Dogs With Jobs

Some of our community’s hardest workers do without telephones, computers, and power tools — relying instead (quite successfully) on their animal instincts.

Site Staff Arts & Entertainment

Dogs perform some tasks better than people do. With sharp minds, strong spirits, and fit bodies, dogs can get a lot done in a day’s work.

A Star is Born

Bailey, a Jack Russell terrier mix, gains stardom and raises awareness for pet rescue.

Mona de Crinis Arts & Entertainment

Bailey’s life began modestly, as one of seven puppies born to an abandoned dog found tied to a tree in Desert Hot Springs. His luck turned when Rick Ketchem selected him from the squirming litter.

‘I Fight for Everybody Around Me’

Tim Bradley faces his biggest professional challenge — the WBO welterweight world champion — this month at MGM Grand

Judd Spicer Arts & Entertainment, Sports

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’

Americana expert Charles Phoenix relives road trips to Palm Springs, forays into thrift stores and date farms, and calls for the comeback of the chuckwagon.

Interview Link Arts & Entertainment, Hotels & Resorts, Real Estate

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.

PSST! Short and Sweet

This month’s film festival brings new and returning twists.

Janice Kleinschmidt. Arts & Entertainment

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.