Coachella Valley Weekly - July 7 to July 13, 2022 Vol. 11 No. 17

coachellavalleyweekly.com • July 7 to July 13, 2022 Vol.11 No.17

Women’s Rights History

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BY CRYSTAL HARRELL Coachella Valley Weekly (760) 501-6228

publisher@coachellavalleyweekly.com coachellavalleyweekly.com facebook.com/cvweekly twitter.com/cvweekly1 Publisher & Editor Tracy Dietlin Art Director Robert Chance Sales Team Kirby, Kathy Bates, Raymond Bill Club Crawler Nightlife Editor Phil Lacombe Head Music Writer Esther Sanchez Head Feature Writer Crystal Harrell Feature Writers Lisa Morgan, Rich Henrich, Heidi Simmons, Noe Gutierrez, Tricia Witkower Writers/Contributors: Robin Simmons, Rick Riozza, Eleni P. Austin, Craig Michaels, Janet McAfee, Haddon Libby, Sam DiGiovanna, Dale Gribow, Rob Brezny, Denise Ortuno Neil, Dee Jae Cox, Lynne Tucker, Aimee Mosco, Ruth Hill, Madeline Zuckerman, Ed Heethuis, Daniel Paris, Michelle Borthwick, Nadia Popova, Dennis Shelly Photographers Robert Chance, Laura Hunt Little, Chris Miller, Esther Sanchez Videographer Kurt Schawacker Website Editor Bobby Taffolla Distribution Phil Lacombe, William Westley

CONTENTS Clay Jones ................................................... 3 Breaking The 4th Wall - Women's Rights..... 5 Cruzados & Rick Shelley.......................... 6-7 Theatre - CVRep 2022-23 Season ............. 7 Consider This - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band....... 8 Club Crawler Nightlife ............................... 9 Screeners................................................... 10

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etting your high school diploma is an accomplishment in itself, but one local Palm Desert High School graduate is taking it a step further and inventing a device that will better the Coachella Valley.

In an effort to achieve a cleaner Salton Sea and Coachella Valley environment for all, budding scientist and class of 2022 graduate Clay Jones unveiled an innovative new lithium extraction device from the garage of his Palm Desert home on July 1st.

Jones unveiled the device and generously presented the patent to members of the Salton Sea Authority, along with Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz. Jones, who will attend UC Berkeley in the fall, first became interested in environmental science as an intern for Ruiz.

He gained notoriety two years ago when he took the remarkable step of paddling across the Salton Sea in a kayak to raise awareness about the contaminated sea and the environmental disaster looming. During the seven-hour crossing, Jones developed the idea of using photons to energize orbiting electrons, making lithium absorbing materials more attractive to lithium ions suspended in the Sea. Jones also realized that making battery

power accessible to more people by using technology that lowers the price will free many from fossil fuels and improve air quality for residents in close proximity to the Sea. After two years of dedicated work from his parents’ garage, Clay’s idea has now come to fruition.

“What inspired me was the desire to help our local community. I think of the entire Valley as our community, but having said that, I felt the community surrounding the Salton Sea was being given the short end of the stick, and I wanted to help. It‘s a pivotal time at the Salton Sea with Lithium Ion changing the dynamics. I‘d like to see the environment and money put in the right places,” said Clay.

In his school years, Clay has always been better at math and science, especially compared to other subjects. He took Honors Physics during his freshman year at Palm Desert High, and was hooked, especially since his teacher, Mr. Letcavage, made the class engaging and Clay spent his lunch period in his classroom.

Clay credits very dedicated teachers at Palm Desert High School for preparing him for this scientific feat—taking courses like Physics, Chemistry, four years of honors, and AP math courses, especially AP Calculus.

“It is a community issue affecting all of us, especially the residents around the Salton Sea. The Lithium Ion equation changes the dynamics. There is an opportunity to help the community and now the planet, but it is a public-private equity kind of thing. It is good local politicians and activists are looking at how it affects the people around the Sea,” stated Clay.

Although he has accomplished something extraordinary at his young age, Clay doesn’t consider himself an inspiration, but believes it can be found all around us from different places. He has been inspired by his father for his work ethic and Congressman Ruiz for his tireless dedication to the community. Clay’s inspiration also comes from his grandfather, who was the second Board Certified Surgeon in the entire Coachella Valley. Additionally, Clay credits Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, Eduardo Garcia, and all the local politicians he has met that work to run and improve our communities.

“I do not think most people realize how much it entails and how hard they work. I remember my dad telling me when I was like 8 or 9 that Dr. Ruiz forgave a lucrative medical practice to run for office to help people in our community, and that stuck with me. Success is how you treat people, in giving back,” said Clay.

Clay’s invention is expected to yield many benefits for the Coachella Valley. The commercial activity of lithium extraction will help the community with higher-paying jobs. Additionally, the benefit will be cheaper batteries, allowing more people to afford electric cars and lead to a cleaner environment.

Clay was accepted into UC Berkeley, where he will attend this fall. He even wrote in one of his college application essays to Berkeley about the conversation he had with his father regarding Dr. Ruiz giving up a lucrative medical career to help his community.

As for his future career plans, Clay is still uncertain about which professional field he wants to study, but is glad he has time to decide. After his patent pending letter, he is looking forward to seeing if a big-energy company calls him about his invention.

“If my device can help to enhance LithiumIon extraction, I am giving back to the Salton Sea Authority Board and the community of the Salton Sea, where money will be best spent,” said Clay.

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BREAKING THE4TH WALL

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n February 1912 my 33-year-old great grandfather George Cox, was killed in the dark, cold pits of a West Virginia Coal Mine.

He left my great grandmother Annie, 29 years old, with 5 very young children and pregnant with their 6th child. The Mining Company offered no compensation. Death was the risk all miners understood and accepted because they needed the work and there were no laws in place that protected them. Four months after his father’s death, my grandfather Harry was born to a mother, who now had six babies all under the age of ten and no viable means of feeding those children. She was forced to quickly remarry. This was her only option.

Exactly 24 years later, in February of 1937, George’s son Harry met the same fate. He had followed in the footsteps of the father he never knew and had gone into the pits to scrape out a living as a Coal Miner. And like his father before him, the death of my young grandfather left his sixteen-year-old wife, (my grandmother Virginia,) pregnant and alone. Within a week, she was evicted from the dirty coal camp housing where they lived, no compensation was offered and she was forced to return to her parent’s house where her mother was also pregnant, with twin boys, her 12th and 13th children. My father was born three months before his uncles, and they all grew up as brothers.

Before Unions, birth-control, safe abortions, labor laws, environmental protections or any type of legal support system, workers and their families had absolutely no recourse when injured or even killed by unsafe work environments. Women were trapped in a cycle of pregnancies that kept many families in debt, struggling to feed and clothe many children and prevented any means of escape for those struggling to emerge from poverty. This was a great time for businesses. They loved keeping most of their profits with minimal oversight.

There were no inconvenient safety regulations or minimum wages to worry about. No age limits on child labor or Unions demanding that 12/14hour work days (without overtime pay,) should be reduced in favor of workers. If an employee died or was seriously injured on the job, companies simply replaced them and moved on with no responsibility. Women were not even a part of the equation. Though a long and exhausting fight had finally granted them the vote in 1920, women still had no representation in government or the legal system. (Even now

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TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

women comprise of only approximately 25% of elected officials.)

In 1935, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, (going into effect in 1940,) the country began to go in a new direction with the promise of helping those who became disabled and unable to work, as well as retirees over age 65. (Not a high probability in my family of West Virginia Coal Miners.) By the 1950’s Unions and labor regulations were being implemented and businesses were not happy.

They began looking for ways to invest their money in turning back the hands of time.

Even though Margaret Sanger had opened her first birth control clinic in 1916, (and was arrested under the guise of promoting pornography,) women still had no legal medical access to birth control. The fight for women’s reproductive control continued for decades, keeping women impoverished, unable to pursue education or jobs, trapped in abusive marriages and often unable to properly care for children who would continue the cycle of poverty.

It was not until 1965 that birth control was finally legalized for married women, (Griswold v Connecticut,) and for single women in 1972, (Eisenstadt v Baird.)

Roe v Wade, allowing safe and legal abortions, passed in 1973 and while a literal life saver for the following generations of women, it seemed to be the final straw for those in the Conservative and Nationalist movements.

It was not until 1974 when Congresswoman Bella Abzug got the Fair Credit Opportunity Act passed in Congress, that women could even get

a credit card in their own name. The law made it illegal for any financial institution to discriminate against applicants based on their religion, race, national origin—and gender. Until that point, women could only have credit cards in their husband’s name.

The U. S. Supreme Court, (both Democratic and Republican appointees,) had been making a lot of decisions based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Passed in 1866 and modified in 1868. The 14th Amendment basically says that “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Originally written to protect black men after the Civil War, over the next century it was interpreted and used to recognize many rights and freedoms for all American citizens. The right to privacy helped to outlaw racist Jim Crow laws in the South, grant the freedom to marry for both interracial and LGBTQ couples, legalized birth control, the right for adult, consenting couples to have sex in whatever manor they chose and it was the underlining consideration for Roe v Wade, (abortion.) The right to privacy, liberty and freedom is the foundation of America.

America was progressing, granting rights to women and minorities. Women could control their own reproductive health, decide for themselves when to have children (or not.)

Gain higher education and enter the workforce.

Strive for their own goals and successes, without the threat of derailment by an unplanned pregnancy. America was achieving her goal, as a truly democratic society. Economic freedom for women creates peaceful and stable societies.

But for a minority who felt their power was becoming equal to, not greater than, women and people of color, something had to be done.

And so over the following decades, a campaign of mis-information began. Every law and regulation that was established to support workers, the environment, help women or minorities grow and thrive, was slandered and labeled as liberal ‘Socialism,’ and considered a threat to what had been the traditional and accepted norms in America.

For a minority of the right leaning segment of American culture, the whole concept of granting women and people of color equal protection under the law was too much. Since the writers of the American Constitution did not mention women or blacks in their original document, (written in 1787,) many Nationalists, have equated progress and equality with Socialism

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BY DEE JAE COX and a wrongful deviation from the original intent of the Founders. (This ‘originalist’ belief does not extend to the 2nd Amendment, when only muskets were available at the time.) It is an unfortunate reality for America, that this radicalized minority has been allowed to impede progress for the majority.

In 1982, the Federalist Society, was established. It’s a group of Right-Wing Conservatives, who believe that individual citizens, (male citizens, they don’t support women having control of their own bodies or reproductive choices,) can make the best choices for themselves and society. The Federalist Society and other (White) Nationalists groups that began to spring up, purported that the Federal Government should have no oversight of the States self-determination. If an individual State wanted to deem women second class citizens and deny them control of their own bodies, restrict voting access for people of color, gerrymander the hell out of districts, so that only Republicans could win elections, deprive healthcare and education to its citizens or pollute the environment, with no regulation, it was all up to the States to determine without Federal Government interference. And big Corporations continue to pay big money to support these philosophies. Disinformation campaigns and ‘alternative realities’ ensued and have continued to fester in the Conservative Movement.

There is a radicalized effort to turn back the hands of time, strip some citizens of their individual rights and make America into a Theocracy and a Totalitarian Government, under the pretext of a constitution that is rigid and stuck in time. Banning books, denying history, demonizing minority segments of the population and legislating control of women’s bodies, all threaten to put the United States in league with countries like Afghanistan, where women were equal citizens until the Taliban came into power and forced them into Burqas and began denying basic human rights. So much of who we have become was unimaginable by the Founders. Yet they wrote a constitution that was a living, breathing beacon of democracy. If they had been afraid of progress or had wanted to remain under religious and totalitarian rule, they would never have declared independence from England.

Dee Jae Cox, is a playwright, director and producer. Cofounder and Artistic Director of The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project. losangeleswomenstheatreproject.org And Co-Creator of the Palm Springs Theatre Go-To Guide, palmspringstheatre.com

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A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH TONY MARSICO & RICK SHELLEY

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ony “Cisco” Marsico, leader of the Cruzados and acclaimed SingerSongwriter Rick Shelley have been pals for a few years now. They’ve shared stages and Rick even opened for Tony at assorted solo desert gigs, so it felt wholly apropos to have Rick open for The Cruzados this Saturday at The Alibi.

The Cruzados are making their official desert debut here. The band has a rich history that stretches back 40+ years when they were originally known as The Plugz. Tito Larriva, (vocals/guitar) and Charlie “Chalo” Quintana (drums) formed The Plugz in 1977, Tony had recently moved to L.A. and took over on bass when their original bassist left. Guitarist Steven Hufsteter completed the line-up. They played alongside seminal Punk bands like X, The Weirdos, The Germs and Fear, in grotty clubs like The Masque, Madam Wong’s and The Music Machine. They released two stellar albums and they contributed a couple of indelible songs to the (soon-to-be Cult Classic) film, Repo Man. At one of those Music Machine gigs they discovered that Bob Dylan was in attendance.

He was such an ardent fan, that he invited the guys to his Malibu estate to play music with him. Sometimes they played for days on end.

When Dylan was booked to appear on Late Night With David Letterman, it was The Plugz who backed him for an electrifying three-song set. (Incidentally, one of songs can be found on the latest installment of Dylan’s Bootleg

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Series, Vol. 16: Springtime In New York 19801985).

By the mid ‘80s, Hair Metal had completely eclipsed Punk as L.A.’s musical lingua franca, bands like X began embracing a Rootsier sound that incorporated Blues, Country, Rockabilly and Folk, while maintaining a Punky edge. That confluence of styles appealed to The Plugz, but they went one step further, ditching their old moniker and emerging as the Cruzados.

Signed to Arista Records, they released two critically acclaimed albums, garnering the attention from heavy-hitters like David Byrne, Brian Setzer and John Fogerty. Soon enough they were on world tours opening for charttoppers like Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, INXS and Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks was obsessed with their “Bed Of Lies” song). Although the music press consistently touted them as “the next big thing” their sales figures never matched those breathless predictions. At the dawn of the ‘90s, they quietly called it quits.

All the guys remained in the music business, mostly going on to bigger and better things. Tony became a session and touring bassist, playing with superstars like Roger Daltrey, Marianne Faithfull Willie Nelson and Neil Young, just to name a few. He also formed his rockin’ Tiki combo, The Martini Kings, who have played for captains of industry and a Kardashian or two. Tito made a name for himself scoring films like Desperado and From Dusk To Dawn. Steven was a sporadic presence on the music scene and Chalo spent years

playing drums in Bob Dylan’s touring band before pounding the kit for Social Distortion.

Sadly, he suffered a fatal heart attack in 2018.

During the pandemic lockdown, Tony, like most working musicians was at looseends, but he was gripped with a sudden urge to make some Hi-Octane Rock & Roll again.

He contacted Tito and Steven, hoping they would maybe want to reform The Cruzados, but logistics and prior commitments made the reunion impossible. With their blessing, Tony was able to enlist other musicians under The Cruzados rubric. Along with his friend, guitarist Mark Teralgia, he reconnected with his and Chalo’s old compadres, guitarist Loren Molinaire and vocalist Ron Young from Little Caesar. Little Caesar was another critically acclaimed band from the late ‘80s, that enjoyed a chart-topping hit with their cover of Aretha Franklin’s “Chain Of Fools.” Along with drummer Rob Klonel, this new iteration of the band hunkered down in the recording studio.

The result was their critically acclaimed 2021 album, She’s Automatic.

Rick Shelley hails from Walla, Walla Washington, but he’s been part of the Desert Rock firmament since the mid ‘80s, first as front-man for the gritty Glam/Punk band RagTag, which included protean guitarist James Danielson, drummer Eric Turner and bassist Nick Oliveri. Then on vocals and rhythm guitar in the Blues Rock band Woodshed, which featured the same line-up, only switching out Dean Oliveri for his brother, Nick on bass.

He jump-started his solo career in 2014, and immediately began gigging around the desert and ended up recording two critically acclaimed albums, 2015’s 1909 Miles and 2017’s Hope Wrapped In Razor Wire. Since then, he’s shared stages with celebrated British Folk-Rocker, Jasmine Rodgers, award-winning

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songwriter Travis Meadows, Country legend Jann Browne and the Hi-Desert band, The Adobe Collective. He’s performed at venerable venues like Pappy & Harriet’s, The Joshua Tree Saloon, the Songwriter In The Round series at The Beatnik, The Mint and The Echo in Los Angeles, as well as Long Beach’s annual Buskerfest and Songs Alive Songwriter Night in Orange County. He’s currently preparing to head back into the studio to begin recording his third long-player.

I recently caught up with both of these guys (Full-confession, I’ve been friends with Tony for almost eight years and Rick is one of my very best friends, more like my brother.

We have had a “ride or die” friendship that has lasted 36 years. Clearly, I am not unbiased when it comes to either of them), and we had an illuminating conversation.

EPA: How did you guys first connect?

TONY: “I’d been living in the desert for most of 2015, doing a handful of solo acoustic shows here and there. Opening for John Doe (from X) and playing around Palm Desert and Palm Springs as part of a duo with Darran “Dewey” Falcone called Cisco & Dewey. I happily stumbled across Rick and instantly took a liking to his honest and heartfelt, Rootsy music.

RICK: “I met Tony when we both played a benefit show here in the desert back in 2015.

He had a great Country/Americana band called Cisco & Dewey. I loved the writing, and of course he and the rest of band were great players.”

EPA: Tony, are The Cruzados currently on tour? I know you recently finished a European tour, how did it go?

TONY: “The Cruzados just completed a month-long tour throughout Spain, France, Germany and Belgium. The band hadn’t toured Europe since the late ‘80s. I half expected some our audience to possibly recognize a few of our tunes from movies, but I never anticipated the great turnout and reception we received.

Needless to say, our 2023 European tour is already booked. In the states, we are doing one-off shows, we just played the House Of Blues and I’m really excited to get to the desert and play The Alibi in Palm Springs.”

EPA: How do each of you go about writing songs? Rick, I know “Dead Horse Hollow” had its origins in a Theodore Roethke poem. Tony, I read somewhere that “Across This Ghost Town” came to you in a dream. Can you guys elaborate on the process?

RICK: “For me, I just start with an idea… could be something I heard someone say, or something I read, or me just thinking. I wrote

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com a song called “Lost Feathers (Heavy Feet),” during the first year of Covid lockdown. I’d been taking walks every afternoon, and for some reason, I’d been picking up Raven feathers along those walks and bringing them home. So, the song grew from the statement “lately, I’ve been picking up lost feathers…” and then I tell a story from that.”

TONY: “I’d been living in Palm Springs with a faulty air conditioner in my trailer a few summers ago. I dreamt a lot during that time. In one episode I found myself stepping into a place where I shouldn’t have been.

“Across This Ghost Town” is what came out of my dream. I generally write 95% of my songs while driving in solitude on the highway where I spend so much of my time. Dreams, real life, whatever hits me. I’ll start humming and usually by the time I get to my destination I’ll have something. Some good songs, some badbut either way I’m just thankful to have passed the time.”

EPA: Rick, you spent years playing in hardworking bands like RagTag and Woodshed.

Once you began your solo career in 2014, do you think this paradigm shift affected your perspective as a songwriter?

RICK: “Well, it certainly pointed a spotlight on things for me. In both bands we certainly worked at writing songs, and doing our best to grow and evolve while doing it. But there is a lot to lean on within a band situation…Punk energy, great guitar work on an extended jam by the players can cover up some undercooked writing. Solo, well, don’t consider myself that great a guitar player, so I have to work harder at the writing and storytelling.”

EPA: Tony, began playing music professionally in the late ‘70s. Rick, you

started a decade later. How has the music industry changed for both of you since then?

TONY: “Over the years, I’ve been involved in a lot of high-profile tours, traveling in private jets, staying in first class hotels, etc.

That’s what record company financial support can do for you. Those days are gone, record companies are as antiquated as Dinosaurs.

These days, I don’t mind hauling my gear and hoping in a van. The bottom line is I’m in it to play my music for people. All the rest is just fluff.”

RICK: “Tony has the most real-world experience when it comes to the industry, and I figure he has the most to say on this subject.

He has seen it all and worked at it from all sides. For me, I think technology has changed the industry the most, in ways both good and bad. It’s made it easier to record and release music as an independent artist. The thing that remains a constant in the music business, is that it’s still fucking hard to make money at it!”

EPA: What music are you each listening to these days? TONY: This summer I’ve been looking back and we’ve been playing a lot of The Stranglers at our house. Now the COVID restrictions have lifted, I’m on a quest to see as much live music as I can. Upcoming shows that are on my radar include The Who, The Rolling Stones and Midnight Oil. RICK: “I bounce around a lot… but in recent days I have been listening to Ben Folds, Otis Gibbs, John Mayer…currently in the CD player, is John Doe’s Fables In A Foreign Land.”

EPA: Rick, it’s been five years since the release of Hope Wrapped In Razor Wire. I know you’ve been working on several new songs. Do you think you’ll be back in the recording studio anytime soon?

RICK: “I am hoping to, and certainly I have enough songs lined up for a record (or two).

But we’ll just have to see if I can pull things off financially for a formal release this year. I recently went into L.A. to work with producer Ted Russell Kamp. He’s been helping me clean up some of my stuff. He’s great to work with and it’s good to have someone on hand to say ‘Hey, that part is missing something.’ Shit, I will add a beat or skip a beat here or there to fit a line in and not really notice it until I get with other players. EPA: Tony, I love how She’s Automatic is such a sharp synthesis of Rock, Blues, Country and Punk. It’s definitely full-throttle Rock & Roll. Have you guys begun working on a follow-up?”

TONY: “Cruzados started writing new songs to lengthen and beef up the live shows on the European tour. We have written almost an entire album’s worth of new stuff, but we’re in no rush to return to the studio. Our band is really enjoying playing all the songs from She’s Automatic, as well as classic Cruzados cuts.”

EPA: Finally, how cool is it that Palm Springs now has a world-class venue like

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY ANNOUNCES ITS 2022-2023 SEASON OF PLAYS, UNDER NEW EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ADAM KARSTEN

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VRep is thrilled to announce a five play, Tony Award winning Season. Two musicals and three plays are scheduled to take the stage from November 2022 through April 2023. Taking the reins from Founding Artistic Director Ron Celona, CVRep’s new Executive Artistic Director, Adam Karsten, sought works that will excite and inspire audiences.

2022-23 Season In determining the 2022-23 Season, Karsten said “We really took our time to pursue works that remind us we are not alone and contain the personal experiences in life we all share, which in turn, allow us to carry on. Staying true to CVRep’s mission of providing thought-provoking theatre of substance, while garnering interest for a diverse population is never just a challenge, but a mission. These five Tony Award winning shows fulfill that mission and give patrons a reason to be excited to come back to the Playhouse once again. I’m happy to say that we are now able to announce our full season of five shows.” Starting in November, patrons will be able to see three plays and two musicals.

November 8 – 20, 2022 The Humans, by Stephen Karam Winner of four Tony Awards, Stephen Karam’s family drama is an absolute must see.

As things go bump in the night, the angst and anguish of the middle class are shoved into the light in this uproarious, hopeful and heartbreaking play. Over the course of a family dinner on Thanksgiving, our characters navigate the delicate nuances of the quirky and hilarious, to the painful conflict of real family life. Join in this transformative ‘goose-pimply chiller’ of a play at

CVRep and remember what it is to be human.

December 6-18, 2022 Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel, Book by Lisa Kron, Music by Jeanine Tesori Winner of five Tony Award, including Best Musical, Fun Home is a musical adapted from Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. Follow Alison as she uncovers the secrets through three different ages in her life.

Fun Home isn’t just a coming-of-age or coming out story, but one that sets out to unravel the many mysteries of childhood through which we can all identify. Join CVRep as they take on this moving journey of acceptance in the wholly original American musical, Fun Home.

January 17-29, 2023 Dirty Blonde, by Claudia Shear This hit comedy garnered five Tony Award nominations and tells the story that is as unlikely, outrageous and as fascinating as Mae West herself. Come see how this icon of the past connects two lonely fans who are brave enough to see Mae West as their personal hero

and ultimately lead to a fresh, budding, funny and sometimes bizarre romance. So, do it right and be sure not to miss this unique theatrical performance; for as Mae West said, “ You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

February 21 – March 5, 2023 Once, Book by Edna Walsh, Music by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Based on the Motion Picture Written and Directed by John Carney Once is a love story reminding us of how the language of music is universal. Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Once tells the story of Guy, an Irish songwriter who spends his days fixing vacuums in the Dublin shop he runs with his father. While on the verge of giving it up altogether, along comes a girl who convinces Guy to believe in the power of his music and his love for the woman who inspired it. Through a ridiculous, heartfelt and powerful journey they scramble a motley crew of bar friends to record a demo album. Don’t miss this beautiful retelling of love, music, and the courage to carry on.

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The Alibi? I have seen so many great shows there in the last few weeks (Bob Mould, Lemonheads, Sondre Lerche, The Mekons and Love Revisited), what does it mean to you guys, as musicians and music-lovers, to be able to see live music almost every night of the week?

TONY: “When I lived in Palm Springs a few years back, live Rock & Roll shows were few and far between. I only wish a venue like The Alibi was around then. This is a real gamechanger for folks in Palm Springs and the High Desert who are looking for a rockin’ night out.”

RICK: “It’s a great spot, and much needed here in the Coachella Valley. I played there once before, on a bill with The Adobe Collective in early 2020. It was just a few weeks before Covid shut down all indoor live music venues.

I’m so glad they made it through to the other side of all that and reopened as an even better looking and sounding venue.”

(Cruzados with special guest Rick Shelley, Saturday, July 9th Ages 21 & over/Doors Open at 5:30pm/Show at 6pm The Alibi 369 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. thealibi.com)

THEATRE March 28- April 9, 2023 Hand to God, by Robert Askins Hand to God received five Tony Award nominations, including Best New Play.

Tormented by feelings of lust and loss, an unhappy teenage boy tries to please his mother by performing with a puppet for her church ministry program. However, things get slightly out of hand and do not go according to plan.

Tackling the nature of good and evil, Hand to God is a metaphor to getting to the crux of matters. Audience members should note that this dark comedy contains sexualized scenes, violence, profanity and puppet nudity.

While the State of California has loosened pandemic restrictions, CVRep’s top priority will remain the well-being and safety of patrons, employees and volunteers. All CVRep staff and volunteers at performances will be fully vaccinated and will adhere to making protocols.

Because COVID protocols continue to evolve, it is not clear what requirements will be in place for the 2022-23 Season. CVRep’s current COVID protocol requires that all patrons, staff, volunteers, cast and crew remain masked.

Performers on stage will be unmasked during the performance. To stay up to date with current requirements, restrictions and protocols, please visit cvrep.org/covid-19/ Coachella Valley Repertory (CVRep) is an equity theater company, designated a Small Professional Theatre under the Actors’ Equity Association. CVRep is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide thought provoking theatre of substance. For additional information on CVRep, please visit our website at cvrep.org.

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itty Gritty Dirt Band has been a going concern since 1966. Founded in Long Beach by Jeff Hanna and Bruce Kunkel, throughout the decades, it’s ranks have included future superstar singer-songwriter Jackson Browne and multiinstrumentalist John McEuen. The latter stuck around from 1966 to 1986, returned in 2001 and left again in 2017. Jeff and drummer Jimmie Fadden have remained the band’s backbone for over half a century.

The latest line-up includes Jeff and Jimmie, as well as Bob Carpenter who joined back in 1977, Jim Photoglo and Ross Holmes who joined in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

Another 2018 addition is Jeff’s son Jaime, who made is bones in the Mavericks and as half of Hanna-McEuen, a duo he formed with his first cousin and son of NGDB stalwart, John, Jonathan McEuen.

NGDB is probably best known for their chart-topping rendition of the Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles.” Their sound has always been an appealing amalgam of Country, Rock, Folk and Bluegrass. So, it seemed wholly apropos when they reached out to Country pioneers like Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter, Earle Scruggs, Merle Travis, Doc Watson and Jimmy Martin to create Will The Circle Be Unbroken in 1972. Arriving that same year, it featured the “…Bojangles” hit and bridged the generation gap between the long-haired West Coast Rockers and Grand Ole Opry mainstays. It was so successful, that a volume two hit stores 1982 and a third volume popped up in 2002.

All told, over the last five decades, NGDB has recorded 26 studio albums, three live efforts and won three Grammy Awards along the way, it’s been about 13 years since their last album, Speed Of Life. But the seeds for their new record were planted back in December 1964 when Jeff saw Bob Dylan perform at a Long Beach high school. Just a teenager at the time, he absorbed all the bard of Hibbing, Minnesota had to offer. It was a few months before His Royal Bobness had stunned the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival by plugging in and going electric, and Jeff was transfixed. After that, learning and playing Dylan songs became a rite of passage for the budding musician and his friends.

All the members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (past and present) had cut their teeth on Dylan’s music, so it felt like a no-brainer to record an album of his songs. The question was which ones? Now in his 81st year, the former Robert Zimmerman has written well over 500 songs. Initially, NGDB winnowed it down to 80 favorites, sifting through those, they cut that number in half and headed into the studio. The result is a lean and unfussy 10 song set, pithily entitled Dirt Does Dylan.

The record kicks into gear with a brawny take on “Tonight, I’ll Be Staying Here With You.” Originally found on 1969’s Nashville Skyline, a Countrified detour that also included his louche, but enduring hit, “Lay, Lady Lay.” The instrumentation and arrangement threads a colorful tapestry of swoopy fiddle, subtle piano notes, sylvan mandolin and swampy guitars. Jeff’s exuberant tenor takes the lead, Jaime shadows him on the chorus, and the paternal pride is evident. Veering from his usual cryptic and caustic path, Bob’s lyrics are positively unambiguous as he signals his

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intent to ditch his itinerary in order to spend more time with a recent carnal conquest; “Throw my ticket out the window, throw my suitcase out there too, throw my troubles out the door, I don’t need them anymore, cause tonight, I’ll be staying here with you.”

In his earliest incarnation, Dylan’s relationship songs ping-ponged between two leitmotifs: wild infatuation and devastating disinterest, those scenarios play out with yin yang duality on “Girl From The North Country” and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright.” Both songs surfaced on 1963’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. “Girl…” is a sweet encomium to a former flame, powered by willowy acoustic guitar, feathery fiddle, thrumming bass, cascading mandolin licks, woozy harmonica and a percolating beat. Jaime takes the lead, his clear and boyish tenor evince all the vulnerability and ache in lyrics that like “I’m a-wondering if she remembers me at all, many times I’ve often prayed in the darkness of my night, and the brightness of my day.”

On the break, as well as the extended outro, the instrumentation centers around a wily guitar solo, shimmery mandolin, slow-cooked fiddle awash in longing and grace.

The instrumentation on “Don’t…” is spare and bare-bones, just finger-picked acoustic guitar and smoky harmonica. Rather than replicate Bob’s dismissive sneer, Jeff’s manner is rueful and resigned, Bob Carpenter and Jaime add some honeyed harmony to the song’s most cavalier verse; “I’m a-thinking and a-wonderin,’ walking down the road, I once loved a woman, a child I am told, I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul, but don’t think twice, it’s alright.”

The band receives a couple of superstar assists on “I Shall Be Released” and “The Times They Are A-Changin.” The former features Larkin Poe, the sisterly duo of Rebecca and Megan Lovell, whose GospelBlues inflected vocals have been cutting a swath across Nashville since the early aughts. One of his most evocative tracks, it was a hit for The Band in 1968, three years before Dylan recorded a solo version. Stately piano, plaintive guitar, gossamer mandolin notes and lonesome lap steel wrap around a yearning melody. Bob is up front here, reinforced by Larkin Poe’s grit and gravitas. A song of redemption and grace, it’s comprised of three powerful verses that long to break the chains of bondage; “They say every man man needs protection, they say every man must fall, yet I swear I see my reflection some place so high above this wall, I see my light come shining, from the west unto the east, any day now, any day now, I shall be released.” A sturdy acoustic solo on the break is supplanted by slithery electric riffs that underscore the lyrics’ resolve.

The latter features a who’s-who of alt. country royalty. NGDB is joined by Jason Isbell, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Matraca Berg and the husband/wife duo of The War And Treaty, along with Jeff, each one sings a verse and their voices intertwine on the chorus. Accompanied only by strummy guitars, wheezy harmonica, whispery pedal steel and a thumpy beat, it achieves campfire sing-a-long verisimilitude. A timeless protest anthem written nearly 60 years ago, lyrics like “Come senators and congressmen, please heed the call, don’t stand in the doorway,

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don’t block the hall, for he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled there’s a battle outside and it’s ragin,’ it’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls, for the times, they are a-changin’” resonate right now, as this supreme court does it’s damnedest to strip away our rights.

The best songs here use Dylan’s original versions simply as blueprints.

His straightforward celebration of an independent woman (who apparently belongs to him), gets a rustic retrofit courtesy sawing fiddle, lithe guitars, husky harmonica, spidery bass and a throbbing big beat on “She Belongs To Me.” A paean to an elusive muse, it’s one of the few songs where lyrics graciously acknowledge a paramour’s superiority, sans snark; “She’s got everything she needs, she’s an artist, she don’t look back, she’s got everything she needs, she’s an artist, she don’t look back, she can take the dark out of the nighttime and paint the daytime black.” Vocal duties are split between Jeff and Jaime, as their dusty harmonies embroider around the verses. Opry-flavored fiddle lines up next to jingle-jangle guitars and keening harmonica on the break add a festive edge to the proceedings.

They whip out a Highway 61 Revisited deep cut, “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry.” A Bluesy shuffle, it’s anchored by ornery harmonica, muscular guitars, angular bass, lowing Hammond B3 and a loping backbeat. Jimmie takes the lead here, and his mien is suitably frisky as he goes about wooing his woman; “Don’t the moon look good, mama, shinin’ through the trees, don’t the brakeman look good mama, flagging down the ‘Double E,’/Don’t the sun

look good, goin’ down over the sea, don’t my Gal look fine when she’s comin’ after me?”

On the break, a slide guitar solo stealthily uncoils, bookended by fluttery mandolin and harmonica accents.

Finally, they tackle the evergreen “Forever Young.” The wistful lullaby Dylan wrote for his eldest son, was featured twice on his (wildly underrated) 1974 album, Planet Waves. Backed by The Band, there was a rollicking version and a more contemplative take, NGDB strip both versions for parts, then reassemble an appealing hybrid of the two.

Darting harmonica runs partner with honeyed mandolin, spiraling guitars, lush Hammond B3, wily bass lines and a propulsive beat. Jeff, Jaime and Bob all take a turn in the spotlight, underscoring some of His Bobness’ most poignant and heartfelt lyrics; “May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true, may you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you/May you always be courageous, stand upright and strong, may you stay forever young.”

Other interesting tracks include the back porch ramble of “Country Pie,” and the shaggy and shambolic “Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn).” Landing somewhere between Manfred Mann’s sleek British Invasion rendition and Dylan’s more laissezfaire original. The first verse is unadorned acapella featuring Jeff, Bob, Jaime, Ross, Jimmie and Jim, then the band kicks in, layering in liquid mandolin notes, blustery guitars, nimble bass lines and a see-saw rhythm. It’s a ramshackle finish to a great record.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band acquits themselves beautifully on Dirt Does Dylan. The record is suffused with love, admiration and respect for Bob Dylan’s prodigious songcraft.

These talented pickers and players pay as much attention to the melodies as they do the perspicacious lyrics. Teasing out the arrangements and instrumentation, without ever drifting into dreaded Jam band territory.

The best part is, with 70 more “favorites” to choose from, hopefully there will be a few more volumes down the road.

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Thursday, July 7

Bart Lounge – Open Decks DJ Night – 8pm Chef George’s – Marc Antonelli – 6:30pm Coachella Valley Brewery – Open Mic – 6pm Four Twenty Bank – Ultimate Jam Sessions – 6pm Indian Wells Resort Hotel – Kristi King – 6pm Jazzville @ Agua Caliente – Kevin VDE Quartet – 7pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – JB and The Big Circle Riders – 7pm The Nest – Live Music – 6:30pm Shanghai Red’s (Palm Springs) – Lisa Lynn and the Broken Hallelujahs – 7pm The Village – Rob & JB – 5:30pm, Village Idiots – 8:30pm, DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm

Friday, July 8

Alibi – Comedy Night – 8pm Babaloo Lounge – Desert Crows – 6pm Bart Lounge – Darkwave w/ DJs Danza De Luna and Luna Divine – 8pm

Casuelas Café – Live Music – 7pm Chef George’s – Lizann Warner – 6:30pm Coachella Valley Brewing Co. – Trivia Night – 7pm Four Twenty Bank – Live Music – 6pm Hotel Zoso – DJ Tyler Caiden – Lounge – 6pm Indian Wells Resort Hotel – Marc Antonelli – 6pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Eclectik – 9pm The Nest – Live Music – 6:30pm Oscar’s – Nadya Ginsburg – 6pm Pappy and Harriet’s – Aida Victoria – 9pm Plan B Entertainment & Cocktails – Red’s Rockstar Karaoke – 9pm Pretty Faces Nightclub @ Zoso – DJs Pico and Alex Alatriste – 9pm Rockyard @ Fantasy Springs – Urgent LA (Foreigner Tribute) and Triple 7 – 7pm The Village – Rob & JB – 5:30pm, DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm, Rapmarz – 9pm, DJ LF – 10pm Wildest – Derek Jordan Gregg – 6-9pm

Saturday, July 9

Alibi – Cruzados w/ Rick Shelley – 6pm Babaloo Lounge – Desert Crows – 6pm Bart Lounge – DJs Diskreet Crucified, Tipsy Cat and more – 8pm Casuelas Café – Live Music – 7pm Chef George’s – Michael D Angelo and Tim Burleson – 6:30pm Coachella Valley Brewing Co. – Adam Gainey and Crucial Culture – 7:30pm Four Twenty Bank – Live Music – 6pm Hotel Zoso – DJ Tyler Caiden – lounge – 6pm Indian Wells Resort Hotel – Marc Antonelli – 6pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Eclectik – 9pm The Nest – Live Music – 6:30pm Oscar’s – Oscar’s Cabaret – 6pm Pappy and Harriet’s – P & H House Band – 9pm Plan B Entertainment & Cocktails – Red’s Rockstar Karaoke – 9pm Pretty Faces Nightclub @ Zoso – DJs Captain Osiv and Hymn – 9pm

Rockyard @ Fantasy Springs – 1,000 HP (Godsmack Tribute) and Thank You Drive Thru – 7pm The Village – Rob & JB – 1pm, Rapmarz – 9pm, DJ LF – 10pm Wildest – Derek Jordan Gregg – 6-9pm

Sunday, July 10

Alibi – Sean Kut and Egypt 80 w/ DJ Jeremy Sole – 8pm Babaloo Lounge – Tim Burleson – 6pm Bart Lounge – Latina Night w/ DJ LF – 8pm Blu Ember – Gina Sedman – 5pm Coachella Valley Brewing Co. – Acoustic Afternoon w/ The Sieve and the Saddle and 5 Acre Dream – 3:30pm Fisherman’s Market, PS – Art of Sax – 5pm Kitchen 86 – Jojo Malagar – 7pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm The Nest – Live Music – 6:30pm The Village – Gio the Ace - 9pm

Monday, July 11

Babaloo Lounge – Tim Burleson – 6pm

Tuesday, July 12

Babaloo Lounge – The Carmens – 6:30pm Chef George’s – Lizann Warner – 6:30pm Hyatt – Derek Jordan Gregg – 5-7pm Indian Wells Resort Hotel – Christine Love and Johnny Meza – 6pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Brad’s Pad – 7-10pm The Nest – Live Music – 6:30pm The Village – Karaoke – 9pm, Rapmarz – 9pm

Wednesday, July 13

Babaloo Lounge – Maryse Nicole – 7pm Chef George’s – Tim Burleson – 6:30pm Indian Wells Resort Hotel – Rebecca Clark – 6pm The Nest – Live Music – 6:30pm Oscar’s – Marc Antonelli – 6pm Plan B Entertainment & Cocktails – Red’s Rockstar Karaoke – 9pm Tack Room Tavern – T-Bone Karaoke – 7pm The Village – Rapmarz – 9pm, Banda Revolucion – 10pm

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ith two new engaging and detailed biographies (BUSTER KATON A Filmmaker’s Life by James Curtis 810 pages Alfred K. Knopf & CAMERA MAN Buster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema and the Invention of the Twentieth Century by Dana Stevens availability 415 pages, Atria Books) and the recent of restored collections of his films, Buster Keaton is finding new fans for his remarkable films that showcase his prowess as a filmmaker and daring performer of death defying stunts and director/creator of innovative action sequences that hold up today.

From acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis—a major biography, the first

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in more than two decades, of the legendary comedian and filmmaker who elevated physical comedy to the highest of arts and whose ingenious films remain as startling, innovative, modern—and irresistible—today as they were when they beguiled audiences almost a century ago.

It was James Agee who christened Buster Keaton “The Great Stone Face.” Keaton’s face, Agee wrote, “ranked almost with Lincoln’s as an early American archetype; it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful, yet it was also irreducibly funny. Keaton was the only major comedian who kept sentiment almost entirely out of his work. He brought pure physical comedy to its greatest heights.”

Joseph Frank Keaton (1895-1966) was born into a family of touring medicine show – “the poor man’s vaudeville” – performers.

As a baby, he fell down a flight of steps and became known as Buster.

In movies. Keaton’s universe keeps collapsing: houses crash on him, rocks chase him down hills and boats sink beneath his feet. Fearless Buster in his pancake hat copes with havoc, hilariously.

One of the trues geniuses of American cinema and arguably the greatest of the silent clowns. It was Life magazine’s critic James Agee who gave him the moniker “The Great Stone Face.” Indeed, he was one-of-a-kind, the complete filmmaker, who conceived, wrote, directed. Edited, and stared in ten silent feature films and nineteen short comedies.

BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS Keaton was a terrific actor whose impassive facial expression was misleading.

He didn’t need a smile in order to convey his thoughts and feelings.

What makes Keaton relevant today is that his screen personae inhabited a still center in an otherwise chaotic world. That makes him and his movies very easy for us living in our crazy world to relate to.

I want to hear from you. What are you watching/streaming? What classic older film do you want to se transferred to a hi-def disc? robin@coachellavalleyweekly.com

His masterpiece, The General continues to be praised as one of the greatest movies of all time Many filmmakers consider Keaton the best comedy director in the business, a director’s director. Luis Bunuel was a big fan, as were Sergei Eisenstein, Woody Allen, Leni Riefenstahl, Billy Wilder and Martin Scorsese.

Today, Keaton is primarily honored as a legendary indie filmmaker. The full scope of his singular artistry is truly breathtaking.

He was a superb and daring athlete – his stunts were death defying. He designed incomparable physical comedy in such films as Cops and The Navigator.

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THE SUMMER OF ‘22

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ummertime… and the living is—well, quite honestly, still crazy! You’d think that after pandemics, political knuckleheads, and problems in general—we’d get a break! During these times, you just need a bottle of wine close by—really close by.

Okay—it’s time for some Sparkling Summer Sippers. Below are some of the wines we’re out enjoying like mad dogs and Englishmen in the midday sun.

Not that anyone of you enthusiastic wine readers need any advice, but do remember the rule of wine law in the desert is that one steers clear of anything too boozy or highly tannic (as in heavy tannic reds). You wine outlaws—well, you have at it!

Our friendly L.A. based certified somm, Brianne Cohen, warns: “During summertime, seek out lower-alcohol wines with a strong acid backbone. A good rule of thumb: Wines made with grapes grown in cool climates or at high altitudes tend to naturally offer more acidity.

“Wines with less than 12 percent ABV allow you to imbibe a touch more without the effects of higher alcohol wines—ideal if you plan on day drinking or having more than one glass. Wines with good acidity give a refreshing and crisp sensation, perfect to combat the summertime heat.”

Now okay—as promised, some sparkling summer sippers: We’ve always loved the Franciacorta sparkling wine from the north of Italy just south of the Alps. It always rivals Champagne as to quality and flavor, and, sells for so much less. Berlucchi ‘61 Rosé Brut Franciacorta DOCG ($40). This is a non-vintage sparkler made from 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. A few hours’ maceration of the Pinot Noir on the skins (rosé maceration) to emphasize the aromas and hue of the grape give this wine a wonderful palate. 12.5% ABV. We agree that the bubbly is bright, savory, and refreshing with aromas of juicy raspberry, wild cherry, baking spice and a whiff of bread crust. The palate is full of fresh red fruits with a tangy candied nectarine note closes the finish.

Exceptional acidity and full-bodied. What else can you ask for with this premium sparkler at the price?

It’s perfect as an aperitif; it will pair well with a summer platter of cold meats and charcuterie, full-flavor first courses, and matured cheeses.

Yummy!

So while we’re on the sparkling rosé subject, let’s come back to a California with the ever popular Domaine Chandon Brut Rosé ($18).

This is the producer’s non-vintage bubbly with a new chic pink label. For years now, this wine and its main competitor, Mumm, trade back

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and forth as to which sparkling is the best for the year. This time it’s Domaine Chandon: It’s a festive and happy bubbly to be sure: Vibrant is the word that most wine reviews shout out.

You’ve got strawberry, ginger, spice flavors, stone fruits, fresh citrus. It all works very well and will be the hit of any party or meal. It’s the deal!

Another California favorite is the Domaine Carneros Brut Estate 2016. If you wish to treat your household to a vintage bubbly, this is the ticket at around $34. “Creamy, crisp, and luscious with layered Asian pear, brioche and fresh ginger flavors that build vibrancy on the rich lingering finish”, is what Wine Spectator lauds on this wine. This always does a great job.

And if you’re counting, it’s one of the highest scoring sparklers out right now at 93 points!

Another great California bubbly is the Decoy NV Brut Cuvée Sparkling ($20). The world seems to love anything the Decoy/Duckhorn brand is pouring. The same goes for its bubbly.

Surely it’s a delicious work and everyone in the house is happy when the cork is popped. One enthusiast writes: “an enticing sparkling wine that offers alluring layers of baked apple, white peach and orange zest, as well as aromatic hints of honeysuckle and vanilla. On the palate, a delicate sweetness is perfectly balanced by bright acidity, which adds poise and energy to the lush, pure fruit flavors.”

Wine Spectator writes: “Snappy and fresh, with layered and steely lemon and orange zest flavors accented by floral vanilla notes. Drink now.”—well okay then!

We haven’t written on a Spanish Cava is some time. One of our go-to favorites at the great price of $15 a bottle is the venerable nonvintage Segura Viudas Riserva Brut Cava. The sparkler has complexity as you’d expect from a “reserve” wine. There’s green apple, pear, citrus and orange blossom. Such a deal—who can pass it up?

Okay—since we mentioned the Domaine Chandon brand, we’ll do a shout-out to the Mumm Napa Brut Prestige Napa County NV ($20). This is Mumm’s recognizable “black label” that’s also reasonably priced and meets up with the quality of the Chandon Brut. Brut Prestige features bright citrus, red apple, stone fruit and creamy vanilla aromas, with hints of toast, honey and gingerbread spice. Its vibrant flavors are balanced by fine acidity and a rich, lingering finish.

Our series of summer sippers will continue throughout the season, covering whites & rosés from all over—the sparklers, stills & nash. So please stay tuned. Cheers!

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n the summer heat of 1945, Alice Handel created the sweetest of legacies in Youngstown, Ohio. Using fresh fruit from her backyard garden and her own personal recipes, Alice lovingly made ice cream that quickly became a neighborhood favorite. Her first flavor was strawberry. Handel’s, and a commitment to quality, was born.

To this day, Handel’s upholds the traditions Alice started all those years ago. From making each batch fresh daily to using her original methods and recipes, they are still sharing our homemade ice cream and serving the communities we love so much one scoop at a time.

Piled high in a cone or packed into a pint, you’ll want to scoop up your favorites before they’re gone. Don’t worry, though. They will always make more tomorrow.

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every day. Check their list to see which ones they currently offer.

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ur soaring summer weather can bring distress and even death from heat stroke to our beloved dogs.

Summer 2022 is officially here. Our Coachella Valley scorching desert is distressing to our domestic pets and can cause permanent medical problems and even death.

Sadly, during the week after the July 4th fireworks, there are more stray dog and cats roaming our community. In their frenzy, some will be killed by moving vehicles or succumb to the extreme heat. Our public shelters are overcrowded with strays.

Pictured here is the photo of a precious Pug dog fighting for his life being treated by a veterinary technician at our Riverside County shelter, the Coachella Valley Animal Campus.

An animal control office found him thrashing by the side of the road near rural North Shore, and quickly transported him for medical care at the shelter. Sadly, help didn’t arrive in time to prevent the seizures and painful death this dog experienced. The scorching sand raised his body temperature to a dangerous level, and he passed away shortly after this photo was taken.

We will never know this dog’s history.

He was not microchipped and had no identification tag. This incident was publicized extensively by the county’s media staff, in

MEET SIMON

Please come meet me at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus, 72-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms. I will give you a kiss when you arrive!

I’m just 10 mos old, 34 lbs of doggie love, an Australian Cattle Dog mix, I’ve been here since May 21. Visiting hours are 10am to 4pm Monday thru Saturday. www.rcdas.org

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the hopes that it might prevent the painful suffering and deaths of other dogs whose owners keep their pets outdoors. Some of these dogs will perish without any public attention.

This dog’s legacy is to save the lives of more animals from the blazing summer weather.

Even if it does not cause death, overheating can result in irreversible kidney, heart, liver and brain damage. Dogs cannot sweat the way we humans do, as their only sweat glands are in their nose and on the pads of their feet.

Imagine being thirsty and drinking out of a bowl scalding hot water bowl outside. The hot weather only adds to the distress experienced by lonely “backyard only” dogs.

Dr. Andrea Walters, a veterinarian specializing in emergency and critical care, helps us understand from a medical perspective why heat stroke can be so deadly for dogs. “Heat stroke occurs when an animal’s body temperature increases so much that it cannot be regulated property and brought down. Dogs don’t sweat like people do. Instead, they pant to cool themselves down. Heat stroke causes damage to proteins and cells, which can lead to severe shock and cellular dysfunction when blood vessels near the skin dilate dangerously.”

Dr. Walters explains dogs’ need to cool

through panting is why extreme heat is more dangerous to flat nosed breeds such as Pugs, Boxers, French Bull Dogs and Shih Tzu’s. While heat stroke can kill dogs of any breed, seniors and puppies are at most risk.

More precious dogs will die from heat stroke this summer, some left in cars, others left on hot patios, some kept as “outdoor only” dogs in yards. This cannot be said enough – – – BRING YOUR DOG INDOORS DURING THIS HOT WEATHER! NEVER LEAVE A DOG UNATTENDED IN A CAR! Your dog needs potty breaks and walks outdoors. What should you do to protect him? What are the signs of heat stroke in a dog, and what life saving remedies can you take?

Take your dog on long walks in the mornings and evenings, avoiding outings when the sun is at its highest. Avoid asphalt and concrete when you walk and stick to shaded areas whenever possible. This is not the time to have him run alongside while you bicycle ride or allow him to engage in strenuous play at the dog park. Bring a bottle of water to sprinkle on him.

Know the symptoms of heat stroke. These can include glazed eyes, heavy panting, and pulling back on the leash. Other symptoms include excessive thirst, hyperventilation, dry gums that are pale or grayish, or bright red tongue or gums. Your dog may quickly suffer weakness, staggering, confusion, vomiting, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and ultimately collapse. Finally, if the overheating isn’t stopped, his breathing will slow, and he may have a seizure or fall into a coma.

TUXEDO KITTEN

I’m full of playful kitten antics, already spayed, and hoping to go home with you! I’m a 5-month-old little girl, cat ID#A1673820 at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus, 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms. There are 57 other cats & kittens here. Come meet us during visiting hours, 10am to 4pm Monday thru Saturday, www.rcdas.org.

BY JANET McAFEE Veterinarian Dr. Walters tells us, “if you suspect heat stroke, it is important to begin lowering the animal’s temperature as soon as possible, even before transporting them to a veterinarian. A hose can be used to cool the animal, focusing on the belly and paw pads.

Be sure the water is cool, neither hot nor cold.

If the garden hose has been sitting in the sun, the water will be very hot. It’s very important to not cool the animal too fast.” Lay the animal on a cool towel, but don’t wrap them in one as this could trap the heat. Seek vet care immediately.

What can you do to continue this Pug’s legacy? Talk to friends and neighbors who keep their dog outdoors 24 hours a day.

People are resistant to change. Calmly ask them why their dog is always outside and try not to put them on the defense. Provide them with information about heat stroke. Suggest they get a baby gate and keep their dog in a kitchen or laundry room during the hot days.

Give them a copy of this article. If they won’t budge on this issue, suggest they provide shade and lots of cool water with ice cubes added.

Anyone needing additional suggestions to transition their dog from outside to inside can email me. I would love to hear from you if this article changed your mind about the indoor/ outdoor issue!

Janetmcafee8@gmail.com

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--------------------------------------------------Here are some places where you can adopt a wonderful rescue dog or cat!

COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS – Open 10:00-4:00 Monday through Saturday.

View animals online at all 4 county shelters www.rcdas.org, 72-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, (760) 343-3644. (Public) PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER – Open to the public, closed Tuesday. View animals online at www.psanimalsshelter.org and complete application for the one you want to meet, 4575 E. Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs, Call (760) 416-5718. (Public) DESERT HOT SPRINGS ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL - Open daily 9:30-4:30. www. cityofdhs.org/animal-care-control.com, 65810 Hacienda Ave, Desert Hot Springs, (760) 329-6411 ext. 450.

ANIMAL SAMARITANS – Open to the public. View their animals at www. animalsamaritans.org. Email acorrow@ animalsamaritans.org to foster. Located at 72307 Ramon Rd, Thousand Palms, (760) 6013918. (Private) CALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE - Call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 73650 Dinah Shore, Palm Desert. View their animals at www.californiapawsrescue.com, (760) 656-8833. (Private) HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY – Call for an appointment. This shelter has lots of big dogs and some cats, www.orphanpet.com. Located at 17825 N. Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, (760) 329-0203.

(Private) KITTYLAND – Open to the public to adopt cats and kittens. Located at 67600 18th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, www.kittylandrescue.org,

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(760)251-2700. (Private) PRETTY GOOD CAT – Foster based rescue for cats located in La Quinta. Contact them at www.prettygoodcat.com, (760) 660-3414 (Private) LOVING ALL ANIMALS – Call for appointment to adopt dogs. Located at 83496 Avenue 51, Coachella, www.lovingallanimals. org, (760) 834-7000. (Private) ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER OF CALIFORNIA (ARC), Foster based rescue for dogs and cats in Indio. www.thearc-ca.org, (760) 877-7077 (Private) FLUFFS & SCRUFFS – Foster based rescue for small dogs in Cathedral City.

FLUFFSANDSCRUFFS@AOL.COM, (310) 9803383 (Private) SOCIETY’S OUTKAST ANIMAL RESCUE – Foster based rescue for dogs in Rancho Mirage, www.societysoutkasts.com, (760) 832-0617. (Private) LIVING FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY – Large outdoor shelter for dogs and cats up Hwy 74, Mountain Center, www.living-free.org, (951) 659-4687. (Private) CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ANIMAL SHELTER – Open 12:00 – 3pm Tues through Sat. Google “City of San Bernardino Animal Shelter” for website to view animals and get the ID number of the animal you want. Located at 333 Chandler Place, San Bernardino, (909) 384-1304 or (909) 384-7272. (Public) SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AT DEVORE – Open 7 days a week.

Call (909) 386-9280, www.sbcounty.gov/ acc and get the ID number of animal you are interested in adopting, 19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino (Public).

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ife has become easier as a result of smart technological developments. Suddenly, you can use voice commands or smartphone applications to turn off lights, lock doors, and more. Smart home technologies, according to the US Department of Energy, also help to the smooth and effective operation of our electric grid. With so many choices, deciding where and how to begin creating your home automation system may be difficult. The majority of people are faced with apparently endless questions and few answers.

With some knowledge and following a few simple guidelines, the experience can be made easier and less intimidating. The main thing is Simply to get started. Over time, your design will change. The industry is always evolving, and your home automation system may adapt and grow along with it. Depending on your budget, you may either buy one product or multiple products to make everything work.

The majority of people begin with lights because it is easy to install and very affordable.

Once you’ve become acquainted with the technology, you’ll question, “What else can I accomplish with home automation?”

ENSURE THAT THE PRODUCTS YOU BUY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER. Home automation is a field that is always advancing. New products are always being introduced, and older, outdated products are being phased out. Don’t be disappointed.

Knowing a few fundamental facts about the equipment you buy can help you plan for their inevitable obsolescence. Backward compatibility is the key. Check for this capability in new home automation devices and compare it to what you already have.

Backward compatible items allow you to grow rather than replace your system.

UNDERSTANDING A FEW BASICS OF HOME AUTOMATION Before you start shopping, acquaint yourself with a handful of the most fundamental home automation technologies.

Compatibility with X10 Backward compatibility is most commonly used to describe new devices that operate with older X10 systems. X10 is one of the most

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5 WAYS A SMART HOME CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

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well-known and widely used home automation protocols (not to be confused with a company of the same name). This protocol is used by many older or legacy items.

RF (wireless) vs. Powerline The word “powerline” is frequently used in the home automation industry. It indicates that the device uses your house’s electrical wiring to communicate with other home automation devices. Radiofrequency (RF) is a wireless communication technology that does not require any wires to operate. The majority of systems are either Powerline or RF or a mixture of the two. Wireless devices, often known as RF devices, are relatively new in the world of home automation. Insteon, Z-Wave, and Zigbee are three of the most popular wireless home automation technologies.

Each of these wireless technologies has its own set of benefits and devotees. Bridge devices can be used to make wireless goods operate with Powerline systems. Many people prefer wireless technologies as it is simple to setup and reliable.

WAYS A SMART HOME CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE. Save money using your home automation system: While you’re away, you can control your home’s air conditioning, lights, and other equipment. If you have a Time-of-Day Price Plan, you can adjust the settings to run at a lower cost when electricity is available.

Secure your home: Lock and unlock your

doors from anywhere, manage and automate your lights, set off an alarm if unwanted motion or entry is detected, and receive instant notifications if doors or windows open unintentionally. When you approach your door in a smart house, it automatically opens and locks behind you.

Spot a leak early: Get informed if there is an overflow of water in an area where it does not belong. And, by informing you of the problem, you can solve it before it costs you a fortune.

Automate lights: Smart lights may save you money and keep your house safe by reacting automatically to your daily routines and preferences. You may program your lights to turn on while you’re gone to give the impression that someone is home or to turn off automatically when you leave the house.

Stay connected and protect yourself: Know when your children return home from school, when vehicles arrive in the driveway, and when pets unexpectedly leave the house. Sensors can also be used to monitor and secure dangerous

and restricted locations.

The majority of people begin their home automation setup with lighting items like switches and dimmers. Although you can purchase individual components and build your own system, purchasing a starting kit is both easier and more cost-effective. Lighting starting kits are available from a variety of vendors in a variety of configurations. Typical starter kits comprise numerous light switches or plug-in modules, as well as a remote control or interface panel. Starter kits for Insteon, X-10, and Z-Wave are all available for purchase.

Depending on the technology and the number of components, the kits can cost anywhere from $50 to $350.

Hopefully, these practical smart home ideas will help you get started on the right foot with your home automation adventure. Take your time learning about home automation technologies, starting with low-cost gadgets and gradually adding additional devices into your hub.

If you have questions make sure to contact us before accidentally purchasing an incompatible smart device. Our friendly Home Automation Eggsperts are here and available to help and for advice.

Get started by calling (760) 205-0105 or emailing us at tech@eggheadit.com with your questions, service requests, or technology upgrade advice.

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he S&P 500 stock index was up 90% during the three years ended 2021 despite a pandemic and supply problems. Throwing the Russian invasion on top of this was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. Stocks have had the worst first half since 1970 with the S&P 500 declining by 20%. Despite this decline in 2022, the index is up 51% over that 3 1/2 year period.

With the money supply tightening, interest rates increasing and price spikes in fuel and food, declines should be no surprise. Recent reports suggest that the U.S. economy may be officially in a recession. During the first quarter, GDP (Gross Domestic Product) fell by 1.6% after a surprise 6.9% growth number in the fourth quarter of last year. Early estimates suggest that GDP was flat to slightly down for the second quarter due to sharply higher food and fuel costs.

Inflation is in the 8-9% range excluding food and fuel and twice that if added. Such high levels of inflation have led us into a recession despite nearly full employment.

Looking at stocks, since World War II the average downturn in prices during recessions has been 24% with three of the largest downturns occurring over the last generation.

Given that businesses and consumers entered the current slowdown in far better financial shape usual, it is reasonable to believe that this bear market will not be as steep as average.

The 20% decline in the S&P 500 this year ranks as its tenth largest decline since World War II. The largest decline over the last eighty

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years occurred during the Great Recession of 2007-2009 when stocks fell by roughly twothirds. The burst of the dot.com bubble back in 2001 caused equities to fall by nearly 50% while the 2020 COVID-induced flash crash led to a market decline of 33%. Going back to the energy crisis of 1973-75, prices fell 47%.

We should be prepared for continued market struggles until the issues causing the current slide begin to resolve. With food and fuel supplies tight due to the loss of Russian and Ukraine production, we should continue to experience higher prices until the supply and demand equation reaches a better balance. We will also need to see China fully reopen its production as the ‘zero COVID’

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policy hampers the supply of many goods and products consumed globally.

While those factors are enough to slow demand and push us into a recession, the aggressive actions of the Federal Reserve have caused the US Dollar to go up in value by 8.5% versus other currencies around the world.

A stronger currency makes imports more expensive and exports less attractive to global buyers as those currencies are worth less.

As the US is a net exporter of food and fuel, parts of our economy are benefitting from these global imbalances. Gasoline prices are up 64% this year and more here in California due to our non-sensical gas production rules.

California has its own blend of gas that can

only be produced in state, yet we do not have sufficient refinery capacity to avoid regular price spikes. California refiners can export to other states which further tighten supplies.

Prices for soybeans corn prices are up 25% this year while wheat is up 13%. Expect prices to increase once summer production ebbs and supply from Russia and Ukraine do not reach markets. California could help in resolving this problem, but we would need to allow water desalination plants.

Sadly, the increased move to electric vehicles (EVs) is straining our already inadequate energy grid. From 6p-11p, our state has rolling brownouts and black-outs as the grid does not have enough power to facilitate the charging of existing EVs. As the state is doing little to resolve this problem, expect a worsening of the power shortage over time.

As you can see, we live in an interconnected world where supply and demand imbalances can have a profound impact on the lives of everyone.

Haddon Libby is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Winslow Drake Investment Management.

For more information on Winslow Drake, please visit us at www.WinslowDrake.com.

LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

DID YOU DRINK AND NOT THINK OVER THE 4TH OF JULY?

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HIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN I GET DOZENS OF CALLS FROM READERS OF MY WEEKLY LEGAL COLUMN THAT WERE ARRESTED FOR A DUI...

AFTER 2 ALLEGED BEERS. Every caller says they were not drunk and asks how this could happen to them? In addition some of these callers were drinking and had a traffic accident with serious injuries to the victim. It is hard to explain to them that the DA will file the case as a FELONY, unless we can talk to the investigating officer and suggest why a felony may not be appropriate. Whether it is a misdemeanor or felony the DA wants JAIL time on ALL DUI’s in Indio.

MOST CALLERS DO NOT REALIZE YOU CAN BE ARRESTED FOR A DUI WHEN YOU ARE NOT DRUNK? The TERM DUI IS OFTEN MISTAKENLY USED INTERCHANGEABLY WITH DRUNK DRIVING

BY THE PUBLIC. There are different stages of having consumed too much alcohol (DUI). THE LOWEST stage is called HAD BEEN DRINKING (HBD). However you do not need to have reached these stages to be arrested for a DUI. In the Indio Court the DA’s prosecute .07’s.

The Term “Deuced” is used BECAUSE A DUI CHARGE HAS historically ENDED WITH A TWO.......initially it was called a 502. Then it was called a 23102, AND NOW the charge is 2 counts i.e. 23152 a & 23152 b, OF THE VEHICLE CODE. WITH ENOUGH ALCOHOL ONE BECOMES “DRUNK; IMPAIRED; SOUSED; PLASTERED,

FACED (AS IN SHIT FACED), but you do not need to have reached that stage to be arrested and convicted of DUI. A driver does not have to be drunk. THE CORRECT TITLE for a DUI is NOT DRUNK DRIVING, AS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE DRUNK. YOU MERELY HAVE TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR IMPAIRED. The experts for the DA will testify that takes place when the BA level is .08 or higher.

Hopefully, my readers who are stopped for a DUI, remember my admonition that: SILENCE IS GOLDEN AND HANDCUFFS ARE SILVER …and thus did not talk to the police. In addition I have educated my readers that the Field Sobriety Tests at the scene are OPTIONAL, as is the Breath test at the scene. If the driver had not consumed any alcohol for a while then I hope they requested a Blood test. If they REFUSE a test at the station their license will be taken away by DMV for 1 year.

The DA wants to be sure of a conviction and not have the jury dismiss the DUI b/c the jury thought the driver was not drunk. Thus, the DA now files not only a DUI count but also a 2nd count of Driving with a BA of .08 or higher. That way the likelihood of a conviction of one count is increased dramatically. The jury thinks they are doing the driver a good deed by splitting the baby and finding the defendant guilty of only one count. The same DUI sentence applies for a plea or conviction of 1 or 2 counts.

If the chemical reading is .15 or higher, an

enhancement will be filed by the DA resulting in a higher sentence by the court. Unlike the court, the DMV usually looks at .20 to consider the case more serious.

After the arrest, the driver only has 10 days for their attorney to request a DMV hearing.

My regular readers remember this is separate and apart from a Court proceeding. So the bottom line is do not drink and drive while driving the roads in the CV. THINK DON’T DRINK If you have any questions regarding this article or have ideas for future legal articles please contact Dale Gribow Attorney at Law: (760) 837-7500 OR dale@dalegribowlaw.com Defending the rights and dignity, and obtaining the best results possible, for Injury Accident Victims and those accused of a DUI, for over 30 years.

TOP LAWYER, PALM SPRING LIFE 2011-22 AND TOP LAWYER INLAND EMPIRE MAGAZINE “Though I am sometimes referred to as a DUI criminal defense lawyer, I choose to not view my clients as “criminals”. I prefer to view them and more importantly to treat them as good, honest people that have found themselves in a scary and unfortunate situation.”

I look upon my job as protecting the Constitutional Rights of every American who drinks and drives and gets arrested for a DUI. I do however “Change Hats” when I SUE Drunk Drivers in a Personal Injury Accident for their Negligence, that caused the damages

to my Injured or Deceased (Wrongful Death) client .

DALE GRIBOW - Representing the Injured and Criminally Accused “TOP LAWYER” - California’s Prestige Magazine, Palm Springs Life (PI/DUI) 2011-22 “TOP LAWYER” - Inland Empire Magazine PERFECT 10.0 AVVO Peer Rating “Preeminent” – AV Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory; (A for legal ability and V for Very High Ethics) Selected Founding Member of American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys Selected for 10 BEST Attorneys for California for Client Satisfaction “DUI Law”.

Client Appreciation Award & Martindale Hubbell Client Distinction Award Weekly Talk Show Host and Legal Columnist for both LA and Palm Springs papers entitled “ACCIDENTALLY YOURS”- (explaining what happens when you have been in an accident.)

DRINKING AND TEXTING BOTH CAUSE ARRESTS AND ACCIDENTS OR MAKE A DRIVER LESS LIKELY TO AVOID A DUI INDUCED ARREST OR ACCIDENT, THAT WOULD NOT BE THEIR FAULT. BEING INTOXICATED, IS JUST AS SERIOUS AS BEING INTEXTICATED. A DRIVER MUST DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID AN AT FAULT ACCIDENT. THE BOTTOM LINE: “DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE OR TEXT, AND GET A DUI OR ACCIDENT... CALL A TAXI, LYFT OR UBER….THEY ARE A LOT CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME”

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GET YOUR RHYTHM BACK – ON THE VINES THAT IS!

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hythm on The Vine Jazz Concert Series has returned to South Coast Winery Resort & Spa for another season of great music. https://lnkd.in/ gABPE-Nd. There will be new talent along with some familiar faces. They will be doing six new concerts at Southcoast Winery Resort in Temecula, CA. Starting Sundays, July 10th thru Sept 25th.

Join us this summer & fall on select Sundays as we enjoy terrific music from many award-winning artists. Here is your Rhythm Line Up; July 10th in the Vintners Garden will be Jeff Kashiwa & Tracy Carter.

July 24th will be featuring Darryl Williams, Jazmin Ghent, & Gregg Karukas (Grand Ballroom).

Paul Brown, Darren Rahn, & Greg Manning will be playing August 7th.

On August 21st Brian Simpson & Jackiem Joyner will be performing.

Michael Paulo, Blake Aaron, & Tateng Katindig on September 11th.

Closing the Rhythm of the Vines on Sept 25th will be Steve Oliver & Michael Lington Doors Open at 6pm - Show Begins at 7pm Tickets Start at $65.

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SWAG FOR THESOUL “…it is important to maintain the integrity of your personal space by clearing the buildup of collected energy away. It is also helpful to set up some guidelines that dictate which energies are permitted to enter and fortify your field going forward.” Daily Agreements, Guidelines & Intentions, by Aimee Mosco and Donald L. Ferguson, page 83. our energy field consists of many layers. The outer layers define your personal space and serve as an energetic force-field that moves with your body. You cannot see these energetic layers, but if you pay close attention, you can feel how the space around your body impacts you. When this energetic space is breached in a way that does not honor your wellbeing, it contributes to creating imbalance in your own personal universe. You may be aware of these unfavorable breaches as they occur, but even if you are not, you hold the absolute power to manage this ever-present forcefield.

Your thoughts generate powerful energy, which is why intentions are so important.

When you consciously and thoughtfully craft intentions, you are purposely generating energy which supports the manifestation of intended outcomes. The frequencies you generate when you express intentions function as magnets that draw supportive Universal frequencies into your energy field.

When you are able to magnetize and capture these frequencies in your energy field, you are then able to fuse the energies together to “create” a particular outcome when you affirm that outcome with words, thoughts, and visualization.

It is important to understand that the energies generated with thoughtful intentions create ripple effects in the outer layers of the energy field. These frequencies adjust the magnetic resonance within those

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outer layers of your energy field. You create an energetic tidal wave that prepares those outer layers to support you in achieving your greatest potentials.

While servicing the outer layers of the energy field is just part of the creation process and what happens naturally when you deploy mindful intent, you can take energy field management to next level by additionally focusing your attention on these outer layers with aim to mitigate conflicting influences coming from external sources.

Create some intentions that serve the objective of maintaining optimal function of these layers to specifically take charge of what is influencing your energetic vessel and further supporting your creation process.

Here are some suggested intentions to expand upon: “I choose to only allow energies that serve my highest good to influence my energy field.”

“I choose to deflect incoming energies which hold the potential to lower my vibrations.”

Follow up with the affirmation: “So it is” and visualize a golden bubble surrounding your entire energetic vessel.

In my pursuit to help you maintain your energy field, I invite you to join my Facebook group SACRED Light Code Keys. Go to facebook.com/groups/621727488898099 and bring your light to this supportive community.

Aimee Mosco is an Author, Intuitive Channel, Spiritual Teacher and Co-Founder of Intentional Healing Systems, LLC. Aimee’s desire to help others inspired her first book “Gratitude + Forgiveness x (LOVE) = Happiness”. Aimee serves as Vice Chair to the World Game Changers Board of Directors, a charitable CIC based in the UK. Find Aimee on her website at www.ihsunity.com.

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WEEK OF JULY 7

ARIES (March 21-April 19): My readers and I have collaborated to provide insights and inspirations about the topic “How to Be an Aries.”

Below is an amalgam of my thoughts and theirs— advice that will especially apply to your life in the coming days. 1. If it’s easy, it’s boring. —Beth Prouty. 2. If it isn’t challenging, do something else.

—Jennifer Blackmon Guevara. 3. Be confident of your ability to gather the energy to get unstuck, to instigate, to rouse—for others as well as yourself.

4. You are a great initiator of ideas and you are also willing to let go of them in their pure and perfect forms so as to help them come to fruition. 5. When people don’t get things done fast enough for you, be ready and able to DO IT YOURSELF. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I know three people who have told me, “I don’t like needing anyone for anything.” They fancy themselves to be rugged individualists with impeccable selfsufficiency. They imagine they can live without the help or support of other humans. I don’t argue with them; it’s impossible to dissuade anyone with such a high level of delusion. The fact is, we are all needy beings who depend on a vast array of benefactors. Who built our houses, grew our food, sewed our clothes, built the roads, and create the art and entertainment we love? I bring this up, Taurus, because now is an excellent time for you to celebrate your own neediness. Be wildly grateful for all the things you need and all the people who provide them. Regard your vigorous interdependence as a strength, not a weakness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Bounce up and down when you walk. Express 11 different kinds of laughs. Be impossible to pin down or figure out.

Relish the openings that your restlessness spawns.

Keep changing the way you change. Be easily swayed and sway others easily. Let the words flowing out of your mouth reveal to you what you think. Live a dangerous life in your daydreams but not in real life. Don’t be everyone’s messenger, but be the messenger for as many people as is fun for you. If you have turned out to be the kind of Gemini who is both saintly and satanic, remember that God made you that way—so let God worry about it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): As a child, Cancerian author June Jordan said, “I used to laugh all the time. I used to laugh so much and so hard in church, in school, at the kitchen table, on the subway! I used to laugh so much my nose would run and my eyes would tear and I just couldn’t stop.” That’s an ideal I invite you to aspire to in the coming days. You probably can’t match Jordan’s plenitude, but do your best. Why? The astrological omens suggest three reasons: 1. The world will seem funnier to you than it has in a long time. 2. Laughing freely and easily is the most healing action you can take right now. 3. It’s in the interests of everyone you know to have routines interrupted and disrupted by amusement, delight, and hilarity.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In accordance with the astrological omens, here’s your assignment for the next three weeks: Love yourself more and more each day. Unleash your imagination to come up with new reasons to adore and revere your unique genius. Have fun doing it. Laugh about how easy and how hard it is to love yourself so well. Make it into a game that brings you an endless stream of amusement. PS: Yes, you really are a genius— by which I mean you are an intriguing blend of talents and specialties that is unprecedented in the history of the human race.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Novelist Lydia Peelle writes, “The trouble was, I knew exactly what I wasn’t. I just didn’t know who I was.” We all go through similar phases, in which we are highly aware of what we don’t want, don’t like, and don’t seek to become. They are like negative grace periods that provide us with valuable knowledge.

But it’s crucial for us to also enjoy periods of intensive self-revelation about what we do want, what we do like, and what we do seek to become.

In my astrological estimation, you Virgos are finished learning who you’re not, at least for now.

You’re ready to begin an era of finding out much,

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much more about who you are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You need the following experiences at least once every other day during the next 15 days: a rapturous burst of unexpected grace; a gentle eruption of your strong willpower; an encounter with inspiration that propels you to make some practical improvement in your life; a brave adjustment in your understanding of how the world works; a sacrifice of an OK thing that gives you more time and energy to cultivate a really good thing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This might sound like an unusual assignment, but I swear it’s based on two unimpeachable sources: research by scientists and my many years of analyzing astrological data. Here’s my recommendation, Scorpio: In the coming weeks, spend extra time watching and listening to wild birds. Place yourself in locations where many birds fly and perch. Read stories about birds and talk about birds. Use your imagination to conjure up fantasies in which you soar alongside birds. Now read this story about how birds are linked to happiness levels: tinyurl. com/BirdBliss SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In accordance with current astrological omens, I have four related suggestions for you. 1. Begin three new projects that are seemingly beyond your capacity and impossible to achieve with your current levels of intelligence, skill, and experience—and then, in the coming months, accomplish them anyway.

2. Embrace optimism for both its beauty and its tactical advantages. 3. Keep uppermost in mind that you are a teacher who loves to teach and you are a student who loves to learn. 4. Be amazingly wise, be surprisingly brave, be expansively visionary—and always forgive yourself for not remembering where you left your house keys.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you ever wanted to use the Urdu language to advance your agendas for love and romance, here’s a list of endearments you could use: 1 jaan-e-man (heart’s beloved); 2. humraaz (secret-sharer; confidante); 3. pritam (beloved); 4. sona (golden one); 5. bulbul (nightingale); 6. yaar (friend/lover); 7. natkhat (mischievous one). Even if you’re not inclined to experiment with Urdu terms, I urge you to try innovations in the way you use language with your beloved allies. It’s a favorable time to be more imaginative in how you communicate your affections.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Author John Berger described birch trees as “pliant” and “slender.” He said that “if they promise a kind of permanence, it has nothing to do with solidity or longevity—as with an oak or a linden—but only with the fact that they seed and spread quickly. They are ephemeral and recurring—like a conversation between earth and sky.” I propose we regard the birch tree as your personal power symbol in the coming months. When you are in closest alignment with cosmic rhythms, you will express its spirit. You will be adaptable, flexible, resourceful, and highly communicative. You will serve as an intermediary, a broker, and a gobetween.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): People who don’t know much about astrology sometimes say that Pisceans are wishy-washy. That’s a lie. The truth is, Pisceans are not habitually lukewarm about chaotic jumbles of possibilities. They are routinely in love with the world and its interwoven mysteries. On a regular basis, they feel tender fervor and poignant awe. They see and feel how all life’s apparent fragments knit together into a luminous bundle of amazement. I bring these thoughts to your attention because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to relish these superpowers of yours—and express them to the max.

Homework: Take a specific action to diminish the sadness you feel about your number one regret. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com ---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny - Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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SENDME A TRAINER

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. Bike or walk to work.

When a car is your main source of transportation, the hours of inactivity can add up. If you live somewhat close to your job, try biking or walking to work instead of driving.

2. Set some fitness goals.

Start by setting goals that are SMART Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound – so you can benchmark your progress against them.

3. Build a weekly workout routine.

Planning your workouts ahead of time will help you stay on track and meet your fitness goals. It’s challenging to get used to a new routine, but as you start getting in shape, you’ll start feeling good.

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4. Stay inspired.

Staying inspired can be a real challenge, especially if you’re working out and don’t notice immediate results. One way you can stay motivated to be physically active is to make an inspiration board (or Pinterest board) of people who inspire you to stay active.

5. Plan group fitness activities with friends.

Peer pressure can sometimes be a good thing, especially when it comes to fitness.

The next time you’ve got plans with friends, suggest a group activity like dancing, bowling, or hiking.

6. Take a stand.

Remember to alternate between sitting and standing throughout the day to keep your feet, legs, and back happy.

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BY COACH NADIA POPOVA 7. Do those chores.

Cooking, house cleaning, and yard work are great ways to increase your physical activity and cross items on your to-do list off at the same time.

8. Try a new hobby.

Get out of your comfort zone with a new hobby like yoga or salsa lessons. Taking the plunge to follow a new passion will connect you with a community of people who will inspire and challenge you in new ways. Plus, you might discover some muscles you never knew existed!

Please visit our website www. cvsendmeatrainer.com to learn more about physical activities and personal training services.

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alifornia has a difficult time closing out illicit cannabis growers. Our legislative wizards have over 50 bills to reform the cannabis tax structure. Many are in suspense. But the two that have an impact on the cannabis economy are SB 195 and AB 2691. Governor Newsom signed the 2022 Budget that included SB 195, the repeal of the cannabis cultivation tax. Let us ask ourselves: “Is this reform enough to drive out the illicit market”.

First, we digest SB 195 which suspends the CA State cannabis collection of the excise tax on the distributor and moves it to be collected at the point of sale. The caveat to this reform is the “California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is required by the law by July 1, 2025, (CDTFA) to adjust the excise tax every two years by a rate, not to exceed 19%, which would generate an

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amount of revenue equivalent to what would have been collected from the cultivation tax”.

Is this fuzzy math?

Other provisions would allow qualified cannabis businesses to claim a credit of up to 25% of their qualified expenditures (employment compensation, safety-related equipment, training and services, and workforce development and safety training) up to $250,000 maximum. Allows equity retailers who have received an equity fee waiver from the Department of Cannabis Control to retain 20% of the excise tax they collect.

SB 195 requires cannabis businesses to enter into labor peace agreements with their employees with additional enforcement tools and lowers the threshold of applicable businesses from 20 employees to 10 employees beginning in 2024. What is

a “peace agreement”? Does this mandate a union?

Each cannabis delivery will have a unique “trip” number assigned to it in the track and trace system and this information will be interfaced over to California Law Enforcement Tracking System for law enforcement to verify the delivery doesn’t cross the state line.

California cannabis farmers will put between 30 and 55 million plants in the ground every year. The tags can only be used on one plant and never re-used.

The majority of California›s weed is grown on unlicensed, illegal farms. Plants grown illicitly aren’t tagged. Plant tags are overkill.

They don’t address the preponderance of illicit cultivation. There’s also the ancillary waste: the 30-55 million zip ties, the plastic packaging that the tags and zip ties are shipped in, the containers necessary to retain and store those tags for seven years (as required by law), and the garbage bags used for disposing of them.

The bottom line is that every single cannabis plant in the entire state of California must have an individual plastic RFID-enabled tag zip-tied to it. It will generate a quartermillion pounds of waste per year. I wonder which genius thought this up.

Now let us look at AB 2691 Cannabis: temporary cultivator event retail license, which has been in suspension. Over forty California Cannabis groups are asking Assembly Member Wood, who represents the Emerald Triangle, to resurrect this bill into law. Consumer and patient access to farm-

BY RUTH HILL R.N. fresh cannabis and small-batch products at retail have substantially diminished since legalization. As an annual plant, California’s extraordinary cannabis genetic biodiversity will be lost permanently.

AB 2691 would provide a pathway for small producers to re-establish these consumer relationships, and in turn, would help build a niche market for craft cannabis produced by California’s world-renowned cultivators. Equitable access to marketing is an essential lifeline for small producers and vital to consumer education efforts.

The illicit market makes up 80% of California’s market. Most consumers decide to purchase unregulated cannabis products because those products are at times half the price of regulated products.

Craft legacy producers have largely lost access to these opportunities to connect directly with well-established and loyal medical cannabis consumers, as well as the burgeoning recreational consumer base.

Vertical integration is financially out of reach and land use regulation restricts the opportunity to sell directly from the farm.

Give your views to Assembly Member Wood.

In summary, do you believe these reforms will drive out the illicit market?

Send comments to: cannaangel16@gmail.com

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