Shay's Warriors is thrilled to announce a series of empowering and uplifting events designed to support cancer survivors and their families in the community. The mission is to inspire, inform, and empower those navigating life after cancer through health, fitness, and the mind-body connection. From the lively Bosoms and Brews Fest for Breast Cancer event to the dancing tunes...
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Children and professional wrestling have been synonymous for decades in at least some of the organizations at any given time across the world.
During the height of its pop-culture dominance, the WWE then WWF took great pride in creating family-friendly entertainment. This in-turn led to the company, making several gigantic strides in offering...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
During the month of October, you probably have seen firefighters wearing “pink” shirts. No, it’s not a uniform change or to look pretty, but to show support and bring awareness about breast cancer says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.
Breast cancer that affects roughly 124 per every 100,000 women in the United...
The Palm Springs Cultural Center invites you to “Come On Up” and experience live music in the intimate and stylish VIP Lounge! This cozy venue offers the perfect setting for a laid-back evening out, complete with craft cocktails, small plates, and an array of incredible live performances. Whether you're into Americana, jazz, gypsy swing, or Broadway tunes, there's something...
An afternoon filled with culture, art, and community
Green Room Theatre Company Coachella Valley will be celebrating its 15th successful season by throwing a special Quinceañera celebration from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 19, 2024. They are a traveling troupe bringing theatre to underserved neighborhoods. This event is open to the public.
Karen Lin is the director of the ballet folklorico program for...
Smile 2 (2h 7m – Rated R) Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo, Dylan Gelula, Ray Nicholson, Kyle Gallner
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame,...
By Rick Riozza
The last time we covered the Italian Piemonte wine region was our article title “Got to Get to Gattinara”, where we talked about the very versatile Nebbiolo grape. We added a little drama to the story as we were scheduled for a winery visit whilst everything around us was going awry. But hey!--we were in Italy so...
By Janet McAfee
October has arrived, and finally there is a tinge of cooler weather in the air. Halloween kicks off the holiday season at the end of the month. Thanksgiving and Christmas are associated with items potentially dangerous to animals, but Halloween can also pose threats to Fluffy and Fido.
Halloween is the worst day for dogs and cats escaping...
By Haddon Libby
Early voting for November elections is here. There are ten statewide propositions on the ballot with three focused on healthcare, two on crime, housing and the environment with the remainder related to marriage, schools and wages.
Proposition 2 would authorize the state to issue $10 billion for use in upgrading the 11,300 schools in the state. 85% of...
The honest answer to that is, It depends! Any lawyer that tells you what results they are going to achieve is lying. An attorney who tells you if they can get your DUI dismissed without examining the facts, or how much money your PI case is worth… is lying to you.
The first question on every new client’s mind is what can you...
Coachella Valley Falls to Bakersfield 2-1 to Kickoff 2024-25 Season
The Coachella Valley Firebirds, the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Seattle Kraken, fell to the Bakersfield Condors on Friday night at Acrisure Arena by the final score of 2-1. Jagger Firkus scored his first professional goal and Ales Stezka made 23 saves in the defeat.
Bakersfield opened the scoring...
By Aimee Mosco
“At the crossroads of change it becomes necessary to examine our emotions attached to our system of valuation and dissect the elements associated with our conclusions about an event, person, thought, or action as a positive or negative influence on us.” Gratitude +Forgiveness x (Love) = Happiness by Aimee Mosco and Donald Ferguson, page 49.
Have you ever...
BY COACH NADIA POPOVA
Whether you're a fitness beginner or a seasoned athlete, a personal trainer can be a valuable asset in your fitness journey. They offer personalized guidance, motivation, and expertise to help you reach your goals. Let's explore the many benefits of working with a personal trainer.
Personalized Guidance
Tailored workouts:A personal trainer can create customized workout plans that...
BY RUTH HILL R.N.
On June 5, 2024 MIT scientist Stephanie Seneff blamed increased autism rates on exposure to the herbicide glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) and warned that by 2025, half of all U.S. children would be autistic. What would we do if half of all children had autism? Would people still choose to reproduce? Would they be willing...
By Crystal Harrell
March and Ash was established in 2017 by childhood friends in San Diego. The company was born in the nascent days of the legal cannabis industry in California with the goal of creating a warm and inviting retail cannabis experience for both experienced and novice consumers. After opening the first March and Ash location in San Diego...
Nurse Blake, the international touring comedian and viral comic sensation hailed “a genuine phenomenon” by the New York Times is bringing his hilarious show to the Special Events Center at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.
Tickets to the 8 p.m. show go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27 at the Fantasy Springs Box...
Yachtley Crew, the seven-piece band who burst onto the California club scene in 2017 is bringing their Yacht Rock hits filled with Top 40 and soft rock tunes to the Special Events Center at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Tickets to the 8 p.m. show go on sale Friday, Sept. 20 at the Fantasy Springs Box...
The Temptations and The Four Tops, two legendary bands that have stood the test of time, will return to the Special Events Center at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino for a record twelfth time on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 for an evening of Motown favorites.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. show go on sale Friday, Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. at the...
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino will play host to The Price is Right Live™ interactive stage show at the Special Events Center on Friday, March 28, 2025. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show go on sale Friday, Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (760) 342-5000 or online at FantasySpringsResort.com.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE™ is making...
By Craig Michaels
Weezer fans, get ready! On Saturday, October 12, 2024, Acrisure Arena will play host to the final show of Weezer’s much-anticipated "Voyage To The Blue Planet" tour, a North American journey that has rocked sold-out venues from coast to coast. This special evening will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Weezer’s career-defining self-titled debut album—widely known as the...
The band is proud to announce they have released its new album, Sonic Mojo, on Foghat Records.
Sonic Mojo is Foghat’s highly anticipated and long-awaited 17th studio album—their first in seven years--on the band’s label, Foghat Records, which is distributed by Select-O-Hits (part of the Sun Records family).
The album spent over six months on the Billboard Blues charts – for much of that...
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You may have heard the term, “beauty is only skin deep”. In essence, the statement is true. Even if an individual appears beautiful it doesn’t mean that their inner-self is all that wonderful. Yet, if we analyze the, “beauty is only skin deep” term from an alternate perspective, the statement is incorrect.
Anti-aging is the...
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
Many scientists believe California is overdue for a major earthquake, and we are! Southern California has been hit with a swarm of earthquakes lately reminds Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. “Make sure you, your family, and your community are prepared. Follow and share the following tips.”
What to Do Before an Earthquake
First, have a serious discussion with...
By Eleni P. Austin
A little more than 20 years ago, Sugar Hill Records issued Just Because I’m A Woman: The Songs Of Dolly Parton, a tribute collection featured a distaff coterie of artists that included heavy-hitters like Melissa Etheridge, Emmylou Harris, Shania Twain, Norah Jones, Sinead O’ Connor and Alison Krauss. But it was a relative newcomer who stood...
By Madeline Zuckerman
Jewish Family Service of the Desert (JFS), a leading Coachella Valley nonprofit that has supported social service needs of the Jewish and general community for over 41 years, has announced plans for its not-to-be-missed Auxiliary Luncheon on Sunday, November 17, 2024 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Indian Wells Country Club, located at 46000 Club Drive...
Terrifier 3 (2h 5m – Not Rated) Horror
Starring Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Antonella Rose and Elliott Fullam
After surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they...
By Rick Riozza
Since time appears to be going at record pace, this column will certainly have to get in our traditional holiday wine coverage within the few weeks remaining. But let’s first take a slow deep breath before we enter into the final wine fanfare of the season.
And that means we will be presenting “quenching wines”, which are the...
By Janet McAfee
I fell in love with this special young Husky/Shepherd mix when the finder brought her to the Loving All Animals private shelter to check for a microchip. Unfortunately, our scanner did not detect a microchip and she had no engraved ID tag with her human’s telephone number. The man picked her up wandering in Indio, but he...
By Haddon Libby
Once upon a time, the start of the fall season was met with a new slate of highly anticipated television shows on networks like CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS. Outside of a random independent channel or two, those were the only viewing options on your television. Television programming would come to the home by an antenna mounted...
Technically you don’t need a lawyer to prepare a will. You can prepare what is called a Holographic Will, by writing it out in your own handwriting with nothing else on the paper. You can’t use a business or hotel letterhead and you can’t use a stamp for the date… let alone type anything! Any of the preceding items would...
Coachella Valley Opens Preseason Play with 5-2 Loss to Milwaukee
The Coachella Valley Firebirds, the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Seattle Kraken, fell to the Milwaukee Admirals in the first game of the weekend preseason series by the final score of 5-2. David Goyette and Jani Nyman each scored for the Firebirds in the defeat at Cable Dahmer...
By Aimee Mosco
We are right now living through a changing of the guard at the end of an era. The uncertainty of the times is like nothing we have ever seen. There is no historical data that mirrors current circumstances, so no one truly knows what will happen next. Many people have had visions of these transitional times throughout...
BY MICHELLE BORTHWICK
For so many women, weight loss is so much more than the number on the scale. You probably know that feeling—there’s a deeper, unspoken dream you carry within you. You want to feel good about your body, eat food you love without guilt, and maybe even feel a little sexy again. You want to walk confidently in...
BY COACH NADIA POPOVA
In our fast-paced world, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle and forget the importance of rest and recovery. However, taking time to recharge is essential for both physical and mental well-being. Let's explore the vital role of rest and recovery in a balanced lifestyle.
Physical Recovery
Muscle repair and growth: Sleep is...
BY RUTH HILL R.N.
September 30, 2024, was the last day for California Governor Gavin Newson to sign bills for the 2024 legislative session. Newsom cleared his desk of nearly 1,000 bills and blocked 183 of them. That’s a veto rate of about 18% of the bills he acted on after the Legislature adjourned Aug. 31 (and about 16% of...
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The River at Rancho Mirage is thrilled to announce the first-ever Battle of the Bands, presented by Spotlight 29 Casino! This exciting, live event series kicks off every Saturday in October from 7 PM - 9 PM, with an epic lineup of local talent battling head-to-head to become the ultimate champion.
In collaboration with Alpha Media, KESQ,...
BY MADELINE ZUCKERMAN
Desert Arc, a leading Coachella Valley nonprofit who is currently celebrating its 65th Anniversary milestone, is proud to announce Angelique Ontiveros, Desert Arc’s Vice President, Business Development, has been named Volunteer of the Year at the 2024 State of the City of La Quinta Business Awards and Expo, which took place on Thursday, September 19, at the...
Event: 58th Annual Borrego Days Desert Festival & Parade
Date: October 19-20, 2024
Time: Saturday 8:45 AM – 6 PM | Sunday 10 AM - 3 PM
Festival Parade begins at 9 AM on Saturday down Palm Canyon Drive
Parade Theme: Celebrating Our Local Veteran’s / HONOR. RESPECT. FREEDOM.
Location: Christmas Circle Community Park | Palm Canyon Drive | Borrego Springs, CA
Admission: Free
Parking: Free...
Your chance to see country star Conner Smith in an intimate setting ahead of his 2025 Stagecoach Country Music Festival debut is happening on Monday, Oct. 14 in LIT at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Tickets are on sale now at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone at (760) 342-5000 or online at FantasySpringsResort.com.
The highly anticipated show is part...
A dynamic local couple, Joanne and Jamie Pantuso, who moved to the Coachella Valley after years of vacationing in the area, are poised to offer a completely new approach to assisted living options. Their concept, “AmberCare,” will incorporate two private homes with a full level of care, in-home services and personalized care to those already living in local assisted living...
Palm Springs, CA. Sept. 3, 2024. Tickets are now available for Desert Ensemble Theatre’s (DET) annual benefit gala, Singing with the Desert Stars III, which takes place, Friday, October 4. With only 130 seats available, this evening is expected to sell out quickly. Visit www.desertensembletheatre.org.
Now in its third year, this popular event raises funds for DET’s Technical Theatre Internship...
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As the fall season kicks off in earnest, the foundations of Riverside County are about to be shaken to their core. It’s time for red-hot action. Action that will keep the approaching winter chill at bay. And who better to turn up the furnace than the EWF .
The last time the Empire invaded the...
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA®) announced “Smoke alarms: make them work for you” as the official theme for Fire Prevention Week, October 6th –12th , 2024
This year’s focus on working smoke alarms comes in response to NFPA data, which shows that the majority of U.S. home fire deaths continue to occur in homes with no smoke alarms or...
By Eleni P. Austin
If you asked the average person to name a Black Country musician, depending on their age, the answer might be Charley Pride, Cowboy Troy or Darius Rucker. More recently, the response might be Lil Nas X or Mickey Guyton. If the person is a latte-sippin’ NPR listener, Rhiannon Giddons, The War & The Treaty and Alice...
By Rick Riozza
In our last column, we made sure not to cause you wine newbies to have to think of yet another category of wine to remember: autumn wine. We’re just using that idea to talk about the traditional new wine releases that are displayed on our market shelves at this time of year. Yup—you guessed it, just in...
By Janet McAfee
Dog groomers at The Pampered Pet salon have noticed some dogs with foxtails this season. This year’s rainy winter brought a proliferation of the wild grasses. One groomer commented, “The foxtails are horrible. I’ve found them between dogs’ toes, inside the ears, in the genital area, and even in the anal glands. In some cases, pet owners unfamiliar with the spikey dry...
By Haddon Libby
Who qualifies as financially rich?
The Pew Research Center tackled this question. Using 2022 Census Bureau information, Pew Research found that the median household income is $74,580. The median is where half of American households earn more, and half earn less.
Looking at income levels, a middle-class household earns between $58,000 and $94,000 each year. Lower middle class earns...
The “SEASON” is here in the Coachella Valley. With additional tourists and traffic come distractions. IF we don’t pay attention to our own safety, no one else will. We are all responsible for our family’s security, but we tend to put it on the back burner. The increased “seasonal” population makes for increased criminal activity in the valley so we all must be proactive...
By Craig Michaels
Coppermoon Rising is not just a wellness retreat; it is an experience designed to align your mind, body, and spirit through a variety of holistic approaches. At the helm of this transformative experience is Allison Mullins, a dedicated life and health coach with a deep understanding of yoga and wellness principles. Her work is a testament to...
BY MICHELLE BORTHWICK
The keto diet is popular for people wanting fast weight loss, boosted energy, and to stay healthy. But sticking to a super strict high-fat, low-carb plan can be challenging and eventually our mind and body want to return to our “high carb” lifestyle. Then we feel guilty that we “cheated” and throw the whole diet away just...
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