Mariners miss Branyan's big bat Sep 10, 2009
The Class-A High Desert team, which captured the first- and second-half championships in the California League, attended Wednesday night's game at Angel Stadium. Tickets. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Nuts open playoffs at home Wednesday against Blaze, Mendonca Sep 8, 2009
ADELANTO -- The Modesto Nuts had 24 hits in their highest-scoring game of the season Monday, an 18-5 win over High Desert -- the leading team in the California League's Southern Division. It was impressive, but meaningless in the bigger picture. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Modesto Nuts strike out 12 times, but win where it counts Sep 7, 2009
Defeat High Desert 5-4 ... ADELANTO -- The Modesto Nuts struck out 12 times Sunday evening against High Desert pitchers. (Modesto Bee, CA)
California mine digs in for rare earth rush sparked by green-tech boom Sep 6, 2009
3ha hole in the ground at the edge of California's high desert. The open-pit mine at Mountain Pass, California, holds the world's richest proven reserve of "rare-earth" metals, a family of minerals vital to producing the powerful, lightweight magnets used in the engines of Toyota's Prius and other hybrid vehicles, as well as generators in wind turbines. (Business Report, South Africa)
Transgender activist runs for mayor of Idaho town Sep 6, 2009
For her part, Robinson says she has been warmly received in Nampa, just 15 miles west of Boise in the sagebrush-ridden high desert. "Idaho has a bad rap," she says. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Nuts lose, have given up 27 runs in 2 nights Sep 5, 2009
One night after giving up 10 runs in a loss to Lake Elsinore, Modesto pitching was thrashed again on Friday, giving up a season-high 23 hits in a 17-5 loss to High Desert. . (Modesto Bee, CA)
WSU ROUNDUP: Honorary captain a mystery Sep 4, 2009
In his fourth year as a minor league skipper, however, Horner has guided the Class A High Desert Mavericks of Adelanto, Calf. to an 81-54 record, and he was named Manager of the Year in the California League. (Cougfan.com)
Firefighters gain on blaze near Los Angeles Sep 3, 2009
The swath of fire extends from the densely populated foothill communities of Altadena, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Tujunga and Sunland on the south to the high desert Acton in the north. Beth Halaas knew her creekside home in Big Tujunga Canyon was gone when she saw her favorite Norwegian dishware on television news. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
High Desert locks up second-half title Sep 3, 2009
High Desert clinched the California League Southern Division second-half title Wednesday night with a 7-0 triumph over the Lancaster JetHawks. The win, coupled with Lake Elsinore's loss to Modesto, solidified the season-long dominance of the Mavericks (38-27). (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Firefighters gain upper hand over LA wildfire Sep 2, 2009
The Station fire is the largest of several in California, extending from the Pasadena area to the high desert. It has spread nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers ) from north to south and about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from east to west. (Xinhuanet, China)
California mine digs in for "green" gold rush Aug 31, 2009
3-hectare) hole in the ground at the edge of California's high desert. The open-pit mine at Mountain Pass, California, holds the world's richest proven reserve of "rare earth" metals, a family of minerals vital to producing the powerful, lightweight magnets used in the engines of Toyota Motor Corp's Prius and other hybrid vehicles as well as generators in wind turbines. (Scientific American)
Boo! ~ Some chilling choices for fun! (1) Aug 30, 2009
The high desert chills your spine with the John Calveri Theatre's Third Annual Halloween Haunt, called ecropolis (city of the dead ooooo. It's open from 6-10 p.m. Fri. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Nuts win, but didn't realize they also clinched Aug 29, 2009
First, the Nuts end the regular season on Monday, Sept. 7, at High Desert. The first game of the playoffs will be Sept. 9 at the No. 3 seed. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Rural marijuana grows consume scarce police resources Aug 23, 2009
It ties up (High Desert) task force people and other personnel from agencies, not just us, he said. For any agency it takes the time of your folks that are working narcotics. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Drug war's hidden front: Nogales's tunnels Aug 21, 2009
The sheer number of tunnels in this high desert town of 20,000 is a testament to Nogales's central role in cross-border drug smuggling. "We do about 48 percent of the marijuana seizures in the whole country," Agent Scioli says, speaking about the Nogales area. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Coach called up to pitch in for Mariners Aug 20, 2009
after spending a week with Class A High Desert when the phone rang. He packed his bags, drove to Phoenix and caught a red-eye flight to Detroit, landing at about 5:30 a.m. ET.. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Minors pitcher acquired in deal for Hall Aug 20, 2009
Flores surrendered 15 runs in his first 10 1/3 innings for the High Desert Mavericks, a former Milwaukee affiliate, but spent most of the year with Clinton in the Midwest League, and posted a 2. 30 ERA and 18 saves in 36 games. (MLB.com -- Milwaukee Brewers)
Hollingsworth propels Nuts past 66ers Aug 13, 2009
San Jose (74-41) and High Desert (67-48) division winners in the first half and the second-half leaders are the only Cal League teams to do better. If San Jose wins the second half, and it has a four-game lead over Stockton, the teams with the next two best overall records go to the playoffs. (Modesto Bee, CA)
CA state government hired 3,600 in past year... Aug 11, 2009
6 percent with more than 17,000 searching for work in the High Desert critics are deploring state growth that seems to defy a state cash-flow crisis amid a brutal recession. For the full story, read Monday's edition of the Daily Press. (The Drudge Report)
Free Manson 'family' members haunted by horror Aug 9, 2009
The discovery of Manson's clan living in a high desert commune opened up the astounding story of an ex-convict who had gathered young people into a cult and ordered them to kill. His reasons still remain a subject of debate. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Movin' On Up: Chacin gets taste Aug 1, 2009
He had one of his best seasons in 2007, splitting time between Class A Advanced High Desert and Double-A West Tenn. That year, Saunders stole 29 bases and finished fourth among all Mariners Minor Leaguers with 84 RBIs. (MLB.com -- Colorado Rockies)
Seattle gets two lefties for Washburn Aug 1, 2009
Robles, a 20-year-old lefty from Venezuela, will be assigned to Class A High Desert of the California League. "I really did like Luke French," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Mariners acquire Wilson, Snell from Bucs Jul 30, 2009
29 in 21 games (19 starts) with High Desert in the California League this season. Lorin (5-4, 2. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Bucs Deal Wilson, Snell To Seattle Jul 30, 2009
0ip/60er) in 21 games (19 starts) with Single-A High Desert of the California League ... Despite pitching in the worst pitchers park in baseball in High Desert of the California League, Adcock has shown the ability to get ground balls with an advanced three-pitch mix and the ability to locate his 91-plus mile per hour fastball, which are crucial tools in a Major League pitcher. (Pittsburgh, TheInsiders.com)
Ira 'Dale' Bryant II Jul 29, 2009
In 1996 he started working for the State of California Corrections at the High Desert Prison. After being promoted to Lieutenant at Wasco State Prison, Dale served his remaining career at the Corcoran State Prison. (Porterville Recorder, CA)
Entertainer Spotlight on Reallyshooo (2) Jul 26, 2009
The Makutas have been performing their zany mix of energetic Cajun punk rock at local watering holes in both the low and high deserts since they arrived here from L.A. seven years ago ... For their performances they have acquired a cadre of able backup musicians who reside in and around the high desert. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
California League Jul 26, 2009
x-High Desert (Mariners) ... High Desert 8, Lancaster 4 ... Lancaster at High Desert, 6:05 p.m.. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Former Galt star Justin Souza a good fit in A's system Jul 25, 2009
In 2007 and '08, he played for the Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Triple-A Tacoma Rainers, the A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks and the Mariners' Advanced Development League in Peoria, Ariz. Souza said he's become accustomed to life in the minor leagues. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Heres some long-distance travelin music for yall Jul 25, 2009
For the next week, I ll be floating and white-water rafting through the high desert canyons of the Deschutes River in Oregon. No Internet, no cell phones, no guides. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Nuts' Riordan picks up the pace Jul 24, 2009
Prior to that, he worked eight innings in a 3-1 victory at home against High Desert. "A very important part of starting pitching is going deep into games and giving your team a chance to win," said Riordan, a Connecticut native who was pitching in front of his parents for the first time this season. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Accident blocks Highway 330 Jul 17, 2009
Alternate routes to Big Bear are available on Highway 38 through Redlands and Highway 18 from the High Desert through Lucerne Valley. UPDATE, 5:07 p.m.: Highway 330 from Highland to Big Bear is closed in both directions. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Entertainer Spotlight on Julius and Sylvia (26) Jul 16, 2009
Musicians Julius Preite and Sylvia Browning started performing together shortly after meeting at a gig Preite performed at in the High Desert more than six years ago. Julius had an open mike night at Blue Skies Country Club and I would go in and sit in, said Browning. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Modesto does just enough to upend High Desert Jul 14, 2009
The current four-game series at John Thurman Field has been so surprisingly low-scoring, it's almost as if the home fans are watching AC Modesto battle Rel High Desert ... High Desert, which advanced only one runner as far as third base, scored its run in the fifth. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Nuts gamble, get payoff with win Jul 14, 2009
True to the weather at their desolate home stadium location, the High Desert Mavericks have been a team of extremes this season ... High Desert came to Modesto with a ... Friedrich allowed a run on two hits in the fifth, and reliever Carlos Pena was greeted by a home run to right by McOwen that pulled High Desert within 3-2. (Modesto Bee, CA)
California League Standings Jul 13, 2009
x-High Desert (Mariners) 9 9 ... High Desert 1, Modesto 0 ... Modesto 3, High Desert 1. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Nuts' Durst suffers tough-luck loss, 1-0 Jul 12, 2009
The High Desert Mavericks are in town for a four-game series ... Saturday's 1-0 High Desert victory, coming on the heels of Modesto's shutout win on Friday night, seems to make a liar of the stat page ... This latest Nuts-Mavs pitching duel featured Modesto's Ken Durst (2-9) against High Desert's Steven Hensley (4-1,) with the Mavs' righty coming out on top by the narrowest of margins. (Modesto Bee, CA)
The bull pen Jul 12, 2009
Consecutive games hitting safely for James McOwen of Class A High Desert, a Mariners affiliate. The streak started May 10, ended Friday and was the longest in the minors in 55 years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Column: McOwens' minor streak may be major Jul 11, 2009
The High Desert Mavericks outfielder will take a 45-game hitting streak into a California League game at Modesto on Friday night after he was given the night off Thursday against San Jose. It was the longest streak in pro baseball since 1954, when Roman Mejias went on a 54-game tear with Waco in the Big State League. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Minor leaguer's hitting streak snapped 45 games Jul 11, 2009
(AP) -- High Desert's Jamie McOwen had his hitting streak ended Friday night at 45 games, the eighth-longest run in minor league history. McOwen went 0-for-3 with a walk in the Mavericks' 2-0 loss at Modesto. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
High Desert's streaking McOwen is minors' big hit Jul 11, 2009
Jamie McOwen hopped on the High Desert team bus and was in the middle of yet another phone interview about his eye-popping hitting streak when he abruptly stopped talking ... "I've never seen anything like it before," High Desert manager Jim Horner said. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Gillies ready to show skills at Futures Game Jul 11, 2009
328 with an organization-best 23 steals for the Advanced A High Desert Mavericks ... 313 with 24 steals, to High Desert was one that was a hot topic of conversation during Spring Training but one hailed unanimously by the Mariners' player development staff ... "Everyone felt he could do it. And with High Desert being in a good hitters' league, we felt this might be one of the rare times where you jumped a prospect to a level where he could succeed and be ready for Double-A by the following year.... (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Prospect's hitting streak ends at 45 Jul 11, 2009
After Modesto Nuts closer Craig Baker blew one final fastball past James McOwen, the High Desert Mavericks outfielder didn't stomp back to the dugout in disgust ... And it wasn't like he was the only High Desert player to struggle as Baker and two other Modesto pitchers held the Mavericks to five hits. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Mariners' Liddi ready for Futures Game Jul 10, 2009
Playing for High Desert in the California League, he's hit. 356 with 20 homers and 72 RBIs over 79 games. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Modesto drops fifth straight Jul 10, 2009
Modesto opens a four-game series against High Desert tonight at 7:05 at John Thurman Field. Showing: lect. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Hit streak puts prospect in elite group Jul 8, 2009
The 23-year-old dropped a broken-bat single into left field, providing one of the High Desert Mavericks' few bright spots during a 12-2 loss to the San Jose Giants ... Team (League) Wichita (WL) San Francisco (PCL) Waco (BSL) Danville (III) Oakland (PCL) Mobile (SA) Nashville (SA) High Desert (CAL) Columbus (IL) Milwaukee (AA) Louisville (AA) Big Spring (LHL) Rochester (IL) Gadsden (SEL) Plainview (WT-NM). (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Supremes' Wilson defends legacy Jul 5, 2009
MGM Mirage tended to use Primm -- which draws heavily from Barstow and other California high desert cities -- for country headliners such as Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. Krause started at Primm last year after spending more than three years at the Silverton, so he has seen the Southern edge of the valley creep closer to the state line. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
Rawhide Report 7/4 Jul 5, 2009
High Desert's Joseph Dunigan hit a run-scoring triple that cut the deficit to 4-3, Jeffrey Dominguez's run-scoring single tied it at 4-4, and Jorge Perez uncorked a bases-loaded wild pitch that brought Dominguez home with the winning run ... Up next: Visalia continues its three-game series at High Desert at 3:05 p.m. today. (Fresno Bee)
Former GreenJackets selected for all-star game Jul 5, 2009
NEVER-ENDING GAME OF HITS': California League records came crashing down in an unprecedented display of offense a week ago in a game between the Advanced-A Lake Elsinore Storm and High Desert Mavericks. Lake Elsinore won the game 33-18. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Column: Is Greg Dobbs the answer for M's? Jul 1, 2009
And though he s hitting a ton in the offensively charged California League he s one of two players representing the Mariners organization in the annual Futures Game during the All-Star break it should be noted he recently played in a game that found his High Desert team scoring 18 runs. and losing by 15. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Train travel isn't dead (373) Jul 1, 2009
Dinner the first night included a bottle of wine while watching the scenery as we raced across the high desert between Winnemucca and Elko at about 80 miles an hour ... After dinner, we went back to the observation car for a couple hours, but on the high desert of Nevada there aren't even any lights, and the ambient light from the car made it difficult to see out. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Working through cancer on the Pacific Crest Trail Jul 1, 2009
This includes walking hundreds of miles across high desert north of the Mexico border, the 30-mile stretch without trail-side water at the Hat Creek Rim in Lassen County, and traversing a treacherous springtime ice field in the southern Sierra. "I was scared to death crossing the ice field, going up Forester" Pass, she said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Rawhide report 6/29 Jun 30, 2009
Key inning: Visalia's Taylor Harbin hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run fourth inning that pushed the Rawhide passed High Desert 9-4 in Visalia on Wednesday. Visalia's Konrad Schmidt also hit a solo homer and went 3 for 4 with three runs scored. (Fresno Bee)
Minor league teams combine for 57 hits, 51 runs Jun 29, 2009
Lake Elsinore and High Deserttally 51 runs, 10 HRs in 33-18 Class Aslugfest - MLB - SI.com ... Kuo Hui Lo was one of four High Desert hitters to register at least four RBIs ... (AP) -- The Lake Elsinore Storm and High Desert Mavericks combined for 51 runs and 57 hits in a California League game Sunday, won 33-18 by the Storm. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK Cardinals glad to see DeRosa Jun 29, 2009
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Cal League slugfest: 33-18 Jun 29, 2009
- The Lake Elsinore Storm and High Desert Mavericks combined for 51 runs and 57 hits in a California League game Sunday, won 33-18 by the Storm ... A story on High Desert's Web site, attributed to MiLB.com, said the 51 runs beat the old league record of 44 ... High Desert hit five homers, two by Kuo Hui Lo, who was one of four Mavericks players with four RBIs. (Anchorage Daily News)
Prospect ties Cal League record Jun 28, 2009
After a three-day break for the Carolina/California League All-Star game, High Desert's James McOwen felt the rust start to creep in. Even though he slapped three hits in his first game back, he didn't feel right. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Cal All-Stars top Carolina Jun 24, 2009
California struck first in the first inning when San Jose catcher Buster Posey hit a two-out single to score High Desert first baseman Joseph Dunigan. Carolina tied the game in the top of the eighth when Pedro Florimon Jr. tripled and scored on an error. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Recipe for All-Star mix could use few more Nuts Jun 23, 2009
But not every manager has seen the Nuts, because Modesto has yet to face High Desert or Lake Elsinore ... High Desert, the league's winningest team, has four and San Jose has three. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Alaska USA to snap up troubled High Desert Federal credit union Jun 21, 2009
When Alaska USA takes over July 1, it plans to avoid the real estate loans that took down High Desert Federal Credit Union, based in Apple Valley, Calif. For more than 20 years, High Desert specialized in home construction loans ... High Desert stopped issuing those home construction loans in May 2008 to avoid more losses, according to the local paper. (Juneau Empire)
Murder charged in SoCal deadly runaway truck crash Jun 21, 2009
Prosecutors say Costa drove toward Los Angeles through the San Gabriel Mountains from the high desert on winding Angeles Forest Highway, a route used as a shortcut by commuters but which has warning signs barring rigs the size and weight of the one he was driving. He came out onto steep Angeles Crest Highway above the foothill community of La Canada Flintridge and found he had no brakes. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Alaska USA to buy Outside credit union Jun 20, 2009
Alaska USA said it supplied the winning bid when the National Credit Union Administration this year sought a buyer for High Desert Federal Credit Union in Apple Valley, Calif. The NCUA took control of High Desert, which has served San Bernardino County residents for nearly 60 years, last October ... The decision to buy High Desert aligns with Alaska USA's goal to grow and diversify in new markets, McCue said. (Anchorage Daily News)
McOwen hits in 30 straight in Cal League Jun 20, 2009
"It could end tomorrow," the High Desert Mavericks right fielder said. "It could end two weeks from now, but from here on out, it's pretty much all bonus.". (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Mariners affiliate wins first-half title Jun 19, 2009
(High Desert Mavericks) ... It's been a long time coming for High Desert ... High Desert started the week on cruise control, but a pair of losses to Rancho Cucamonga and a pair of wins by Lake Elsinore kept the Mavs' magic number at two. (MLB.com -- Seattle Mariners)
Local college notes Jun 4, 2009
The Lake Elsinore Storm right-hander struck out eight High Desert Mavericks over seven scoreless innings and allowed just two hits. SCHOOL HONORS: Women's golfer Danielle Jackson and baseball player Jeremy Cruz were named Stetson's athletes of the year. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Sports)
Curtain Time: ENCORE Awards announced (50) Jun 3, 2009
The third annual 2008-2009 ENCORE Awards for Perfor-mance Excellence in the Coachella Valley and High Desert were recently announced on Desert Entertain-ment This Week on channels 13, 111 and Time Warner s On Demand, Channel 110. I instituted the ENCORES at the end of our first season and invited entertainment journalists Jack Lyons and Norman Mark to join DETW host Don Martin and me as we gave an additional tip of the hat to members of the live entertainment community for achievements not... (Desert Entertainer, CA)
