By CV | May 16, 2012 at 10:07 pm | 2,023 comments
All of us at CV Weekly would like to thank our readers for all of your support. Going in to our 8th issue this week, we are very excited about the great response we have had so far for the previous issues. At this point, as Editor and Publisher, I would like to open up a...
Posted in: Business, Columns
By CV | April 19, 2012 at 9:48 pm | 860 comments
By Marissa Willman
As one of four co-owners of SIR Equipment Rentals’ Palm Desert branch, Randy Hewitson spends many nights setting up audio and lighting equipment at star-studded private parties and sold-out concerts in the...
Posted in: Business, Columns
By CV | April 11, 2012 at 12:31 am | 777 comments
Off the Grid – Business Profile
By: Marissa Willman
April 8, 2012
Word Count: 499
Surrounded by aisles stocked with food rations, boxes of ammunition and weapons ranging from hatchets to crossbows, it’s easy to see the team at Off the Grid...
Posted in: Business, Columns
By CV | April 10, 2012 at 11:55 pm | 1,003 comments
ArtsOasis Profile
By Marissa Willman
April 9, 2012
Word Count: 565
There’s no denying the Coachella Valley is home to a thriving arts community. From Coachella and Stagecoach to Modernism Week and the Palm Springs Film Festival, local creative events beckon droves of...
Posted in: Art Scene, Business, Columns
By CV | April 10, 2012 at 11:24 pm | 722 comments
In Spring 2011, College of the Desert oceanography professor Bob Pellenbarg donates radio broadcast equipment, spurring the Student Journalist Society, a club at College of the Desert founded by staff members of The Chaparral to take the first steps of building KCOD. On March...
Posted in: Business, Columns, Feature Stories