TikTok’s Soap Opera: Billionaires, Bans, and a Dance-Off with Destiny Some apps go quietly into the night. TikTok, naturally, went viral on its way to the guillotine. After years of politicians huffing and puffing about bans, security risks, and “the youth are doomed,” the app has staged the greates...

PCT Goes Deliciously Wonky with Season Kickoff Palm Canyon Theatre is serving up its 29th season opener like a golden-wrapped truffle: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory hits the Palm Springs stage October 3–12, 2025. The Broadway reboot sprinkles in new tunes alongside classics like “Pure Imaginatio...

Health Officials Confirm Indio High TB Case Is Isolated, Students Safe Indio – Riverside University Health System (RUHS) Public Health confirmed that an Indio High School student tested positive for tuberculosis (TB), prompting swift precautionary steps to safeguard the campus community. Officials r...

Bruce Willis’ New Chapter: A Second Home Filled With Love Los Angeles – He once saved the world on screen with a smirk and a one-liner, but now Bruce Willis is living his most human role yet — one written not by Hollywood, but by life itself. The beloved “Die Hard” star, battling frontotemporal deme...

One Stage, One Night, Pure Fire: Mariachi Legends Light Up Morongo Clear your calendars and turn up the heat—because on Friday, September 5, the desert explodes in sound, soul, and spectacle when three titans of mariachi set the Morongo Grand Ballroom ablaze. Leading the charge is Sol de México de J...

🌟 Desert Hot Springs’ own Esthefania Rodriguez is heading to the Dominican Republic this October to represent the United States at Miss America Latina del Mundo! 🇺🇸👑 Crowned Miss U.S. Latina 2025, Esthefania is carrying her culture, her roots, and her hometown with pride onto the world stage. ✨ This...

WHERE IS ATHENA? THE COYOTE THE STATE WON’T SHOW US Athena the coyote was supposed to be our desert’s miracle comeback story. Struck by a car, stitched back together by El Paseo Animal Hospital, and bravely hobbling forward after losing a leg — she had fans, hope, and a second chance. But then Calif...

LOCKED UP FOR LIFE: LYLE MENENDEZ PAROLE DENIED — JUST LIKE BROTHER ERIK The Menendez brothers just got a double dose of bad news. In back-to-back parole hearings that played out like a grim soap opera, both Lyle and Erik Menendez were told the same thing: you’re not going anywhere. First came Erik,...

The Great Visa Inquisition In a move with more ambition than a reality TV contestant eyeing the White House, the Trump administration has announced it’s diving headfirst into reviewing all 55 million foreigners holding valid U.S. visas. Yes, 55 million—more people than the entire population of Spain...

Peace on the Line – Trump Dials, Putin Bites, Zelensky Waits WASHINGTON – It started with a phone call. Donald Trump picks up, Volodymyr Zelensky listens in, and suddenly the world is staring at the one thing nobody dared predict: a possible face-to-face showdown between Putin and Zelensky. Yes, you...

The Final Roar: Remembering Hulk Hogan, Wrestling’s Ultimate Showman Hulk Hogan, the larger-than-life wrestling superstar whose charisma, muscles, and mustache electrified arenas around the world, has died at the age of 71. The man born Terry Gene Bollea passed away Thursday morning in Clearwater, F...

Rock Royalty Reunited! Rod & Ron Prove Legends Still Rock the Cradle (and the Stage) GLASTONBURY – Who says rock ’n’ roll is a young man’s game? Sir Rod Stewart and Rolling Stones riffmaster Ron Wood hit the Glasto stage like two mischievous schoolboys who stole Dad’s guitar and never gave it back. ...