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Happy Saturday, everyone! Many of our subscribers to The Palm Springs Post, The Indio Post, and The Palm Desert Post have told us they want a glimpse at life outside their cities. That’s why we designed this special weekend email with some of our standout reporting across all three publications from the past week. We call it The Coachella Valley Reporter. Below, you’ll find five stories to help you stay connected to the issues, people, and moments that matter across the entire valley. If you’d rather not get this email, just click “unsubscribe” at the bottom — it won’t effect your other subscriptions.
— Mark & Kendall
Indio Post
PARTY HOUSE PROBLEMS
This sprawling estate listed on Airbnb for $5,000 a night has been of particular concern to neighbors.
Trilogy Polo Club residents brought longstanding complaints about commercial event venues operating next to their neighborhood to the Indio City Council Wednesday evening, detailing noise disturbances, traffic safety hazards, and what they described as inadequate code enforcement while litigation continues between homeowners and the owner of a large estate used for events.
Palm Springs Post
A LANDMARK REBORN
The inside of the Plaza Theatre in Downtown Palm Springs as seen Wednesday during media tours.
After a sweeping restoration, the Plaza Theatre reclaims its place in Downtown Palm Springs with modern tech, a leaner operation, and a lineup built for close-up performance.
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Palm Desert Post
CATAVINA MOVES FORWARD
The project sits just east of Palm Desert Greens and next to a separate parcel where the City Council previously approved a 13-building, three-story apartment complex in 2023
The Palm Desert Planning Commission approved a 546-unit single-family residential community on the former Santa Rosa Golf Club site south of Frank Sinatra Drive and west of Portola Avenue during its meeting Tuesday evening.
Indio Post
IMMIGRATION DIVIDE
People gather outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Indio in June.
The Indio City Council on Wednesday discussed the merits of requesting transparency from federal law enforcement amid ongoing arrests and detainments of Indio residents by federal immigration and law enforcement agencies. The discussion comes two weeks after a video went viral that appeared to show a woman being taken outside of the Larson Justice Center by masked, unidentified men.
Palm Desert Post
COACHELLA ART CONSIDERED
‘Taffy’ as it might look in Civic Center Park.
The Palm Desert City Council is considering a 10-year lease agreement with Golden Voice to install a large-scale public art piece at Civic Center Park. The artwork, called “Taffy,” features five vertical towers ranging from 25 feet to 50 feet tall.
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WHAT WE’RE READING
Standout reporting from trusted sources
🏛️ Tribes convene a commission in response to concerns about management of the Chuckwalla National Monument [Coachella Valley Independent]
🫶 Supervisors honor late Cathedral City Councilmember Mark Carnevale [Riverside Record]
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
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