“It appears the Indians planted the palm trees in a specific pattern, perhaps relating to the whole boy-baby fertility thing. We don't know. ... “Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner.” “Ne se comprend pas. Asshole.
When plumber Ed Duquette put a " City Hall ” sign on the tank house at the Plaza as a joke and someone sent a photograph to Ripley's Believe It Or Not , “ the smallest city hall in the world ” became internationally known .
"Twentynine Palms is a compelling account of the devastating murder of two young girls by a troubled Marine in a rural California desert town.
Cracking in the desert heat, the sleepy town of Twentynine Palms sits outside the bright blankness that is the sprawl of Los Angeles.
... Twentynine Palms Police Department station wagon parked across the southbound lane, and behind which the team waits, pensive. No lights are flashing. “Those bear claws in the fridge? Are they—” “Do not touch them, Grace. Repeat, do not ...