Coachella Valley Weekly - September 30 to October 6, 2021 Vol. 10 No. 29

coachellavalleyweekly.com • September 30 to October 6, 2021 Vol.10 No.29

America

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Dionne Warwick

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Yola

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In Memory of Mike Costley

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Olive Crest - Child Abuse Stops Here

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BY TRICIA WITKOWER Coachella Valley Weekly (760) 501-6228

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CONTENTS

Youtheatre Players................................ 3-5 America at Fantasy Springs..................... 6 Dionne Warwick at Fantasy Springs ....... 6 Mark Wadlund .......................................... 7 Consider This - Yola............................... 8-9 Club Crawler Nightlife ............................. 9 In Memory Of Mike Costley .................. 10 Olive Crest ............................................... 11 Paint El Paseo Pink ................................. 11 Screeners................................................. 12 Breaking The 4th Wall - Sordid Lives .... 13

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onprofit children’s theater company, Youtheatre Players started out in 1995 with a different name (Children’s Playtime Productions) but the same commitment to the healthy development and growth of children in our community. Since its inception, it’s grown to reach over 10,000 children and adults each year with its programs and services.

Directors Chuck Balgenorth and Richard De Haven call it, “the best-kept secret in the Valley.”

“Thousands of kids have come to our spring show at the McCallum Theater, but a lot of them don’t know our name. We’re trying to become the worst-kept secret in the Valley!” says Balgenorth. This nonprofit organization almost had to shutter its doors during the pandemic, but through the hard work and determined spirit of its volunteers has hung on. They opened a theater space in their new location at the Westfield Mall on March 14, only to close a day later. They are triumphantly returning, complete with classes, workshops, shows, and much more.

“We are re-envisioning ourselves,” De Haven says. “Youtheatre Players is our stage name associated with the space at the mall. We want to make sure that any child who wants to perform can never say they don’t have a place to do it.” They have a grand offering of services: classes, monthly productions for October, November,

and December, and even karaoke (every Sunday). With its mission “to provide quality theatrical and educational programs that enhance the development of the community and our youth”, YP achieves that in spades through a number of classes that enable kids to discover their creativity, self-expression, and self-esteem.

For the fall, they will have a monthly production. In October, you can see the Zombie Classified Files from 10/22 to 10/31 at various times (please see website for times and tickets), November’s production All Together Now, features 15 powerful and entertaining Broadway songs. It’s two different showings, A and B, showcases two different sets of Broadway songs and is a global event that has a lot of great singing parts for people of all ages. For December, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will continue to page 5

The Vino Voice ......................................... 14 Keg Whisperer ........................................ 15 Cyber Corner ........................................... 16 Safety Tips ............................................... 16 Haddon Libby ..........................................17 Dale Gribow ............................................ 17 Health - Keto .......................................... 18 Sawg For The Soul .................................. 19 Free Will Astrology ................................ 19 Pet Place ............................................ 18-19

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be the month’s production. All of these performances are accepting auditions for actors and singers of all ages!

Another cool program they launched a few months ago is Youth Take the Stage.

This performance-oriented program allows any youth in the valley with something to perform to do so on the second Tuesday of every month. “What’s really cool about it is that it’s any youth that has something ready - magic, dance, music - we give them the stage if they’re ready to perform. It’s not limited to people involved in our programs.

It’s a little like an open mic talent show, but they need to submit to see if they’re ready.

If they’re not, we can provide them with resources. We just want to give them the opportunity to get up there and perform.” said Balgenorth.

Youtheatre Players has many wonderful, outside-the-box classes and programs. “We have an Under 6 Club where kids 3-6 can have fun and do theater games without any goal in mind. We just want to get them comfortable and explore their creativity. The great thing is they’ll have skills through this that develop naturally.” De Haven said.

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Below is a list of some of the classes they offer, with descriptions.

Theatre Club This class is open to ages 7-18 (with some exceptions possible on either end based on approval and space) where participants will learn skills related to musical theatre and dramatic acting (acting, singing, light choreography, and staging) through instruction, theatre games, exercises and activities designed to teach while having fun.

This class is held on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6 pm and costs $60/month.

Dance Class Perfect for beginners, this class explores all aspects of dancing. Participants will understand basic techniques common to all dance genres (keeping timing, rhythm, counting, breathing) as well as introduction to different dance genres (such as hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, ballet, and on and on).

Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 pm, $60/month.

Improv Club This club explores the technical rules of improv in a hands-on manner, and lets you use improvisation games to better understand and develop your acting skills

(character development, projection, timing, focus, storytelling, and so much more). Fun club that meets on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Social Media Club Explore all aspects of being a content creator and developing an effective social media presence on multiple internet platforms – in a safe, instructive way.

Instagram, Facebook, Tik-Tok, SnapChat, YouTube, and more! Mondays from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Moving to Broadway This class is for the fun of it! Sometimes called Zumba for Broadway, each week students learn a short choreography, and it gets them moving for an hour and a half!

This class is held Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 pm.

Visit Youtheatre Players at their new space at the Westfield Mall. “We are pretty proud of the space!” Balgenorth and De Haven tell me. “We are completely nonprofit. Covid did hurt us tremendously, but we kept pushing through to keep it open. We do need the community’s help.

It’s not just enrolling in classes, but also with donations. We’re charging $60 a month for classes, but we have kids who want to do it

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and can’t afford it. We try to find someone to sponsor them. We do need the community’s help to remain open and fully functioning.

We’ve now lost 2 years of McCallum shows, which was the vehicle that drove the most donations plus the revenue from the show.

We have another show next May, which brings about 6,000 kids into the theater.

Hoping kids will be able to do field trips by then. For those who want to donate, click on the link for donations on youtheatreplayers. com. There are lots of ways for people to donate: tuition assistance, sponsorships for the McCallum production, and general donations, being just a few. Another way to help is through volunteering. Says De Haven, “People can volunteer. Our organization is mostly volunteer based and volunteers have been our saving grace.”

You can find them at youtheatreplayers.com or visit them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ ChildrensPlaytimeProductions or Instagram at @cppontheweb.

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AMERICA AT FANTASY SPRINGS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1

ost marriages don’t last as long “ as the musical partnerships in this band,” I say to Gerry Beckley, founding member of iconic rock band, America. “How do you and Dewey [Bunnell, co-founder] navigate it so well?” He replies that it really is like a professional marriage.

“We used to say that because we kept separate private lives, it allowed us to share professional lives.” There’s even more of a contrast now, he tells me, since he and his wife live in Sydney, Australia and Dewey and his wife, Penny, have a home in Wisconsin from May to October (and reside in Southern California for the remainder of the year), so for much of the year they are quite literally on opposite sides of the planet. This distance, he assures me, is not a necessity and rather just their personal journeys. “It’s a joy working together,” he says of his bandmate. “He’s the world's best partner.”

Their partnership dates back even further than the band’s inception. Beckley and Bunnell, who formed America in 1970, met prior to that at a London high school as sons of US Air Force personnel. In 1972, America released its eponymous debut album, which featured such hits as, “Horse With No Name,” and “I Need You.” Their breakout hit, “Horse With No Name,” was initially confused by many as a Neil Young song. “It was our first single,” Beckley tells me “but it was not on the first album [the album was first released without the track, and re-released with it when it became a hit]. The initial reaction was it sounded like Neil Young. Some thought it was him performing under a different name because we were a new band and no one knew much about us yet. So that added to some of the story of the song. There’s a quote in Neil Young’s autobiography that even his dad mistakenly attributed that song to him.” This number one hit was indeed theirs,

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though. When asked what it was like the first time the band heard their own song on the radio and what their reaction is when they hear them now, Beckley says, “We hear them a lot, which is the good news. We first started hearing our songs on FM stations who would play songs from our album. Shortly after that, “Horse With No Name” became huge in the U.S. and we would hear it everywhere. We would be in a limo and it would be on two or three stations at the same time. It’s an amazing feeling, then and now, to know that many of your songs permeated the culture and can be heard everywhere.”

Of the equally smashingly successful hit, “Sister Golden Hair”, which remains a California anthem and one of the ultimate road songs, I asked Beckley what it is about that song that makes it so enduring. He mused, “Our tour manager used to label all our stuff. This one was, ‘nothing can hurt me now music.’ It has a good vibe. “Ventura

Highway” has that same vibe. It’s in our show every night and it’s magic. I don’t know the exact ingredients for it, but if we did, we’d all make these songs all the time.” Despite this, it’s not his favorite song to perform live. That honor is bestowed upon many songs and can vary from show to show, but is usually “Ventura Highway”. “Horse [With No Name]” and “Sister [Golden Hair Surprise]” were #1 hits, but “Ventura [Highway]” hits all the right spots.”

Asked about their influences and if those have evolved throughout the years, “We usually would default to the Beach Boys and the Beatles, Brian Wilson and Lennon/ McCartney. Those don’t change. It’s hard to have anything that is going to impact you now like it did between the ages of 12-20. Kids that grew up with Eminem aren’t going to be as impacted by what the listen to later, that stuff imprints itself on your soul.” In spite of that, he does listen to many artists and some will

GRAMMY-WINNER DIONNE WARWICK BRINGS FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR HOLIDAY SHOW TO FANTASY SPRINGS ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17TH

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ix-time Grammy Award-winner Dionne Warwick is bringing her Favorite Time of Year holiday concert to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino’s Special Events Center on Friday, December 17 at 8 p.m. The music legend will be accompanied by a 14-piece string section, performing a mix of Christmas and pop classics including “Silent Night,” “Silver Bells,” “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Joy to the World,” and “My Favorite Things.”

In a career that has spanned six decades, Warwick has charted more than 75 hit songs and sold over 100 million records. The New Jersey native was discovered by legendary songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1961, and went on to record 18 consecutive Top 100 singles including “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Walk on By,” “Say a Little Prayer,” “A House is Not a Home,” “Alfie,” “Heartbreaker,” “Déjà Vu,” among countless others. Warwick earned her first

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Grammy in 1968 for “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” and was the first AfricanAmerican female artist of her generation to win the award for Best Contemporary Female Vocalist Performance.

In 1985, Warwick participated in the recording of “That’s What Friends Are For,” which became a No. 1 hit worldwide and raised both awareness and funds for AIDS research, which she continues to support.

Other charitable causes include The Starlight Foundation, children’s hospitals, world hunger, disaster relief, and music education for which she has been honored and has raised millions of dollars. Warwick also participated in the all-star charity single, “We Are the World,” performed at Live Aid, and has been honored by AMFAR and Desert Aids Project.

Warwick was inducted into The Grammy Museum, where a special 50th anniversary career exhibit was unveiled. Most recently, she released a star-studded duets album

entitled Feels So Good. Warwick was the recipient of the coveted and prestigious 2017 Marian Anderson Award for her career accomplishments and philanthropy.

She was honored in a 2018 PBS Television Special, Then Came You, was named 2019 Ambassador to the Smithsonian Institute’s Year in Music and is a 2019 Grammy

make a big impression, even now. “I listen to Jeff Tweedy [of Wilco] quite a bit. He’s a very prolific guy, always very good stuff from him.”

Live music took a hiatus over the past year and a half. This time away from touring and performing meant something different to each musician. What did it mean to Gerry Beckley? ”I’ve had 14 months straight in Sydney, which was a gift that I never could have given myself. It was a learning experience because as a touring musician, the default rationale is ‘Oh, I bet you're going nuts!’ One thing I did, was build a studio in our house in Sydney. I used to have one, but in the last decade or so didn’t have one. So I was able to do a lot of singing and writing during this time.” Getting back to it this Friday, October 1 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, what can fans expect? “I would like to think it’ll be everything they expect and hope for.

Good news is, it’s a lot of hits. We mix it up every year, though - our concert never sounds like a greatest hits album. At the same time, we say ‘if we don’t have it down by now we’re screwed.’”

They do have it down, they are fantastic, and you can catch them this Friday at Fantasy Springs. Click here for more info and to purchase tickets: www.fantasyspringsresort. com/america

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Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

Tickets for Dionne Warwick’s Favorite Time of Year holiday concert are $39, $49, and $69 and are on sale this Friday, October 1st at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (800) 827-2946 and online at www.

FantasySpringsResort.com.

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t all started in 2016 at La Quinta High School. A group of teens who, as individuals, were generally the type of guys that do their own thing. Once together, what they had in common bonded them with a shared aspiration of making earthshaking, heavy metal music. The kind of headbanging, highly orchestrated greatness that was conceived of and manifested long before any of them were born. Mark Wadlund is the lead guitarist and vocalist for Instigator.

These guys blasted into the local music scene, seemingly out of nowhere and pretty much made everyone’s heads explode.

I will never forget the first time I experienced Instigator. They were at The Hood Bar and Pizza, participating in the annual battle of the bands that is hosted by CV Weekly. My publisher asked me to come to the event to observe and take notes so I could write about it for the next issue. As soon as I got there I heard the buzz about a literal group of teenagers in a metal band that were competing. Rumor had it that they kicked ass. The rumors were not false.

Instigator’s reputation as a stellar band that is authentically metal has grown along with their popularity, and I, along with the rest of the local music scene have marveled at the transition the band-members have made into maturity as their talent and repertoire continue to bloom.

I sat down with Wadlund over some wings to talk about where he has been, new projects, and the waves he is making.

CV Weekly: So, for those that haven’t had the privilege of knowing and loving you and your band, Instigator...Let’s talk a little about how you got into music in the first place.

Wadlund: “So, I guess it was freshman year at LQHS when my older brother was telling me that wrestling was the coolest thing you could do in school, right? And I was just getting into guitar because I had come across a video on Youtube of Megadeth. It was guitarist Dave Mustaine playing in the Holy Wars video from the Rest in Peace album in

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1990. That rhythm guitar... That was pretty much it for me. I knew guitar solos could be played because of, you know...Van Halen. But it wasn’t until that Megadeth video….Dave Mustaine….Holy Wars, rhythm. I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s what I want to do.’”

Wadlund continues: “So, back to wrestling in my freshman year. I did all of the ‘preseason’. First day of real practice was, “Hell day.” Super tough and draining! No fun at all.

Meanwhile, I was just getting pretty good at guitar. I was practicing Metallica and getting all of their main riffs down. Then I was like, “F*** all that. I just wanna play music.” Then I met up with Jaxon Fischer who is Instigator’s rhythm guitarist. We jammed constantly during the summer between freshman and sophomore year. Over time, we got connected to Garrison Calkins, our bassist and Joe Boomer, our original drummer. Both of whom were freshman at the time that Jaxon and I were sophomores. We played our first real show at our school and it went really well, regardless of how much we did or didn’t know what we were doing. I think at that point we were all pretty much hooked.”

CV Weekly: I heard that Joe moved on and you found another drummer?

Wadlund: “Yes! I can’t say enough about how much we love Joe and how great he is.

It was definitely his decision and we hated to see him go. However he has married his highschool sweetheart, moved to Colorado and we are really happy for him. After Joe Boomer left, Nick Willman gladly took over drum duties which really helped Instigator to stay tight throughout the pandemic, and we even did a few shows with Nick of course!

Unfortunately, Nick Willman has decided to drum solely with his awesome rock band named Pescaterritory. Since then, we have found an amazing new drummer named Brian Perales! He is an amazing fit and we are really

excited to see how things go in the future.

Due to covid and everything that comes along with it, Instigator has been on hiatus, but everyone should keep an eye out because we will definitely be back, VERY soon.”

CV Weekly: Speaking of covid time. You mentioned that you have been taking up other opportunities.

Wadlund: “Yes, I was approached by Tarver Marsh who has his own experiences in the music business. He saw me with Instigator and the boys throughout the years and led me towards some great opportunities. He first introduced me to a guy named Dustyn Saint Jay, who has a band called Legends Never Die. They needed a guitarist so Tarver kinda threw me in there. I guess I was a good fit because it worked out! A local bassist named Travis Singh has been on bass duty before I joined the band, then, on drums we picked up Sean Poe from Avenida Music. Everyone knows what a solid guy he is as a drummer and beyond so I feel like that was a bit of a no brainer, so far.”

Wadlund continues: “Legends Never Die was able to get some studio time with Darian Rundall who is a Grammy-nominated producer and part-owner of Epitaph Records.

Dude has made gold records. I’ve also been able to do the guitar tracks at Ronnie King’s private studio in Thermal, California called the ‘Chateau Relaxo’...his bio/experience is impressive on its own.”

Wadlund continues: “It’s really my experiences with Instigator that has led me to all of this, all those years of grinding at local bars and what-not.”

CV Weekly: So what did recording with Ronnie King lead to?

Wadlund: “It really has been exciting to work alongside him. His bio is pretty out there. Through him and Tarver Marsh I was introduced to Clint Carroll from Huntington

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BY ESTHER SANCHEZ Beach, whose Dad was a world-class, professional surfer named Corky Carroll.

Clint’s project is special and unique enough that I was very fortunate to become a part of it. He’s super stoked that I'm able to be a part of his band as well!”

CV Weekly: So Mark, is it safe to say that the past year or two have been about you branching out and taking further steps as a musician and music creator?

Wadlund: “Yes. And a producer even. I have such a better sense of the entire process of music production. I mean, I’m recording guitar in my own house now. That was something I never did or even thought about before. Home used to just be for practice. Now I can record there. I'm exploring everything and combining it with my own tone while really pioneering myself. I can’t say that I have ever been the type of person who needed to fight finding myself. For some people that’s a really hard battle and I can only imagine how hard that would be if I didn't know myself.”

CV Weekly: You have had a pretty good foundation.

Wadlund: “Absolutely. Not only from, obviously, my parents...I have been given the opportunity to work with bigger bands in and out of the desert and keep having to recognize that I can never take for granted the love and support my parents gave me. I get reminded by people like yourself, Esther, that a lot of people don’t have that advantage so I have learned to always be thankful for that.”

All of Mark’s projects can be found on most major platforms.

Instigator: instagram.com/instigatorband Legends Never Die: instagram.com/legndsneverdiemusic Clint Carroll: instagram.com/clintcarroll

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“It was hard enough to go on and live on I was so tired of trying to belong I was lost in the city, you could see it in my eyes But I was still a dreamer in the middle of the night.” hat’s Yola speaking her truth on the title track of her stunning sophomore album, Stand For Myself Initially, Yola characterized her sound as “De-genred Pop.” It’s an accurate, albeit unwieldy description of music that effortlessly hopscotches from one style to the next. She’s since settled on a pithier, more playful term, “Genre-Fluid.”

The British singer-songwriter, was born in the early ‘80s. Raised by her Barbadian mother, she has very few memories of her father, who split the scene not long after she arrived. Growing up in Portishead Bristol, she endured a rough upbringing Risking her family’s disapproval, Yola (ne’ Yolanda Quartey) set her sights on a music career early on. Seminal inspirations included Minnie Ripperton, Elton John, A Tribe Called Quest, Blur, Pulp and Randy Newman, but her true musical epiphanies occurred after multiple spins of an Ella Fitzgerald compilation and Aretha Franklin’s ‘Young, Gifted And Black” album.

Yola began performing at age four and played in a Rock band during high school.

Her first professional gig was singing standards in a Jazz band. Soon enough she was hired to “topline” (essentially singing at the top of her lungs on numerous dance singles) on music from Bugz In The Attic and Massive Attack. As astonishing as she was, it was clear that she was holding back a piece of herself during these performances. Record deals were proffered, but she opted to bide her time until she felt ready to launch a solo career.

Yola experienced her share of hardship as an adult. There was a period of homelessness after a house fire. She took a hiatus from music twice, the first time because she developed nodules on her vocal cords, the second time was to care for her mom before she passed away. For a spell she fronted the Brit-Americana band Phantom Limb, who recorded three albums. In recent years, she has stated that she found the experience “too bro-y.”

Finally, Yola relocated to the U.S. After ping-ponging between New York and Los Angeles, she landed in Nashville and it ended up sticking around. She recorded an EP and was also getting songwriter work. It was around this time that a mutual friend sent Dan Auerbach a video of her performing. Best known as half of the Black Keys, he has also formed his own label, Easy Eye Sound and carved out a career as a producer (Dr. John, Jessica Lea Mayfield, the Growlers, Ray LaMontagne, Lana Del Rey, Pretenders, Shannon And The Clams).

He immediately offered to produce an album for her.

Walk Through Fire arrived in 2019, receiving rave reviews and respectable sales. Even her longtime hero, Elton John

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was extoling her virtues. Nashville singersongwriter Natalie Hemby began singing Yola’s praises to Brandi Carlile when they were in the studio recording their Highwaywomen debut (the Americana Super-Group also includes Amanda Shires and Marren Morris) The pair spent a few hours geeking-out on whatever Yola clips were available on Youtube and wound up inviting her to play on the album. (Although prior commitments kept her from fully participating, Yola sang a bit on the record and joined them onstage a few times).

Walk… was nominated for four Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Best Americana Album, Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance). Although she left the 2020 ceremony emptyhanded, she received some encouraging words from legendary musician John Prine (who passed away a couple months later from Covid 19).

Now she has returned with her dazzling follow-up, Stand For Myself. The opening three tracks, “Barely Alive,” “Dancing The Tears Away” and “Diamond Studded Shoes” sets the vibe for this wide-ranging, 12-song set. “Barely…” begins tentatively with fluttery organ notes, serpentine guitars, tensile bass and a percolating beat.

Yola’s warm and supple vocals glide across the arrangement, explicating seemingly Covid-centric lyrics; “I been here and I know how it is, I been living it all alone for all these years, isolated we hold in our tears/ And we try to get by, and we strive, but we’re barely alive.” The arrangement and instrumentation lock into a creamy, Phillyflavored T.S.O.P. groove, that is equal parts languid and urgent.

“Dancing…” is powered by a slinky, conga-fied rhythm, flinty bass lines, glossy guitars, propulsive brass and a four-on-thefloor beat. Unspooling like a long-lost Disco classic, lyrics offer a last dance, last chance for love and romance, that’s anchored

by Yola’s buttery vocals; “Breaking up is always hard to do, our last dance is all I want with you, I can’t go and do it all again, and pretend that I ever wanted to.”

Pulsating horns, twinkly percussion, sleek guitar riffs and insidious clavichord notes conspire to keep feet dancing through the heartbreak.

During the heyday of AM Rock radio in the early ‘70s, “Diamond Studded Shoes” could have sandwiched nicely between Elton John’s “Philadelphia Freedom” and “Maxine Nightingale’s “Right Back Where We Started From.” A heady brew of Soul, Disco and Country Rock, lithe guitar licks partner with pliant bass, churchy keys, playful pedal steel and a spring-loaded Jack-In-The-Box beat. Inspired by tonedeaf comments made by Britain’s ex-Prime Minister, Theresa May, lyrics like “You and I are trying, but we don’t get to decide, when the man comes for our paychecks won’t you tell me it will be alright/We aren’t the rich ones, some of us’ll barely get by, they buy diamond studded shoes with our taxes, anything to keep us divided,” address the income inequality that allows the rich to get richer, while the poor barely break even. The Gospel-inflected call-andresponse chorus, as well as the twangy, gut-string guitar and triple-time tribal tattoo on the break, keep things chooglin’.

This record redefines the term “all killer, no filler.” Take “Starlight,” an elegant

BY ELENI P. AUSTIN mid-tempo groover that distills trace elements of two Motown classics, Stevie Wonder’s “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” and the Supremes’ “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” Over meandering bass lines, wah-wah guitar, stately harpsichord, a wash of keys and a sultry beat, Yola’s hiccup-y vocal cadence funhouse-mirrors Stevie on the verse. As strings swirl on the chorus chiffon-y backing vocals envelope Yola’s stentorian roar, much as Mary and Florence gave Diana some symmetry.

Lyrics advocate for delayed gratification; “Never take your love for granted, I’ve been waiting on you like we planned it, taking your time, I’ll sip my wine while I wait… don’t be late.” Stinging, bottleneck riffs partner with sparkly harpsichord on the break, before powering down to just thump-y bass, a thwocking beat and Yola’s authoritative voice.

Then there’s “Whatever You Want,” a Country-Soul combo-platter fueled by Honky-Tonk piano, rangy guitars, sturdy bass lines and a pile-driving rhythm.

Straight from the giddy-up, Yola informs an inconsiderate cowpoke that her boots are made for walking; “Well, I know it wasn’t love, but I was told it would be enough, Yeah, I thought it would be alright, but I’m not going to stay and fight…. now I’ve made my choice, no more good ol’ boys.” Her usual smoky vocals adopt an exasperated rasp as she recounts his careless ways and an incendiary guitar solo on the break, equal parts Glam and twang, signals a reclaimed measure of self-respect.

On “If I Had To Do It All Again,” a hulking kick-drum beat and tambourine shake connect with cascading acoustic notes, roiling bass, rippling keys and zig-zag electric riffs. Here, Yola rethinks a messy break-up, setting aside the flaws and foibles that tore them apart, recognizing “It’s a long and lonely highway by yourself, you could drive all night and never get too far, you went and did it your way, no one else, but you only put the miles upon your heart.” She soars on the bridge as plinky piano and prickly acoustic guitars shadow her ascent. Squiggly synths, sumptuous strings and Spaghetti Western guitars usher the song to a close.

As much as “If…” is plush and opulent, “Break The Bough” is spare and strippeddown. Chicken-scratch guitar riffs collide with a finger-poppin’ bass line, muted keys, Boogaloo horns and a chunky backbeat.

Wrapped up in such an exuberant package, the instrumentation and arrangement nearly camouflages soul-searching lyrics where Yola seems to be speaking to her late mother; “Silently free the soul, oh, let it be released, let it spread and find a home, and maybe then you will find peace.” As pounding piano and pinging guitar seesaw through the mix she addresses their strained relationship “Now I don’t know

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what I’ve lost, and I don’t know what I miss, I’ve lived without your love for so long, I sometimes wonder if I even exist.”

The action slows on “Now You’re Here” and “Like A Photograph.” The former is lush and laid-back propelled by whooshy keys, drowsy bass, shang-a-lang guitars and a rumbling kick. Yola’s vocals are languid and serene and she embraces a new love, even as old heartache subsides; “I was lost in the wake of another heartbreak, doing everything to pull me in, Honey you were the wave that swept me away and showed me how to live.” The song builds to a thrilling crescendo, layering in handclaps, vroom-y guitars and a peppery horn fanfare before quietly powering down.

The latter easily slips into a supple, Quiet Storm groove. Sonorous, synthesized horns and warm, Hammond B3 colors are bookended by ornate piano chords that confidently trace the opening notes of Burt Bacharach’s epochal “Don’t Make Me Over.” Yola’s opening gambit dispenses with diplomacy; “Whoever said life was like a river that was gonna roll on forever, had to have been out of their mind.” Unlike Irma Thomas, time is clearly not on her side. Willowy acoustic guitar, twinkly glockenspiel, searing electric guitar spiraling strings and lonesome pedal steel swell behind Yola’s powerhouse vocals as the song coasts to its conclusion.

Other interesting tracks include the sanctified Soul of “Be My Friend,” which

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features quiescent backing vocals from Brandi Carlile. Then there’s the Gospelinflected “Great Divide.” The album closes with the Psychedelic Gumbo that is the title track. Gutbucket acoustic riffs are matched by menacing bass, which provide ballast for Yola’s soaring voice. A stickity backbeat kicks in behind fuzz-crusted electric licks, bloopy synths and silvery piano. Lyrics reveal that she was lost, but now she is found; “Now I’m alive, it’s hard to explain, it took this much time, it took this much pain/You can get here if you’re willing, let go of yourself for a new beginning.” As the arrangement ramps up, Yola’s vocals become more growly and ferocious, just as quickly the song winds down, stripping away the instrumentation until it’s just strummy guitar, bucolic keys and Yola’s determined croon.

Not too many artists can create a second album as compelling as their debut. But with Stand For Myself, Yola has successfully sidestepped the dreaded sophomore slump. Perhaps that’s because this time around she co-wrote most of the music with collaborators like Natalie Hemby, Ruby Amanfu, Hannah V., Joy Oladokun and Liz Rose. Their presence gives the record a welcome jolt of distaff energy.

Once again, production chores were handled by Dan Auerbach. To paraphrase both Sam Cooke and Diana Ross, it’s been a long time coming, but now, it’s finally Yola’s turn.

The Nest – Jojo Malagar – 7pm The Slice – Sergio Villegas – 5-8pm The Village – Rapmarz - 10pm Wildest – TBA – 6-9pm

Thursday, September 30

Casuelas Café – Avenida – 7:15pm Coachella Valley Brewery – Open Mic – 7pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Jazzville@Agua Caliente P.S. – The New Nine “Birth of the Cool” Tribute – 7pm Kitchen 86 – Jojo Malagar – 7pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Whiskey Tango – 7pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm O’Caine’s – Midlife O’Crisis – 6pm The Nest – Bryan Magsayo – 6pm The Slice – Leanna Rogers – 5-8pm The Village – Rob & JB – 5:30-8:30pm, Rapmarz – 10pm, DJ LF – 10pm

Friday, October 1

Awe Bar – Jesika von Rabbit w/ Madame Harlequin and DJ Glenniest – 8pm Bart Lounge – DJ Dxsko – 8pm Casuelas Café – Live Music – 7:15pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Four Twenty Bank – Cheech Meet and Greet w/ John Stanley King – 3-5pm La Quinta Brewery – TBA – 8pm

Lit @ Fantasy Springs – In-A-Fect – 9pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm O’Caine’s – St. Christopher’s Bazooka – 6pm Rockyard@Fantasy Springs – Hey Ho Let’s Go (Ramones Tribute) and Steel Rod – 7pm The Hood – Drag Queen Bingo – 8pm The Nest – Nikki Dickinson – 6pm The Slice – Marc Antonelli – 5:30-8:30pm The Village – Rob & JB – 5:30-8:30pm, Rapmarz – 10pm, DJ LF – 10pm, DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm Twelve @ Fantasy Springs – Mark Gregg and Co. – 7-10pm Wildest – Derek Jordan Gregg – 6-9pm

Saturday, October 2

Ace Hotel – DJ – noon – poolside Awe Bar – Leroy form the North and Hi Dez Players – 8pm Bart Lounge – DJ Hymn – 8pm Casuelas Café – Live Music – 7:15pm Coachella Valley Brewery – Spooktoberfest Cinema ft. Night of the Living Dead – 7pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Four Twenty Bank – Tribe – 6pm Hotel Zoso – Dinah Pool Party w/ DJ Bri Giger – 12-6pm

Lit @ Fantasy Springs – In-A-Fect – 9pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm Palm Canyon Roadhouse – Saturdaze w/ Derek Jordan Gregg and gene Beavers – 1-4pm, Krystofer Do – 9pm Rockyard@Fantasy Springs – Petty Fever (Tom Petty Tribute) and Uncle Johnnie – 7pm The Hood - Comedy Night – 9pm The Nest – Nikki Dickinson – 6pm The Slice – Leanna Rogers – 5:30-8:30pm The Village – Rob & JB – 1-4pm, Rapmarz – 10pm, DJ LF – 10pm, DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm Twelve @ Fantasy Springs – Mark Gregg and Co. – 7-10pm Wildest – TBA – 6-9pm

Sunday, October 3

Bart Lounge – Latina Night w/ DJ LF – 8pm Coachella Valley Brewery – Acoustic Afternoon w/ The Sieve and the Saddle, Courtney Chambers and Matt Davin – 3pm Hotel Zoso – Banger’s Pool Party w/ DJ Tyler Caiden – 12-6pm Kitchen 86 – Jojo Malagar – 7pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm Palm Canyon Roadhouse – Mikole Kaar Jazz Event – 2-5pm, Sunday Night Jam – 6-11pm

Monday, October 4

The Village – DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm

Tuesday, October 5

Bart – Luna Negra w/ Kiss of the Whip, Hallows, L, Danza De Luna, Luna Divina and Dead Romeo – 8pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Four Twenty Bank – Mikole Kaar and the Kaar Club – 4:20-7:20pm Lit @ Fantasy Springs – Brad’s Pad – 7-10pm The Slice – Sergio Villegas – 5-8pm The Village – DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm

Wednesday, October 6

Casuelas Café – Lisa Lynn and the Broken Hallelujahs – 7:15pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm The Cantina – T- Bone Karaoke – 7pm The Slice – Marc Antonelli – 5-8pm The Village – DJ Gio the Ace – 9pm, Banda Revolucion – 10pm

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ell, he loves what he does, he is respected, he has talent and people really care about him,” said to Lori Costley Diehl by her mother during a conversation they had many years ago. “As long as you love what you do and you’re good at it and you’re respected and you’re loved; that to me is a sign of success.”

Michael knew from a very early age he was destined for stardom, as he entertained his sister and others on a Metro Bus at the tender age of 5. “He would walk up and down the aisle and sing for people and they would give him money.”

Their maternal grandfather, Joseph Cammarata, was born in Cathanasetta, Sicily and married Louisa Castrogavanni. He left his family behind, came to the United States and worked for almost 7 years to make enough money to bring his family over. Louisa traveled with her three daughters, Mary, Rosia and Carmella and their son, Louis on the boat from Sicily and arrived on December 23, 1921. They were quarantined on Ellis Island through Christmas that year, and finally met up with Joseph before the New Year. They settled in Buffalo, New York.

“I always thought we were the first generation to be born here,” said Lori Costley, “but my mother, Josephine Rose, was born on October 31, 1922, making her the first generation and we were the second.” Her mother was raised with her sister Mary’s son, big Vito and her sister Rosie’s son, little Vito.

Lori remembers family gatherings where her mother would tell stories that would keep them all laughing. “Mike was so much like my mother, he had her sense of humor. She taught us her faith and never had a bad thing to say about anyone.”

Their paternal grandfather, Charles Costley, was born in Syracuse, New York. He was of Irish and French decent. He married Edna DeGrout, whose family of French decent, settled in Burmington, New York, since the early 1700s. Their father, John William Costley, was an only child. He married Josephine during the war in 1944. Their first child, Andrew, was born in 1946, but only lived for a few hours. Lori was born on April 16, 1947 and Michael Anthony Costley was born on October 2, 1949.

They had no singing or any musical talent

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running throughout the family generations.

“My brother used to tell us, ‘Please don’t sing in Church, just hum.’ it was terrible. I would tell him, the Bible says, Make A Joyful Noise (Psalm 100: 1-2) it never said anything about singing. The only one who sang was Michael.

That’s why we always used to say his talent was a Gift from God.” Their mother raised Lori and Mike alone since he was 6 months old. She worked 2 and sometimes 3 different jobs to support them.

They attended elementary school in the neighborhood where their mother worked, while being watched by their grandmother.

“My mother was a devout Catholic who didn’t believe in divorce. She lived by the Church rules.” Their father moved to California when they were very young and saw his parents only on occasion. “We were raised very Sicilian and we only knew our aunts, uncles, cousins and godparents.” Mike had two godfathers; Little Vito and Joey Leto, who was married to Connie Caci, who was Bobby Melano’s kid sister.

They moved to the new West Side of Buffalo and there they attended Lafayette High School. Mike sang all the time in school and was part of group called The Sinnerman, when he was about 16 years old. Their big money song was “Louis, Louis” by The Kingsman.

“Mike was about 17 years old and one day

I remember sitting in the living room trying to watch TV and I heard him say, to Metropolitan Opera Star, Vincent Matina, ‘Mr. Matina, if you could just hear me, I just want to know if you think I have talent to continue to sing.

I would like to make a career out of singing.’

I didn’t really hear the entire conversation but then Mike said, ‘Mr. Matina, can I sing to you over the phone?’ So he did. Then Mike hangs up the phone and tells me, ‘Lori you gotta take me down to Bidwell Parkway to his house now, right now, now.’ After that, Mike studied with him 2 or 3 times a week for a couple years. Mike continued singing the scales taught by Matina years after.”

He graduated in 1967 and soon married his first wife, Donna DeVoe at 18 years old.

Although the marriage was short lived, they remained life long friends and walked into their 50th High School Reunion holding hands.

Mike later married Stephanie D’Amico, they were together for 18 years.

Mike didn’t want to be drafted into the Army, so from 1970 to 1972, Mike joined the Marine Corps Reserves. He trained for 6 months and served on the weekends; he was trained as a sharpshooter. Because he was the only son of a single mother, he didn’t go to Vietnam like so many of his friends. Mike lost his childhood friend, Brian Knight, they met when they were 4 years old.

He moved to California in 1973 with his friend Frankie Gallo and worked in Los Angeles at venues like Monteleone’s and the Lakeside Country Club in Newport Beach, to name a few. In Palm Springs, Bobby Melano who was performing at the Gene Autry Hotel, would always invite Mike to the stage to sing. That exposure helped Mike Costley gain recognition as a vocalist and helped him book performances in the Desert.

“When Michael met Gordon Mills, who was Engelbert Humperdinck’s and Tom Jones’ manager, he wanted to sign him up to manage and direct his career. He suggested Mike sing under the name of Michael Anthony. While they were in the middle of negotiations, Mills died from a heart attack.”

I first heard Mike Costley sing with the Ted Herman Orchestra at Fantasy Springs Casino.

“I thought he was one of the best singers,” said Ted Herman, “but what surprised me, was he couldn’t read music. We would

BY LOLA ROSSI record the music for him to rehearse for the following week’s show and everything was great.” After the show I saw, I went up to Mike and told him what an incredible vocalist he was and asked him if he had a CD. He told me they were currently recording one with the Orchestra. At the time, I was taking a graphics class and offered to help him with the CD design, if he needed it. He called me and his Swing CD was the first CD project I did followed by Andy Fraga’s Jazz In Palm Springs CD; I used art work by Snake Jagger for Pat Rizzo’s Gold For Silver CD and Johnny Meza and Lola Rossi’s Kokopelli CD. After successful performances for JAMS, the Jazz Appreciation Music Society, Mike Costley received a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on May 6, 2002 in front of the Annenberg Theater; His name was engraved on a statue of mountains in the park at The La Quinta Library; He received a Proclamation from Erie County in New York and the Key to the City in Buffalo. He performed every year for the Italian American Festivals; He performed at the Jazz Festivals on the steps of the Albright Knox Art Gallery. He received the Coachella Valley Music Award for Best Jazz Solo Artist. He was also a member of the Sons of Italy, Dolly Sinatra Lodge.

On Sunday, October 3, Mike Costley’s Celebration of Life is being held at the Indian Canyons Golf Resort, 1100 East Murray Canyon Drive in Palm Springs from 2 p.m until 6 p.m. It is an Invitation Only Event for Musicians, Family and close Friends.

Wayne Boyer is organizing all the music and performances for this event that is also being videotaped and will be available for all to see online at a later date. Boyer was responsible for recording Mike’s album, “I Am A Singer,” in only one take, without Mike knowing he was recording it. That became his Signature Song. His first CD, Norwegian Wood included Wayne Boyer and Chuck Buffamonte.

Please look online at other articles about Mike; one written by Bruce Fessier who said, “Mike was the most inventive male vocalist I’ve seen in the 42 years I’ve lived in this Desert.” Others are written in Buffalo, NY. Mike is survived by his sister Lori, his two ex-wives; Donna DeVoe and Stephanie D’Amico and numerous relatives.

“I said to the both of them, Donna, you were the Alpha and Stephanie you were the Omega, but you need to remember that in between you, there were a lot of wonderful women in Michael’s life. Everybody had a different relationship with Mike. At this Celebration of His Life, there are going to be a lot of people who will remember Michael in a different way and all I want to do is have everybody come with Love and Light in their hearts. He’s gone and we all have to appreciate who he was and what he was to you individually, that’s all that’s important.

Michael lived a very charmed life and was the BEST Brother I could have ever wanted,” shared Lori Costley.

Rest In Peace with Our Lord, Honey. We will see you again in Glory.

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live Crest, the trusted leader in the prevention and treatment of child abuse for over 45 years, has announced the launch of a significant Fundraising Campaign, “Child Abuse Stops Here” for both the Desert Communities and Riverside County.

Did you know . . . There is a report of child abuse made every 10 seconds.

Did you know . . . Five Children die every day from child abuse.

Did you know . . . There are over 400,000 children in the child welfare system at any given time.

“The goal of this Campaign is to not only raise awareness but to raise the goal of $80,000, which will pay for 7,000 days of safety and care for these at-risk children and families we serve within these two communities,” stated Walter Mueller, Director of Development for Riverside and the Coachella Valley. “This Campaign invites all Olive Crest supporters, friends, and families to utilize their sphere of influence within their own peer network, in order to mobilize these two communities and raise awareness and support of Olive Crest’s critical and life-saving programs and services. We provide a Peerto-Peer Fundraising Tool Kit to help anyone who wants to help out get started. Our organization developed this program because the child welfare system was never intended to replace the family, therefore, Olive Crest believes in building strong families to ensure children are safe.”

The way the Campaign works is that the organization is asking the community

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OLIVE CREST RIVERSIDE AND PALM DESERT ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF“CHILD ABUSE STOPS HERE” CAMPAIGN

to come up with the names of 40 Friends in 4 Minutes, such as 4 relatives and/or family members, 4 friends, 4 coworkers, 4 neighbors, 4 community group contacts, such as churches, synagogues, social clubs, and civic engagements, 4 people you do business with, such as your banker grocer, hair stylist, barber, and auto mechanic. Campaign Sponsorships, offering supporters many benefits, start as low as $500 and go all the way up to $10,000.

Over the past several weeks, Olive Crest is reporting that individuals, as well as corporations have stepped up to the plate to donate and support Olive Crest. Sponsors thus far include Burrtec Waste Management, California Baptist University, and Pacific

HydroTech.

“The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at CBU is honored to partner with Olive Crest in support of the children and families in our community,” stated Dr. Jacqueline Gustafson, Dean of Behavioral and Social Sciences at CBU. “Children and families throughout our communities suffer as a result of child abuse and neglect. Partnering with an organization like Olive Crest that only provides necessary interventions, but important preventative services and resources, is key. I am so encouraged to see partners from across a myriad of sectors in our city and region, come together on behalf of our kids. Together we can work effectively toward creating safe and loving environments

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where children not only grow but thrive!”

The need is enormous, but together, we can ensure that every child in our community has a strong family, a safe home, and is equipped for a healthy and productive life.

This audacious vision is only possible through the power of God, family, and community . . . a community committed to making an impact and ending the child abuse crisis. . .”One Life At A Time.”

Please join us in our “Child Abuse Stops Here” Campaign! Please click on olivecrest. salsalabs.org/safekids.

Since 1973, Olive Crest has transformed the lives of over 150,000 abused, neglected, and at-risk children and their families. The organization works tirelessly to meet the individual needs of kids in crisis by providing safe homes, counseling, and education for both youth and parents. Olive Crest’s many innovative programs reflect the organization’s conviction that strengthening the family is one of the most powerful ways to help heal children. With unwavering compassion, the Olive Crest family maintains a lifelong commitment to the youth and families it serves, even after they have graduated from their programs. Olive Crest serves nearly 4,000 children and families each day throughout California, Nevada, and the Pacific Northwest. For information please call 1-800-550-CHILD (2445) or visit olivecrest. org.

EVENTS REGISTRATION DEADLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 15TH ANNUAL PICK-UP ANNOUNCED AND MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE WALK PAINT EL PASEO PINK IS OCTOBER 5TH T-SHIRT

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esert Cancer Foundation’s 15th Annual Paint El Paseo Pink is October 9, 2021, at 8 a.m., and returns as the first major event to El Paseo. The walk, taking place during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is an approximate two-mile round trip up and down El Paseo. Online registration is $35 at www.paintelpaseopink.org, and closes at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5th.

The registration includes a pink commemorative T-shirt, which can be picked up from October 6th through the 8th at The Gardens on El Paseo (note: there will not be ‘day-of’ T-shirt pick-up this year). During store hours, pink ribbon lawns signs for homes and businesses, pink promotional items, and other Breast Cancer Awareness merchandise will be available for purchase. The store is located at The Gardens on El Paseo, 73585 El Paseo, Suite #1126.

The Paint El Paseo Pink store hours are: Wednesday, October 6: 1 pm – 6 pm Thursday, October 7: 10 am – 4 pm Friday, October 8: 12 pm – 7 pm The walk celebrates and honors cancer survivors, including those currently in the midst of their cancer battle, and remembers our loved ones whose journey was cut short by cancer.

“We are so grateful for the generous sponsors of this event, and are honored to

have our hospital partner, Eisenhower Health Lucy Curci Cancer Center, be our presenting Pink Diamond Sponsor this year. The event is also a success thanks to the City of Palm Desert, our committee members, staff, volunteers, and all of the wonderful participants who support us each year,” states Desert Cancer Foundation Executive Director, Eevet Edens.

“I am humbled to see how this community comes together to celebrate, honor, and raise money for cancer care for local valley residents who need financial assistance.”

On the day of, the event committee, along with board members, will host a small welcoming ceremony, and will be joined by Palm Desert Mayor, Kathleen Kelly. Thalia Hayden, from NBC Palm Springs will kick off the celebration, and introduce the Palm Desert High School cheerleaders. The procession will begin and end at The Gardens on El Paseo being led by the event’s iconic pink 1957 Ford Thunderbird with Grand Marshall Dr. Janet K. Ihde, M.D., F.A.C.S., Surgical Oncologist at Desert Care Network Comprehensive Cancer Care Center, and cancer survivor.

El Paseo will be closed to vehicles from Portola to Highway 74 to accommodate walkers, beginning at 7 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Masks are highly recommended for all participants.

All proceeds directly benefit Desert

Cancer Foundation’s Patient Assistance Programs, providing financial support for cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment for residents of the Coachella Valley and surrounding communities.

The Presenting Pink Diamond Sponsor of Paint El Paseo Pink is Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center; Pink Ribbon of Hope Sponsors include The Auen Foundation, El Paseo Jewelers, Desert Redi-Mix, General Air Conditioning & Plumbing; Pink Heart Sponsors are Desert Regional Medical Center, Desert Oasis Healthcare, City of Palm Desert, Dantor Martinez Construction, Skinceuticals Skinlab; Think Pink Sponsors are CV Strategies, The Gardens on El Paseo, JSP Toolbox, Southern California Gas, and Walter Clark Legal Group.

Special thanks goes out to our in-kind sponsors

and media partners: Alpha Media Group, NBC Palm Springs and Entravision, iCreative, and Signarama. We are grateful to each and every one of our sponsors who ensure the event is successful.

Desert Cancer Foundation (DCF) was founded in 1994 by Dr. Sebastian George and Art & Cory Teichner to help pay for cancer care for local residents that could not afford the cost of their medical care. Since inception, DCF has served 8,600 local residents, paid over $10.5 Million for cancer-related screening, diagnosis, and treatment that is valued at nearly $106 million dollars. All of the money raised stays in the Valley to help local residents with the cost of their cancer care.

Desert Cancer Foundation - We pay for cancer care!

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“WHAT IS DARK WITHOUT LIGHT ?”

-TIM CURRY’S LORD OF DARKNESS

BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS Director’s Cut. The generous extras are all worth watching. They include: featurettes on production design, costumes, deleted scenes and a wonderful making of documentary.

What’s most amazing is that this remarkable film was made before CGI. This is such stuff as dreams are made of. This is Legend. ARROW FILMS/MVD visual. Blu-ray. robin@coachellavalleyweekly.com

LEGEND (1986) Restored Director’s Cut [Limited Edition] After changing the face of science fiction cinema forever with Alien and Blade Runner, Sir Ridley Scott turned his visionary to the fantasy genre, teaming with writer William Hjortsberg (Angel Heart) to create a breathtaking cinematic fairy tale with one of the screen’s most astonishingly rendered depictions of evil. In a sun dappled forest the pure-hearted Jack (Tom Cruise) takes his true love Princess Lili (a sixteen year-old Mia Sara) to see a pair of unicorns frolicking at the forest’s edge.

Little do they know, however, that the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry), in an incredible

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body designed by Rob Bottin (The Thing) has dispatched his goblinesque minions to capture the unicorns and sever their horns so that he can plunge the world into everlasting night.

After Lili and the unicorns are taken prisoner, Jack teams with a group of forest creatures and descends into Darkness’ underground lair to face off against the devilish creature before it’s too late.

This visually lush film is a dance between light and shadow in a world that blends Shakespearean elements with more than a pinch of Peter Pan. Despite a troubled production in which the

massive full-size forest set was accidentally incinerated and a lengthy post production that resulted in multiple versions of the film (with competing scores by Jerry Goldsmith and Tangerine Dream) -- it’s all detailed in the director’s effusive commentary and superb bonus material), Legend has been restored to Scott’s original cut and embraced by generations of movie buffs eager to see a master director’s singular vision of a lush, eye-popping world beyond our imagination.

The two Blu-ray disc set includes the U.S. Theatrical cut – in a 2K restoration from a 4K scan of original materials -- and the

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996 was a memorable year for the American LGBTQ community. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was passed. DOMA was a federal law that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. The result was a great inhibitor of civil rights.

In the midst of a right-wing Congress signing oppressive laws into effect, writer/director Del Shores first produced his multi-award-winning play, “Sordid Lives.”

Premiering on May 11, 1996 in Los Angeles, Sordid Lives, was Shores’ fourth play, it opened in Los Angeles in 1996 and ran for 13 sold-out months. The play went on to win 14 DramaLogue Theatre Awards, including three for Shores for writing, directing and producing.

There have since been over 300 additional stage productions of the play. It has become a cult classic in the LGBTQ community and

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became a film in 2000 and a TV series produced

by Logo, in 2008.

The latest incarnation of this classic show is now running as a part of the 25th Anniversary season of the Palm Canyon Theatre. Sordid Lives, is the tale of a southern Texas family who has just lost their matriarch, Peggy, in a ‘sordid’ kind of way and as family and friends come together in their grieving and funeral preparations, closet doors are kicked open, and dirty secrets are left bare. Described as “A black comedy about white trash,” it’s a fitting description for this moving and uplifting story.

The first wonderful surprise of the performance was Francesca Amari, as Bitsy Mae Harling, a singer with a ‘reputation.’ I’ve long been a fan of Amari’s talent, and I did not initially recognize her as she made her way down the theatre aisle singing the opening tune, “Ain't it a bitch sortin' out our sordid lives It's a bitch when you come to realize

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got yourself a box of Cracker Jacks then you get a really shitty prize It's a bitch sortin' out our sordid lives” Amari, opened the gates for a flood of talent who fills the stage with fun and mesmerizing performances. Ty Williamson, (Cameron Keys) is the narrator, telling his 27th therapist about his family’s antics and building up the courage to finally come out of the closet. Keys, is a talented young actor, charming, handsome and the perfect fit for the only seemingly normal person in this cacophony of dysfunction.

Judith Chapman, brings her incomparable skills and comedy chops to the show as Latrelle Williamson, Ty’s mother, and a proper (tightass,) southern woman who must cope with the embarring death of her mother, contend with her sister, LaVonda, ( Tiffani LoBue,) who has decided to reenact scenes from ‘Thelma and Louise,’ right before the funeral, and a son who has come home to bare his soul. With her usual aplomb, Chapman rocks this performance.

Michele Davis, portrays Sissy Hicky, Peggy’s sister and Latrelle and LaVonda’s aunt. As someone who has been through the process of quitting smoking, the opening scene with her quitting efforts especially resonated and made me laugh out loud. Shores’ dialogue gives Sissy some of the best one-liners, (“Good Lord, Latrelle. Don't you know better than to sneak up on someone when they’re talking to a corpse?”)

A seriously stand-out performance, was Michael Hadley’s, Earl, “Brother Boy,” Ingram.

Not since Leslie Jordan, who originated the role, have I seen an actor present this character with such authenticity. I cracked up, I teared up

and was completely mesmerized by Hadley’s moving presentation of a character who has been mistreated his whole life and yet manages to find his own humanity.

SE Layne (as Dr. Eve Bollinger, the woman you love to hate,) took on a role that was not a lead, and made it one of the most memorable characters in the show. Layne, also directed this production and delivers a show with spot on comedic timing, belly laughs and top-notch audience engagement. (baggies filled with tissues, rubberbands and valium (fake,) are handed out upon entry into the theatre.)

David Brooks, (Wardell “Bubba” Owens,) and Morgana Corelli (Juanita,) are always two favorite performers of mine. I enjoy them in everything they do. Richard Marlow as G.W. Nethercott, Laurie Holmes as Noletta Nethercott and Nick Edwards as Odell Owens, round out this stellar cast.

Though the 1998 (circa 1958) story comes across as a bit dated in places, Shores’ script is fun, moving and heartwarming. His characters are dysfunctional as hell, but lovable and this production does great justice to a show that is beloved by audiences across the country.

Sordid Lives, runs September 24-October 3, 2021at the Palm Canyon Theatre. For ticket information visit the Palm Canyon Theatre’s website, www.palmcanyontheatre.net or call 760-323-5123.

Dee Jae Cox is a playwright, director and producer. She is the Cofounder and Artistic Director of The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project. losangeleswomenstheatreproject.org palmspringstheatre.com

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THE VINO VOICE

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POGGIO! POGGIO!

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ust as in those Little Caesar commercials where the cartoon character repeats “pizza!-pizza!”, I thought you’d like a little different phrase to hook and stick in your mind, where you’ll repeat it for no reason but for the fact that it’s a little catchy—or maybe not.

Anyway—poggio is an Italian word and is pronounced pretty close in English as: “PahdJoh”. I know, quite often we Americans love to pronounce every vowel: like when we say “Pinot Grigio”—but really in Italian it’s pronounced Gree-Joh. Americans say the name Giovanni, with the “ee” and then “oh”, but in Italy his name is JO-vahn-ee. How many readers have I lost already?

More importantly, it’s good to know what “poggio” means. Wine enthusiasts see this word on a lot of Italian wine labels contained in the name of the company or vineyard area of the wine, such as Poggio Azienda, Poggio Antico, Castello Del Poggio, or Poggio Di Sotto and the like. The definition is an easy one though—it simply means a little hill or knoll.

We’ve all seen the beautiful vineyard landscapes in Italy be it live, or in movies, or in magazines. And we’ve seen the green knolls or little vineyard hills throughout.

“Guarda il bel poggio!”— “Look at the beautiful knoll!” Allora!

So this is a good opportunity to raise your vino awareness to the likes of Poggio Anima.

Poggio Anima is a joint venture between one of Tuscany's rising stars, Riccardo Campinoti of Le Ragnaie in Montalcino and his U.S.A. importer Ronnie Sanders of Vine Street Imports. The idea is straightforward: to source great vineyards from existing relationships and produce a real wine that conveys a place and a grape. These wines are not bulk wines or leftover juice from a winery; instead, they are the result of longstanding relationships with reputable and respected growers throughout Italy.

What sets this Italian wine company apart particularly is the use of ancient pagan beings on its labels. It’s all fun stuff; you may find the labels Halloweenish, if you will, but no one here is pushing pagan theology when quaffing down these babies—or should we say beasts!

The wine company puts this out: “There is an everyday dichotomy between good and bad in the world. Looking for balance in all things (including wine) is a vital quest for many. The Eastern ideology of Yin Yang is the core of this ‘balance’ in the Poggio Anima concept.

Fusing this Eastern belief with Western philosophy is apparent when you look at the contradiction of red and white (wines), good vs evil (demons vs angels) and modern ideas with old world winemaking practices (catchy, fun packaging with classic old world wine).

The white wines are named after religious archangels while the reds are named after fallen angels. Each wine was specifically named for the persona of the grape, region or style of the wine. Each wine hails from one variety, a single-vineyard and representing its indigenous place of origin.

This is real wine, from a real place, made by real people.

This is Poggio Anima.” (by the way—I think we can loosely translate this name as “the soul of the mound”.)

We’ve just enjoyed two bottles from the Poggio Anima porfolio: Asmodeus—a Nero D’Avola from Sicily, and, Lilith—a Primitivo

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from Puglia. Both go for around $17.

The Poggio Anima website states: Asmodeus is the Demon of Lust as known in the ancient Hebrew Book of Tobias. From Vine Street Imports’ website: “It is said that when Cain killed Abel, Adam and Eve separated for 130 years. During this time, Adam was tempted by Naamah and Lillith, two demons of prostitution.

Asmodeus is the offspring of the relationship between Naamah and Adam.”

Comments on this wine include: The wine is perfect pizza/pasta wine. It’s ruby colored with fragrances of cherries, plum and blueberry.

This is a universally gratifying wine. It’s well balanced with red fruit, spice and soft tannins.

It’s drinkable, it’s lapable (yes, I made up that word after watching my dog lap up her water) and it’s dangerous. I say that because not only am I going to return to buy a case of this divine juice, but also, I just don’t see it lasting long in my house."

“The winemakers thought this made for a great description of Nero d’Avola, a rich and opulent wine. I adore the label graphics- so simple and vivid, yet uniquely pleasing. (PS- this also makes it easier to pick out of a line up!) It reminds me of a unicorn, perhaps with more of a “bloodlusty” vibe.”

Now comes Lilith. The website continues: “According to Jewish folklore, Lilith was the first wife of Adam. She was banished from the Garden of Eden when she refused to make herself subservient to Adam’s sexual requests.

When she was cast out of the Garden, she was made into a demon, and Adam was given a second wife, Eve, who was fashioned from his rib to ensure her obedience to her man.

Where Adam was created from dust, Lilith was created from filth and sediment. Primitivo refuses to be submissive to the oenology that it is the same grape as its close relative Zinfandel. Many subscribe to this idea, though they are both mutations of Crljenak, a Croatian varietal. Primitivo always brings plenty of flesh and ripeness to the table with a solid spine of certainty and structure.

Opaque ruby Smoked meat, dried cherry, cracked pepper, and cassis on the deeply scented nose. Medium to full-bodied with berry cobbler flavors showing a liqueur-like intensity with an anise note coming up with air. The smoke and cassis notes carry through on the finish, which features dusty tannins. A wine of real intensity and concentration given the price point.”

Okay—so all you Italophiles who like playing with the language, try translating this line into English: “Jack e Jill sono saliti sul poggio per prendere una bottiglia di vino.” Saluti!

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ierleiche (Beer-lie-sha) Noun (German) For one, I respect just how simplistic the German language can be. Everyday items such as beer, appliances, and even automobiles are given names which are quite literal. A television is Fernsehen (farseeing), The Volkswagen (pronounced folksvagon) is ‘the car of the people’, and Bierleiche, quite literally are ‘Beer Corpses’.

Bierlichen are a common sight at Oktoberfest where the beer flows like water, the music and dancing are endless, and common folk from all over the globe descend to share the sheer joy of life and camaraderie.

Unlike stoic Americans, the term carries no judgement. Nobody pulls out a Sharpie to color the faces of those who literally pass out at the huge communal tables. Police do not collect the bodies scattered along the roadsides while in deep, dreamless slumber. The Bierleiche are simply allowed to sleep it off wherever they may drop until the recover, often sheepishly, from their prone positions.

Oktoberfest in Germany is a happy time and a celebration of life and the recent harvest; and while Munich is sitting out Oktoberfest for the second consecutive year, several Southern California destinations are unpacking their drindl’s and lederhosen this year in celebration. While the genuine festival runs from Mid-September to the first weekend in October in the homeland, Americans take the Octoberfest name seriously and local events generally run through the entire month of October.

Here is a look at where you can attend a

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celebration near you: Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest Where: Big Bear Convention Center, 42900 Big Bear Boulevard, Big Bear Lake When: September 11 – November 7, 2021 Details: Oktoberfest has been a tradition in Big Bear for over 50 years. Festivities are held every Saturday and Sunday with several beer gardens and two indoor bars.

Expect a mix of German and American traditions in terms of food and entertainment.

Burgers Wings and Mexican food are served side-by-side with Bratwurst, Bavarian Dumplings, Apple Strudel and enough Sauerkraut to float the Bismarck. Outside venues will feature cover bands while indoor

locations employ the services of German oompah bands.

Tickets: General Admission runs $22 for adults and pre-purchasing tickets is encouraged as the festival is running at less than capacity due to the pandemic. November 6-7 is Heroes Weekend with free General Admission to US Military, Veterans, Law Enforcement, and Firefighters. You may make your free reservation by calling 909-585-3000.

The immediate families of heroes’ can join the revelry at a discounted rate of $10 per guest, but the festival committee urges all to reserve their tickets in advance.

Lake Arrowhead Oktoberfest When: September 18 – October 30, 2021 Where: Lake Arrowhead Village, State Highway 189, Lake Arrowhead Details: The Lake Arrowhead Village sports an Alpine theme, so the festival, held every Saturday and Sunday is a natural fit. Note that this is a cash only event and ATM machines are on site and available near drink ticket windows.

German Bier, Food, Musik & Fun is the theme, so expect plenty of each. The festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year with German bands, dancing, and children’s games.

Food is ala carte with various vendors offering traditional German staples such as Bratwurst, Knockwurst, Sauerkraut, Pretzels, and German Coleslaw. Prices will vary among the different purveyors.

Tickets: Admission to the event is free, but if you wish to consume beer or wine you must buy the event “Starter Package”. This includes a commemorative Oktoberfest mug as well as your first beer or wine ticket. Beer is served in 16oz. increments (the size of the mug) and wine consists of a 6oz. pour. Once you purchase your mug, it may be used for the duration of the 2021 celebration and you only pay for drink tickets ($8). Please note: Mugs

from prior Oktoberfest events are not eligible and besides, your personal collection would be incomplete without this year’s edition.

Phoenix Club / Anaheim When: October 1 – 24, 2021 Where: 1340 S. Sanderson Avenue, Anaheim (Behind the Honda Center) Hours: Friday 6pm – Midnight (21+); Saturday 5pm – Midnight (21+); Family Sunday Noon – 5pm Details: Founded in 1961 by German expatriates as a center of German Culture.

This is my favorite Oktoberfest in Southern California and I am saddened to report that this will be the last festival at the current location.

Reports are that the Club will relocate in time to host the 2022 event in a new city.

This year’s celebration will be held in their huge Oktoberfest tent and in the Beer Garden.

Entertainment includes performances by Die Gemutlichen Schuhplattler, the Express Band, and DJ Musikmeister.

Tickets: General Admission is $15 and $25 for GA plus a $12 food voucher. Family Day includes $5 tickets for ages 13 – 16 and all children under 13 are free. Be warned; All tickets are available online only in order to control attendance due to the pandemic.

Surf to: thephoenixclub.ticketspice.com/ Oktoberfest-2021 for additional information and to purchase your admission duckets.

On a personal note, I made mention that this is my personal favorite of all the SoCal Oktoberfest’s. In my mind it is the most authentic to its German roots in terms of the overall experience. The massive festival tent is an awesome experience with thousands (ok, maybe only hundreds this year) of folks donning German drindl’s and lederhosen.

The beer is shipped from Germany and beery aficionados will recognize Spaten, HackerPschorr (yes, to be authentic you will want to pronounce that ‘P’), Augustiner, and Paulaner.

The food at Phoenix Club has always reflected the best of Bavarian edibles.

Go forth, gentle readers, and raise a Litre and grab a Strudel in honor of the season. Eat, drink, and please be responsibly merry! Oh, and feel free to leave your Bierleiche at home or in the car.

When Ed Heethuis isn’t brewing at Spotlight 29 Casino for 29 Brews, you will find the Certified Cicerone / Brewmaster out on his road bike, rebuilding the transmission on his Bug, or talking beer with the patrons at Taproom 29. He may be reached at: heethuis. ed@gmail.com or wherever beer may be found in the wild.

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hether you use the internet for work, to check emails, surfing the web, or maybe just to watch a movie on a streaming service; you might be familiar with the frustrations of the dreaded buffering wheel, or just painfully slow internet speeds and performance. This might be caused by a weak wireless network connection; you know those places where the signal drops out and your device can't maintain a decent connection. There are some simple steps to improve your connection that can be taken without buying anything new. However, in most cases, to permanently remedy those wireless weak spots or dead zones will require a wireless network hardware upgrade.

Fortunately, consumers are now surrounded by various choices when seeking ways to increase their wireless network coverage. The choices include mesh networks, Wi-Fi extenders, power line adapters, Wi-Fi repeaters, and Wi-Fi boosters to name a few.

Mesh networks and Wi-Fi extenders are the most popular options, as the latter three are all part of the Wi-Fi extender family. In other words, Wi-Fi extenders, Wi-Fi adapters, and Wi-Fi boosters are quite similar devices with minor functional differences.

Wi-Fi Extenders A Wi-Fi (wireless network) extender is a basic device that rebroadcasts your Wi-Fi signal in your home, thus extending its range. Wi-Fi extenders are also known as wireless network ‘boosters' or ‘repeaters', but they all do the same thing: they extend the range of your WiFi signal. You must manually switch from the wireless network of your home router to the

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wireless network of the extender.

Although most wireless network extenders connect to your home router via Wi-Fi, some models also support Ethernet or Power line connections. Extenders may be used for a variety of purposes, including:  Making two networks, one for the router and one for the extender  Bringing Wi-Fi signals to locations where your router's signals aren't strong enough  Eliminating signal dead zones MESH Networks Mesh wireless networks connect multiple devices in your house to form a single network.

Each of these is referred to as a 'node,' and they work together to expand your Wi-Fi signal across your house. The first node connects to your home router via Ethernet cable, and the remaining nodes are spaced throughout your home where Wi-Fi is needed. You won't have to manually switch networks because the nodes will keep you connected to whatever node has the strongest signal, providing you

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DO YOU KNOW THE SOUND OF SAFETY?

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t’s never too early to get ready for Fire Prevention Week™ which is celebrated October 3-9 this year, featuring the theme “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety™.”

Fire Prevention Week (FPW) is NFPA’s signature fire prevention awareness event and the oldest continuously running U.S. Public Health Observance, launched in 1922.

This year’s theme grew out of the increased attention received of alarm notifications being heard in the background of people’s homes during remote learning and work. Recognizing the different sounds alarms make, and the action needed based on that sound, is critical to preventing injury and death from fire. This year’s theme also pays particular attention to smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and alert devices that meet the needs of people who are deaf or hard of hearing. These includes strobe lights, low frequency alarms, and bed/pillow shakers which activate at the sound of the alarm.

Every year throughout North America, Fire & Life Safety (FLS) educators, classroom teachers, injury prevention professionals and other community education professionals plan and implement a myriad of in person and virtual activities to celebrate Fire Prevention Week. The FPW Toolkit on the firepreventionweek.org website provides plug and play social media cards, FPW activity

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ideas, templates for press releases and event flyers, and campaign logos for use in a variety of settings.

Let NFPA be your guide to a successful Fire Prevention Week by visiting www. firepreventionweek.org and using the toolkit and online catalogue to plan your public education events and activities to help your community "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety," and know what to do!

with continuous coverage.

Mesh wireless networks are simple to set up and can be used for a variety of purposes, including:  Extending your Wi-Fi coverage in your house or larger offices  Staying connected to your Wi-Fi when moving around at your house  Eliminating signal dead zones What's the difference and which is better?

As you've seen, the difference between these two is that wireless network extenders rebroadcast the Wi-Fi signal from your home router. The primary disadvantage is that your devices have to switch between wireless networks, and switching between access points/extenders results in a momentary disconnection from the wireless (Wi-Fi) network.

Mesh wireless networks connect several nodes to form a single, large, and seamless Wi-Fi network that extends across your entire house or office. As you move around your location,

your devices can connect to the nearest node automatically and without disconnections or interruptions.

However, there are a few other factors to consider when deciding between a mesh system and an extender. To begin with, a mesh system is slightly costlier. Even if you just need a router and a satellite, you'll be looking at hundreds of dollars as compared to a $50 to $100 for an extender. A single extender may be the best option if you only have one room that is a dead spot in the house or business.

When it appears that different extenders will be required to make it work, a mesh system is always the best choice.

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hich athlete is making the most money in the world in 2021?

The Visual Capitalist pondered this question and found some fascinating information.

Amongst the top fifty highest paid athletes, eighteen played in the NFL, thirteen in the NBA and eight in soccer. This group of athletes earned $2.8 billion, $150 million more than pre-pandemic in 2019.

Basketball players earned more than $300 million from endorsements versus NFL players with $85 million.

Naomi Osaki will earn $60 million – the most for a female athlete in history. Despite her impression take, she ranked twelfth amongst all athletes. Osaki’s earnings equaled Tiger Woods despite the golfer’s absence from the Tour in 2021.

In eleventh is Stephen Curry with $74.5 million. Curry’s earnings were 54% from his contract with the Golden State Warriors with the remainder related to endorsement deals like the new Subway campaign or his role as executive producer on Holey Moley and a growing list of film projects.

Curry’s former team mate and current Brooklyn Net, Kevin Durant, ranks tenth, earning a cool $75 million, $30 million thanks to a ten-year $300 million deal with Nike.

Ninth on the list and the second highest earning football player is seven-time Super Bowl champion and G.O.A.T. Tom Brady at $76 million. Brady is married to Brazilian model, Gisele Bundchen who will earn $45

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million in 2011 and is worth $400 million from her career as a model and businesswomen.

Eight on the list is Lewis Hamilton at $82 million. Frankly, I had no idea who he was before writing this article. Hamilton is in fact a British race car driver. Given the difficulty that the U.K. is having due to a shortage of delivery drivers, I’m thinking Lewis should start his own expedition and serve as a delivery driver for a few months.

Seventh on the list is Roger Federer with $90 million. Like Tiger, his money come from a robust portfolio of endorsement deals too boring to mention.

Sixth on the list is 30 year-old soccer sensation Neymar. Neymar da Silva Santos, Jr., is from Brazil and will earn $95 million this year with 80% of earnings from endorsements and business ventures. Neymar currently plays with Lionel Messi for Paris St. Germain.

As a group, the top five earners for 2021 bring home on average more than $2 million per WEEK! As a group, the five highest earning

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athletes earned more than $630 million.

In fifth is King LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers at $96.5 million. James earns about one-third of his income from basketball with the rest from endorsements. Nike Is his largest contract with the creation of more than eighteen sneakers. James is also quickly building ventures in Hollywood with the most notable being the summer movie release, Space Jam 2. Also, next time that you go to Blaze Pizza or use Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, you are supporting a business that James was an key investor in.

In fourth is the NFL player who makes more than Tom Brady. Patrick Mahomes?

Nope, he is 15th at $54.5 million. Aaron Rodgers? Nope, he did not make the top fifty despite his high-profile State Farm Insurance commercials. Dak Prescott of all players earned the most of all NFL players at $107.5 million. With a freshly minted four-year, $160 million contract from the Dallas Cowboys, Prescott receives $75 million in 2021.

Second and third place go to international soccer superstars Lionel Messi ($130 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo ($120 million). Ronaldo earns $130 million with 75% from his on the field play while Ronaldo earned 58% on the field.

The top earning athlete for 2021 is mixed martial arts, UFC superstar and Irish bad boy, “The Notorious” Connor McGregor. In 2021, McGregor earned $180 million with $150 million related to his ownership stake in Proper No. Twelve Irish Whisky.

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ave you been in an auto accident or received a DUI and received a letter or call like this? If so…What Should You Do? You should be concerned because there are so many scams going on in the Age of Covid. Why you ask are there more scams? Well, more people than ever before, are home to answer the scam calls.

Thus the percentage of getting through to the “sucker’s” has gone up.

If you had a Traffic Accident or DUI, do you call the police? Do you talk to the police if they contact you? Do you say you don’t want to talk to the police or insurance adjuster…OR that your lawyer has advised

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you “not to talk without his permission”.

In other words, I suggest you set up your lawyer as a strawman. Thus, it is not you that is unwilling to talk, but rather your lawyer has advised you, that until you get his or her permission you do not talk.

Do you report the T/A or DUI to your insurance co? With an auto accident you have agreed in your auto insurance contract to notify your insurance company of an accident right away. In addition the State of California requires an SR1 be filed asap. Unless your contract says something different, there is usually no obligation to advise the insurance company of your DUI. If they ask if you have had a DUI since their last contact, don’t lie. However, why alert them? In all likelihood they will just cancel your insurance. I know they can’t inquire yearly with every customer if they had a DUI. They just don’t have the man power, and I don’t believe computers are sophisticated enough to notify them.

Anyway, you are presumed innocence until convicted or you enter a plea on the DUI. For a not at fault Traffic Accident, Do you take the Ambulance? Go to the Hospital?

Must you attend all Follow up doctor’s appointments? If not what happens? When the doctor prepares a report it will show “missed appointments”. The insurance

adjuster will use that to argue that you must not have been that hurt.

With respect to doctors, it matter which doctor you see. As a rule I suggest to NOT SEE a doctor you have treated with before.

This is because we all have skeletons in our closet. It may have been your telling the doc about your sexually transmitted disease; your depression over your wife or kids; your using a controlled substance; your having had an abortion as a Catholic and not telling your spouse; your prior slip and fall in the shower or around the pool; a sports injury that is the same as your current complaint etc. These are all things that can hurt your case in the eyes of an adjuster and or jury.

With respect to treatment, how long do you treat with each doctor and which doctor should you see? …a family doctor or one your attorney suggests? Before seeing any doctor, write down what is hurting you… from the top of your head to the bottom of your toes. Thus, when the doctor inquires what is hurting you?... you won’t forget to mention a pain.

You must become very body aware. I remember, when I had my accident that my neck was hurting. Until I bent over to pick up a pen, I did not realize I had a pain on my side too.

In addition, a good lawyer will advise you to be aware of your Loss of Enjoyment of life and Loss of Earnings? This could be a trip,

event or dinner you had to cancel because of the pain? I have had several clients who missed a wedding. One was theirs and the other was her mother getting remarried in Santa Barbara and when she was rear ended on PCH, she could not make it. One client was on his way to take his Medical Boards to be an MD. Unless you keep a Diary, you will forget some of the above. In the time before the case is resolved, you will forget where you were hurting. You will remember you were hurt, but may you not recall where.

DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE, CALL A TAXI, LYFT OR UBER………THEY ARE A LOT CHEAPER THAN GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT OR ARRESTED AND CALLING ME. LAW ENFORCEMENT WARNS “DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER”.

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ollowing the advice that I have shared with many of you over the years, I'm still Keeping it Keto (over 3 1/2 years ) — even while living with NO kitchen. You heard that right. I'm in an Airbnb right now that I love because it's just 2 miles from the beach! We chose it for the location...but there is no kitchen :) So, I'm navigating Keto while dining out and traveling for months at a time. But it hit me as I do this (Me, the foodie and hobby chef!), as the country is re-opening and more people are traveling/dining out, that being keto should not present huge challenges even to those living restaurant-to-restaurant!

You can navigate this lifestyle and "Keep it Keto" no matter what! Right now, I have a client who is staring down thyroid cancer and is doing auto-immune Keto to heal. We

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are doing this together.... along with the support of her doctor. Another client just hit her 60-pound mark and she reached out and we worked her through a stall. There have been so many miracles because of Keto so it’s important to find a way to do it…no matter what!

Everyone's Keto is different and that's why customization matters. There simply isn't a one-size-fits all keto and that’s where I can help anyone living the Keto lifestyle the most…on the go…on a budget…or anytime.

If you are struggling to keep it Keto, you may find some of these apply to you on your Keto journey: .... are you having problems sticking to the keto diet .... do you keep losing and regaining the same five pounds ... do you still crave desserts, even keto ones? (and indulging too often) ... do you still struggle to figure out what to eat to keep Keto interesting .... do you feel overwhelmed by carbs and give into “carb temptation” over and over again …. would you love a keto community to share tips, hacks and recipes? …. would you love having access to a keto expert, in THOSE moments when you need customized, nuanced guidance? …. would you love support because you’ve started “cheating” a little more often, and want to have a container to help you get back to the Keto you love?

…. are you facing a food allergy or health challenge that is affecting your Keto favorites and need expert guidance for navigating it?

Here’s are a few of my personal experiences with Keeping it Keto and I have many more diet hacks and tips I’d be willing to share.

Always Be Prepared. By planning ahead, you won’t even be tempted and won’t get caught with your Keto pants down!

Intermittent Fasting. Fast between meals and boost your ketone production. Easy Peasy!

Eating out. Restaurant dining is a key part of staying Keto. Here are a few quick tips to help you have confidence while eating out. Always tell your waiter you have food allergies (rather than explaining the low carb/ Keto thing. They will want to please you and keep you healthy): Opt for double veggies instead of bread or potatoes Choose water or straight spirits instead of beer and wine Prioritize protein and fat before other foods Ask for “lettuce wraps” instead of buns Always ask for butter and olive oil Get a side of avocado Don’t be afraid to ask what ingredients are in foods or ask for substitutes What about Cheating? I allow myself one or two meals a month to cheat and not exceed 75 carbs in one meal. I commit to getting right back on the Keto Train the next day and space

BY MICHELLE BORTHWICK it out for at least 2 weeks before I have another cheat meal. For example, one evening Indian food was tempting me. I decided on the garlic naan bread, no rice, butter chicken and a spinach saag. It was satisfying and delicious and met my goals I set for myself. I got right back into ketosis the next day.

A little preparation goes a long way with Keeping It Keto. You won’t be obsessing about food, or macros, or battling temptations.

It will become second nature when dining out, fasting or packing Keto friendly snacks if traveling. You’ll find a way to stick with your goals no matter what.

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BY AIMEE MOSCO

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he thoughts you cultivate and curate with care are so powerful because thoughts serve as your blueprint for what it is that you ultimately create in your life. They provide the structure for manifestation, and they directly impact the quality of your creations.

Here’s why: Thoughts motivate you to take action.

When you take care in crafting your mindset and considering your thoughts with contemplation and wisdom, you often choose to take different action than if you are simply responding to a thought born of a momentary and volatile emotional outburst.

The thoughts inspired by emotional volatility of any kind are the ones that drive actions which can get you into trouble!

The reason: you effectively relinquish your superpower and the ability to direct your creation process when your let your unchecked emotions run the show. When you take care in crafting your mindset with contemplation and wisdom, you are managing your creation process as a fully empowered creator.

Have you ever heard those stories of people who get married on a whim while on a weekend trip to Las Vegas? Or of people who make big purchases they can’t easily afford because they “had to have it”? These scenarios typically materialize when a person has not carefully considered their options and consequences of allowing extreme, momentary emotional reactions to suppress their true power.

Something else happens in situations like this when you willingly choose to give away your power. Even when the real-world consequences are not dyer and they only represent minor setbacks, you create internal conflict when you do not embrace your innate mental power. You are a creator by nature, and when you step away from this innate ability, you soul invites you to ask yourself why you have abandoned your nature. This internal conflict can chip away at you as your subconscious recirculates questions posed by your soul. This occupies brain space that

could otherwise work on curating thoughts which align with and hold the framework for your intended creations.

If your goal is to create a life that aligns with your highest intentions and purpose, it will serve you to pay close attention to the thoughts that are motivating your actions.

When you find yourself making a move based on a momentary emotional response, stop what you are doing and take a moment to connect with your superpower. Think it through and adjust your thoughts, if need be, to set the stage for a creation that will align most fully and completely with your highest and best good.

In my pursuit to help human beings get to the highest ground, I invite you to join Facebook group Evolve through Love hosted

by Elizabeth Scarcella and me. Go to facebook. com/groups/evolvethroughlove and share with us.

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 at www.ihsunity.com.

September 30 to October 6, 2021

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Blogger AnaSophia was asked, “What do you find attractive in a person?” I’ll reproduce her reply because it’s a good time to think about what your answer would be. I’m not implying you should be looking for a new lover. I’m interested in inspiring you to ruminate about what alliances you should cultivate during the coming months. Here’s what AnaSophia finds attractive: “strong desire but not neediness, passionate sensitivity, effortlessness, authenticity, innocence of perception, sense of humor, vulnerability and honesty, embodying one’s subtleties and embracing one’s paradoxes, acting unconditionally and from the heart.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author Roberto Bolaño confessed, “Sometimes I want greatness, sometimes just its shadow.” I appreciate his honesty. I think what he says is true about most of us. Is there anyone who is always ready for the heavy responsibility of pursuing greatness? Doubtful. To be great, we must periodically go through phases when we recharge our energy and take a break from being nobly ambitious. What about you, dear Taurus? If I’m reading the omens correctly, you will benefit from a phase of reinvention and reinvigoration. During the next three weeks, you’ll be wise to hang out in the shadows of greatness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having,” wrote religious writer C. S. Lewis.

That advice is ten times more important right now than it usually is. For the sake of your body’s and soul’s health, you need to indulge in sprees of playful amusement and blithe delight and tension-relieving merriment. And all that good stuff will work its most potent magic if it stimulates pleasures that are unique to you—and not necessarily in line with others’ tastes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “It is one thing to learn about the past,” wrote Cancerian journalist Kenneth Auchincloss. “It is another to wallow in it.” That’s stellar advice for you to incorporate in the coming weeks. After studying your astrological omens, I’m enthusiastic about you exploring the old days and old ways. I’m hoping that you will discover new clues you’ve overlooked before and that this further information will inspire you to re-envision your life story. But as you conduct your explorations, it’s also crucial to avoid getting bogged down in sludgy emotions like regret or resentment. Be inspired by your history, not demoralized by it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you like to deepen and strengthen your capacity to concentrate?

Cosmic rhythms will conspire in your favor if you work on this valuable skill in the coming weeks.

You’ll be able to make more progress than would normally be possible. Here’s pertinent advice from author Harriet Griffey: “Whenever you feel like quitting, just do five more—five more minutes, five more exercises, five more pages—which will extend your focus.” Here’s another tip: Whenever you feel your concentration flagging, remember what it is you love about the task you’re doing.

Ruminate about its benefits for you and others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What’s your favorite feeling? Here’s Virgo poet Mary Szybist’s answer to that question: hunger. She’s not speaking about the longing for food, but rather the longing for everything precious, interesting, and meaningful.

She adores the mood of “not yet,” the experience of moving toward the desired thing. What would be your response to the question, Virgo?

I’m guessing you may at times share Szybist’s perspective. But given the current astrological omens, your favorite feeling right now may be utter satisfaction—the gratifying sensation of getting what you’ve hungered for. I say, trust that intuition.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the English language, the words “naked” and “nude” have different connotations. Art critic Kenneth Clark noted that “naked” people depicted in painting and sculpture are “deprived of clothes,” and embarrassed as a result. Being “nude,” on the other hand, has “no uncomfortable overtone,” but

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indicates “a balanced, prosperous, and confident body.” I bring this to your attention because I believe you would benefit from experiencing extra nudity and no nakedness in the days ahead.

If you choose to take on this assignment, please use it to upgrade your respect and reverence for your beauty. PS: Now is also a favorable time to express your core truths without inhibition or apology. I urge you to be your pure self in all of your glory.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Anne Sexton wrote, “One has to get their own animal out of their own cage and not look for either an animal keeper or an unlocker.” That’s always expert advice, but it will be extra vital for you to heed in the coming weeks. The gorgeous semiwild creature within you needs more room to run, more sights to see, more adventures to seek.

For that to happen, it needs to spend more time outside of its cage. And you’re the best person to make sure that happens.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) could be a marvelous friend. If someone he cared for was depressed or feeling lost, he would invite them to sit in his presence as he improvised music on the piano. There were no words, no advice— only emotionally stirring melodies. “He said everything to me,” one friend said about his gift.

“And finally gave me consolation.” I invite you to draw inspiration from his example, Sagittarius.

You’re at the peak of your powers to provide solace, comfort, and healing to allies who need such nurturing. Do it in whatever way is also a blessing for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): At age 23, Capricorn-born Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (1721– 1764) became French King Louis XV’s favorite mistress. She was not born into aristocracy, but she wielded her Capricornian flair with supreme effectiveness. Ultimately, she achieved a noble title as well as high prestige and status in the French court. As is true for evolved Capricorns, her elevated role was well-deserved, not the result of vulgar social-climbing. She was a patron of architecture, porcelain artwork, and France’s top intellectuals. She ingratiated herself to the King’s wife, the Queen, and served as an honored assistant. I propose we make her your role model for the next four weeks. May she inspire you to seek a boost in your importance and clout that’s accomplished with full integrity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The bad news is that artist Debbie Wagner was diagnosed with two brain tumors in 2002. The good news is that surgery not only enabled her to survive, but enhanced her visual acuity. The great news is that on most days since 2005, she has painted a new image of the sunrise. I invite you to dream up a ritual to celebrate your own victory over adversity, Aquarius. Is there a generous gesture or creative act you could do on a semi-regular basis to thank life for providing you with the help and power you needed?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A self-described “anarchist witch” named Lars writes on his Tumblr blog, “I am a ghost from the 1750s, and my life is currently in the hands of a group of suburban 13-year-olds using a ouija board to ask me if Josh from homeroom has a crush on them.” He’s implying that a powerful supernatural character like himself is being summoned to do tasks that are not worthy of him. He wishes his divinatory talents were better used. Are there any resemblances between you and him, Pisces?

Do you ever feel as if you’re not living up to your promise? That your gifts are not being fully employed? If so, I’m pleased to predict that you could fix this problem in the coming weeks and months. You will have extra energy and savvy to activate your full potential.

Homework. Describe the status quo situation you’re tired of, and how you’re going to change it. https://Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com.

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PET PLACE

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n 2009, my cousin Shannan McAfee Smith and her husband Gary Smith received a phone call from Precious Paws Asian and Small Breed Rescue about a Powder Puff Chinese Crested dog they rescued from a raid on a Tennessee puppy mill. Ardent dog lovers, the Smiths previously adopted another dog from this organization.

The couple were shocked to learn about the conditions in the puppy mill where small wire crates confined the dogs stacked up four deep on top of each other. Many of the dogs were in bad physical condition, and sadly there were deceased decomposing dogs in some of the cages.

Most puppy mills are large size commercial breeding facilities characterized by the constant confinement of the animals in small cages, a lack of human contact, no veterinary care, and indiscriminate breeding. This type of breeding may involve multigeneration breeding of related dogs which produces

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birth defects and medical problems. Typically these facilities are in rural areas out of the public eye.

At the time of his rescue, one of Charlie’s legs was caught in the cage bars as he may have struggled during his confinement. They had to cut the apart cage in order to free him. His leg was shattered, and the rescue organization provided needed surgery.

Charlie’s leg was saved, but he had a steel rod that remained inside. His leg never healed sufficiently for him to do certain things such as going down stairs.

The Smiths did not hesitate. Soon they were on the road making the 5 hour trip from their South Carolina home to foster little oneyear-old Charlie.

Shannan recalls, “Charlie rode on my lap during the entire trip home. However, he did not want us to pet him for the first 3 months.

Curiously, he insisted from the beginning on sleeping in between us at night, making sure

his body touched both of us. For a long time he had nightmares, reliving horrible things from his past, crying out while his little legs moved as if he was running. One night he actually nipped my head while he was still in a deep sleep during a night terror.”

A year later, the rescue group telephoned again to say they located a forever home for Charlie. Shannan responded, “Charlie already has a forever home!” She explained, “We were afraid that if Charlie moved, he might lose some of the amazing progress he’d made.

He was interacting well with our other dogs, and learning what it was like to be a dog. Gary and I saw him through so many changes, and we were totally in love with him.”

Charlie had many milestones, like the time he first happily wagged his tail. Eventually Charlie discovered toys, and he would greet the Smiths at the door with a different toy every evening. However, Charlie never permitted belly rubs. For reasons they could only speculate, he remained protective of his belly and underside.

On August 6, 2018, Shannan and Gary arrived home to discover Charlie lying behind the couch. One of their other dogs cried out, sounding the alarm that something was seriously wrong. The couple rushed their beloved little dog to the vet, only to have him pass away in their arms the moment they entered the clinic. Their vet speculated that 10-year-old Charlie may have suffered a

MEET CHRISSY

TUXEDO BOY

This lovely 3-yr-old mixed German Shepherd girl waits patiently for a home at the Humane Society of the Coachella Valley in N. Palm Springs.

Sweet & loyal Chrissy had a long wait at the San Bernardino County shelter at Devore when abandoned, then her adopted human pass away from cancer. Chrissy will do best with a dog experienced family. Call (760) 329-0203 for an appointment to meet Chrissy.

This sweet 7-mo-old Tuxedo boy would love to be relaxing at your house!

He’s cat ID#A1636087 at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus, 72-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms.

Come meet him between 10am & 4pm Mon through Saturday. www.rcdas.org.

(760) 343-3644.

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Charlie’s legacy will be to influence more people to give a rescue dog a second chance. Adopters of these special pups will be rewarded in ways they never anticipated.

Shannan advises, “Don’t ever give up on a dog that has issues. With love and patience, Charlie was able to live the life of a normal joyful dog. He loved being around the other dogs, and they taught him so much. Charlie touched our hearts in a special way, and we were happy to give him a great life.”

Fast forward to 2020 with the pandemic.

More folks feeling isolated went online and adopted dogs from puppy mills after seeing cute photos of puppies on websites. Many of them purchased sick puppies for thousands of dollars only to incur large veterinary bills.

Some heartbroken children went through the trauma of having their new adorable puppy pass away. Not surprisingly, no one returned their frantic phone calls. Operators of puppy mills or back yard breeders are not about to refund your adoption fee, nor will they inform you of known medical issues. It’s all about maximizing profit.

Educate your friends and family about the consequences when they buy a puppy

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com from a pet store, over the Internet, or from a backyard breeder where they never see the facility. These “factory farms” may confine hundreds of animals in deplorable conditions, suffering in extreme weather, never feeling the soft grass beneath their feet, and never receiving a loving touch. Federal oversight through the Food and Drug Administration is short staffed and the laws not strict enough.

It’s up to us to stop the demand for these dogs. Think about the joy Charlie gave his humans, and visit a shelter or rescue group when you seek a new dog.

Coachella Valley residents can contact Loving All Animals at www.lovingallanimals. org or (760) 834-7000. To find a wonderful local rescue dog of any breed, check www. petfinder.com and put in your zip code.

One special local rescue, Fluffs and Scruffs, specializes in hypoallergenic designer type dogs. Check out their available pets at www. fluffsandscruffsdogrescue.org and call them at (310) 980-3383. ADOPT DON’T SHOP! Janetmcafee8@gmail.com ----------------------------------------------------Here is a partial list of Inland Empire shelters and rescue groups where you can adopt a wonderful dog or cat.

COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS – This county shelter is now open for walk in visitors 10am-4pm Mon through Sat. You can view the animals at all four Riverside county shelters at www.rcdas.org, and get the ID number, 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, (760) 343-3644. (Public) PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER – This shelter is open every day except Tuesday. View their animals online at www.

psanimalsshelter.org, 4575 E. Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs, (760) 416-5718. (Public) DESERT HOT SPRINGS ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL - Open daily 9:30-4:30. View their animals at www.cityofdhs.org/animal-carecontrol.com, 65810 Hacienda Ave, Desert Hot Springs, (760) 329-6411 ext. 450.

ANIMAL SAMARITANS – Call for an appointment to adopt. 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 to adopt

a dog or cat. This shelter has lots of big dogs and some cats. View some of their animals at www.orphanpet.com. Located at 17825 N. Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, (760) 329-0203.

(Private) KITTYLAND – The shelter is closed so call for an appointment to visit and adopt a cat.

Located at 67600 18th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, www.kittylandrescue.org, (760) 2512700. (Private) FOREVER MEOW – Foster based rescue for cats located in Rancho Mirage. Contact them at www.ForeverMeow.org, (760) 3356767. (Private) PRETTY GOOD CAT – Foster based rescue for cats located in La Quinta. Contact them at www.prettygoodcat.com, (760) 660-3414 (Private) BFF4pets – Foster based rescue for dogs and cats located in La Quinta. Email them

September 30 to October 6, 2021 at rescues@bff4pets.com, (310) 431-7818 (Private) LOVING ALL ANIMALS – Call for appointment to visit and 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) LIVING FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY – Large outdoor shelter for dogs and cats up Hwy 74, Mountain Center, view animals at www.livingfree.org, and call (951) 659-4687. (Private) MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY – Located at 4646 Sun View Rd, Joshua Tree, www.mbhumanesociety.com, call between 11am-2pm (760) 366-3786 (Private) CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ANIMAL SHELTER – The shelter is now open for Walk in visitors 12 – 3pm Tuesday through Saturday. Google “City of San Bernardino Animal Shelter” for website to view animals and get the ID number of the animal you want to meet. Located at 333 Chandler Place, San Bernardino, (909) 384-1304 or (909) 3847272. (Public) SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AT DEVORE – Shelter is now open for walk ins 7 days a week. Call (909) 3869280. View animals at www.sbcounty.gov/ acc and get the ID number of animal you are interested in adopting, 19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino (Public).

DREAM TEAM ANGELS RESCUE - Foster based rescue located in Grand Terrace/ San Bernardino area. Contact them through website www.DreamTeamangelsrescue.com, (360) 688-8884. (Private)

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