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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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Palm Desert Post
FROM MALL TO VILLAGE?
A sign outside the Shops at Palm Desert. (File photo)
The owners of The Shops at Palm Desert mall, Pacific Retail Capital Partners, previewed plans Thursday to replace parking lots with homes, restaurants and a public plaza, and to rename the mall The Village at Palm Desert.
Indio Post
COACHELLA LINEUP SET
Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker returns for a fifth time, his second time as a headliner. SZA and Dua Lipa are both first-time headliners.
SZA, Tame Impala and Dua Lipa will headline Coachella 2027, with Daddy Yankee in the fourth headliner spot, according to the lineup released after weeks of speculation. The festival runs April 9-11 and April 16-18.
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PALM SPRINGS WINDMILL TOURS
Whether you take our self-driving tour or a guided golf cart tour, our expert guides will easily be able to describe the inner workings of wind turbines and how it contributes to our energy grid. From the novice tour participant to engineers-types, everyone will be able to leave the tour with a better understanding of how this renewable energy is fast becoming part of our energy solution.
Palm Springs Post
ACE OUT, RACK IN
Ace Hardware employees and others cut a celebratory ribbon in February 2023. (Ribbon cutting: File photo; Inset image: Shutterstock)
A Nordstrom Rack discount department store is coming to Palm Springs, taking over the Smoke Tree Village space occupied by Ace Hardware, whose owners announced Wednesday that they will close their longtime location in February.
Palm Desert Post
CHURCH CONVERSION APPROVED
Designs that were reviewed by the Palm Desert ARC on Tuesday are shown above in this image from the staff report that accompanied the review.
The Palm Desert Architectural Review Commission voted 6-0 Tuesday to approve a design to convert a former church at 72700 Fred Waring Drive into a medical office building.
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Indio Post
FRESH PAINT AT THE PARK
“Roots of the Valley,” painted by artist Sául González, now adorns the exterior walls of a building at Miles Avenue Park.
The City of Indio unveiled “Roots of the Valley,” a mural by artist Sául González on the exterior walls of a restroom at Miles Avenue Park, the first of three park mural projects.
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