Needles, CA: Discussion on banking options during the Needles Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting inside the Wagon Wheel Restaurant in Needles, California last Thursday.

 

 

Guest speakers Penny Rodriguez from Desert Communities Federal Credit Union in Downtown Needles, California and Janet Lechman from Chase Bank in Mohave Valley, Arizona spoke about what their bank and credit union has to offer to local businesses as they are try to ready for Friday, January 25^th, 2013 as Bank of America will be closing their bank branch in Downtown Needles, California.

 

 

Guest speakers from Desert Communities Federal Credit Union and Chase Bank both agreed that this is a very sad and difficult time for the whole community as well as for the bank branch employees at the Bank of America in Downtown Needles, California and that both Desert Communities Federal Credit Union and Chase Bank are here to help the people of this community.

 

 

The Needles Chamber of Commerce is planning another meeting with both guest speakers from Desert Communities Federal Credit Union and Chase Bank and that meeting is planning to start at 5:00pm PT on Tuesday, October 9^th, 2012 inside Juicy’s Famous River Cafe located at 2411 West Broadway in Needles, California.

 

 

Both guest speakers Penny Rodriguez from Desert Communities Federal Credit Union in Downtown Needles, California and Janet Lechman from Chase Bank in Mohave Valley, Arizona will be there to answer any further questions as well as to meet with you one on one.

 

 

For more information about the Needles Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting or about the public meeting with both Desert Communities Federal Credit Union and Chase Bank, please contact the Needles Chamber of Commerce at: 1 (760) 326-2050.

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You can watch the whole Needles Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting held on Thursday, September 27th, 2012 at the ZachNews Channel on YouTube.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72jryIKSVIo&feature=share&list=UU8kHHmIKSCaecTm5-j_i6oQ

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Needles, CA: The public came out to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Rivers Edge Bar and Grill on Tuesday, September 18th, 2012.

 

Many who attended the ribbon cutting event got to enjoy great tasty food from Rivers Edge Bar and Grill as well as enjoy the nice very of the Colorado River.

 

Edge Bar and Grill is under new ownership and is cooking up tasty burgers, delicious sandwiches, and fresh salads.

 

Ed Glidewell and his nephew Mike Matzen teamed up to own and operate the Rivers Edge Bar and Grill serving great food and drinks in a golf club environment with a view of the beautiful Colorado River.

 

Employees at Rivers Edge Bar and Grill enjoyed the ribbon cutting event and were very happy to see so many people from the Needles community coming in and congratulating the employees and owners of the Rivers Edge Bar and Grill.

 

If you want to enjoy great food well along the Colorado River, come on into Rivers Edge Bar and Grill.

 

Rivers Edge Bar and Grill is located inside the Golf Pro Shop at the Rivers Edge Golf Course at 144 Marina Drive in Needles, California.

 

For more information about Rivers Edge Bar and Grill, please call: 1 (760) 326-3343

  

Needles, CA: A Spaghetti Dinner Stampede fundraiser dinner event was held on Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 at the Needles Elks Lodge in Needles, California hosted by the C.R.R.U. Rodeo Royalty.

The first Spaghetti Dinner Stampede fundraiser dinner event sold over 500 spaghetti dinner plates last Wednesday night.

The spaghetti dinner included tasty spaghetti, fresh salad, delicious garlic bread, and yummy desserts and was created by an amazing group of caring and hard working volunteers.

According to Colorado River Round Up Queen Alexis Timm, the Spaghetti Dinner Stampede event raises money for the group’s travel, hotel, and the rodeo horses expenses well the group travels to other rodeo events representing Needles, California.

Donations for the Rodeo Royalty Spaghetti Dinner Stampede came from many caring and helpful organizations and businesses like Boot Barn, Needles Elks Lodge, Fiesta Mexicana Restaurant (Mohave Valley, Arizona), Neighborhood Car Wash (Fort Mohave, Arizona), Safeway Grocery Store, DECO Food Service, In and Out Burgers, Denny’s, Sam’s Club, Walmart Store, and many more.

The Spaghetti Dinner Stampede was a boot-stomping-ball of a good time by everybody who attended which many hope that this spaghetti dinner fundraiser dinner will become a part of the Needles spaghetti dinner traditions.

Plans for next year’s Colorado River Round Up Rodeo which is held at the Needles Rodeo Grounds in Needles, California are still in the works and no date has been set at this time.

Stay tuned to ZachNews for the latest information regarding dates and event information on the 2013 Colorado River Round Up Rodeo.

  

Downtown Needles, CA: The Needles Downtown Business Alliance and Needles Chambers of Commerce kicked off their monthly Meet ‘n’ Greet event held on Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 at the Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Downtown Needles, California.

 

 

Members of the business community around Needles, California came out to the  meet ‘n’ greet event and got to learn about what Saint Vincent de Paul does for this community which provides food, clothing, and services to help those in need and those who are homeless.

 

 

Co-owner of the Wagon Wheel Restaurant Susan Alexis won $60.00 during a 50/50 raffle and donated her prize money to both Saint Vincent de Paul and to the Needles Downtown Business Alliance.

 

 

News Alert!!: West Los Angeles, CA: Carmageddon 2 Coverage Tonight.

 

 

All lanes of Interstate 405 between Interstate 10 to U.S. Route 101 will be closed in both directions because of a demolition project.

 

 

The closure will start at 12:00am PT on Saturday, September 29^th, 2012 and will reopen at 5:00am PT on Monday, October 1^st, 2012.

 

 

The Mulholland Bridge over Interstate 405 is being knocked down to widen Interstate 405.

 

 

ZachNewsAlerts will have Carmageddon 2 news coverage this weekend and will have news updates during the closure of the Interstate 405.

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– You can follow the closure of the Interstate 405 at ZachNewsAlerts on Twitter.

 

ZachNewsAlerts on Twitter:

 

https://twitter.com/ZachNewsAlerts

 

@ZachNewsAlerts

 

 

– You can also follow Carmageddon 2 on Twitter by using the following hashtags:

 

 

#Carmageddon2

 

#Carmageddon

 

#405

 

#I405
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Needles, CA: The Needles Recreation Center is having a Backyard Composting free workshop starting at 10:00am PT on Saturday, September 29th, 2012 at the Needles Recreation Center located at 1705 J Street in Needles, California.

 

 

Learn everything you need to know on how to compost and will cover all the basics of composting, compost bins, and how to use the finished product.

 

For more information about Backyard Composting, please contact Master Momposter Coordinator Don Woo of High Desert & Mountain Master Composters by phone at: 1 (951) 265-8699 or by email at: MC_Coordinator@dnbvisions.com

 

 

Needles, CA: Back 2 School Friday Fiesta in Needles.

A Back 2 School Friday Fiesta is being held on Friday, September 28th, 2012 starting at 5:00pm to 8:00pm PT at the Needles Senior Center located at 1699 Bailey Avenue in Needles, California.

News Update!!: Harquahala Valley, AZ: Police pursuit ends with driver shooting himself.
Fox affiliate KSAZ Channel 10: “Carjacking suspect shoots self during police pursuit.”

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/19667956/2012/09/28/police-pursue-carjacking-suspect

San Bernardino, CA: The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors will be having a special meeting to consider various actions related to the proposed Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project on Monday, October 1^st, 2012.

 

 

This special meeting starts at 10:00am PT and will be held inside the Chamber of the Board of Supervisors which is on the First Floor of the San Bernardino County Government Center located at 385 North Arrowhead Avenue in San Bernardino, California.

 

 

San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors actions would include consideration of a proposed groundwater management, monitoring and mitigation plan, consideration of the project environmental impact report, and consideration of findings relevant to the county’s role as a responsible agency under the California Environmental Quality Act.

 

 

The Cadiz Water Project would provide water to six water districts throughout Southern California by extracting millions of acre feet of underground water from an area of the Mojave Desert located about 40 miles northeast of Twentynine Palms, California and move the extracted underground water along a 43 mile pipeline to the Colorado River Aqueduct which the water will be sent to coastal cities in Southern California.

 

 

Stay tuned to ZachNews for news updates and more information regarding this news story.

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You can find more information on the Cadiz Water Project by going to the following websites:

 

 

– San Bernardino County Land Use Services:

 

http://cms.sbcounty.gov/lus/Planning/CadizValleyWater.aspx

 

 

– Cadiz Inc.:

 

http://cadizinc.com/water-project/

 

 

– Cadiz Water Project:

 

http://www.cadizwaterproject.com/eir/

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Downtown Needles, CA: Since the beginning of 2012, the people of Needles, California are hanging on hope that no more businesses close up their business as several businesses have said good bye to Needles, California and shutting down their business to the community.

 

 

But since news broke about Bank of America closing their bank branch in Downtown Needles, California on Friday, January 25^th, 2012, a rise of rumors saying this business or that business is closing is causing many of people to stress out and cause more harm to those businesses that are not closing.

 

 

The latest rumor to spread along the Colorado River Tri-State are is about the Burger Hut eatery located at 701 West Broadway in Downtown Needles, California.

 

 

The rumor is telling people along the Colorado River Tri-State that the Burger Hut eatery is closing

 

 

ZachNews can confirm that the Burger Hut eatery in Downtown Needles, California is not closing and that the rumor is just hurting business.

 

 

Burger Hut owner Angelma Johnson confirms with ZachNews PhotojournalistZachary A. Lopez that, “We (Burger Hut) are not closing” adding that she is getting tired of those rumors.

 

 

According to Burger Hut owner Angelma Johnson, Burger Hut did have to close on the weekends, change their hours of business, and raise their prices due to the current economic slow down, but that can change if conditions get better.

 

 

The best way to help local businesses hanging on in this current economic slow down crisis is to go to that business and spend enough money as you are able to on that business rather than spreading rumors and lies that can just harm businesses and can lead to a real closure.

 

 

Burger Hut is located at 701 West Broadway at D Street in Downtown Needles, California.

 

 

For more information about Burger Hut, please call: 1 (760) 326-2342.