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Happy Saturday, everyone, and welcome to our look back at the stories shaping life across our entire desert community — The CV Reporter. Each week, we bring together standout reporting from The Palm Springs Post, The Palm Desert Post, and The Indio Post so you can see beyond your own neighborhood and stay connected to the issues, people, and moments that matter across the entire Coachella Valley.
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Indio Post
20 MORE YEARS
A rendering of the planned Citrus Ranch development in Indio.
The Indio City Council adopted an ordinance Wednesday giving the developer of the Citrus Ranch project up to 20 additional years to build out the long-planned community, despite pushback from residents who argued the project’s environmental review is outdated.
Palm Springs Post
CANNABIS LOUNGE CHANGES
The front window of a Downtown Palm Springs dispensary. (File photo)
Palm Springs is moving toward allowing cannabis consumption lounges, regardless of size, to prepare and sell non-cannabis food and nonalcoholic beverages, host live entertainment and hold ticketed events under regulations authorized by a 2024 change in state law. The City Council approved the ordinance on first reading last month in a 5-0 vote.
Palm Desert Post
BUSINESS LICENSE PUSH
Implementation of a new commercial compliance program in Palm Desert will proceed in phases, beginning with the El Paseo and Highway 111 corridor.
Palm Desert City Council members voiced support for a new commercial compliance program during a study session Thursday, as staff outlined that roughly 800 of the city’s approximately 4,600 businesses lack a required business license.
Palm Springs Post
ELECTION OVER APPOINTMENT
Councilmember Jeffrey Bernstein speaks during his campaign kickoff event in front of Council Chambers last October. (File photo)
The Palm Springs City Council voted 3-1 Thursday to proceed with the Nov. 3 general municipal election for District 2, rejecting an option to appoint Councilmember Jeffrey Bernstein to the seat and cancel the race, with Mayor Naomi Soto casting the dissenting vote.
Indio Post
PARK PRIORITIES
The sign outside Indio Sports Park. (File photo)
The Indio Community Services Commission this week reviewed survey results from a July 29 to August 14 outreach effort, which revealed that 30% of respondents prioritize more shade, trees, and landscaping as their highest need, followed by roughly 25% favoring walking, biking, fitness, or sports amenities, and 17% requesting family-friendly spaces.
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🎻 Symphony silenced: Due to a decrease in sales, an aging clientele, and the state of arts organizations in general, the Desert Symphony is not presenting a 2026-2027 season [Coachella Valley Independent]
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