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Recent stories from four sides of desert life.
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The newest stories from across the valley and surrounding mountains.
Pioneertown: Hollywood’s Dream of a Real Western Town
Eighty years after its 1946 founding, the High Desert movie set reveals a deeper story of working businesses, unrealized plans and people who stayed.
The Hotel That Became a Hospital: El Mirador’s Remarkable Second Life
From a Hollywood retreat to Torney General Hospital—and back again—the Palm Springs landmark tells a story of reinvention, loss and return.
How Sun City Changed Retirement—and the Coachella Valley
From Del Webb’s 1960 Arizona opening to Palm Desert and Shadow Hills: how a home became a promise of a different kind of week.
Cathedral City’s Hidden Casino Era: The Dunes Club and Hollywood’s Desert Nights
The Dunes Club, the 139 and the Cove: real photographs, Hollywood glamour and the vanished places behind a desert gambling story.
How the Coachella Valley Became a Golf Capital
From O’Donnell and Thunderbird to televised tournaments and fairway neighborhoods, explore how golf reshaped the desert—and the people, work and water behind it.
Where Is Cotino? A Buyer’s Guide to the Location
Understand the valley, nearby essentials and the trips that shape everyday life in Rancho Mirage.
Coachella Valley Street Names: The People Behind the Roads
From Bob Hope and Fred Waring to Caleb Cook and Cahuilla leaders, discover the histories hidden in the roads you drive every day.
What’s Beautiful Right Now? A Coachella Valley Nature Timeline
An ongoing photographic journal of flowers, foliage, wildlife and changing landscapes in the Coachella Valley and nearby mountains.
Essential guides
Coachella Valley restaurant guide
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Ongoing reporting
Projects we’re following
An interactive view of the valley What’s being built? Explore the major projects, filter by stage and follow the latest reporting. Open the development map Looking for places to visit now? Just Opened & Coming SoonFrom the archive