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The Desert Sun: Looking back on 90 years of our Coachella Valley history
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the first issue of The Desert Sun was published Aug. 5, 1927, the United States was less than a...
Desert Sun editor Julie Makinen bids farewell after 4½½ years in 'best and toughest' job
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis, dear readers, is the last day of the best and toughest job I’ve ever had: executive editor of...
Palm Springs Cultural Center kicks off Screwball Sundays series with 'It Happened One Night'
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMissing comedies from way back when? The Palm Springs Cultural Center is bringing them back to the...
Palm Springs history: Bogert's Thunderbird
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 months ago"Dreams do come true," read the newspaper article in January 1947. "And if you don't believe that 663 acres of beautiful panoramic desert and mountains...
History: Keeping the desert sparkling clean gave Marian Henderson purpose
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn a Desert Sun newspaper profile, Marian Marsh Henderson quipped: "I am as old as I look and as...
History: Hollywood at home here through the decades
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe 1968 newspaper advertisement tried to invoke wonder: “Imagine! Movie Star’s Former Home! Four plus bedrooms, 3 large baths, king-size pool. Furnished...
History: Royal letters decades apart connect the queen to the desert
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe royal visit was anxiously anticipated. The Desert Sun newspaper reported in advance: "Hailing...
He always got the shot: Long-time Desert Sun photographer Wade Byars dies at 75
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRobert Wade Byars, a long-time photographer for The Desert Sun and chronicler of the desert's most...
History: When the city decided whether to allow filming of a risqué ‘Palm Springs Weekend’
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe predicament facing the city council was highly unusual. Decide to cooperate with the filming of...
Historic Rock House in Desert Hot Springs reopens to public with surprise reunion
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 4 months agoYou won't find the Flintstones living inside Desert Hot Springs' Historic Rock House. Instead,...