Dog shot to death, execution style Mar 15, 2008
In an animal-loving town where pets are considered part of the family and dogs ride shotgun in dusty Jeeps, its hard to believe the act of deliberate cruelty that took place in Pioneertown Feb. 25. But Sara Horowitz says her beloved black Labrador, Brody, was shot, execution-style, on the property adjacent to the Pioneertown Motel ... She said it had become Brodys habit to make his rounds every morning through Pioneertown, stopping to visit pals along the way. (Pet-Abuse.com)
Amy LaVere: Breathy, Bemused and Bereft of Regret Nov 21, 2007
LaVere takes the stage at Pappy & Harriett's Pioneertown Palace, a roadhouse in the California high desert about one hundred and twenty miles east of Hollywood ... Pioneertown was founded in the '40s for the purpose of filming Westerns and its craggy peaks and dusty mesas can be seen in hundreds of commercials, TV shows, and films ... Today, Pioneertown gets by on overpriced kitsch. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
U.S. to have say in power line siting Oct 3, 2007
Residents in San Bernardino County's Morongo Valley have been fighting a proposal by DWP to lace huge new towers through historic Pioneertown, the setting for countless television westerns and movies, and through bucolic private land preserves pieced together between Joshua Tree National Park and the San Bernardino National Forest ... "We've been expecting the federal preemption card to be played . . . and we're going to fight it," said Danny Sall, 59, a lifelong resident of Pioneertown whose... (Los Angeles Times)
'Green Path' Gets Red Light From Conservationists Apr 10, 2007
According to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the 85-mile-long "Green Path" energy corridor designed to bring solar, geothermal and nuclear power from southeastern California and Arizona would slice across the Big Morongo Wildlife Preserve north of Palm Springs, Pioneertown near Yucca Valley, Pipes Canyon Wilderness Preserve and a corner of the San Bernardino National Forest before crossing over the Cajon Pass and connecting with existing power lines in Hesperia, The Times... (CBS2.com, CA)
'Green' project has critics seeing red Apr 9, 2007
According to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the 85-mile-long "Green Path" energy corridor designed to bring solar, geothermal and nuclear power from southeastern California and Arizona would slice across the Big Morongo Wildlife Preserve north of Palm Springs, Pioneertown near Yucca Valley, Pipes Canyon Wilderness Preserve and a corner of the San Bernardino National Forest before crossing over the Cajon Pass and connecting with existing power lines in Hesperia ... The DWP staff... (Los Angeles Times)
