TIRED OF RERUNS ON T.V? WANT TO SEE LIVE SHOWS THAT WON’T COST YOU AND ARM OR A LEG? EVERY THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH AT PALM CANYON THEATER YOU CAN ENJOY IMPROV, IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY BY THE GROUP "JOE & MUSTARD"! BUT WHAT IS IMPROV? IT’S JUST WHAT IT SOUND LIKE, A COMPLETELY IMPROVISED SHOW WITH NO SCRIPT AND NO REHEARSALS, JOE & MUSTARD WILL CRAFT A SHOW FOR YOU THAT IS UNIQUE EVERY TIME AND AT JUST $4.00 A SHOW, YOU’LL WANT TO ATTEND EVERY MONTH, SO AS NOT TO MISS THE HILARITY THAT ENSURES. SHOWS START AT 7 AND RUN ABOUT AN HOUR. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (760) 323-5123.

29 PALMS HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE PRESENTS "CRIMES OF THE HEART" *

YVHS SWIMMERS TAKE ON BANNING TOMORROW *

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