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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
TOO CLOSE TO CALL
The race for District 2 is extremely close, but districts 3 and 4 have clear leaders.
As Riverside County continues counting votes from Tuesday’s election, Indio’s District 2 City Council race remains one of the valley’s closest contests, with incumbent Waymond Fermon and challenger Gloria Hernandez separated by just 62 votes.
Palm Desert Post
SIGN PROJECT HITS DETOUR
Renderings of what new wayfinding signs might look like in the city.
Do Palm Desert drivers still need signs pointing them toward local landmarks and attractions in an age when nearly everyone has a GPS in their pocket? That question was at the center of a City Council discussion last month over a nearly $3 million proposal to replace the city’s aging wayfinding signs and install new entry monuments.
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Indio Post
MORE TIME NEEDED
Located in open desert east of Sun City Palm Desert, the site has been approved for development three separate times since 1992, but development has stalled.
The Indio City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a five-year extension of the Virada development agreement, covering 656 acres of open desert east of Sun City Palm Desert and northwest of Sun City Shadow Hills.
Palm Springs Post
THE DESERT’S NEXT ACT
Brian Ray, left, and Matt King are producing “Brian Ray Presents Desert Scene” Nov. 20 at the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs. (Photo: Bruce Fessier)
Decades after Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age put the Coachella Valley on the musical map, a new generation of artists hopes a showcase at Palm Springs’ restored Plaza Theatre will spark another movement.
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HOOPS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Keith Dudum of Dudum Financial presents the championship trophy to Stanford at Acrisure Arena after the Cardinal’s 78-77 title-game win over Saint Louis on Nov. 28, 2025. (Photo: Dudum Financial )
Twenty-six Division I men’s basketball programs will play 26 games over six days at Acrisure Arena from Saturday, Nov. 21 through Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, when the 2026 Acrisure Series returns to the Coachella Valley. Get tickets here!
WHAT WE’RE READING
Standout reporting from trusted sources
🎺🥁 Man behind the band: Gary Moline, founder of the Palm Springs Desert Winds, Is a 2026 Palm Springs Pride Parade grand marshal [Coachella Valley Independent]
🏥 Hospital beds for the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing [KFF Health News]
🗳️ Resident group behind sheriff’s investigation again brings election concerns to supervisors [Riverside Record]
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