O Pioneers

The Coachella Valley’s businesswomen from Nellie Coffman to Marion Davies enabled our desert communities to grow. Palm Springs Life honors three in a long line of desert entrepreneurs.

Maggie Downs Social Scene

The Coachella Valley was shaped, sustained, and reinvented by women, which is celebrated with the 2016 Women in Business program, a Palm Springs Life event.

Highway 62 Revisited

The high 
desert wind 
carries a 
tune that 
musicians 
have played 
for a long 
time

Maggie Downs Attractions

Clive Wright’s house, perched in the rocky hills above Joshua Tree National Park, doubles as his music production business, Desert Sky Studios.

Eat This Now

These 12 dishes are amazing. 
Go ahead. 
Prove us wrong

Maggie Downs Restaurants

This ‘best of’ list fulfills its premise, but mostly it’s about passing along a tasty morsel in the Coachella Valley that might be overlooked.

Palm Springs Rock Climbing

Rock Around the Clock

In winter, a different kind of snowbird flocks to the desert to pursue its passion. 
Chances are, you won’t run into one on El Paseo.

Maggie Downs Hiking

Every Saturday during the May-through-October rock-climbing season, Joshua Tree National Park hosts a pop-up coffee klatsch called Climbers Coffee.

How Green is Our Valley

It started with dates and grew to be part of America’s winter salad bowl. Can it continue?

Maggie Downs Health & Wellness

Farming advocate Margit Chiriaco Rusche’s vision is to use the Coachella Valley to grow support for local agriculture and cultivate the next generation of California farmers.

Home Grown

The Coachella Valley is known for its produce. So why is it easier to buy grapes from Chile and tomatoes from Mexico?

Maggie Downs Restaurants

Making the connection between food producers and consumers can be a challenge at a time when “local food” is the buzzword with everyone from restaurant owners to casual home cooks waving the locavore banner.