Five speakers will take the stage Aug. 25 for a free program that connects psychology, endurance, grief, communication and a Coachella Valley composting venture. Last summer, the TEDx experiment in Rancho Mirage fit neatly inside a 100-seat room. The audience...
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Jim Roberts
Palm Springs Clears Path for Escena’s Final 303 Homes, but the Hardest Questions Are Not Settled
A 3-1 Planning Commission vote ties new single-family subdivisions to a 150-unit apartment site and a broader master plan, resolving a density problem that once threatened the project. Questions about traffic, access and Escena’s HOA remain, while an unusual Palm...
Health Beyond the Clinic: Desert Summit Confronts the Coachella Valley’s Biggest Barriers to Care
To understand why a Coachella Valley resident misses a medical appointment, it may not be enough to ask whether that person has insurance. The answer may be a bus route that does not reach the clinic, a long trip in extreme heat, an unaffordable rent increase,...
PSP’s May Traffic Drop Highlights External Air Travel Headwinds
Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) hit a pocket of turbulence in May, not in the terminal or on the airfield, but in the demand picture that has helped make the airport one of the region’s most visible economic indicators. PSP handled 229,699 arriving and...
Parkinson Law, LLP Launches With Partner-Led Model for Serious Injury and Wrongful Death Cases Across Greater Palm Springs
A new personal injury law firm has opened in Indian Wells with a deliberate pitch to the Coachella Valley market: serious cases only, handled directly by top trial lawyers, with a posture built for the kinds of claims that can define a family’s financial...




