Out of the 2,500+ public middle schools and high schools in California, the California Department of Education (CDE) has named Cathedral City High School as a 2024 California Distinguished School. The California Distinguished Schools Program, established in 1985, recognizes California schools whose educators and staff work above and beyond to close the achievement gap and
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The Palm Springs Convention Center is now the first convention center in California to become a Certified Autism Center™ (CAC) by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). Staff underwent extensive and comprehensive training in the field of autism and sensory-sensitivity to be able to better accommodate autistic individuals and enhance the
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The Living Desert is happy to report the birth of two healthy baby meerkats on January 21. It’s the second litter for Vinny (mother) and Frenzy (father), who welcomed their first litter in 2022. Groups of meerkats, also known as mobs or gangs, adhere to a matriarchal society: one alpha female, usually the largest in
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The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians and its Chairman Darrell Mike joined fans in honoring the late country star Toby Keith, who passed earlier this month at the age of 62 after bravely battling stomach cancer. The tribe donated a symbolic $1029 to the Toby Keith Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at supporting and
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Now’s your chance to own a little bit of Palm Springs history. On Feb. 25, the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation will be giving away “retired” seats that haven’t already been donated to other theatre groups and non-profits. Anyone interested in taking a seat should come to the Plaza Theatre at 128 S. Palm Canyon
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College of the Desert is celebrating the launch of a new, free campus-to-campus shuttle service. Thursday morning, COD will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the launch of the Roadrunner Express, a free shuttle service that will provide students with transportation between College of the Desert campuses. The college welcomes community members to attend the
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This Saturday, February 10th at 6 P.M., the Coachella Valley Firebirds will be holding a “Pink In The Rink” theme night in honor & support of Breast Cancer survivors and patients. This event, presented by El Paseo Jewelers of Palm Desert, will include an auction to win a pink game-worn jersey from one of our
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The Desert Hot Springs Police Department has made significant progress in a recent crime spree involving the theft of a large community mailbox in the Hacienda Heights neighborhood on January 28th. Thanks to a vigilant community member who captured the whole event on video, detectives were able to identify the suspect and place him under
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Students from nine Coachella Valley high schools took part in the 19th annual Academic WorldQuest competition this past Thursday at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus. The Academic WorldQuest event, sponsored by the World Affairs Council of the Desert, is a team competition in which students are challenged on their knowledge of world affairs. The topics
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The Palm Springs Police Department’s IMPACT unit, aimed at community-oriented policing and problem-solving, has been working tirelessly to spread a clear message that retail theft WILL NOT be tolerated in this community! Over the past two weeks, the PSPD’s IMPACT team has conducted three retail theft operations at large corporations such as Walmart, Home Depot,
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The 2024 BNP Paribas Open, held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 3rd – 17th, has named Coachella’s Spotlight 29 Casino as the Official Casino Partner for this year’s event. Spotlight 29 Casino will serve as the presenting partner of the BNP Paribas Open Radio– a program that will allow fans to listen
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