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Author Archives: Kevin Fitzgerald

Kevin Fitzgerald is the staff writer for the Coachella Valley Independent. He started as a freelance writer for the Independent in June 2013, more than a year after he and his wife moved from Los Angeles to Palm Desert. His decades-long career includes stints as a magazine journalist; as a TV-network advertising executive; in publicity photography at HBO, FOX and NBC; and as an entrepreneur. With the Independent, Kevin covers a variety of news, as well as local cultural, entertainment and sports events. In 2018, Kevin was honored by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia with a third-place award in the Beat Reporting category for his coverage of end-of-life laws and issues.

Posted inPolitics

Candidate Q&A: Meet the Two Candidates Running for the Indio District 1 City Council Seat

by Kevin Fitzgerald September 30th, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inLocal Issues

School Substitute: The Desert Recreation District Sets Up a Network of Distance-Learning Hubs to Support Eastern Coachella Valley Students

by Kevin Fitzgerald September 21st, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inPolitics

Candidate Q&A: Meet the Three Candidates Running for the Palm Springs District 4 City Council Seat

by Kevin Fitzgerald September 14th, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inPolitics

Candidate Q&A: Meet the Four Candidates Running for Two Palm Desert District 2 City Council Seats

by Kevin Fitzgerald September 9th, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inPolitics

Candidate Q&A: Meet the Two Candidates Running for Palm Desert’s District 1 City Council Seat

by Kevin Fitzgerald September 8th, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inLocal Issues

Picketing for Safety: Local Hospital Workers, Negotiating a New Contract With Tenet, Say the Company Isn’t Doing Enough to Protect Patients and Employees

by Kevin Fitzgerald September 1st, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inLocal Issues

A $3 Million Question: After a 3-2 Palm Springs City Council Vote to Fully Fund the New Downtown Park, Local Business Organizations Strenuously Object

by Kevin Fitzgerald August 24th, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inLocal Issues

Assisting the Essential: Lawmakers and Medical Professionals Scramble to Help the Coachella Valley’s Farmworkers Deal With the Pandemic

by Kevin Fitzgerald August 20th, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inVisual Arts

Sittable Art: Artists Beautify Another Round of Benches Along Palm Canyon Drive

by Kevin Fitzgerald August 10th, 2020December 16th, 2020
Posted inLocal Issues

DREAMers’ Dilemma: Immigrant-Rights Advocates Express Frustration as the Trump Administration Refuses DACA Applications Despite a Supreme Court Ruling

by Kevin Fitzgerald August 4th, 2020December 16th, 2020

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