Commission to meet over rent increase

The Mobile Home Fair Practices Commission will hold a hearing Nov. 16 about a rent increase at the Arabian Gardens Mobile Home Park.

The hearing concerns a rent increase of $23.43 per month for the next 180 months to recover costs of capital improvements made in 2008.

The hearing begins at 4 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers, 150 Civic Center Mall.

Information: www.indio.org

ALDRICH M. TAN

State providing cash for Golf Center work

Indio received $443,000 from the California Transportation Commission in mid-October for construction on Golf Center Parkway.

The city will repave 1 mile of Golf Center Parkway from Highway 111 to Indio Springs Parkway and install a traffic signal at the Avenue 45 intersection, city officials said.

The funding covers 25 percent of the project's overall $1.7 million cost. It will be funded also by the Coachella Valley Association of Governments.

Construction is slated to start early next year.

Information: Grant Eklund at (760) 391-4017

ALDRICH M. TAN

Rotarians organizing trip to L.A. winery

The Indio Rotary Club is organizing a tour of the San Antonio Winery in Los Angeles on Nov. 14.

Participants will meet at 7 a.m. at the Riverside County fairgrounds, 46-350 Arabia St., to board a charter bus to the winery, Rotary officials said. The tour includes breakfast at the Maddalena Restaurant, a private tour of the winery, a wine and cheese tasting, and visit to Placita Olvera, a tourist district of Los Angeles. The tour is $75 per person and the deadline for reservations is today.

Information: Joan Dzuro at (760) 347-6496

ALDRICH M. TAN