By Craig Michaels
As a young child, DJ Angelique wanted to be a writer. She envisioned herself writing novels and screen plays but would eventually start writing rap songs. While still in her teens, she picked up the guitar and would begin to rap music before it was even being played on the radio. One of the highlights of her...
By Phil Lacombe
Name: Jay’e Jones
Where you tat: Strata Tattoo Lab, owner & tattoo artist
Why you started tattooing: Tattooing sort of discovered me by accident. At the ripe old age of 16, I had graduated high school and began attending college. I majored in English, and had every intention of becoming a teacher- (as the majority of my family had...
By Heidi Simmons
First thing you notice about DeAnn Lubell is her calm, relaxed demeanor. A Public Relations Consultant and independent writer, Lubell has been a presence here in the Coachella Valley since 1991. She has written for popular publications, represents some of the valleys most important organizations, and she’s a novelist.
“The story found me. I didn’t go seeking it,”...
By Heidi Simmons
Soft spoken and filled with wisdom, Janet Newcomb of Newcomb Media is a woman of simplicity and elegance. She has carved out a niche in her marketing and public relations business, spending the majority of her time writing about food and representing the agricultural industry and the best of the valley’s restaurants.
“A restaurant is a very expensive...
By Judith Salkin
Owning and running one successful restaurant is more than enough for most people. For Mindy Reed, stopping at one wasn’t an option. She is the sole owner of two popular Palm Springs eateries, less than a block apart – Zin American Bistro and Alicante Spanish Mediterranean Cuisine.
For Reed, a woman who raised two sons as a single...
By Patte Purcell
I first met Joy Brown Meredith at Crystal Fantasy in Palm Springs, a place I frequent on a weekly basis. I enjoy the store as I've been into metaphysics for years and they have the nicest inspired gift selection I've ever run across plus some very talented spiritual teachers and psychic readers. We've become Facebook friends over...
By Raymond Bill
This is the story of a woman, mother, entrepreneur and friend- a woman with a remarkable presence in our valley who is known and loved by many. Jacqueline Leon-Babington is best known as proprietor of Neil’s Lounge in Indio but there is much more to her story. I am proud to introduce you to my friend, Jackie.
After...
By Scott Pam
Many people have goals and plans. Some take action to make them reality. After celebrating the two year anniversary as the owner of Plan B, Jeannette Krehbiel is realizing her dream of having a class act venue for the music scene.
Plan B, located in Thousand Palms, sits in a non- descript building that hides the true size...
By Lola Rossi-Meza
Originally from Westchester, California, right near the Los Angeles Airport, Carrie Lennon-Wilson grew up in a somewhat musical family, being cousin to the famous Lennon Sisters. “I took Dance Production and was more of a dancer than a singer in High School. In my senior year, a friend told me that I had a really nice voice....
By Lola Rossi-Meza
Born and raised in Pueblo, Colorado with one brother, Kymm Galvan remembers listening to a wide variety of music ever since she was a child. “My Mother always encouraged me to sing and play instruments. She listened to Engelbert Humperdinck and Tom Jones; my Father listened to Rockabilly; my Grand Parents loved Blue Grass and the Grand...
By Laura Hunt Little
When her second child was about a year old, Linda Lemke started noticing signs that something was "off" for her son. At first he appeared to be advanced in vocabulary and highly coordinated in motor skills. However, just a short while later his inability to handle sensory input prevented them from even leaving the house. By...
By Ellwood Reppert (Woody Retro)
While at a local club recently, I had the pleasure of discovering R&B rockers Scarlet Roads, a group of six very talented, twenty-something’s, who performed well beyond their years. Their set was a pleasant mix of vibrant soulful songs written by the band and a varied selection of cover tunes they had re-worked putting their...
By Scott Pam
Katie Cathcart started on plastic drums when she was 4; Santa brought her a more realistic set when she was 6. “I knew that all I wanted to do was drum even when I was a kid,” said Cathcart in her band’s custom built rehearsal space in Bermuda Dunes.
Watching her hit the skins for one of the...
By Noe Gutierrez
Giselle Woo is a bona fide performer in the desert region. Born in Palm Springs and raised in Cathedral City she does not shy away from her femininity by any means. She also does not allow that to define her. “It's not always easy to be a lead woman in this industry but hey, at the end...
By Eric The Red
Many people claim to have played music for most of their lives. Laramie Eve, bassist for Blasting Echo, is one of the few people who can back this up with factual information. The La Quinta native is the personification of dedication and perseverance. She started playing piano at a very young age, quickly moved on to...
By Lola Rossi-Meza
Born and raised in Woodbury, New Jersey, with one younger brother, Nicky Vallee, loved music ever since she was a child. “Music has always been near and dear to my heart. I played piano and started playing guitar when I was thirteen,” said Vallee. “My brother is also a musician.” She attended Villanova University and majored in...
By Janet McAfee
Lindi Biggi is a tireless, eloquent advocate for homeless animals in the Coachella Valley. The organization she founded in 2009, Loving All Animals, has become a major player in the world of animal welfare. The organization's goal is to bring together local and national animal welfare groups to work together for the benefit of domestic animals, and...
By Rick Riozza
There’s no way one can resist this title for a column on the vino gals who head up and run Tulip Hill Winery and their Tasting Room that is located at “The River” Mall on Bob Hope Dr. and Hwy 111 in Rancho Mirage—right across from the Yardhouse Restaurant.
And what a pleasure it was to come by...
By Denise Ortuno Neil
Tracy Worthington is well rounded in the world of beauty, and with her two successful shops, Wink Lash & Beauty Bar and Just Blow Drys, she is helping to make the Coachella Valley an even more beautiful place.
Worthington is originally from the Coachella Valley, a Palm Springs High girl, she moved away for some time experiencing...
By Bronwyn Ison
Living Well and healthy is the precise amenity Dr. Nicole Ortiz, ND is providing in our Coachella Valley. Recognized as one of the top 25 Most Influential Woman in the Valley, Ortiz strives for the greatest in every aspect of her life. Her entrepreneurial spirit, since childhood, afforded her the drive and ambition to embark on a...
By Denise Ortuno Neil
Long gone are the days when women had limitations on how to make themselves beautiful, and with Sheryl Taffolla’s New Age Glamour, new age beauty is here.
Born in New Orleans, Taffolla came to the desert as a young lady back in 1968 with her mother. She started her beauty career by doing electrolysis and was successful...
By Haddon Libby
Born in New York City and raised in Parsippany, New Jersey, Dr. Suzanne M. Quardt (also known as Dr. Q), was encouraged by her parents to study hard. While her father, an educator, simply wanted Suzanne to be happy with whatever she did in life, her mother pushed her to do more with her life. As an...
By Haddon Libby
When moved to the desert seventeen years ago and opened her dental practice, she immediately stood out from the rest.
Where most dental offices were sterile, clinical places inflicting unpleasant oral experiences on the typical patient, René was creating a markedly different experience that was nearly unheard of in the profession.
Now termed Spa Dentistry, René was a pioneer...
Along with featuring the amazing 35 Women in this issue I also thought it was time for our readers to get to know the Women who write for CV Weekly.
By Publisher Tracy Dietlin
BRONWYN ISON (Mind, Body & Spirit Columnist)
Originally from Lake Tahoe, NV, Bronwyn Ison moved to the CV in 1985. She graduated from Palm Desert High School...
By Janet McAfee
Calling all Coachella Valley animal lovers! On November 23rd and 24th, the Whitewater Park in Rancho Mirage will transform into a magical Wizard of Oz themed animal adoption festival aptly called, "There's No Place Like A Home". Loving All Animals' Super Pet Adoption Festival, now in its 5th year, is now one of the landmark events in...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Plan to attend the Fifth Annual Loving All Animals Super Pet Adoption Fair with an exciting line-up of entertainment on the Main Stage produced by Lola Rossi of Prestige Entertainment on Saturday, November 23 and Sunday, November 24, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., being held at the Whitewater Park in Rancho Mirage.
The event will open with...
By Judith Salkin
How many of us really know what path we want our lives to take at the tender age of 13?
“I always wanted to tell stories,” said KMIR 6 reporter and videographer Angela Monroe earlier this week from her Palm Desert home. “And honestly, I have to say, I really do have the best job. I love doing...
By Julie Buehler
Some say sports are an escape. I disagree. Sports are life accelerated, amplified and then magnified.
So when there’s an issue in sports, we should first look at our culture.
When steroids were the hottest story in baseball, many looked at the players and coaches and wondered how could so many be led astray. Many pointed to the simplistic...
By Flint Wheeler
Days after Stanford’s big upset of Oregon, implications continue to be felt, including the prospect for help elsewhere for both teams’ big-bowl chances. Here’s another one worth exploring — the injury status of Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota. It underscores the need for a forward-thinking, league-mandated injury report each week.
On game day, there was some buzz about Mariota...
By Heidi Simmons
Coachella Valley women are unique and the Desert Woman’s Show is an event designed and produced by CV women for CV women. It is a celebration of women and all the good things that make living and working in our valley great.
This Sunday and Monday, November 17 and 18, at the Rancho Mirage Agua Caliente Casino Resort...
Saturday Nov 16th Doors open at 8pm. 18 & over. $15 admission!
by Brian Michaelz
Surfing, skating, partying and loud music this was life growing up in Santa Cruz, California. The Expendables seemed right at home in this lifestyle of blending all of the above with Reggae, Punk Rock and 80’s style dueling guitar solos and since 1997 they haven’t looked...
By Scott Pam
It’s impossible to not start tapping your feet when listening to the Deadbeat Daddies. It’s also very difficult to dance when loaded down with camera gear and easy to forget that one is on assignment while watching the people in the “scene”.
Their unique mix of swing, Jump Blues and Rockabilly has an incredibly upbeat tempo and a...
By Eric The Red
“Aggressive, Melodic, and Passionate.” This is how Jacob Garcia chose to describe his band, He Films The Clouds. Utilizing a sound that melds together multiple styles ranging from the ambient wall of noise you’d expect to hear in shoegazing and alternative, to mind blowing sweep picking reminiscent of technical metal bands such as Necrophagist and The...
By Eric The Red
I had the opportunity of a lifetime when I was given the chance to speak to someone who I consider punk rock royalty: Mark Adkins, vocalist for the band Guttermouth. I remember being a kid out in the street with my skateboard, listening to “Skaters Anthem,” “End on 9” and “1, 2, 3 Slam” and just...
By Eleni P. Austin
Elton John has always lived life in a whirlwind, now at age 66, he finally seems to be slowing down. Reginald Kenneth Dwight was born in Pinner Middlesex, England in 1947. A musical child, he began playing piano at age four and when he was 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Of Music....
By Janet McAfee
The founder of Hearts & Paws is a 4-legged fellow named Lucky. This lovely Poodle-Terrier always went to work with his owner, Richard Waxman, and one day they met the nursing director at Valencia Palms Nursing Center in Indio, and the rest is history. Hearts and Paws was founded in 2000, and Lucky and Richard soon began...
By Rick Riozza
While there’s still plenty of time to pick up a few bottles of wine for the holiday celebrations, I thought it would be of interest to feature a local wine purveyor for their recommendations. The only criteria I offered is that it would be a good wine, at a good price, and a good match for holiday fare.
Dan’s Wine Shop...
By Raymond Bill
If you have not had the chance to visit the new Hard Rock Hotel in Palm Springs, you are missing out on the hottest new venue for dining and entertainment in our desert. The moment you enter the hotel, you are surrounded with their signature memorabilia on the walls. Costumes and musical instruments used by legendary performers...
By Robin E. Simmons
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
There’s no question about Matthew McConaughey getting a best actor nomination for his galvanizing role as a free-spirited Texas cowboy diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live becomes a fiercely determined entrepreneur of compassion and care. A frail looking McConaughey plays real life Ron Woodruff who, during the early days of the...
By Heidi Simmons
This Sunday and Monday at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage is the sixth annual Desert Woman’s Show. Over the two days, authors will be talking about their books.
Catering to local women, the event covers a myriad of health and fitness related seminars and business building sessions.
The most prominent speaker and author is...
By Robin E. Simmons
Val Lauren plays Sal Mineo in James Franco’s indie film “SAL.” The film has developed a strong following. It quickly sold out at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The movie recounts the last day in the life of actor Sal Mineo who was a huge star in the 1950s and, for various reasons, faded from...
By Curtis Hendricks
With the upcoming Thanksgiving break, many schools in out valley are using this time to show off some talented individuals in their Fall productions. November 21st through the 23rd, the Indio High School (IHS) Performing Arts Department will be performing The Diary of Ann Frank. Show times for the performance will be starting at 7:30 pm all...
Support and Education for Local Music and Arts Coachella Valley Chapter 1, College of Desert Chapter 2 presents Richard Finn: A New Voice of Liberty. After joining the Army National Guard in 2004, and becoming a communications specialist. Richard did two tours in Iraq in 2005 and 2008. Richard received an AAM (Army Achievement Medal) for helping reboot the...
By Haddon Libby
Last week, the City of Rancho Mirage proved a sentence from George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, “All men are created equal; some are more equal than others.” They did this by granting $70,000 in subsidies and $180,000 in low cost loans to the owner of Acqua Pazza, a restaurant at The River. This similar to Palm Springs...
By John Paul Valdez
Bloomberg described Desert Hot Springs as "A resort city near Palm Springs." With some patience and outside guidance, that is exactly how the remainder of the Coachella Valley will see DHS in the long term, once the city lives through a possible bankruptcy. The article in that publication also states that DHS would be the city...
By Dale Gribow
Dear Readers:
Thank you all for you letters and emails. Today I have again bunched together emails and letters that I have received on related topics. Many of you have asked questions about civil lawsuits, finding a lawyer and why lawyers will not take your case on a contingency. Here are answers to several of your related questions.
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By Bruce Cathcart
Having a trusted real estate agent help you find a house to rent can really make the difference between a positive experience and one where you are left wondering “what the heck did I do wrong?” But having a good working knowledge of the rental basics can really be a benefit whether you decide to enlist the...
Electrical failures cause thousands of home fires every year says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. Those fires cause death and injuries and close to $1.5 billion dollars in property damage. One simple way homeowners can prevent costly electrical fires is with a home fire inspection. Many fire departments offer this service—often free of charge. Ask your local department about having...
ShareKitchen is taking the stress out of holiday party planning by offering an all-inclusive, reasonably priced holiday party package, guaranteeing a hassle-free, memorable event.
Upon entering ShareKitchen, festive music will be playing and the lounge will be elegantly decorated as guests are greeted with a beverage selection of mulled, wine, spiced cider or classic eggnog, plus. Hand-passed appetizers will please...
By Jennifer Tan AKA Mrs Fett
Ghosts has finally dropped, selling over $1 billion dollars in copies to retailers worldwide. First and foremost, I would like to thank everyone who came out to the midnight launch in La Quinta, GAEMS, GameStop, Bawls, Rocket Fizz and T-Mobile for your amazing contributions, and a HUGE congratulations to Enrique, who took home his...
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