Palm Desert News

Take advantage of the air-conditioned environs of two valley theaters that also dispense frosty beer and wine in the middle of a dog-day afternoon.

Solar contractor Earl Schmid may spend Sunday night camped out in front of Palm Desert City Hall to make sure he's first in line when the city starts accepting new applications for its energy loan program at 8 a.m. Monday.

Desert Falls Country Club in Palm Desert will hold a golf tournament to benefit Soldiers Organized Services beginning at 7:30 a.m. July 12 at the club, 1111 Desert Falls Parkway.

A recently approved agreement between Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley Water District has formally established a partnership that will work to complete a study on water use.

Recent Palm Desert High School graduate Hayden Rodarte has received a scholarship from the Annexstad Family Foundation.

A Palm Desert resident was found guilty in a U.S. District Court Monday of committing a series of fraud-related crimes.

Two people were taken to a hospital following a traffic collision that caused one vehicle to overturn, authorities said.

Basketball camp in Palm Desert: The 20th annual Desert Valley Basketball School will be in session this summer from July 13 through 16.

Life has presented some big challenges for Palm Desert resident Lauretta Lowell.

At its meeting today Palm Desert City Council is expected to: Adopt the city's 2009-10 budget, which includes funding for $46,957,546 in anticipated general fund expenses, reduction in several individual department budgets and staff reductions.

Heather James Fine Art is showcasing international women artists in the exhibition, "Attention to Detail," through August.

The Palm Desert City Council unanimously approved a tightly balanced budget projecting a 12 percent drop in revenues and expenditures for fiscal year 2009-10, but put a hold on other key agenda items at its meeting on Thursday.

Lori Culwell used to look at the "stars" on tabloid Web sites like TMZ and wonder, "How did they wind up like that?" Culwell, a 1991 graduate of Palm Desert High School, grew up with some now-famous contemporaries.

Life has presented some big challenges for Palm Desert resident Lauretta Lowell.

He may have new duties, but new Division Fire Chief Dorian J. Cooley is not new to the Coachella Valley.

A neighborhood springs to action to fight a fire threatening two Palm Desert homes.

Fire crews were reported battling a mobile home blaze in Palm Desert at about 12:45 p.m. this afternoon.

A server at Tony Roma's in Palm Desert who saved the life of a choking customer will be recognized at a special ceremony at 3 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive.

Would residents of Palm Desert Country Club be interested in chipping in - in the form of a special assessment - to help their financially struggling golf course? A citizens' advisory committee for Project Area No.

No one was hurt when a California Highway Patrol helicopter made a precautionary landing at a football field in Palm Desert.