Jennifer Franco

Weekend one of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is set for April 12-14, and will officially kick-off festival season in the Coachella Valley. Following two consecutive weekends of that festival, the Empire Polo Grounds transition into a set up for the Stagecoach Festival.

The first cannabis retail storefronts in Indio have opened for business more than eight months after the city approved licenses for five retail dispensaries.

As recovery efforts continue for the owners of four Palm Desert businesses lost in an arson fire earlier this month, some employees are concerned about what comes next for them.

Ms. Grace Huscher has been selected as April's One Class at a Time award winner. Huscher teaches choir at Shadow Hills High School in Indio and was nominated by freshman Taryn Ortega.

Some restaurants owners in Palm Desert are concerned over the City's new guidelines for outdoor dining decks, or parklets. Skip Paige, who owns Little Bar on Palm Desert Drive, has recently posted about the situation on the restaurant's social media pages. Paige said on April 24, the City of Palm Desert released new guidelines "that

Some restaurant owners in Palm Desert are concerned over the City's new guidelines for outdoor dining decks, often also known as parklets. The city's updated Outdoor Dining Deck Temporary Use Permit program is set to take effect on July 1 and will require restaurant owners to submit paperwork along with a proposed fee in order to renew their permits.

The information was part of a recent City Council presentation and sheds light on what areas have improved and which have worsened.

The controversial Desert View Power Plant in Mecca will close this week amid an ongoing dispute with Imperial Irrigation District over a power purchase agreement.

A second truck filled with new exhibits and play structures arrived Friday at the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert in Rancho Mirage.

Mother's Day spending is expected to reach $33.5 billion this year, according to the annual consumer survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.