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Listen To Your News		Thursday, June 24, 2010		News Archive

Jeffrey Standfest

STATE OF MICHIGAN FLAGS TO HONOR FALLEN TWENTYNINE PALMS MARINE Michigan Governor Jennifer Grandholm today ordered United States flags throughout the state be lowered Friday in honor of Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Standfest, 23, who died June 16 in Afghanistan. Standfest, a St. Clair, Michigan, High School graduate, was assigned to the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. His funeral is will be Saturday at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Macomb Township. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Clinton Township.

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SMALL EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEAR FONTANA THIS MORNING
A small to moderate Earthquake rattled the West end of the county and parts of Los Angeles this morning. The 3.3 magnitude temblor struck at 5:14 about 3 miles North Northeast, from Fontana. It was felt widely in Southern California. CalTech Seismologists say the earthquake was relatively shallow, about 4 miles under the epicenter. There were no immediate reports of damage of injuries.

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MASSIVE REACTOR CAP TRAVELING THROUGH TONIGHT
The third and last piece of massive equipment destined for a nuclear power plant in Arizona will be passing through the Morongo Basin sometime tonight. Traveling at a top speed of 5 miles per hour the nuclear reactor cap is expected to travel up Highway 62 on it’s way to Palo Verde Nuclear Generating station, 55 miles west of Phoenix. The extra large load will be moving thorough the Morongo Basin between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., though the schedule is very flexible and can change at a moments notice. Betty Dayyo, spokeswoman for Arizona Public Service said the equipment is neither radio active nor harmful. Two similar loads came thought the Morongo Basin in June and November of 2009.

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TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL PART 2: PRESENTATIONS The Twentynine Palms City Council met Tuesday night with a full agenda. Reporter Dan Stork broke his report into two parts, yesterday, the end of vacation home rentals and five other public hearings, today, presentations to the council... At the beginning of its Tuesday night meeting, the Twentynine Palms City Council heard three presentations. First up was Southern California Edison representative Kathleen DeRosa, who ran down the status of several ongoing and incipient projects in and around the City. Theatre 29 Board President Gary Daigneault showed architectural renderings of a proposed new Theatre 29 building. Marina del Rey-based architect Tony Pleskow, working under a county grant, has produced a "fundraising package" with multiple views of a low-profile 250-seat theatre building that is unlike any public building in the Morongo Basin.

(See the local news page on kcdzfm.com for some of the pictures shown by Daigneault.) Daigneault declined to state a cost for the building, nor did he specify a timeline. He did say that the Theatre will be exploring all funding options, both private and public. He also reported that RSG consultant Frank Spevacek, currently working on the General Plan Update, advises that the project be built downtown, to benefit business there. Then Mel Berlin described the Chalk Art Festival, a project of Action Council 29 slated for the weekend of November 5 to 7. He called it an interactive, hands-on, family event. He would like to devote a section of Adobe Road to it, although some merchants in near Gorgonio are apprehensive about the impact on their businesses. Berlin asked the Council for $10,000 to support advertising efforts. While discussing the 2010-2011 budget, Council agreed that the money could be found by using some money that had been allocated to the not-yet-filled Economic Development specialist position.

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TWENTYNINE PALMS WOMAN HELD FOR SPOUSAL BATTERY
A Twentynine Palms woman was arrested for spousal battery, after she called 9-1-1. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Vera Martinez said Monday morning about 8, Jeanie Johnson, 32, called 9-1-1 to report her husband would not let her leave the house. Deputy Scott Leach responded to the home in the 6400 block of Yucca Avenue in Twentynine Palms. After investigation, Leach found that Johnson was the person creating the disturbance. Jeanie Johnson was taken into custody, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail for investigation of spousal battery and held on $25,000 bail. While in the patrol car, Johnson kicked out one of the windows, the second time in as many days a female suspect in custody had kicked out a patrol car window.

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2 ARRESTED IN MORONGO VALLEY
One man arrested on a parole violation, a second for resisting arrest in Morongo Valley. Sheriff’s officials said Sunday night around 11:45, sheriff’s deputies responded to a suspicious circumstances call in the 11000 block of West Drive in Morongo Valley, the caller saying someone was trying to get into home. Several deputies converged to the location, noting there were two buildings at the address. After the first building was cleared, deputies knocked on the door of the second. A man at the home refused to come out. Deputies finally gained entry, and contacted Gregory Martinez, wanted for parole violations. A second man, identified as Scott Logan, 47, lashed out at deputies and was finally controlled. Gregory Martinez was booked into the Morongo Basin Jail on a no bail parole hold. Scott Logan was booked for investigation of resisting arrest, and released Monday morning.

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DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA LEAD TO ARREST OF TWENTYNINE PALMS WOMAN
A Twentynine Palms woman was arrested after sheriffs’ deputies found drugs and paraphernalia in her home near her child. Sheriffs’ officials said Monday just after midnight, deputy’s responded to a call of screaming and glass breaking at an apartment in the 72900 block of El Paseo Avenue in Twentynine Palms. Deputy Brad Heard arrived at the location and found Alicia Hernandez, 27, inside the apartment along with a child, it appeared Hernandez had been drinking. Witnesses said Hernandez had left the child alone several times. Deputy Heard found drugs and paraphernalia accessible to the child. Alicia Hernandez was taken into custody and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail for investigation of child cruelty, and held on $100,000 bail. The child was turned over to the care of Child Protective Services.

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MAJOR POLICE ACTION TURNS OUT TO BE OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION
The old adage is that: "perception is reality". A lot of sheriff’s resources were used earlier this week based on a visitor’s perception that he and his wife were in danger. Managing Editor Karl Gardner tells the story...
A sheriff’s helicopter, several deputies, park rangers and fire crews were called out after a man hiking in the 49 Palms Canyon area of Joshua Tree National Park, suffered a panic attack, thinking other visitors were gong to do him harm. Sheriff’s Spokeswoman Anita Baker said dispatchers received a call from LAPD Tuesday afternoon about 4, reporting that a man, identified as Christopher Yavelow, 60 of Maryland, was in 49 Palms Canyon near the oasis and suspected another visitor was going to hurt him. Yavelow was hiking with his wife, saw the other visitor, and thinking he was in danger, fled up to the hills. Yavelow called a friend in LA on his cell phone, who in turned called the LAPD who then contacted San Bernardino county sheriff’s dispatch. Responding deputies contacted Yavelow, who said he was now on a ridge, his wife still with the "suspects". Yavelow told deputies he called his wife, who said she was okay. A sheriff’s helicopter was dispatched and located Yavelow on the ridge, he refued to get on the helicopter out of fear. Deputies’ Shaunna Ables and Robert Hoag along with Sergeant Thomas Hutchens hiked in one and a half miles to Yavelow’s location found him and his wife, and escorted the pair back out. Other deputies contacted the "suspects", and following an interview, determined Yavelow’s concern’s to be unfounded. No charges were filed Yavelow apologized to deputies for the incident.

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LARGEST COUNTY UNION GIVES UP PAY RAISE
A union representing the largest number of San Bernardino County employees has agreed to give up promised pay raises to help the county close an $89.4 million budget shortfall. The San Bernardino County Public Employees Association, which represents 16,000 employees, announced that a majority of its members agreed to give up six percent pay raises that were to go into effect in July. County officials had said earlier that if the unions didn't agree to the concessions that layoffs were possible. Last week, the union representing about 3,100 public safety employees rejected the deal, leading county officials to announce equivalent cuts of about $13 million to the sheriff, probation and district attorney offices. The Board of Supervisors will consider the budget at a Monday meeting.

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MORONGO BASIN SENIOR SUPPORT CENTER GRAND REOPENING
Marking a name change and program enhancements, the Yucca Valley organization that offers warm water pool therapy and a myriad of other senior services is celebrating next week. Reporter Tami Roleff has your invitation...
The Morongo Basin Senior Support Center will hold its grand re-opening on Wednesday, June 30, at 5:30. The re-opening will include a Carne Asada dinner, entertainment, a tour of the facility, and a silent auction. Tickets are $10 per person, $5 for children, and are available at the Senior Support Center, located at 57121 Sunny Slope Drive in Yucca Valley. Call 760-365-9661 for more information.

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WATER FUN WITH YUCCA VALLEY RECREATION TOMORROW
It is H-2-OH fun in Yucca Valley tomorrow. Kids 10 years and under are invited to come cool off in the Community Center park Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The recreation staff has lots of ways to beat the heat. Slide down the slip-n-slid, splash in the wading pools, run in and out of the sprinklers or maybe a water balloon toss game. They’ll keep you cool by keeping you drenched! All this great water fun is located at the Yucca Valley Community Center on the cool green grass and it’s free.

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