June 2012

Our Top Lawyers

Finding the right lawyer often comes at a critical time in life, and resources offering answers to even basic questions can sometimes be overwhelming and/or difficult to understand.

‘I Fight for Everybody Around Me’

Judd Spicer

Boxer Timothy Ray Bradley Jr., known as “The Desert Storm,” owns an undefeated professional record in 29 bouts. He’s preparing for a June 9 date at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where he’ll battle 147-pound Manny Pacquiao for the world welterweight title.

Meet the Ultimate ‘Retro Daddy’

Interview by Matthew Link

Charles Phoenix flips through hilarious and sometimes bizarre slides of strangers and their homes and cars and families, taking a standing-room-only audience at Palm Springs Art Museum’s Annenberg Theater through a rip-roaring Technicolor look at yesteryear.

Park and Go

Janice Kleinschmidt

In April, as contractors were still renovating a former clubhouse in Borrego Springs, a botanist studying larkspur became the first scientist to use the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center.

PSST! Short and Sweet

JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

After 17 years of building an appreciative audience for short films, Palm Springs International ShortFest organizers plan to cultivate a new demographic: 8- to 12-year-olds.

PSST! Intelligencer

Steel Houses on the National Register of Historic Places, PB&J flavored Vodka, Local Author Mary Firmin.

PSST! Dining With The Stars

JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

Frank DeCaro has published his collection of more than 145 recipes from famous men and women whose stars now shine in the heavens (as well as on Turner Classic Movies).

CAMEO - Your Serve, Kevin Connolly

STEVEN BILLER

You can see on the surface — 25 U.S. Open-blue tennis courts — that Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa wants competitive players. The color of the courts asserts, “This is where the pros play.

June Horoscope

Sherryl Nova

Uranus and Pluto square off through late October. Expect an upsurge of threats and skirmishes globally, with the potential to radically alter the landscape.