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Trevor Jensen preparing to hit a pickleball on an outdoor court.

Trevor Jenson

Trevor Jenson is the kind of player who makes a court feel smaller the moment he steps on it. A respected entrepreneur and business leader...

 Front aerial view of The Classic Club's Tuscan-style clubhouse in Palm Desert.

The Classic Club

An Arnold Palmer–designed round with a clubhouse finish in Palm Desert. Classic Club is a public 18-hole course with water, bunkers, elevation chan...

 A Say's phoebe perched on a dark railing beside the Trilogy Polo Club lake.

Say's Phoebe

The Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya) is a graceful and understated flycatcher often seen across the Coachella Valley and surrounding deserts and foothi...

 Clusters of bright yellow lantana flowers in a landscaped garden at Trilogy Polo Club.

Lantana

Lantana is a vibrant, flowering plant often seen in Coachella Valley gardens and urban landscapes, but it's important to note that Lantana is not n...

 Backlit silver torch cactus stems covered in fine pale spines at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, with soft green foliage behind them.

Silver Torch Cactus

Silver torch cactus brings a soft, silvery appearance to the desert garden, with slender upright stems wrapped in dense pale spines. Backlighting r...

 A brown whistling duck standing upright beside vegetation at The Living Desert.

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

The Fulvous Whistling-Duck is a tawny-brown waterfowl known for its whistling call and social nature. It thrives in tropical and subtropical wetlan...

 Aerial view of Magnesia Falls Cove below the Santa Rosa Mountains in Rancho Mirage, California

Magnesia Falls Cove

A non-gated, midcentury-rich neighborhood below the Santa Rosa Mountains, with direct access to central Rancho Mirage and Highway 111. Magnesia Fa...

 Aerial view of a Palm Desert Greens fairway, surrounding homes and desert mountains

Palm Desert Greens Country Club

Palm Desert Greens Country Club is a private, guard-gated 55+ community in Palm Desert, California. Its 1,922 manufactured homes surround an 18-hol...

 Capistrano at La Quinta with newer homes, landscaped common space and mountains beyond.

Capistrano at La Quinta

An established gated setting with a newer-home chapter along the Monroe Street corridor.Read the Capistrano Home Buying Study Guide for established...

 Golf fairways, palms and a lake at The Palms in La Quinta, viewed from above.

The Palms Golf Club

The Palms Golf Club is a small gated residential and private-golf community in southeastern La Quinta, near PGA West. Rather than a large master-pl...

 A spreading mesquite tree with a rough branching trunk and fine green foliage behind columnar cacti at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage.

Thornless Hybrid Mesquite

Thornless hybrid mesquite is a cultivated shade tree that combines a spreading canopy, finely divided foliage and a sculptural woody trunk. Sunnyla...

 A pickleball player reaching to hit a ball beside the net on Matt Anderson's backyard court.

Zeke Anderson

Zeke Anderson is the kind of name that starts to travel ahead of the man. Long Beach raised, but increasingly “Coachella Valley claimed,” he’s a fa...