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It's understandable why, as wintry weather sets in elsewhere, travelers flock to Palm Springs for warmth and sunshine. Heavy clothes are quickly replaced by T-shirts and shorts — or, at some resorts, no clothes at all. Palm Springs is a hot spot not only for snowbirds but also for those who...
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Weekend Escape: Relaxation uncovered in Palm Springs
Palm Springs is a hot spot not only for snowbirds but also for those who choose to vacation in the buff, with the Terra Cotta Inn among...
SoCal Close-Ups: A date with the Coachella Valley
Sure, you could go to the beach again. Or you could turn your back on the Pacific and head instead for a desert land of date shakes and...
Tour luxurious Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage
Sunnylands, the 200-acre Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage that hosted five decades of political and Hollywood luminaries behind its pink...
Palm Springs revival has deals for a song (or close to it)
The Rat Pack lives again — or at least Palm Springs, once the party pad of Sinatra and the boys, does.
The Willows: A hidden retreat in Palm Springs
A decade ago, when my wife and I were honeymooning on Italy's Amalfi Coast, we'd talked — maybe even vowed — to return there for...
Palm Springs' 'goat trails' by mountain bike
Rocky and mostly barren, the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa mountains southwest of Palm Springs offer terrain hospitable only to king snakes,...
A visit to 1959 Palm Springs
Dwight Eisenhower, on holiday from the White House, whips a golf club beneath a blue October sky. Frank Sinatra, driven indoors by a...
San Gorgonio windmills can teach you a lot
In the Coachella Valley, you can roll along the San Andreas fault on a chuck wagon, lope through a date farm on a camel, soar above 100 golf...
Hyatt Grand Champions in Indian Wells: Bring on the heat
Never mind that it's 108 in the shade. At the Hyatt in Indian Wells, low-rate specials with cool activities appeal to kids and adults.
In Borrego Springs, development dreams -- and pitfalls
The desert backcountry of San Diego County has always been a great place for long shadows -- the wiry ocotillo stalks at dawn, the oasis...
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