Palm Springs Featured on Martha Stewart Show Tomorrow on Fox
Lifestyle diva Martha Stewart will dedicate her entire show tomorrow on Palm Springs and the City’s fabulous desert lifestyle – in what she calls an “immersion tour of a stylish city and its modernist houses.”
Area Colleges Collaborate on ‘Renewables’ Workforce Development
Three desert area community colleges—two of them in Riverside County’s Fourth District— are teaming up to seek grant funding that will support workforce development in the desert region.
6th Annual Jacqueline Cochran Air Show Set for Nov. 7
If the window-rattling roar of an F-16 fighter jet gets your heart pumping, the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is where you want to be the first Saturday in November. If it doesn’t, perhaps you want to be in the emergency room—just kidding. Not really.
Calling All Contestants: Queen Scheherazade Apps Due Soon
First the good news about contesting for the title of 2010 Queen Scheherazade for the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival: You don’t have to know how to spell Scheherazade.
California Coastal Cleanup: It’s Not Just for the Pacific Ocean
The California Coastal Commission is announcing that the state’s biggest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day, will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary with this year’s Oct. 24 statewide cleanup.
COD’s Marks Art Center Presents ‘Desert Abyss’ Sept. 25-Oct. 22
Cristopher Cichocki's solo exhibition Desert Abyss is a multimedia art installation that brings together hybrid forms of painting, photography, sculpture, video and sound, creating a multi-sensory environment that occupies all three gallery spaces at College of the Desert’s Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts.
Palm Desert Cart Parade to Feature First Ever Community Float
The 2009 Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade will feature a first-ever Community Float thanks to the sponsorship of The Auen Foundation. For the second consecutive year, The Auen Foundation is also the 2009 Presenting Parade Sponsor.
The North Shore Yacht Club renovation received its official groundbreaking today, as the community gathered to celebrate the historic occasion. On hand to turn over the first shovels-full of dirt were (from left) DACE Executive Director Jeff Hays, North Shore Community Councilmember Jennie Kelly, the late Supervisor Roy Wilson’s widow Aurora Wilson, Fifth District Supervisor Marion Ashley, and Assistant County CEO/EDA Rob Field. For more info on the North Shore Yacht Club renovation project,
Youth Soccer League Comes to Thousand Palms
After having its own athletic fields for almost 15 years, the community of Thousand Palms is finally getting its own youth soccer league. Thousand Palms Youth Soccer is set to begin this fall, and players and volunteers are needed.
Palm Desert Chamber Biz Expo Exhibitor Space Going fast
The Annual Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to be another 5 Star display of local businesses, networking opportunities and fun at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Special Events Center on Friday Oct. 9 from 4 p.m. till 7 p.m.
Mecca-Thermal Classes Start Sept. 28, Few Seats Left
College of the Desert's (COD) East Valley Campus at Mecca- Thermal, which just opened this past February, will start its first Fall semester with nearly 400 students enrolled. All the credit courses are filled to capacity already, except for one class (Math 66) which has a handful of seats left.
Entering the Shelter as a Homeless Pet Can Be Frightening
Ever wonder what it’s like to be a homeless pet taken “into custody” at the local animal shelter?
This year’s Festival poster was created by Jone’ Dupre’, a desert resident who has been creating multi-media in the area for many years. Her poster art will be available both in posters and t-shirts through the website and at the Festival.
‘Art in the Dunes’ Festival Set for Nov. 21-22 in Bermuda Dunes
The Community of Bermuda Dunes will host its First Fall Festival, Art in the Dunes.
The late Fourth District Supervisor Roy Wilson, shown here in a staff photo from 2003, was instrumental in the North Shore Yacht Club project. The groundbreaking of the renovation project for the historic facility will be held Monday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. in North Shore.
North Shore Yacht Club to Make a Splash with Renovation
The community of North Shore will be celebrating the groundbreaking for the renovation of the historic North Shore Yacht Club on Monday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m.
Palm Springs Ranks # 2 on Money Magazine ‘Top 25’ List
The City of Palm Springs was recently chosen by Money Magazine and CNN Money.com as one of the best places to live and retire in 2009.
Desert Recreation District Invites Residents to ‘Come on Down’
Do you watch game shows every night and yell answers at your TV? Do you ever wish you could be part of the live studio audience? Then "Come on Down!" with Desert Recreation District during their Road Trips to see three of the most popular game shows.
Free Shredding and E-Waste Collection For Rancho Mirage Residents
As part of the City’s ongoing recycling efforts and to help residents dispose of sensitive documents safely and securely, Rancho Mirage will host a free shredding and e-waste collection event for residents on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the City Hall parking lot, 69-825 Highway 111, near Frank Sinatra Drive.
Annual Healing Field Event Slated for November in Cathedral City
The Rotary Club of Cathedral City will be presenting the 4th annual Healing Field this November 8-15 at Patriot Park. This week long event will honor the 5,200+ men and women who have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001.