Archive - The Desert Trumpet

Emergency Preparedness: Are You Ready for the Big One(s)?

Earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, and fires all affect the Morongo Basin. Here’s how to get ready before the ground shakes, the wash floods, or the…

2 hrs ago • Kat Talley-Jones

BREAKING: County Moves to Give Up Local Permitting for Mines on Federal Land. Hearing Thursday, July 9

Hearing tomorrow at 9 am. Local public comment: Joshua Tree Community Center, 6171 Sunburst Ave.

Jul 8 • The Desert Trumpet

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: What if the government is overreaching?

We publish two letters ahead of the July 9 Flock roundtable: Concerns about Flock cameras and Questions for the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department

Jul 7

The Coolest Room in Town

What a movie ticket buys you in the desert right now

Jul 5 • Liz Lapp

Summer is here and the meetings are...light

Our compilation of the Twentynine Palms, Yucca Valley and San Bernardino County 2026 summer meeting schedule

Jul 2 • Cindy Bernard

Citizen Astronomer: Milky Way

The Milky Way doesn't suddenly appear. It slowly reveals itself.

Jul 1 • Caitlin Gill

June 2026

RECAP: Board of Supervisors' June Meetings

Our recap of public meetings on June 9 and 23, and the closed session on June 11

Jun 29

RECAP: Twentynine Palms City Council, June 23, 2026

A budget with an expiration date, a tax measure moving forward, and City Hall going dark

Jun 28 • Kat Talley-Jones

Solar on Twentynine Palms' Doorstep: How the County Approved a Project Its Own Rules Should Have Stopped

Is the Lear Solar project a warning for unincorporated communities across the Basin?

Jun 26 • Cindy Bernard

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY: Hidden in the Midden

The unexpected superpowers of the packrat

Jun 24 • Kat Talley-Jones

Recap: Tourism Business Improvement District Board Meeting, June 18, 2026

The board meeting focuses on revisiting grant and sponsorship guidelines to drive overnight stays and enhance visitor experience in Twentynine Palms.

Jun 23 • Eleanor Whitney

RECAP: Twentynine Palms Planning Commission, June 16, 2026

To offset residential housing capacity loss, City staff suggests density changes.

Jun 22 • Natalie Zuk

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