Heritage Creations USA will back Ricky Potts’ Wednesday Match Play Podcast through 2027, bringing new commercial support to a Palm Desert-based show with more than 500 episodes and a worldwide golf-industry audience. In a region that has built part of its...
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Palm Desert Said No to Drive-Throughs Decades Ago. Did the Ban Work?
As Culver City moves toward blocking new drive-through restaurants after a proposed In-N-Out triggered a neighborhood revolt, Palm Desert’s half-century experiment offers a revealing case study in community character, traffic, convenience and the economics of...
Chartwell Properties Goes Big on El Paseo With $21.5 Million, 61,000-SF Acquisition
The Palm Desert company’s purchase of Galleria, Elegante and Park Plaza greatly expands The Shops on El Paseo, adding restaurants, boutiques, offices and new leasing opportunities to one of the region’s most important retail corridors. On a shopping boulevard...
Greater Palm Springs Tourism Is Showing Its Staying Power in an Unsettled Travel Year
Hotel demand and revenue strengthened through June, group bookings recovered sharply to full goal numbers, and the region continued to absorb a deep pullback in Canadian travel without losing its broader momentum. By several measures, Greater Palm Springs...
Greater Palm Springs’ Potential $565 million Chromium-6 Reckoning Is Coming Due
California’s new drinking-water standard is forcing five local providers toward treatment plants, new wells and pipelines that could cost more than half a billion dollars. The chromium is naturally occurring. The financial consequences will not be. Across...




