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FROM PLANS TO PROGRESS
Indio Mayor Elaine Holmes addresses the crowd Thursday evening.
Indio officials used the city’s 2026 State of the City address Thursday to highlight projects ranging from a new civic center and sports park to tree plantings and a citywide broadband build-out.
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ANOTHER HOTEL HURDLE
Renderings of what the proposed Orchid Tree Resort and Spa might look like.
The Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board voted 4-3 on Wednesday to delay a decision on plans to restore two historic sites as part of a proposed downtown hotel and spa.
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Palm Desert Post
LIBRARY USE SURGES
Plans for the exterior of the new Palm Desert library are at left. A patron reads in the current library at right.
As efforts continue to build a new city library, staff reported sharp gains in cardholders, circulation and programming in 2025-26 while setting accessibility and digital literacy among its priorities for the year ahead.
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DRIVING SUCCESS
Gregory Kraus wins $30,000 for himself and $70,000 for the school’s program. (Photo: Amistad High School)
Gregory Kraus, an automotive technology teacher at Amistad High School in Indio, has won a grand prize in the 2026 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, receiving $30,000 for himself and $70,000 for the school’s career and technical education program.
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SURF’S UP!
DSRT Surf in Palm Desert is finally seeing members of the public take to the waves. (Photos: DSRT Surf)
DSRT Surf, a wave pool more than a decade in the making, opened to the public last weekend in Palm Desert, bringing surf sessions to the city for the first time.
WHAT WE’RE READING
Standout reporting from trusted sources
🗳️ Ballots, other election materials returned To Riverside County Registrar of Voters [Riverside Record]
🌊 California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise [The Guardian]
🎸 Heavy rock vibe: A well-known local songwriter starts different chapter with a new band [Coachella Valley Independent]
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