The King and Queen of Palm Springs Modern

Bob and Helene Alexander helped transform what was a sleepy, exclusive enclave into a vibrant, more inclusive city

Louis Gorfain Modernism

Sunday, Nov. 14, 1965: a day when modern architecture was not yet time-stamped “midcentury” and “the Alexanders” referred not to houses but to the visionary family who built them.

Explore Palm Springs: Breakfast Flight Fills the Skies

More than 850 planes fly in annual event that attracts Hollywood celebrities

Renee Brown History

On April 13, 1947, participants of the sixth annual Palm Springs Breakfast Flight darkened the desert sky as the greatest mass flight of private planes in history touched down at the airport in Palm Springs.

Polo in Paradise

One of the world’s oldest and most patrician of pastimes is alive and well in the Coachella Valley

Louis Gorfain Sports

Inclusion, not exclusion, defines polo, desert style. With most admissions free, more than 4,000 spectators from every walk of life converge on the local fields each Sunday from January through March.

December 2014 Horoscopes

Sherryl Nova Horoscope

For Capricorns, Mars cozies up to the money, and you have the focus of a drone on new fiscal revenues. Others involved have to catch up spiritually, but it’s your enthusiasm that sheds the light.

Palm Springs Weekend

Site Staff Arts & Entertainment

Palm Springs wanted nothing to do with "letting loose," thank you. Palm Springs, Palm Springs, Go to Palm Springs And you'll find out What you've been missing… Let loose To all the swinging things You want to do… From the song, "Live Young" Sung by Troy Donahue in Palm Springs Weekend ("singing for the very first time") Written by Larry

Sudden Death of Bradley Little

Site Staff Arts & Entertainment

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 Secrets of the Road Runners

Site Staff Attractions

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