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The band will perform a full-album playthrough of The Beach Boys Love You, the 1977 album that became a cult hit, with Brian Wilson saying it was “my favorite album we ever did.”

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/let-us-go-on-this-way-al-jardine-and-the-pet-sounds-band-perform-the-beach-boys-big-hits-and-deep-cuts-too/

The goal of the new Salton Sea Conservancy is "to advance cleaner air, protect public health, restore critical ecosystems, and ensure the work we’ve started creates lasting opportunities for Salton Sea communities."

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/saving-the-sea-the-salton-sea-is-the-focus-of-the-first-new-state-conservancy-in-15-years/

Desert legend Dave Catching is turning 65, and he’s celebrating with another birthday show on Saturday, June 6, at Pappy and Harriet’s.

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/the-lucky-13-david-catching-musician-producer-and-owner-of-rancho-de-la-luna-performing-at-pappy-and-harriets-on-june-6/

Topics touched upon this week include vegans, joie de vivre, Diet Coke, Europeans—and more!

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/the-weekly-independent-comics-page-for-may-28-2026/

On May 14, AMP announced on social media: “After deep reflection, the Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to temporarily pause program operations.”

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/the-end-of-amp-the-academy-of-musical-performance-is-pausing-operations-and-the-oasis-on-miles-is-closing-its-doors-for-good/

Topics addressed this week include noise, French fries, the Nobel Prize, metaphors—and more!

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/the-weekly-independent-comics-page-for-may-21-2026/

Sam Torres' "Sunday Service" pop-up cafe in Indio is one of several ways in which he gives back to his community.

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/know-your-neighbors-meet-indio-resident-sam-torres-a-spiritually-driven-businessman-community-activist-father-and-cancer-survivor/

After seven years of fundraising and construction, on April 21, a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the basic completion of the Shady Lane overhaul.

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/investment-and-infrastructure-with-government-help-caritas-corporation-transforms-the-shady-lane-mobile-home-park-into-a-clean-comfortable-community/

Accessing health care can become something like a second job: spending hours on the phone to find available providers who take the right insurance, making regular trips to coastal counties to bring sick kids to specialists, and waiting weeks or even months for appointments.

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/long-drives-longer-waits-a-look-inside-the-deserts-health-care-shortage/

It's almost summer—so let the parade of blockbuster-movie wannabes begin!

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/the-summer-preview-a-quick-look-see-at-upcoming-cinematic-offerings/

Marcus Doyle uses no filters, and none of the work is computer-manipulated. He uses a long-exposure, low-light technique and does little or no editing to produce large photographic prints.

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/otherworldly-images-rubine-red-showcases-marcus-doyles-long-exposure-photographs-of-the-desert-at-night/

The first outsider to settle in Oak Glen was Enoch Kidder Parrish, from Jefferson County, N.Y., in the 1860s. He planted the area’s first acre of apple trees in 1876 and established what is now called the Parrish Pioneer Ranch.

https://cvindependent.com/2026/05/cv-history-forty-miles-from-palm-springs-oak-glen-offers-four-seasons-and-150-years-of-apple-orchards/