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Thursday, Jan. 29 | ☀️ 75°/53° |
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Welcome to Thursday. If you've been following the bouncing ball of our event listing for the Palm Springs Police Department's annual open house (and judging by our inbox many of you have) as its date shifted around in our "Save the Date" section below, you'll want to know it has changed again. Once listed as happening this Saturday (Jan. 31), it then changed to next Sunday (Feb. 8). But since that's also Super Bowl Sunday, a police spokesperson said yesterday it is now planned for Feb. 28. We'll keep an eye out for any future changes and make sure to alert you. In the meantime, you can find details on the city's official calendar.
🎶 Setting the mood: “Gotta Get Up” by Harry Nilsson |
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LEADING OFF |
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The wide, straight, long streets of Palm Springs are perfectly designed for speeders, Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said Wednesday evening. |
Police chief: Speeding, right-of-way violations and DUI factor in traffic deaths |
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Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills told the City Council that traffic collisions remain a serious problem, with 27 people killed between 2023 and 2025. The presentation followed the recent hit-and-run death of Ricardo Marano, known as "The Walking Man."
Driving the news: Mills cited speeding, right-of-way violations and DUI as the top three causes, together accounting for more than half of all traffic crashes during the three-year period that included 14,197 recorded collisions.
- Eight of the 27 fatalities involved pedestrians, all of whom were walking in the roadway when struck.
By the numbers: Police issued 30,672 traffic citations in 2023 and 60,713 in 2024 as enforcement increased. Palm Springs has 525 establishments licensed to sell alcohol — about 32% of all such businesses in the Coachella Valley.
- About 60% of injury-related DUI collisions involved drivers who were not Palm Springs residents.
Also at issue: Councilmembers raised concerns about red-light violations and pedestrian safety in downtown and along major corridors including Vista Chino, Palm Canyon Drive, Gene Autry Trail and Ramon Road.
What's next: Mills outlined a three-part approach including engineering changes like traffic calming measures, education campaigns for safer behavior and enforcement focused on speeding, DUI and right-of-way violations.
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BRIEFLY |
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Addressing lackluster wayfinding in Downtown Palm Springs is on the to-do list of city officials. (File photo) |
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🅿️ Council addresses downtown parking concerns
- The Palm Springs City Council directed staff Wednesday to improve downtown parking signage and garage conditions after a study found public parking garages are underutilized while street parking is in high demand.
- The study analyzed 2,286 parking spaces in January and May a few years back, finding an average occupancy rate of 29% across all parking facilities, with the Downtown Parking Garage at just 15% capacity while on-street parking along Palm Canyon Drive averaged 47% occupancy.
- Up next: The Council focused on short-term solutions like improved signage and garage maintenance before considering longer-term changes such as extending the three-hour street parking limit to 24 hours a day or implementing employee parking permit programs.
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A MESSAGE FROM PALM SPRINGS CULTURAL CENTER |
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Drag icon Varla Jean Merman returns in a deliriously queer pop fantasia after mistaking herself for Chappell Roan on Instagram. Expect campy chaos, red-hot wigs, and wildly inappropriate reworkings of hits by Chappell Roan, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, and more — with Todd Alsup at the piano and zero apologies.
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TODAY'S FEATURED EVENTS |
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Library Story Times
10 a.m. | Library at Rimrock Plaza
Children's Librarian Nancy reads stories, sings songs, and shares early learning concepts. Story time includes sessions for both babies and toddlers.
Lesbian and Queer Women's Chat
10:30 a.m. | Virtual
This chat group is a welcoming place to find friendship, laughter, support, and understanding among people who truly get it.
Art Museum Free Admission
5 p.m. | Palm Springs Art Museums
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., enjoy free admission to galleries and exhibitions, and explore the collections at both museums at your own pace.
VillageFest
6 p.m. | Downtown Palm Springs
The street fair features art, entertainment, shopping, and food.
Billy L'Amour's Va Va Voom with John Taylor
7 p.m. | V Wine Lounge & Martini Bar
Join Billy L’Amour for her first-ever show at V Wine Lounge & Martini Bar! Billy will be shaking — and stirring — up a fabulous evening of live singing, storytelling, great laughs, and plenty of GL’Amour. ($15)
Assassins
7 p.m. | Revolution Stage Company
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's award-winning musical ASSASSINS comes to the Revolution! Directed by Gary Powers with an incredible cast of performers! ($33)
Stayin' Alive - One Night Of The Bee Gees
7:30 p.m. | Plaza Theatre
Stayin' Alive is the quintessential tribute band to the Bee Gees, capturing the excitement of live performance and the tender subtleties of the human voice! ($86)
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AND FINALLY ... |
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Palm Springs home prices are slightly lower than last year and the city has the second-highest number of homes for sale in the valley, according to the most reason housing sales report.
Driving the news: The median price of an average-sized detached home in the Coachella Valley last month was $660,000, a decrease of less than one percent from the year before. Attached home prices decreased 3% year-over-year to $460,000.
Zoom in: In Palm Springs, detached home prices fell 5% year-over-year to $1.13 million in December. Attached home prices fell 5% compared to the year before, the average price is about $425,000.
By the numbers: The city saw the second-highest unit sales in the valley, with a three-month average of 113 homes sold, up from 97 compared to last year.
What they’re saying: “While inventory has recovered, because of low sales, supply is beginning to exceed demand,” the report notes. “This should not cause a problem for home prices unless it begins to extend average selling times.”
Zoom in: Analysts didn't expect much from Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, and that’s exactly what happened. The Fed held interest rates steady as expected, but two governors dissented, preferring a quarter-point cut.
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