Food Now has been providing supplemental food assistance to families in the Desert Hot Springs area since 1959. This November, more than 800 men, women, and children have been lining up each week at the 66-year-old food pantry, an all-time-record that’s also up nearly 70 percent from last year at this time, according to Tom Tragesser, Food Now’s vice president and director of operations.
Desert residents — retirees, families, and workers alike — rely on local food pantries to meet their needs. Here’s how these organizations help.
This excerpt takes us back to 1942, when a Palm Springs hotel favored among the rich and famous found new purpose as a military hospital.
Coachella Valley nonprofit IMAHelps organizes medical mission trips to countries like Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. Here, volunteers share their stories.
A Palm Desert-based writer braves a grueling bike ride to bring safer, healthier conditions to rural Cambodia.
By the second half of the 20th century, Agua Caliente leaders had cleared the way for future Tribal development, ultimately shaping the Palm Springs tourism industry we know today.
There is new energy and excitement in Coachella as the city transforms into an epicenter for cannabis tourism and manufacturing.
A city on the verge of transformation.
Long days and extraordinary altruism of doctors and other volunteers transform lives in Ecuador
A survey of eco-minded initiatives reveals our desert communities’ commitment to sustainable living With about 360 sunny days a year and a mountain pass that funnels wind across the desert, the Coachella Valley should top the lists of wind and solar-powered communities.
Kate Hudson on Music, “Song Sung Blue,” and Life in Palm Desert
