High Desert News was originally formed in 1996 as a video news gathering service for local television stations around southern California, and eventually worldwide. HDN began providing still images from video via the internet on January 17th, 1999, along with general information about spot news stories covered. Today, HDN provides high quality digital imagery, has the capacity to deliver the high
definition video through the internet, and recently acquired the ability to deliver live video when conditions warrant. Access to content on HDN for personal viewing is free to the public, however, NO CONTENT whatsoever from this page may be used for commercial purposes WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION from High Desert News. Further, ANY use of it's content for any reason without permission will be considered a COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT and dealt with according to copyright laws. Spam, abuse, bullying, racial slurs or harassment of ANY kind will result in removal from access to the High Desert News page. HDN has a ZERO TOLERANCE policy regarding abuse. Comments or messages considered to be liable or threatening in nature towards High Desert News and/or it's administrators may result in legal action against the commenter. Unfortunately, HDN cannot provide advertising and/or links from private parties or non-credentialed outlets. High Desert News uses material acquired by HDN Administrators ONLY! Although submissions are considered on a case by case basis, no guarantee is made or should be implied submitted content will be used. We hope you enjoy the images and video provided by HDN photographers/administrators. They are all volunteers and pride themselves in timely delivery and accuracy of newsworthy events in the High Desert.
