Like the notable ascent to its first tee, business at Stone Eagle Golf Club in Palm Desert is enjoying the fruits of a lofty climb. But in the wake of an economic downturn, it has been a tough journey.
SilverRock Resort's Randy Duncan Solid as a Rock Amidst Changes
Course under goes renovation with hotel plans next in line
Randy Duncan, SilverRock Resort’s general manager and director of golf, has been a fixture amidst as renovations to the course and now talk of hotel expansion has brought all kinds of buzz to the La Quinta course.
Steady as She Goes
The median home price per square foot in the Coachella Valley was unchanged in September at $171, marking five months of essentially unchanging home prices.
Morton's The Steakhouse Boasts New Look to Mark 20th Year
Palm Desert location has new food items to go along with new vibe
Morton’s The Steakhouse has undergone some changes to its traditional décor to mark its 20th anniversary in Palm Desert, giving the restraurant a contemporary new vibe to go along with debuting some seasonal menu selections.
Bob Hope, Thanks for the Movies
By Jill Borak Photo research by Steve Keifer, Hollywood Memories Our local boy made very good. Vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television. And, of course, the movies. There isn't a showbiz venue that Bob Hope hasn't conquered. His movie career started in 1930 on the Pathé Studios lot in Culver City – Bob Hope's first screen test. He refers to the test,
Flip Side – of Nancy Wilson
Flip Side What is the most elegant chanteuse on the supper club circuit doing in Pioneertown? The collection of Nancy Wilson vinyl LP's from the Sixties gathers dust on the bookshelf, elegant reminders of a pre-digital age, refreshingly old-fashioned in this chilly new world of shiny CD's. Those '60s covers had gumption, though, give them that much: "This monophonic microgroove
Killer Career – Actor Tom Neal
Actor Tom Neal wanted to be famous in the worst way. And that's pretty much how he did it. By Arthur Lyons Actor Tom Neal wanted to be a star in Hollywood. He hardly came close. Although he was featured in at least 180 Hollywood productions, starting with Out West With the Hardys in 1938, he never really emerged from
Sudden Death of Bradley Little
By Gant Gaither They were the highest-octane of LA’s high-powered couples, Gant Gaither and Bradley Little. Gaither, best known as the theatrical producer who first put Grace Kelly on the stage and Little, the editor of the influential shelter magazine Architectural Digest, lived a life in Los Angeles right out of a storybook. Chic movie star friends, glorious vacations, festive
The Black Widow of Rancho Mirage
She mates, she kills, she mates again. Nonfiction by Arthur Lyons Illustration by Stuart Funk Talk about a stormy life. The way she tells it, Andrea Claire grew up in New Jersey; at age 15 she was raped by a 22-year-old friend of her sister, got pregnant and was forced by her mother to marry the man, bore him yet
The Secrets of the Road Runners
Story and Photography by Michael Tennesen The Roadrunner cartoon character was especially drawn for Palm Springs Life by the artists at Warner Bros. Jim Cornett, the curator of natural science at the Palm Springs Desert Museum, tucked a photo of a roadrunner and a photo of a bald eagle under his arm and ventured out onto the streets. His mission