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Clancy Lane Contemporary

By Karen Kidd | Sep 23, 2022

Anyone who thinks they feel a heightened level of excitement as they drive along Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage of late isn't imagining things. An estate home in the prestigious Clancy Lane South gated equestrian development has gone on the market with an asking price of almost $3.3 million and amenities that include its own private tennis/pickle-ball/ basketball court

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Spectators, live concerts returning to 2022 American Express golf tournament

By Karen Kidd | Dec 30, 2021

Spectators returning to this year to The American Express golf tournament, after being turned away last year over COVID, has got to be the most exciting news about the more than half-century old event

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Continued reopening depends on 'good behaviors' from everyone, Greater Coachella Valley Chamber CEO says

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

The Greater Coachella Valley is starting to reopen after more than a year of pandemic-driven lockdown but whether the reopening continues depends on "good behaviors" from everyone, the head of the valley's largest Chamber body said during a recent interview.

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Coachella Chamber: 'Our community is resilient'

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

After more than a year of the pandemic, the only direction to look is forward informed by what the entire Coachella Valley, the nation and the world have endured, an area chamber board member said during a recent interview.

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Indian Wells ready for return to normal, Chamber exec says

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

After more than a year of COVID-driven shut and lock downs, the pandemic is showing signs - hopefully - of losing steam and Indian Wells is ready for the old normal to at least gradually become new again.

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Coachella Valley endures pandemic by finding 'we are better together'

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

'We've really accomplished some remarkable things'

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Cathedral City Chamber president encourages community to shop local in an effort to recover from 'Black Swan event'

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

The now -- hopefully -- declining pandemic has been a challenge the world over. Cathedral City has met that challenge

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'It has been a remarkable year,' Rancho Mirage Chamber CEO says

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

More than a year of COVID-19 has been a blow to the world and certainly shook the entire Coachella Valley.

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'La Quinta has shown resiliency' through pandemic

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over yet but it's clear La Quinta has come through the event quite well, an official with the city's chamber said during a recent interview."La Quinta has shown resiliency unlike anything I have seen in surviving the course of the pandemic and state lockdown," La Quinta Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Elisa Guerrero.

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'Palm Springs will come out stronger than ever,' chamber CEO says of area pandemic response

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

The now year-old COVID-19 pandemic has been rough on Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley."There were several challenges that our region faced this year," Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce CEO Nona Watson told Desert Magazine.

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Desert Hot Springs 'family' came together during a trying year

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

During the pandemic, Desert Hot Springs has found that the community is better together, an now it's time to start thinking about coming together in person again, the chair of the city's chamber board said during a recent interview.

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COVID was a 'pause' that inspired Indio

By Karen Kidd | Apr 30, 2021

Lockdown during the now (hopefully) waning pandemic hasn't been downtime in Indio.

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Lift to Rise focusing on new round of COVID-19 rental assistance, other efforts to assist Coachella Valley's most vulnerable

By Karen Kidd | Apr 25, 2021

The pandemic hasn't yet let up and neither is a Palm Desert-area collective action partnership looking out for the Coachella Valley's most vulnerable.

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The gathering place: New Coachella Valley Arena will be home to NHL's Seattle Kraken minor league team, entertainment and more

By Karen Kidd | Mar 28, 2021

Hockey is coming back to the desert.

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Lesson served: Palm Springs-area restaurateurs learn that 'together we can get through anything'

By Karen Kidd | Mar 1, 2021

Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough for all Palm Springs-area businesses, but restaurateurs who are adapting and persevering have learned a few things along the way while strengthening the bonds of their community.

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The dish on what's hot in Coachella Valley take-out

By Karen Kidd | Mar 1, 2021

While not everyone has been in the same boat during the pandemic, all have been through the same storm and Greater Palm Springs-area residents have known through it all what they wanted for dinner.

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With the Coachella Valley as its canvas, Desert X 2021 plans a safe, culturally responsible outdoor art exhibit

By Karen Kidd | Jan 31, 2021

Desert X, the free biennial art exhibition and now one of greater Palm Spring's largest recurring events, hopes to return soon for its third edition.

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Playing through... Despite the worldwide pandemic, the Phil & Amy Mickelson Foundation and American Express deliver the Desert Classic to the Coachella Valley

By Karen Kidd | Dec 27, 2020

The American Express PGA Golf Tournament, a big event in the Palm Desert for more than half a century, will go on as scheduled, despite COVID-19’s impact, tournament officials said.

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Lift to Rise: Helping the sun rise equally on everyone in the Coachella Valley

By Karen Kidd | Oct 28, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing and terrible blow to the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California, the United States and the world.