Brandini Toffee featured on Oprah Website

Brandini Toffee, the brain child of La Quinta High School seniors Leah Post and Brandon Weimer, is featured on Oprah.com as one of the 23 exclusive items on Oprah's O-List of must haves. More

LQ Chamber remains at library, looks for new spot

At Tuesday's La Quinta City Council meeting, a three-year lease extension was approved for the La Quinta Chamber of Commerce to continue using the office space located within the public library. The Chamber pays the city $1,000 per month for rent and an additional $300a month for utilities. More

Hundreds taketo city's trails

More than 200 people attended the third annual La Quinta Trails Day Saturday, where they took hourly guided hikes, went geocaching, watched presentations and viewed the stars on a warm and windy day. More

Holiday Golf Classic to benefit three charities

The Soroptomist Club of La Quinta is hosting a Holiday Golf Classic Dec. 7 at the La Quinta Resort & Club's Dunes Course, 49-499 Eisenhower Drive. A registration and continental breakfast begins at 7 a.m. and a shotgun start is at 8 a.m. The cost is $250 per player or $1,000 per foursome. More

Souplantation fundraiser to benefit local school

Souplantation will hold a pre-opening fundraiser Nov. 29 and 30 to benefit Benjamin Franklin Elementary School. More

Report jobless people, not percentages

I am disturbed that when the media report unemployment data, they only report it as a percentage of unemployed persons, and not by actual numbers of unemployed. This information is readily available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics as follows: More

Ill Thousand Palms teen gets Quinceañera wish

Sixteen-year-old Clara “Lizette” Garcia's dream became a reality Saturday when she attended the Quinceañera ceremony and celebration that she missed last year. More