Happy Saturday, everyone, and welcome to our look back at the stories shaping life across our entire desert community this week — The CV Reporter. Each week, we bring together standout reporting from all our outlets — 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 Coachella Valley.

— Mark & Kendall

The Palm Desert City Council on Thursday approved an energy substation project that will pave the way for new development in the city’s northern sphere. 

Cpl. Hunter Lopez was killed in action during an airport attack in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2021 at the age of 22, but his family is looking to ensure his memory lives on through a fundraiser for the foundation that bears his name on Jan. 17.

The Palm Springs Public Arts Commission voted Thursday to relocate the statue of former Mayor Frank Bogert to the Village Green, accepting a proposal from the Palm Springs Historical Society with an amendment requiring an educational component addressing the controversy surrounding the memorial.

The Palm Desert Parks and Recreation Committee voted unanimously Tuesday morning to urge city leaders to expand the size of a planned regional park in the University Neighborhood and to strengthen language ensuring the park can support sports fields, lighting and extended hours of use.

Detached home prices fell 4% in Indio to $615,000 in December. The city was the only one in the valley that saw an increase in attached home prices. The average price for attached homes last month was about $294,000, an increase of 7% compared to last year.

Standout reporting from trusted sources

☀️ Creating shade: The goal of the Eastern Coachella Valley Shade Equity Master Plan is to help low-income farmworkers and their families stay cool [Coachella Valley Independent]

🕵🏼 New tool allows Californians to request data brokers to delete personal details [The Guardian]

🎓 More Latino students are attending Cal State. But where are the Latino professors? [Cal Matters]

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