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Listen To Your News		Sunday, September 25, 2011		News Archive

YUCCA VALLEY ROAD CLOSURES
The Yucca Valley Public Works Department will be closing sections of Joshua Lane at various times during the next two weeks. The Public Works Department will be making roadway drainage improvements which necessitate the closure and detour of traffic on Joshua Lane. The first closure of Joshua Lane will be between Emerson Avenue and Frontera Avenue, beginning Monday, September 26th through Wednesday, September 28th. The hours of the road closure and detour are between 7:00am and 3:00pm. The Second closure of Joshua Lane will be between San Vicente and Warren Vista Avenue, beginning Monday, October 3rd through Thursday, October 5th. The hours of the road closure and detour are also between 7:00am and 3:00pm.

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MINERS TO MARINES IN JTNP
At the turn of the 20th century many people inhabited the areas in and near what is now Joshua Tree National Park. Native Americans migrated through different areas and made good use of the water sources and vegetation. The discovery of gold brought Miners, and Cattlemen who used the water and grasses to feed their herds on the way to the coast. Homesteaders came for the free land, while others with illnesses came for the benefit of dry air and improved health. As the century progressed and times changed, so did the inhabitants. Instead of miners, Marines now come and go. Instead of Cattlemen, visitors, hikers, and campers now use the desert landscape. Instead of homesteaders working for free land, retirees, commuters, and homestead family members now own homes here. People still come to the desert for their health, though some of the illnesses have changed. Learn more about local history by visiting parks, libraries and historical areas and museums.

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INLAND EMPIRE ECONOMY SEVERAL YEARS FROM RECOVERY
The Inland Empire may not return to pre-recession employment levels until as many as six years pass, economists said in a new forecast predicting minimal short-term growth as the state and region continue to wrestle with long-term hardships. "We're basically forecasting that it's not until 2016, 2017 that the Inland Empire returns to the level of economic activity we had in 2006," Claremont McKenna College economist Marc Weidenmier said. The new report is a localized follow-up to the UCLA Anderson quarterly forecast, released earlier this week. Analysts expect California unemployment to hover around 12 percent next year, about the level where joblessness is now. In San Bernardino and Riverside counties, the jobless rate will remain in double-digit percentages until 2015, Weidenmier said. Even though the national recession officially ended in June 2009, the Inland Empire's economic output shrunk 0.6 percent last year. The Inland Empire's pre-recession growth depended largely upon an in-migration of consumers seeking affordable housing, the employment of construction workers needed to build those houses and a concurrent expansion of government payrolls.

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JUDGES AND SHERIFFS AT PIONEER DAYS
The Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce is looking for judges and sheriffs for the 75th Annual Pioneer Days event. Come with a partner to the Chamber office, or go online at ww.29chamber.org to sign up for the Honorary Judge and Sheriff contest. Give yourselves a nickname like "No Sympathy Sal and Catch 'em Cathy". The team that sells the most button will be declared the winners. Winners will be announced on Thursday October 13 at 6 pm at the stage in Lucke Park, and will ride in the Pioneer days Parade on Saturday October 15th at 10 am.

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