Families on Candy Cane Lane in Cathedral City Share Their Holiday Traditions
It’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving 2024, and the families of Minerva Road are beginning to pull their holiday decorations from storage. Garage doors roll open. Plastic bins fill driveways. Neighbors come and go, unboxing inflatables, tugging power cords into place, and occasionally helping one another with setup.
Beachfront property, hospital expansions, and ambitious proposals signal what’s next in the Coachella Valley. Here, we survey 16 desert developments to find out what’s happening.
The History and Comeback of Palm Springs’ Plaza Theatre
“The Last Hurrah!” It was a fitting title for the finale season of The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies. A blur of feathers and sequins and silver hair, the vaudeville-style musical revue at The Plaza Theatre featured 55-and-older performers — many of whom had enjoyed glittering careers before landing in the Coachella Valley. High-kicking to the top of the desert’s entertainment scene in 1991, the Follies held court for almost a quarter century.
We Took the 2026 Aston Martin Vantage Roadster for a Test Drive
The first time I took an Aston Martin on a road trip out of the Coachella Valley, my co-driver — on assignment for Car and Driver — insisted we stop along the way for time-consuming photos. We missed lunch. I wouldn’t let that happen twice. Not in the 2026 Vantage Roadster. Not on this perfect midspring day of lupines, poppies, and manzanita blossoms. The charcuterie board that awaited in Temecula was top priority.
Was the IndyCar Thermal Grand Prix a One-Hit Wonder?
In March 2024, Álex Palou won the $1 Million Challenge, a 20-lap, made-for-TV race at The Thermal Club. The winner was not exactly a surprise, but his postrace comments were. He dedicated the jackpot to buying diapers for his baby, Lucia. Palou then blasted through the season and won the NTT IndyCar Series for the third time in four years.
Confident the place will blow their minds, Jay Westman welcomes select visitors to The Vault. To describe it as a garage would be a disservice to the impeccably appointed collectors sanctuary on Metate Place in BIGHORN Golf Club. The glitzy entryway could serve as a stage for John Travolta to sweep Olivia Newton-John into his arms and carry her to the humble Dodge Wayfarer from Grease.
Helen Abernathy’s Lost Legacy Resurfaces at Historic House in Palm Springs
More than a modernist marvel, the Abernathy House reveals the evolving identity — and enduring artistic spirit — of the woman behind its walls.
A new integration between the NTT IndyCar Series and The Thermal Club puts young hopeful drivers on track for an off-season test session.
A food truck and a modernist house share a point of origin.
Making the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Mountain Station
Architect E. Stewart Williams leapfrogged natural and structural obstacles by virtue of 23,000 helicopter trips to create the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Mountain Station.
