NFL Pros To Host Youth Football Clinics

Desert Christian Academy in Bermuda Dunes is hosting a three-day football event featuring NFL pros. The series of camps, tournaments and challenges takes place Friday March 8th through Sunday, March 10th. There, students from elementary school to high school will learn the fundamentals of football from NFL pros. Instructors include Marshall Faulk, a Hall of Fame former player for the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams as well as Darnay Scott, a 9-year NFL veteran, and Robert Griffith, a 13-year NFL veteran.

Warburton’s 14th Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament Shatters Records

The event was able to raise $5.4 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, breaking their previous records. The 4-day event at JW Marriot Desert Hot Springs Resort featured star-studded attendance, including 75 stars, songwriters, and rock legends. A weekend of golf and unique music events made a significant impact for a great cause with total funds raised for St. Jude now exceeding $31.9 million.

Plaza Theatre Kicks Off Restoration Construction

The Plaza Theatre Foundation marked the beginning of the long-awaited restoration construction at the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre. City officials emphasized the positive impact the theatre has on the city’s economy. The event highlighted fundraising efforts and formal partnership signing with Oak View Group. The project aims to be finished in 2025, and will be the home of live performances, film premieres and community events.

Cathedral City Continues Infrastructure Projects

Riverside Construction Company will revamp Cathedral Canyon Drive with sidewalks and a multi-use trail, while DBX Inc. focuses on enhancing the Landau Boulevard/McCallum Way intersection. Construction will be done between the hours of 9pm and 5am Monday through Friday. The work will allow for improved infrastructure as well as smoother traffic flow.

Angel Light Academy 25th Annual Youth Leadership Conference

Angel Light Academy held its 25th Annual Youth Leadership Conference at the Van Buren Elementary School. The conference, taking place for 5 to 18 year olds, is aimed to teach leadership traits, problem solving and communication skills to local youth. ALA works with about 100 young leaders at the conference, all with the hopes of training these future leaders on how to rebuild their social-emotional health and motivation.

Desert X Art Club inspiring next generation of local artists

The perhaps next generation of great artists recently toured the Palm Springs Art Museum, gaining knowledge and inspiration at the Elrod Sculpture Garden. “It’s a good way to see the area and connect with it,” said local sixth grade student London who is part of the Desert X Art Club, a learning program that takes local students to explore art across the Coachella Valley. Students in this program say field trips to places like the PSAM help develop their artistic skills while also igniting their imaginations. “I learn from it because I want to make my own pieces,” said Desert X student Ronaldo. “I’m happy because I want to do it in the future.” From sketches and designs to digital storytelling, fashion to photography, the Desert X Art Club is creating all kinds of opportunities in art. “We hope that we are expanding students’ ideas of what art can be, what it means to be an artist, what it means to express yourself and be creative,” said Max Finerran, Desert X education producer. Finneran says Desert X hopes to instill the artistic value of the

Local afterschool program is shaping the future of music one note at a time

Young artists from a local after school program are making music and memories that carry across the Coachella Valley. “I feel very uplifted, very powerful,” said local student Sophia, who sings in the band Short Notice with her friend River. Short Notice was formed at the Academy of Musical Performance, an after-school music program based in Indio that’s better known as AMP. “What I hope the kids take away is that music has its own power within itself,” said Abie Perkins, AMP’s music production director. Perkins says in its almost decade in our desert, AMP has helped hundreds of students reach their goals both on and off stage. “I’ve seen so many of these kids go on to become incredible musicians and just incredible human beings in general,” he said. During a recent First Friday on El Paseo in Palm Desert, Short Notice turned the Melissa Morgan Fine Art Sculpture Garden into their stage while playing in front of an outdoor audience, filled with friends and family. “AMP to me means collaboration and giving freedom and creativity to kids that need it and want it,” said River.

10-year plan aims to restore Salton Sea and reduce toxic dust

https://nbcpalmsprings.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/03/ss2fixed.mp4 Once known as a bustling tourist attraction, the Salton Sea’s reputation has changed to a shrinking and polluted body of water. That change is mainly due to a decline in Colorado River flow and agriculture runoff. On the eastern shore, the once popular resort town Bombay Beach has turned into a partially abandoned artistic community, home to just 200 people and eclectic art. But as the water pulls away from the shore, a change is taking place, giving the town new life, and non-profit Audubon California is working to support it. “There’s a phenomenon happening at the Salton Sea. Where the water no longer meets the sea the water has permeated and percolated through the ground, creating beautiful wetlands. Audobon is working to quantify these wetlands restore and create a model we can use elsewhere,” said Frank Ruiz, the Salton Sea program director for Audubon California. The permitting process for Bombay wetlands is expected to be finished in 2025. A few miles down the road, other important work is underway, the state’s Salton Sea Management Program has started its third vegetation enhancement effort, covering