Latest headlines from Palm Desert http://www.mydesert.com en-us Copyright 2009, mydesert.com SaxoTech Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 00 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:10:41 00 15 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091122/BUSINESS/911210360/1144/RSS26 Gloria Franz abandoned the corporate world three years ago to start her own financial planning business, Franz Wealth Management. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:53:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091122/BUSINESS/911210360/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210309/1144/RSS26 The teenager severely injured in a car crash on Highway 74 is out of his coma and responsive, his mother said Friday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:21:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210309/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210306/1144/RSS26 Read all the stories from our Coachella Valley veterans. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210306/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/LIFESTYLES11/911200336/1144/RSS26 I had a feeling that I needed to be here,” artist Christina De Musée says, sitting in the dining room of the south Palm Desert home she bought last year. “I knew I'd love it and that I couldn't afford it,” she sighs. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/LIFESTYLES11/911200336/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091120/NEWS08/911200329/1144/RSS26 Assemblyman Brian Nestande will host an emergency preparedness forum today. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Joslyn Senior Center, 73-750 Catalina Way. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:39:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091120/NEWS08/911200329/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/LIFESTYLES09/911190323/1144/RSS26 The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is in need of food items to provide Thanksgiving meals for those in need. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:06:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/LIFESTYLES09/911190323/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/LIFESTYLES03/911190324/1144/RSS26 The RSVP senior volunteer program is looking for new team leaders/facilitators (ages 55 and up) to lead chronic disease self-management classes. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:04:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/LIFESTYLES03/911190324/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190306/1144/RSS26 The most sobering moment for U.S. Army artilleryman Archie Buffington happened in the early days of his deployment. It was late in the war, in the spring of 1945, and Buffington, a member of the 97th Division, 922nd Field Artillery Battalion, had just arrived at the the front lines in Germany. Read all the stories from our Coachella Valley veterans. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:24:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190306/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180393/1144/RSS26 Street fair adds day holiday weekend, Author Dan Chaon to sign his books Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:46:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180393/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180392/1144/RSS26 Library holding book sale this weekend, Iowa college honors Hitchcock Heydman ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:45:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180392/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180391/1144/RSS26 The RSVP senior volunteer program is looking for new team leaders/facilitators (ages 55 and up) to lead chronic disease self-management classes. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:44:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180391/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180389/1144/RSS26 Spend $100 in mall, get movie tickets, Forum helps seniors prepare for disaster Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:44:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180389/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180380/1144/RSS26 Andrea Bond will sing the words of 13th century Persian poet Jelaluddin Rumi from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts at College of the Desert. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:42:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180380/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/SPORTS0607/911180394/1144/RSS26 The Palm Desert High School girls golf team had a rare off day Monday. Unfortunately, it was in the CIF Southern California finals. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:41:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/SPORTS0607/911180394/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/SPORTS0606/911180408/1144/RSS26 Continuing their steady march toward the CIF Southern Section Division II championship, the Palm Desert girls tennis team Tuesday blew through Arcadia, 16-2, in the quarterfinals. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:40:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/SPORTS0606/911180408/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/SPORTS0603/911180399/1144/RSS26 La Quinta High School football coach Dan Armstrong made sure all of his players got to celebrate the team's win over Palm Desert Friday and the Desert Valley League title. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:40:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/SPORTS0603/911180399/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS04/911180381/1144/RSS26 College of the Desert Alumni Association Wednesday welcomed the community to its new home with the sweet comfort of pie. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:39:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS04/911180381/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS04/911180397/1144/RSS26 The College of the Desert Foundation Auxiliary will host a learning series it hopes will entice more people to come out and get to know the college. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:39:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS04/911180397/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180402/1144/RSS26 The Living Desert will soon be aglow with the yuletide spirit as it celebrates the holiday season with its annual WildLights Holiday Light Festival. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180402/1144/RSS26 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180388/1144/RSS26 When Kelly Bromley thinks back to the night of July 12, she is still amazed.“I heard someone yell that someone had been stabbed,” Bromley remembered. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:37:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911180388/1144/RSS26