Jef Harmatz

Los Angeles

News Director at KCDZ-FM (Twentynine Palms, CA)

Co-Host at Z107.7 Morning Show with Cody and Jef

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29 Palms Art Gallery Spring Art and Craft Faire is this Saturday and Sunday (4/12 - 4/13)

1 week ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

The historic 29 Palms Art Gallery is hosting a full weekend of arts, crafts, food, music and fun. Local artisans will have paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and more that would look great on a wall, make for dazzling gifts, or fit snugly into an Easter Basket. Three instructors are available for a little hands-on art: rock painting with Randy Ranieri, mosaics sponsored by Cathy Snodgrass and beadwork with Linda Arbuckle.There will be raffles for kids and adults.
Yucca Valley seeking artists to dress-up dull utility boxes with colorful art

2 weeks ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

If you’ve seen the beautifully decorated utility boxes around Yucca Valley, you may not know that they were made by local artists. The Town is seeking new artists for additional utility boxes around town. The Town of Yucca Valley has announced that they are seeking six new Yucca Valley-based artists to create designs and artwork for six new wraps to adorn six additional utility boxes in visible locations through the town.
Z107.7 News nominated for two stories at 75th Annual Golden Mike Awards

3 weeks ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

Z107.7 was honored at the 75th Golden Mike Awards, put on by the Radio and Television News Association to celebrate excellence in broadcast news. Z107.7 was nominated for Best Weekend News Cast, anchored and edited by Online News Editor Robert Haydon. He was also nominated for his coverage of the first mobile record clearing event put on by the San Bernardino County’s Public Defenders office.
“Where is My Mind?” pops up in Yucca Valley Library public art space

1 month ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

It’s no secret that the hi-desert is full of talented artists. So when officials with the Town of Yucca Valley put out the call for art in public places, the community truly delivers. Such is the origin of a new installation set up at the Yucca Valley Branch Library Plaza.
Morongo Basin Spell-a-Thon raising funds for libraries across hi-desert this Saturday (3/22)

1 month ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

The Morongo Basin’s annual Spell-a-Thon is happening on Saturday. Put on by the Morongo Basin Friends of the Library, the event sees 12 teams of kids and adults competing for spelling supremacy, all in the name of raising funds for public libraries in Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, and Twentynine Palms. I spoke with Morongo Basin Friends of the Library Spell-a-Thon Committee Chair Debbie Medina, who told me about Saturday’s (March 22) event.
29PSP offers volunteer-run rides to active duty military and their families

1 month ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

Travel can be challenging, especially if your day job is protecting America and you’re living on a remote military base in the middle of the Mojave Desert. 29PSP wants to help. 29PSP is a volunteer-run service that provides rides from the base to airports for active duty marines and their families.
Yucca Valley 3rd Saturday Art Walk tonight (3/15)

1 month ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

Hi Desert Artists Co-Op debuts two new shows. The first is called DNA, a group show curated by MArcia Geiger that focuses on the intersection of genetics and environment. The second show, Relics, features fired-clay wall hangings from sculptor Thomas Alban. Both shows will debut with a reception from 5 to 7:00 p.m.Goat Mountain Co. delivers a sequel to one of their most popular shows.
Dale Basin Well Owner’s Association meets Sunday to discuss Wonder Valley proposal and “water witching”

1 month ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

The Dale Basin Well Owner’s Association meets on Sunday (March 9) to discuss goals for 2025 and vote to approve new by-laws. Members will hear a proposal about forming a group to represent the Wonder Valley community as a whole. And Clarence Chambers will demonstrate “water witching,” a technique for locating underground water. The meeting is open to the public and will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Wonder Valley Community Center located at 80525 1/2 Amboy Road in Wonder Valley.
Monthly Art Crawl tonight in Joshua Tree (3/8)

1 month ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

Tonight is the second Saturday of March which means downtown Joshua Tree’s galleries will open for the monthly Joshua Tree Art Crawl. That’s Lost Puppy Forever, the lost puppy-themed band. They’re playing at La Matadora tonight as part of an art party that also sees the debut of their new show called “Portals,” featuring drawings from Mary Evans and Marion Vasquez. The two artists said that they met at La Matadora gallery many years ago.
Weaving created in Yucca Valley heading to U.S. Embassy in Iraq

1 month ago | z1077fm.com | Jef Harmatz

A large-scale woven art piece made locally in the desert is set to hang in the US Embassy in Erbil, Iraq. But you can see it tomorrow before it’s flown to the embassy. Janelle Pietrzak, artist and owner of All Roads in Yucca Valley, was commissioned by the government to create a massive weaved art piece for the embassy several years ago. “The art in embassies program, which is a state-run program, reached out to me about eight years ago.