Shann Carr thinks that The Center—the Coachella Valley’s community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender folks—is grossly underutilized.
She says that when she discusses The Center with locals who are L, G, B or T, she learns that a shocking number of them aren’t familiar with the services it provides. “Half of them have never even been here,” says the center’s volunteer and community o...
It’s springtime in the West (and almost summertime), that time of year when brooks babble abundantly with snowmelt; cute baby animals prance around; verdant meadows' blossoms cover tree branches like virgin snow; the temps cross triple-digits every day here in the desert—and it all goes up in flames.
Hoping to keep as close an eye on the burning West as I do, I scoured the Intertubes for the approp...
Earlier this week, nonprofit medical-marijuana dispensary Desert Organic Solutions celebrated its third anniversary.
While three years does not sound like a long time, in medical-marijuana-dispensary terms, it’s practically an eternity: Since the June 5, 2010, opening of Desert Organic Solutions, the legal landscape for medical marijuana has been constantly shifting, and as a result, countless coll...
Over the last decade, roller derby has made a massive comeback.
Roller derby—a sport that was created in the 1930s—began that comeback in part because of all-female amateur leagues that started in places like Austin, Texas. It's slowly been catching fire across the nation and around the world. In fact, ESPN recently called roller derby the fastest-growing sport in the world . Many women of roller de...
Over the last decade in the Coachella Valley (and Riverside County overall), there has been a seismic political shift that is not related to the proximity of the San Andreas Fault.
In 2004, as the presidential election drew near, the Republican Party in Riverside County held a voter-registration advantage of 12.5 percentage points over the Democratic Party.
Four years later, that Republican advantag...
During evening twilight in June 2013, the brilliant evening “star” Venus gleams very low in the west-northwest, while Mercury lingers nearby during the first three weeks.
Saturn glows yellowish and steadily, well up in the south-southeast to south, contrasting with the twinkling blue-white star Spica just 12 to 13 degrees to Saturn’s west (right).
On our evening all-sky chart, which you can see above, pl...
Here are some exclusive Coachella Valley Independent iPhone CrapCam images from the Arenas Road Halloween Costume Contest!
The crowd watches as various winners are announced.
Check out those legs!
An orange wig, and then headwear that looks like the bastard cousin of a Hot Dog on a Stick hat. Why not?
Non-costumed folk watch the costumed folk.
And finally, just in time for Star Wars: Episode 7 in 2015: A stormtrooper.
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