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2020 Palm Springs International Shortfest announces festival winners

The 2020 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried award winners from the 332 shorts films that were part of the Official Selection.  A number of those films were made available online to screen from June 16-22.  Awards and cash prizes worth $25,000 including 5 Academy Award® qualifying award will be presented to the winners. Oscar® Qualifying Awards: The

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Odor Advisory for the Salton Sea

South Coast Air Quality Management District has put out an Odor Advisory for the Salton Sea. This will last through today, June 21st. The area includes the Eastern Coachella Valley due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide gas, which smells like rotten eggs. This gas happens due to a natural process associated with the Salton

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What’s a solstice?

2020’s summer solstice is on Saturday, June 20th at 2:44 Pacific time. This marks the official start of the summer season. Why? Let’s break it down: The reason the Earth has seasons is because of its tilt. Rather than being directly up and down, the Earth is tilted 23.5° away from 90°. As the planet

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With mandatory face masks ordered statewide, people find function & fashion

With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mandatory face mask order now in place statewide for most indoor settings and outdoors when social distancing isn’t possible, covering your face has become both a way to prevent virus transmission and make a fashion statement. “You don’t know where people are coming from; you don’t know who they’ve been exposed to,” said Mark Van

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