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The City of Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB) is having its 9th annual PRESERVATION MATTERS Symposium, A Mirage Becomes an Oasis: Water and Tourism History in Greater Palm Springs, April 29 – 30, 2023, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The event will run for two days. You will have the chance to engage with scholars who will present

California is moving ahead with a first-of-its-kind regulation, planning to ban the sale of new diesel trucks in the state by 2036. The California Air Resources Board voted Friday to approve the Advanced Clean Fleets rule which includes requiring all trucks to be zero emission by 2042. It’s all in an effort to fight against climate change and

A gay man who visited Palm Springs is speaking out after being brutally attacked by someone he met on a dating app. Rand Snell traveled from St. Petersburg, Florida, and was drugged and assaulted at his hotel by a man during what he expected to be a casual hookup. “I felt the rush of drugs

 There are still places around the southland where you can see the “Super Bloom” in the valley. At the Whitewater Preserve, visitors enjoy the sounds of the water and the sight of blooming flowers like the brittlebush and apricot mallow.  “We have here a lot of native plants that are blooming,” says Citlalli  Gonzalez, education coordinator of

The Palm Springs City Council voted not to approve a consultant agreement to develop reparations program services for Section 14 survivors. In a 3-2 vote, the council struck down a proposed 12-month, $502,304 contract with The Trustees of Columbia University. If approved, the team would’ve spent the next year working on a reparations plan for

Ranch owners in the eastern Coachella Valley have made some progress with Riverside County on a new noise ordinance pertaining to large events at the rural properties. Last night, a group of about 20 ranchers, which included Claudia Lua Alvarado who owns Rancho 51 and Date Garden in Coachella, met during a private meeting to

Drama over drag is taking center stage in a valley homeowner’s association after a community drag bingo event dropped the drag queen. The drag bingo event planned for next month was supposed to feature local drag queen Rusty Waters, but the HOA board abruptly sent a memo to community members saying they’d made the decision

The Whitewater River is even more dangerous than in recent years. That’s because rising temperatures are causing snowmelt runoff after the severe winter storms in February. Don’t let the beauty fool you; the Whitewater River is not the place to cool off from the heat. Hiker Dominic Ferraro has been camping at the Whitewater Preserve. Despite the

Shanna Ocampo and her family are remembering their son Branden Ocampo exactly 3 years after he was killed by a driver who ran a stop sign at the intersection of Pierson Boulvard and Highway 62 in Desert Hot Springs. The mother said that soon after her son’s death, a family friend made a wooden cross

More than 70 restaurants are participating in the annual fundraising event “Dining Out for Life,” which looks to raise funds for organizations that help people with HIV. DAP Health helps host the event in the Coachella Valley. This year, there are 72 restaurants and bars that will be taking part, including Townie Bagels, Sherman’s Deli,