Yucca Valley News

A Manhattan Beach man was killed in a Morongo Valley car crash Tuesday evening. Robert L. Schrader, 82, died at the scene on Highway 62 at Oregon Trail, the California Highway Patrol said.

Out of 133 women vying to become the 2010 Miss California on Sunday in Rancho Mirage, a 24-year-old representing Sherwood in Ventura County took home the crown.

PALM SPRINGS Las Casuelas Terraza's Monday Night Football Fiesta, featuring televised NFL games on the big screen, is attracting scores of locals and tourists with contest drawings weekly through the end of season.

Hap Harlow graduated from Palm Springs High School with 28 others in 1941, just months before the Pearl Harbor attack.

Sisters Brea and Katie Polos of Yucca Valley will represent the Palm Springs area this month during the 2010 Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants.

A Yucca Valley man who is facing the death penalty and was accused of killing three people during a residential robbery in 2004 has admitted his role in the deaths.

A parolee has been charged with second degree robbery for last month's hold-up at a Snoke N' Video store in Yucca Valley.

Here are the first playoff pairings issued by the CIF-Southern Section. Look for updates all week as the post-season in tennis, golf, volleyball, water polo and cross country gets underway.

Robert William Tell, 39, of Apple Valley was in a day-room area at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on Monday afternoon when another inmate - Jimmy Dale Kelley, 41, of Yucca Valley - assaulted and stabbed Tell with a home-made weapon, said Cindy Beavers, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department.

Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed., publishes new Ebook, "How to Break Your Sugar Addiction Today" to provide sugar addicts with the facts about sugar and the steps needed to successfully overcome addiction to sugar.

A suspected drunken driver struck and killed a bicyclist in Yucca Valley late Monday, sheriff's officials said.

"Has anyone seen my flute?!" Alex Ebert asks, casting frantic shadows upon a giant teepee.

Two students from the Palm Springs Unified School District will travel to the Middle East today to determine just how persuasive they can be about world affairs.

A fundraiser for the Morongo Basin Special Olympics is being held Thursday at the Applebees restaurant in Yucca Valley.

Miss Palm Springs will not be among the contestants next month in the 2010 Miss California USA Pageant, but Palm Springs will be represented.

Yucca Valley isn't the first place California visitors usually go to spot celebrities.

Volunteers are clearing brush from beneath small outcroppings of pinyon pine trees in the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains to help them survive wildfires.

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence following a crash on Highway 62 that left a 6-year-old girl dead, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Arrowhead League Upland Christian 3, CSDR 0 Hannah Wagner had seven kills, two aces and two blocks; Danielle Maxwell had six kills and two blocks; and Kirsten Edgemon had three kills, 12 aces and 11 assists to lead the Eagles to a 25-11, 25-14, 25-5 victory.

Beauties from across the state will be in Palm Springs next month for the Miss California USA and Miss Teen California USA pageants.