Palm Springs, California#Cemeteries

The first humans to settle in the area were the Cahuilla people, who arrived 2,000 years ago.Baker, Christopher P. (2008). Explorer's Guide Palm Springs & Desert Resorts: A Great Destination. The Countryman Press. p. 30. {{ISBN|978-1581570489}}.Vechten, Ken Van (2010). Insider's Guide to Palm Springs. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 17; {{ISBN|978-0762761579}}Smolinski, Dick and Craig A. Doherty (1994). The Cahuilla. Rourke Publications. p. 4. {{ISBN|978-0866255271}} Cahuilla Indians lived here in isolation from other cultures for hundreds of years prior to European contact.Palmer, Roger C. (2012). Palm Springs. Arcadia Publishing. p. ix. {{ISBN|978-0738589138}}. They spoke Ivilyuat, which is a Uto-Aztecan language.Gray-Kanatiiosh, Barbara A. (2010). Cahuilla. ABDO Publishing Company. p. 4. {{ISBN|978-1617849077}}

Numerous prominent and powerful Cahuilla leaders were from the area, including Cahuilla Lion (Chief Juan Antonio).Niemann, Greg (2006). Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis. Sunbelt Publications, Inc. p. 15. {{ISBN|978-0932653741}}. Palm Canyon was occupied during the winter months, but they often moved to cooler Chino Canyon during the summer months.Bean, Lowell L. (1974). Mukat's People: The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California. University of California Press. p. 71. {{ISBN|978-0520026278}}

The Cahuilla Indians had several permanent settlements in the canyons of Palm Springs due to the abundance of water and shade. Various hot springs were used during wintertime. The Cahuilla hunted rabbit, mountain goat, and quail while trapping fish in nearby lakes and rivers. While men were responsible for hunting, women were responsible for collecting berries, acorns, and seeds. They also made tortillas from mesquite seeds. While the Cahuillas often spent the summers in Indian Canyons, the current site of the former Spa Resort Casino, in downtown, was often used during winter due to its natural hot springs.

Native American petroglyphs can be seen in Tahquitz, Chino, and Indian Canyons. The Cahuilla's irrigation ditches, dams, and house pits can also be seen here.Baker, Christopher P. (2008). Explorer's Guide Palm Springs & Desert Resorts: A Great Destination. The Countryman Press. p. 31. {{ISBN|978-1581570489}} Ancient petroglyphs, pictographs and mortar holes can be seen in Andreas Canyon. The mortar holes were used to grind acorns into meal.Whitley, David S. (1996). A Guide to Rock Art Sites: Southern California and Southern Nevada. Mountain Press Publishing. pp. 94–96. {{ISBN|978-0878423323}}Baker, Christopher P. (2008). Explorer's Guide Palm Springs & Desert Resorts: A Great Destination. The Countryman Press. p. 216. {{ISBN|978-1581570489}}

The Agua Caliente ("Hot Water") Reservation was established in 1876 and consists of {{convert|31128|acre|ha}}. {{convert|6700|acre|ha|spell=In}} are located by Downtown Palm Springs.Niemann, Greg (2006). Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis. Sunbelt Publications, Inc., p. 259. {{ISBN|978-0932653741}} The Native American land is on long lease land and next to one of California's high-end communities, making the tribe one of the wealthiest in California.Eargle, Dolan H. (2008). Native California: An Introductory Guide to the Original Peoples From Earliest to Modern Times. Trees Company Press. p. 278. {{ISBN|978-0937401118}}

The first name for Palm Springs was given by the native Cahuilla: "Se-Khi" (boiling water).Wilkerson, Lyn (2009). Slow Travels – California. Lulu Press, Inc. p. 96. {{ISBN|978-0557088072}}Wares, Donna (2008). Great Escapes: Southern California. The Countryman Press. p. 99. {{ISBN|978-0881507799}} When the Agua Caliente Reservation was established by the United States government in 1876, the reservation land was composed of alternating sections ({{convert|640|acre|ha|abbr=out|disp=or}}) of land laid out across the desert in a checkerboard pattern. The alternating non-reservation sections were granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad as an incentive to bring rail lines through the Sonoran Desert.

A number of streets and areas in Palm Springs are named for Native American notables, including Andreas, Arenas, Amado, Belardo, Lugo, Patencio, Saturnino, and Chino. All of these are common Cahuilla surnames.

Presently the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is composed of several smaller bands who live in the modern-day Coachella Valley and San Gorgonio Pass. The Agua Caliente Reservation occupies {{convert|32000|acre}}, of which {{convert|6700|acre}} lie within the city limits, making the Agua Caliente natives the city's largest landowners. (Tribal enrollment as of 2010 was 410 people.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/t-6tables/TABLE%20(1).pdf |title=2010 Census CPH-T-6. Table 1. American Indian and Alaska Native Population by Tribe for the United States: 2010|access-date=October 14, 2017 |archive-date=December 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209093630/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/t-6tables/TABLE%20%281%29.pdf |url-status=dead }})

File:José_María_Estudillo.jpg soldier and explorer José María Estudillo was the first to note the existence of hot springs within the area of what is Palm Springs.]]

As of 1821 Mexico was independent of Spain, and in March 1823, the Mexican Monarchy ended. That same year (in December) Mexican diarist José María Estudillo and Brevet Captain José Romero were sent to find a route from Sonora to Alta California; on their expedition, they first recorded the existence of "Agua Caliente" at Palm Springs, California.{{Cite book| last = Niemann| first = Greg| title = Palm Springs Legends: creation of a desert oasis| publisher = Sunbelt Publications| year = 2006| location = San Diego, CA| page = 286| isbn = 978-0932653741|oclc=61211290}} ([http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021837.html here for Table of Contents]){{cite book|last=Lech|first=Steve|title=Along the Old Roads: A History of the Portion of Southern California that became Riverside County: 1772–1893|year=2004|location=Riverside, CA |publisher=Steve Lech|page=902 |oclc=56035822}}{{rp|30}} With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after the Mexican-American War, the region became part of the United States in 1848.

One possible origin of palm in the place name comes from early Spanish explorers who referred to the area as La Palma de la Mano de Dios or "The Palm of God's hand".{{cite magazine|last=Gittens|first=Roberta|title=A Palm-filled Oasis: Palm Springs and the Desert Communities of the Coachella Valley|magazine=Art of California|date=November 1992|volume=5|issue=5|page=45|issn=1045-8913|oclc=19009782}} The earliest use of the name "Palm Springs" is from United States Topographical Engineers who used the term in 1853 maps.{{cite web |url=http://www.palmsprings-ca.gov/index.aspx?page=115 |title=City of Palm Springs: History |access-date=August 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220012451/http://www.palmsprings-ca.gov/index.aspx?page=115 |archive-date=December 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }} According to William Bright, when the word "palm" appears in Californian place names, it usually refers to the native California fan palm, Washingtonia filifera, which is abundant in the Palm Springs area.{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|author-link=William Bright|title=Fifteen Hundred California Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CET4QodMZysC&pg=PA111|access-date= April 5, 2013|year=1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520212718|page=111}} Other early names were "Palmetto Spring" and "Big Palm Springs".{{cite book |last=Gudde |first=Erwin Gustav |title=California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names |url=https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen00gudd |url-access=registration |year=1998 |publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0520242173 |edition=4th |author2=Bright, William |page=[https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen00gudd/page/277 277] |quote='The fine large trees which mark the course of the run have furnished the name ...' (Whipple 1849:7–8). The place is shown as Big Palm Springs on the von Leicht-Craven map of 1874. |lccn=97043168 }}

The first European resident in Palm Springs itself was Jack Summers, who ran the stagecoach station on the Bradshaw Trail in 1862.{{cite book| last1 = Wild| first1 = Peter|author-link=Peter Wild| title = Tipping the Dream: A Brief History of Palm Springs| location =Johannesburg, CA| publisher =The Shady Myrick Research Project| year= 2007| page = 228| oclc = 152590848 }}{{rp|44, 149}} Fourteen years later (1876), the Southern Pacific railroad was laid {{convert|6|mi|km|round=0.5}} to the north, isolating the station.{{rp|17}} In 1880, local Indian Pedro Chino was selling parcels near the springs to William Van Slyke and Mathew Bryne in a series of questionable transactions; they in turn brought in W. R. Porter to help market their property through the "Palm City Land and Water Company".{{rp|275}} By 1885, when San Francisco attorney (later known as "Judge") John Guthrie McCallum began buying property in Palm Springs, the name was already in wide acceptance. The area was named "Palm Valley" when McCallum incorporated the "Palm Valley Land and Water Company" with partners O.C. Miller, H.C. Campbell, and James Adams, M.D.{{rp|280}}{{cite magazine |last=Colacello |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Colacello |others=Becker, Jonathan (photographs) |title=Palm Springs Weekends |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=June 1999 |pages=192–211 |url=http://psmodcom.org/wp-content/themes/modcom/PDF/VANITY%20FAIR-JUNE%201999.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211170837/http://psmodcom.org/wp-content/themes/modcom/PDF/VANITY%20FAIR-JUNE%201999.pdf |archive-date=December 11, 2013 }}{{cite book |title=Views in Palm Valley...: The earliest fruit region in the state...now on sale by Biggs, Fergusson & Co. |year=c. 1888 |location=San Francisco |author=Palm Valley Land Co. |oclc=82950785 }}

File:Palm Canyon near Palm Springs, showing palm trees over a creek, ca.1901 (CHS-2104).jpg

McCallum, who had brought his ill son to the dry climate for health, brought in irrigation advocate Dr. Oliver Wozencroft and engineer J. P. Lippincott to help construct a canal from the Whitewater River to fruit orchards on his property.{{rp|276–279}} He also asked Dr. Welwood Murray to establish a hotel across the street from his residence. Murray did so in 1886 (he later became a famous horticulturalist).{{rp|280}} The crops and irrigation systems suffered flooding in 1893 from record rainfall, and then an 11-year drought (1894–1905) caused further damage.{{rp|40}}

File:Hotel La Fonda, Palm Springs, California postcard (1950s).jpg

The city became a fashionable resort in the 1900sTwo early, but fictional, visitors were six-year-old Mary and her cousin Jack. See: {{cite book |last=Foster |first=Ethel T. |title=Little Tales of the Desert |year=1913 |publisher=Kingsley, Mason and Collins Co. |location=Los Angeles |page=23 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/littletalesofthe30686gut/30686.txt |others=Villa, Hernando G. (illustrations) |chapter=A Visit to Palm Springs |quote=Just beyond [the Indian village] was Palm Springs settlement itself, with lots of tents, several houses, a store and [Dr. Murray's Hotel]....They visited the funny little cottages with their roofs and sides all covered with big palm leaves instead of boards. Then they went up to the hot springs. |isbn= 978-1176787933 |lccn= 13025440 |oclc= 3726918 }} when health tourists arrived with conditions that required dry heat. Because of the heat, however, the population dropped markedly in the summer months.{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Renee|title=Palm Springs History: Pioneers survived summer|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2014/07/24/palm-springs-history-pioneers/13136393/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729015144/https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2014/07/24/palm-springs-history-pioneers/13136393/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2021|work=The Desert Sun|publisher=Gannett|date=July 24, 2014|location=Palm Springs}} In 1906 naturalist and travel writer George Wharton James's two volume The Wonders of the Colorado Desert described Palm Springs as having "great charms and attractiveness"{{cite book| last1 = James| first1 =George Wharton| author-link = George Wharton James| first2 = Carl (illustrator)| last2 =Eytel| title = The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California)| url = https://archive.org/details/wonderscolorado00jamegoog| location = Boston| publisher = Little, Brown and Company| year= 1906| page =[https://archive.org/details/wonderscolorado00jamegoog/page/n335 547]| isbn = 978-1103733613| oclc =2573290| lccn= 06043916 }} (Available as a [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001971268 pdf file] through the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

• Wonders is illustrated with over 300 drawings by desert artist Carl Eytel. Many of those drawings, including the Title Page figure, are used throughout Steve Lech's extensive history of early Riverside County. See: Along the Old Roads (cited above).{{rp|278–281}} and included an account of his stay at Murray's hotel.Reviews of Wonders included:
• {{cite magazine |last=Adams |first=Cyrus C. |title=Wonders of the Far West: George Wharton James's New Book on the Colorado Desert |magazine=The New York Times Saturday Review of Books |date=March 2, 1907 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/03/02/104980987.pdf |access-date=August 30, 2012 }}
• {{cite magazine |title=A Guide to the New Books |magazine=The Literary Digest |date=February 16, 1907 |volume=XXXIV |issue=7 |pages=263–264 |quote=This elaborate treatise is a distinct contribution to the literature of the natural wonders of our country.}}
• {{cite magazine |last=Gilmour|first=John Hamilton |title=The Wonders of the Colorado Desert, California |magazine=San Francisco Call |date=February 3, 1907 |volume=101 |issue=65 |page=Magazine, 3 |quote=He has written admirably and knowingly ... and this ... is in line with his previous works.}} As James also described, Palm Springs was more comfortable in its microclimate because the area was covered in the shadow of Mount San Jacinto to the west and in the winter the mountains block cold winds from the San Gorgonio Pass.{{cite book |last=Starr |first=Kevin |title=The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s |year=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0195100792 |page=512 |author-link=Kevin Starr |chapter=1. Good Times on the Coast: Affluence and the Anti-Depression |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/dreamendurescali00star |url=https://archive.org/details/dreamendurescali00star |url-access=limited }} Early illustrious visitors included John Muir and his daughters, U.S. Vice President Charles Fairbanks, and Fanny Stevenson, widow of Robert Louis Stevenson. Murray's hotel was closed in 1909 and torn down in 1954.{{rp|45}}

Nellie N. Coffman and her physician husband Harry established The Desert Inn as a hotel and sanitarium in 1909.{{cite book|title=The Desert Inn: Where Desert and Mountains Meet, Palm Springs, California|year=1923|publisher=Times-Mirror Print & Binding House|location=Los Angeles|page=24|author=Desert Inn |oclc=82839637}}{{cite magazine|title=Historic Sites: Desert Inn|magazine=Palm Springs Life|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/Travel/Palm-Spring-Historical-Sites-Building-and-Land-Markers/index.php/name/Desert-Inn/listing/22992/|quote=County of Riverside Historical Marker No. 044; 123 North Palm Canyon (image of marker with 1908 date)|access-date=October 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821134247/http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/Travel/Palm-Spring-Historical-Sites-Building-and-Land-Markers/index.php/name/Desert-Inn/listing/22992/|archive-date=August 21, 2014|url-status=dead}} It was expanded as a modern hotel in 1927 and continued on until 1967.{{rp|Ch. 13}}{{cite book|last=Bright|first=Marjorie Belle|title=Nellie's Boardinghouse: a dual biography of Nellie Coffman and Palm Springs|publisher=ETC Pub.|location=Palm Springs|year=1981|page=247}}{{cite book|last=Janss|first=Betty|title=Palm Springs California: presented with the compliments of the Desert Inn|year=1933|publisher=Desert Inn|location=Palm Springs|page=34|author2=Frashers Inc. | oclc= 427216166 }} Coffman herself was a "driving force" in the city's tourism industry until her death in 1950.{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Renee|title=Nellie Coffman's hospitality helped Palm Springs grow|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/03/28/palm-springs-nellie-coffman-history/70563318/|work=The Desert Sun|publisher=Gannett|date=March 28, 2015}}

James's Wonders of the Colorado Desert (above) was followed in 1920 by J. Smeaton Chase's Our Araby: Palm Springs and the Garden of the Sun, which also promoted the area.{{cite book| last1 = Chase| first1 =J. Smeaton| author-link = J. Smeaton Chase| title = Our Araby: Palm Springs and the Garden of the Sun| location =Pasadena, CA| publisher = Star-News Publishing Co. |orig-year=1920 |date=1987 | page = 83| isbn =978-0961872403| lccn= 24010428| oclc = 6169840}} In 1924 Pearl McCallum (daughter of Judge McCallum) returned to Palm Springs and built the Oasis Hotel with her husband Austin G. McManus; the Modern/Art Deco resort was designed by Lloyd Wright and featured a {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} tower.{{rp|68–69}}{{cite magazine|last=Bowhart|first=W. H.|author2=Hector, Julie|author3=McManus, Sally Mall|author4=Coffman Kieley, Elizabeth|title=The McCallum Centennial – Palm Springs' founding family|magazine=Palm Springs Life|date=April 1984|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/April-1984/The-McCallum-Centennial-Palm-Springs-039-founding-family/|access-date=February 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814110833/http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/April-1984/The-McCallum-Centennial-Palm-Springs-039-founding-family/|archive-date=August 14, 2011|url-status=dead}}; and, {{cite book| last1 = Ainsworth| first1 = Katherine| title = The McCallum Saga: The Story of the Founding of Palm Springs| location = Palm Springs| publisher = Palm Springs Public Library|date=1996 |orig-year=1973 Palm Springs Desert Museum| page = 245| lccn = 96052785| isbn = 978-0961872410| oclc =36066124}} {{oclc|799840}} File:Palm Springs pool 2015.jpg border Palm Springs to the west.]]The next major hotel was the El Mirador, a large and luxurious resort that attracted the biggest movie stars; opening in 1927, its prominent feature was a {{convert|68|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} Renaissance style tower.{{rp|Ch. 23}}During World War II, the hotel was taken over and operated as a United States Army General Hospital, named in honor of Surgeon General George H. Torney. Silent film star Fritzi Ridgeway's 100-room Hotel del Tahquitz was built in 1929, next to the "Fool's Folly" mansion built by Chicago heiress Lois Kellogg.{{cite book |last=Wild |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Wild| title=Heiress of Doom: Lois Kellogg of Palm Springs |year=2011 |publisher=Estate of Peter Wild| location=Tucson, AZ |page=449 |oclc=748583736 }} Golfing was available at the O'Donnell 9 hole course (1926) and the El Mirador (1929) course (see Golf below). Hollywood movie stars were attracted by the hot dry, sunny weather and seclusion—they built homes and estates in the Warm Sands, The Mesa, and Historic Tennis Club neighborhoods (see Neighborhoods below). About 20,000 visitors came to the area in 1922.{{cite book |last=Palmer |first=Roger C. |title=Palm Springs (Then & Now) |year=2011 |publisher=Arcadia |location=Charleston, SC | isbn=978-0738589138 |page=95 |lccn=2011932500 |oclc=785786600}}

Palm Springs became popular with movie stars in the 1930s{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Renee|title=Movie stars began flocking to Palm Springs in the 1930s|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2016/05/21/hollywood-movie-stars-palm-springs-tourism/84569654/|work=The Desert Sun|agency=Gannett|date=May 21, 2016|location=Palm Springs}} and estate building expanded into the Movie Colony neighborhoods, Tahquitz River Estates, and Las Palmas neighborhoods. Actors Charles Farrell and Ralph Bellamy opened the Racquet Club in 1934{{rp|Ch. 25}}{{cite book |last=Rippingale |first=Sally Presley |title=The History of the Racquet Club of Palm Springs |publisher=US Business Specialties |location=Yucaipa, CA |year=1985|orig-year=1984 |page=146 |lccn=85226534 |oclc=13526611}}. Also see: Turner, Mary L. and Turner, Cal A. (photography) (2006). The Beautiful People of Palm Springs. Sedona, AZ: Gene Weed. 154 pp. {{ISBN|978-1411634886}} {{OCLC|704086361}}. The Racquet Club would cater to the Hollywood elite for decades.{{cite book |last=Carr |first=Jim |title=Palms Springs and the Coachella Valley |publisher=American Geographic Publishing |location=Helena, MT |year=1989 |page=112 |isbn=978-0938314684 |lccn=91166185 |oclc= 25026437}} and Pearl McCallum opened the Tennis Club in 1937. Nightclubs were set up as well, with Al Wertheimer opening The Dunes outside of Palm Springs in 1934{{rp|254}} and the Chi Chi nightclub opening in 1936.{{cite magazine|last=Kleinschmidt|first=Janet|title=Remembering The Chi Chi: 'A hip little place to come for wealthy people.'|magazine=Palm Springs Life|date=September 2005|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/February-2005/Remembering-The-Chi-Chi/}}; and, {{cite magazine|last=Johns|first=Howard|title=In the Swing: Dinner clubs and lounges echo the days (and nights) of Palm Springs' famed Chi Chi club|magazine=Palm Springs Life|date=September 2007|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/September-2007/In-the-Swing/}}{{cite book|last1=Meeks|first1=Eric G.|title=The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes|date=2014|orig-year=2012|publisher=Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe|isbn=978-1479328598}}{{rp|206–207}} Besides the gambling available at the Dunes Club, other casinos included The 139 Club and The Cove Club outside of the city.{{cite news|last1=Fessier|first1=Bruce|title=Mob looks to win big with casinos in valley |url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/2014/12/01/gambling-gangsters-in-paradise/70048354/|work=The Desert Sun|publisher=Gannett}}{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Renee|title=Gambling in desert was 'economic driver' in 1930s|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2016/04/09/gambling-palm-springs-cathedral-city-dunes-club-al-wertheimer/82750146/|work=The Desert Sun|publisher=Gannett|date=April 9, 2016|location=Palm Springs}}

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Bullock's, a large upscale department store on Broadway in Los Angeles, opened a Spanish Colonial-style "resort store" within the Desert Inn complex in 1930. When Bullock's opened a full department store at 151 Palm Canyon Drive in 1947, J. W. Robinson's, another large L.A. store, took the former Bullock's location and opened its own resort store there.{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/379962320/|title=21 Nov 1930, 40 – The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}

Southern California's first self-contained shopping center was in Palm Springs, La Plaza (originally Palm Springs Plaza), and on-street, open air center anchored by a small Desmond's department store, in 1936. The three-level parking garage for 141 cars was an innovation and the largest in Riverside County at that time.{{cite web|last=Howser|first=Huell|title=Palm Springs Plaza Update – Palm Springs Week (35)|url=http://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2010/09/07/palm-springs-plaza-update-35-palms-springs-week/|work=California's Gold|publisher=Chapman University Huell Howser Archive|author-link=Huell Howser|author2=Bogert, Frank|author3=McManus, Sally|author4=Pitts, Larry|date=September 27, 2010|access-date=May 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518201303/http://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2010/09/07/palm-springs-plaza-update-35-palms-springs-week/|archive-date=May 18, 2013|url-status=dead|author2-link=Frank Bogert}} In the mid-twentieth century across the street on Palm Canyon Drive were department stores like Bullock's/Bullocks Wilshire ({{abbr|No.|Number}} 151, 1947–1990), J. W. Robinson's (No. 333, 1958–1987),{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Gavin |title=World Market Plan Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56111929/epilogue-jw-robinsons-palm-springs/ |publisher=Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) |date=October 28, 1988}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31252759/the-desert-sun/|title=Clipped From The Desert Sun|newspaper=The Desert Sun|date=January 9, 1958|page=22|via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Gary |title=Merchants bemoan loss in Palm Springs of I. Magnin Store |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56111075/i-magnin-in-former-bw-store-palm/ |publisher=Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) |date=March 6, 1992}} and Saks Fifth Avenue (opened October 16, 1959, at No. 490),{{cite news |title=Saks will open here tomorrow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56113369/saks-fifth-avenue-opening-palm-springs/ |publisher=Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) |date=October 15, 1959}} forming a large shopping district. In 1967 the Desert Fashion Plaza mall was built, I. Magnin opened there (closed 1992){{cite news |author=Staff writer(s) |title='New Era' Launched as I. Magnin Opens |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19671016.2.3&srpos=211&e=------196-en--20-DS-201-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-desert+inn+----1967---1 |work=The Desert Sun |date=October 16, 1967 |volume=41 |issue=62 |access-date=December 27, 2019}} and Saks closed its previous location and moved into a new larger store in the mall. Joseph Magnin Co. opened a {{convert|26000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} department store in the mall in 1969,{{cite news |author=Staff writer(s) |title=Ground Broken Today for New Major Store |url= https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19690306.2.9&srpos=2&e=------196-en--20-DS-1--txt-txIN-joseph+magnin+open-------1 |work=The Desert Sun |date=March 6, 1969 |volume=42 |issue=183 |access-date=December 27, 2019}} meaning that together with a Sears at 611 Palm Canyon Dr., for two decades, downtown boasted seven department stores, plus the Palm Springs Mall {{convert|1.5|mi|km|round=0.5}} to the east operating from 1959 to 2005.

When the United States entered World War II, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley were important in the war effort. The original airfield near Palm Springs became a staging area for the Air Corps Ferrying Command's 21st Ferrying Group in November 1941 and a new airfield was built {{convert|1/2|mi|km|1}} from the old site. The new airfield,{{cite book|title=Desert Memories: Historic Images of the Coachella Valley|year=2002|publisher=The Desert Sun|location=Palm Springs|isbn=978-1932129014|page=128|oclc=50674171}}{{rp|43}} designated Palm Springs Army Airfield,{{Cite GNIS|id=1988673|name=Palm Springs Army Air Field (historical)}} was completed in early 1942. Personnel from the Air Transport Command 560th Army Air Forces Base Unit stayed at the La Paz Guest Ranch and training was conducted at the airfield by the 72nd and 73rd Ferrying Squadrons. Later training was provided by the IV Fighter Command 459th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron.

Eight months before Pearl Harbor Day, the El Mirador Hotel was fully booked and adding new facilities.{{cite news|title=Palm Springs Visitors Set Fashion Pace: Desert Resort Hotels And Clubs Are Crowded To Capacity|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OfUaAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=4225%2C863767|access-date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=March 26, 1941|page=28}} After the war started, the U.S. government bought the hotel from owner Warren Phinney for $750,000,{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Erskine|title=Palm Springs An Odd Place|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q1wbAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=2235%2C1187622|access-date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=December 18, 1949}} just over $13,000,000 if including inflation in 2020, and converted it into the Torney General Hospital,{{cite web|title=Torney General Hospital|url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/TorneyGeneralHosp.html|work=Historic California Posts|publisher=The California State Military Museum}} with Italian prisoners of war serving as kitchen help and orderlies in 1944 and 1945.{{cite book|last=Robinson|first=Nancy|title=Palm Springs History Handbook|year=1992|publisher=Palm Springs Public Library|location=Palm Springs|page=41|oclc=31595834}} Through the war it was staffed with 1,500 personnel and treated some 19,000 patients.{{rp|55}}

General Patton's Desert Training Center encompassed the entire region, with its headquarters in Camp Young at the Chiriaco Summit and an equipment depot maintained by the 66th Ordnance in present-day Palm Desert.{{rp|40}}

File:Kaufman Desert Home.jpg, Palm Springs, by Richard Neutra]]

Architectural modernists flourished with commissions from the stars, using the city to explore architectural innovations, new artistic venues, and an exotic back-to-the-land experiences. Inventive architects designed unique vacation houses, such as steel houses with prefabricated panels and folding roofs, a glass-and-steel house in a boulder-strewn landscape, and a carousel house that turned to avoid the sun's glare.Wills, Eric (May/June 2008). "Palm Springs Eternal", Preservation, Vol. 60, Issue 3, pp. 38–45

In 1946, Richard Neutra designed the Kaufmann Desert House. A modernist classic, this mostly glass residence incorporated the latest technological advances in building materials, using natural lighting and floating planes and flowing space for proportion and detail.{{cite magazine |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |title=The Modernist Manifesto | magazine= Preservation|date=May–June 2008 |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=30–35 }} In recent years an energetic preservation program has protected and enhanced many classic buildings.

Culver (2010) argues that Palm Springs architecture became the model for mass-produced suburban housing, especially in the Southwest. This "Desert Modern" style was a high-end architectural style featuring open-design plans, wall-to-wall carpeting, air-conditioning, swimming pools, and very large windows. As Culver concludes, "While environmentalists might condemn desert modern, the masses would not. Here, it seemed, were houses that fully merged inside and outside, providing spaces for that essential component of Californian—and indeed middle-class American—life: leisure. While not everyone could have a Neutra masterpiece, many families could adopt aspects of Palm Springs modern."{{cite book | last=Culver |first=Lawrence |title=The Frontier of Leisure: Southern California and the Shaping of Modern America | url=https://archive.org/details/frontierleisures00culv | url-access=limited |year=2010 |page=[https://archive.org/details/frontierleisures00culv/page/n329 317] |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York|chapter=Chapter 5: The Oasis of Leisure – Palm Springs before 1941; and Chapter 6: Making of Desert Modern – Palm Springs after World War II |isbn=978-0195382631 |lccn=2009053932}} {{oclc|620294456|464581464}}

Hollywood values permeated the resort as it combined celebrity, health, new wealth, and sex. As Culver (2010) explains: "The bohemian sexual and marital mores already apparent in Hollywood intersected with the resort atmosphere of Palm Springs, and this new, more open sexuality would gradually appear elsewhere in national tourist culture." During this period, the city government, stimulated by real estate developers, systematically removed and excluded poor people and Native Americans.{{cite journal| last=Kray |first=Ryan M. |title=The Path to Paradise: Expropriation, Exodus and Exclusion in the Making of Palm Springs |journal=Pacific Historical Review |date=February 2004 | volume=73|issue=1 | pages=85–126| jstor=10.1525/phr.2004.73.1.85|issn=0030-8684| doi=10.1525/phr.2004.73.1.85}} {{oclc|4635437946 |361566392}} {{Subscription required}}{{cite book|last=Kray|first=Ryan M.|title=Second-class Citizenship at a First-class Resort: Race and Public Policy in Palm Springs|year=2009|publisher=University of California (PhD thesis) |location=Irvine|page=407|isbn=978-1109197983|oclc=518520550}}

Palm Springs was pictured by the French photographer Robert Doisneau in November 1960 as part of an assignment for Fortune{{cite magazine |title=Palm Springs: Green and Grows the Desert |magazine=Fortune |date=February 1961 |pages=122–127 |url=https://psmodcom.org/wp-content/themes/modcom/PDF/FORTUNE-FEBRUARY%201961.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629095218/https://psmodcom.org/wp-content/themes/modcom/PDF/FORTUNE-FEBRUARY%201961.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2017 |quote=Before President Eisenhower went to Palm Springs...in 1954, [it] was only a regional resort. Overnight it became a winter resort with national drawing power.}} on the construction of golf courses in this particularly dry and hot area of the Colorado desert. Doisneau submitted around 300 slides following his ten-day stay depicting the lifestyle of wealthy retirees and Hollywood stars in the 1960s. At the time, Palm Springs counted just 19 courses, which had grown to 125 by 2010.A book of Doisneau's photographs was published in 2010. {{cite book |last1=Doisneau |first1=Robert |last2=Dubois |first2=Jean-Paul (Forward) |title=Palm Springs 1960 |year=2010 |publisher=Flammarion |location=Paris |isbn=978-2080301291 |url=http://editions.flammarion.com/Albums_Detail.cfm?ID=37505&levelCode=home |page=9 |author-link1=Robert Doisneau |author-link2=Jean-Paul Dubois |lccn=2010442384 |oclc= 491896174}}

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Section 14 is a square mile of land owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians within close walking distance of downtown. Former residents in this area, mostly black people and other people of color, lived on land leased for short terms from individual Indigenous owners. Commercial development did not occur due to the 10 year limit on the leases.{{Cite web |title=Section 14: The Agua Caliente Tribe's Struggle for Sovereignty in Palm Springs, California |url=https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/section-14 |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=NMAI Magazine |language=en}} After changes in the Indian Leasing Act in 1959, long term leases were permitted. Mayor Frank Bogert and other city officials advocated to the conservators that managed the tribe's leases to end the short-term leases and enter into long-term leases to largely white property owners for redevelopment. City funds were used to clear the land for redevelopment, including burning "shacks and makeshift homes... [which had] rented for $20 to $40 a month."{{Cite web |last=Goolsby |first=Denise |title=Palm Springs Section 14 exhibit set for Smithsonian |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/10/09/agua-caliente-section-exhibit/73694522/ |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=The Desert Sun |language=en-US}} In 1968 Loren Miller, Jr., assistant California Attorney General, called the displacement a "city-engineered holocaust", depriving dozens of black and Latino people of generational wealth.{{Cite web |last=Talkington |first=Mark |date=2021-03-18 |title=Palm Springs officials move to apologize for ‘city-engineered Holocaust’ at Section 14 ⋆ The Palm Springs Post |url=https://thepalmspringspost.com/palm-springs-officials-move-to-apologize/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Palm Springs Post |language=en-US}}

After existing non-Indian residents were evicted in the 1960s, the tribe built the Spa Hotel and Casino downtown and the city built the Palm Springs Convention Center; also, the tribe leased land for developers to build hotels and condos.{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Denise Goolsby and Rosalie |title='It was beautiful for the white people:' 1960s still cast a shadow of distrust over Palm Springs |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/09/22/palm-springs-segregation-section-14/88835270/ |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=The Desert Sun |language=en-US}} The tribe had collaborated with the city in evicting the residents and destroying the structures, with tribal allottees and conservators signing burn permits and Tribal Chair Edmund Siva sending a letter to the Palm Springs City Council thanking it for its "clean-up campaign."{{Cite web |last=White |first=John|title=I-Team digs into what really happened in the forced removal of Section 14 families in Palm Springs |url=https://kesq.com/news/i-team/2023/05/19/i-team-digs-into-what-really-happened-in-the-forced-removal-of-section-14-families-in-palm-springs/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |website= Channel 3 News |language=en-US}}

The Palm Springs Human Relations Commission cited this history, as well as a conflict of interest while Bogert acted as conservator for tribal land which was being demolished by the city, and racist comments regarding the "poor Blacks" who lived in Section 14, as justification for removing a statue of Bogert on horseback placed in 1990 in front of the Palm Springs City Hall.{{Cite web |title=Monument Relocation Resolution NOT FINALDraft.pdf |url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/j5v8tp7c62tiemf/Monument%20Relocation%20Resolution%20NOT%20FINALDraft.pdf?dl=0&unfurl=1 |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=Dropbox |language=en}} The City Council of Palm Springs ordered its removal in 2021 and formally apologized for the eviction of the Section 14 residents.{{Cite web |last=Ingrassia |first=Jake |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Palm Springs to apologize for Section 14 destruction; moves forward with process to remove Frank Bogert statue |url=https://kesq.com/news/2021/09/29/palm-springs-to-apologize-for-section-14-destruction-moves-forward-with-process-to-remove-frank-bogert-statue/ |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=KESQ |language=en-US}} After legal objections to its removal from Bogert's supporters and family members were rejected by the courts, the statue was relocated on July 13, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Talkington |first=Mark |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Legal case around removal of Frank Bogert statue from in front of City Hall stopped in its tracks after judge's ruling ⋆ The Palm Springs Post |url=https://thepalmspringspost.com/legal-case-around-removal-of-frank-bogert-statue-from-in-front-of-city-hall-stopped-in-its-tracks-after-judges-ruling/ |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=The Palm Springs Post |language=en-US}} The city of Palm Springs approved a $5.91 million settlement for verified Section 14 residents and their heirs, as well as committing to other programs intended to benefit the Black community.{{Cite web |last=Talkington |first=Mark |date=2024-11-15 |title=Council unanimously approves settlement with Section 14 group, paving way for reparations ⋆ The Palm Springs Post |url=https://thepalmspringspost.com/council-unanimously-approves-settlement-with-section-14-group-paving-way-for-reparations/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Palm Springs Post |language=en-US}}

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Similar to the pre-war era, Palm Springs remained popular with the rich and famous of Hollywood, as well as retirees and Canadian tourists.See:

• {{cite news|title=Palm Springs Is Really An Incredible Place|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GJ5RAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=7037%2C2705437|access-date=October 2, 2012|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=March 12, 1961|author=Amory, Cleveland|author-link=Cleveland Amory|quote=It is Hollywood without the wood. Beverly Hills without the hills and Los Angeles without the—well, freeways.}}
• {{cite news|title=Palm Springs Now Top Desert Resort|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dZZlAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=3356%2C1094327|access-date=October 2, 2012|newspaper=The Sun|location=Vancouver, Canada|date=January 5, 1968|quote=One finds 21 golf courses sprinkled across the golden sands of the desert. More than 3,650 swimming pools dot the landscape.}}
• {{cite news|title=Palm Springs: Outdoors Paradise|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kkBQAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=7263%2C2624575|access-date=October 2, 2012|newspaper=St. Petersburg Independent|date=January 11, 1972|location=St. Petersburg, FL|page=4-D|quote=Moonlight steak [horseback] rides, breakfast rides and group rides are a way of life in the...desert resort.}}
• {{cite news|last=Fix|first=Jack V.|title=Palm Springs Place Where Rich Retire|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WRsqAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=3820%2C3350913|access-date=October 2, 2012|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=June 9, 1977|agency=UPI|page=B-1|quote=This desert town...with 5,000 private swimming pools, 38 golf courses and homes selling for 'only $250,000 down' is probably the most wealthy retirement community in the world. Yet it is an area of 37 mobile home parks and senior citizens, 32 per cent of whom...reported an income of less than $4,000 a year.}}
• {{cite news|last=Eichenbaum|first=Marlene|title=Palm Springs: It's a plush resort for rich and poor alike|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_pEuAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=1063%2C3232400|access-date=October 2, 2012|newspaper=The Gazette|date=June 9, 1979|location=Montreal, Canada|page=T-2|quote=...it has long been a haven for the rich and famous....it [also] offers a wide choice of moderately-priced accommodations....}}
• {{cite news|last=von Sorge|first=Helmut|title=Palm Springs – das Goldene Kaff|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13510614.html|language=de |access-date= October 3, 2012|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date= April 30, 1984}}
• {{cite news|last=Braid|first=Don|title=Palm Springs: Where the rich meet to greet|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X4wxAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=1394%2C3124049|access-date=October 2, 2012|newspaper=The Gazette|date=January 9, 1985|location=Montreal, Canada|page=B-3|quote=The whole place is flamboyant, bold, obscenely rich,....It's so utterly un-Canadian that Canadian [tourists] can't resist it, even when they can't afford it.}}
• {{cite news|last=Miller|first=Judith|title=Palm Springs ain't what she used to be|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N5EzAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=4159%2C585381|access-date=October 3, 2012|newspaper=Deseret News|date=December 16, 1990|agency=NY Times News Service|location=Salt Lake City, UT|page=2P|quote=The metropolitan area, which includes nine cities, has 187,000 year-round residents and plays host to 2 million visitors each year. It has 7,645 swimming pools, more than 100 tennis courts and 101 golf courses ....}} Between 1947 and 1965, the Alexander Construction Company built some 2,200 houses in Palm Springs effectively doubling its housing capacity.

As the 1970s drew to a close, increasing numbers of retirees moved to the Coachella Valley. As a result, Palm Springs began to evolve from a virtual ghost town in the summer to a year-round community. Businesses and hotels that used to close for the months of July and August instead remained open all summer. As commerce grew, so too did the number of families with children.

The recession of 1973–1975 affected Palm Springs as many of the wealthy residents had to cut back on their spending.{{cite news|title=Recession Comes to Posh Palm Springs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B6MgAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=1014%2C644111|access-date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|date=March 6, 1975|agency=AP|page=7}} Later in the 1970s numerous Chicago mobsters invested $50 million in the Palm Springs area, buying houses, land, and businesses.{{cite news|title=Elite Palm Springs Becomes A Gangsters' Playground|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tUhQAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=4687%2C1952565|access-date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=May 9, 1978|author=Yates, Ronald|author2=Koziol, Ronald|agency=Chicago Tribune|quote=[Palm Springs] has become Our Town for such Chicago luminaries as Anthony "Big Tuna" Accardo, Joey "The Dove" Aiuppa, James "The Turk" Torello, and Frank "The Horse" Buccieri.}} Also, Vincent Dominic Caci bought a home in Palm Springs. While Palm Springs faced competition from the desert cities to the east in the later 1980s,See:

• {{cite news|last=Sahagun|first=Louis|title=Palm Springs takes pains to gloss up its faded star image|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_AQiAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=1843%2C510263|access-date=October 3, 2012|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=March 16, 1986|agency=The Los Angeles Times|pages=G1, G4|quote=Now, big spenders, tourists and developers are sidestepping this 50-year-old resort community, gravitating instead toward the towns that have blossomed east of here in the Coachella Valley over the last 10 years.}}
• {{cite news|title=Palm Springs, Calif.; A $100 Million Resort Hotel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/19/realestate/national-notebook-palm-springs-calif-a-100-million-resort-hotel.html|access-date=October 3, 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=February 19, 1989|quote=But while the city of Palm Springs has won national recognition as a resort area, the lower Coachella Valley cities...have benefited most from the new hotels.}} it has continued to prosper into the 21st century.For international coverage, see:
• {{cite web |last=Werb |first=Helmut |title=Palm Springs: Die Wüste lebt! [Living Desert] |url=http://www.stern.de/reise/fernreisen/palm-springs-die-wueste-lebt-560174.html?nv=sb |publisher=stern.de |access-date=October 3, 2012 |language=de |date=April 27, 2006}}
• {{cite web |title=Palm Springs, la princesse du désert [Desert Princess] |url=http://fr.canoe.ca/voyages/decouvrir/destinations/archives/2009/08/20090821-152615.html |publisher=canoë.ca |access-date=October 3, 2012 |author=QMI Agency |location=Quebec, Canada |language=fr |date=August 21, 2009}}

Palm Springs (as well as surrounding areas) became a desired destination as the COVID-19 pandemic began; the city saw an increase of residents from larger cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle, with new residents seeking less dense areas from which to work remotely.{{cite web |url=https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/palm-springs-joshua-tree-booming-pandemic-escapes-1234651780/ |title=Moore From L.A.: Palm Springs and Joshua Tree Are Booming as Pandemic Escapes |work=Women's Wear Daily |last=Moore |first=Booth |date=November 5, 2020 |access-date=April 22, 2022}}

Since the early 1950s{{cite news|title=Is party over for Palm Springs?|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0t4zAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=6070%2C4928791|access-date=October 1, 2012|newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel|date=April 9, 1993|agency=Associated Press|quote=For 40 years, this desert city endured an Easter week invasion of student revelers...}} the city had been a popular spring break resort. Glamorized as a destination in the 1963 movie Palm Springs Weekend,Gianoulis, Tina (2000). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130522143145/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3409002320.html "Spring Break."] St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Gale. the number of visitors grew and at times the gatherings had problems. In 1969 an estimated 15,000 people had gathered for a concert at the Palm Springs Angel Stadium and 300 were arrested for drunkenness or disturbing the peace.{{cite news|title=Palm Springs Lowers Lid On Disorderly Students: Jails Crammed in Crackdown: Spring Vacations Marked By Violence|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yiZPAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=7375%2C5477048|access-date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=The Blade|date=April 3, 1969|agency=AP|location=Toledo, OH|page=6}} In the 1980s, 10,000 or more college students would visit the city and form crowds and parties—and another rampage occurred in 1986{{cite news|title=Palm Springs quiet as youths leave|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nmMaAAAAIBAJ&dq=palm-springs&pg=6433%2C5678015|access-date=September 30, 2012|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|date=March 31, 1986|agency=AP}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} when Palm Springs Police in riot gear had to put down the rowdy crowd.{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-08-mn-641-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Shawn | last=Hubler | title=Palm Springs Votes to Tone Down Easter Break | date=February 8, 1991}} In 1990, due to complaints by residents, mayor Sonny Bono and the city council closed the city's Palm Canyon Drive to spring breakers and the downtown businesses, normally filled with tourists, lost money.{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-31-mn-2372-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Shawn | last=Hubler | title=Palm Springs Sees a Kinder and Gentler Spring Break: Crackdown: City officials call the week the most orderly and successful in years. But merchants catering to the young say it was a financial disaster | date=March 31, 1991}}

Tourism is a major factor in the city's economy with 1.6 million visitors in 2011. The city has over 130 hotels and resorts, numerous bed and breakfasts, and over 100 restaurants and dining spots.{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Ken|title=A Palm Springs Break|url=http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2010/dec/16/palm-springs-break/|access-date=September 29, 2012|newspaper=Payson Roundup|date=December 16, 2010|location=Payson, AZ|quote=There are spas, golf courses, famed hotels and resorts, tennis, swimming, sunning, shopping, museums, restaurants and an extensive list of amenities and attractions.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818102039/http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2010/dec/16/palm-springs-break/|archive-date=August 18, 2014|url-status=dead}} Events such as the Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals in nearby Indio attract younger people, making greater Palm Springs a more attractive area to retire.{{cite news |last1=Keates |first1=Nancy |title=Younger People Make Palm Springs a Cool Place to Retire (Again) |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/younger-people-make-palm-springs-a-cool-place-to-retire-again-1539182725 |access-date=October 29, 2019 |work=The Wall Street Journal |publisher=Dow Jones & Company |date=October 10, 2019}}

Following the 2008 recession, Palm Springs revitalized its Downtown, "the Village". Rebuilding started with the demolition of the Bank of America building in January 2012, with the Desert Fashion Plaza scheduled for demolition in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kmir6.com/news/local/138184269.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127213605/http://www.kmir6.com/news/local/138184269.html|url-status=dead|title=The Road Ahead for the Desert Fashion Plaza – www.kmir6.com|archive-date=January 27, 2013|access-date=August 17, 2012}}

In 2020, Christy Holstege became the mayor of Palm Springs, which made her the first openly bisexual mayor in the United States, as well as the first female mayor of Palm Springs.{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/politics/2020/11/05/christy-holstege-first-bisexual-mayor-elected-nation|title=Christy Holstege Is the First Bisexual Mayor Elected in Nation|date=November 5, 2020|website=www.out.com}}🖉{{cite web|url=https://kesq.com/news/your-vote/2020/12/10/christy-holstege-sworn-in-as-palm-springs-first-ever-female-mayor/|title=Christy Holstege sworn-in as Palm Springs' first-ever female mayor|first=Jesus|last=Reyes|date=December 11, 2020}} The following year, Lisa Middleton became mayor, making her the first openly transgender mayor in California history.{{cite web |url=https://kesq.com/news/your-vote/2021/12/06/lisa-middleton-sworn-in-as-palm-springs-mayor-first-transgender-mayor-in-ca-history/ |title=Lisa Middleton sworn in as Palm Springs mayor; First transgender mayor in CA history |work=News Channel 3 |date=December 9, 2021 |access-date=April 22, 2022}}

The movement behind mid-century modern architecture (1950s/60s era) in Palm Springs is backed by architecture enthusiasts, designers, and local historians to preserve many of Palm Springs' buildings and homes of famous celebrities, businessmen, and politicians. Stores sell furniture and gifts that feature a mid-century modern theme. The city holds a Modernism Week celebration every February, along with several related smaller events during the year.{{cite web |url=https://modernismweek.com/ |title=Modernism Week — May |website=modernismweek.com |access-date=April 22, 2022}}

According to a 2021 study done by Visit Greater Palm Springs, Canadians own 7% of second homes in the valley, far more than any other country outside the U.S. A 2017 study found that 303,600 Canadians visited the valley that year, spending more than US$236 million, and impacting every sector of the economy.

Palm Springs is located in the Sonoran Desert. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|95.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|94.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}} (1%) is water. Located in the Coachella Valley desert region, Palm Springs is sheltered by the San Bernardino Mountains to the north, the Santa Rosa Mountains to the south, by the San Jacinto Mountains to the west and by the Little San Bernardino Mountains to the east.

Palm Springs has a hot desert climate (BWh in Köppen-Geiger classification), with over 300 days of sunshine and {{convert|4.93|in|mm|1}} of rainfall annually.{{cite web| url = http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/USC00046635.normals.txt| title = Monthly Normals for Palm Springs, CA – Temperature and Precipitation| access-date = July 24, 2011| publisher = NOAA}} The wettest “rain year” on record was from July 1926 to June 1927 with {{convert|17.68|in|mm|1|disp=or}} — of which {{convert|10.22|in|mm|1|disp=or}} fell during three days in mid-February — and the driest from July 2001 to June 2002 with {{convert|0.40|in|mm|1|disp=or}}.

The winter months are warm, with a majority of days reaching {{convert|70|°F|1|disp=or}} and in January and February afternoons often see temperatures of {{convert|80|°F|1|disp=or}} and on occasion reach over {{convert|90|°F|1|disp=or}}, while, on average, there are 17 mornings annually dipping to or below {{convert|40|°F|1|disp=or}}; freezing temperatures occur in less than half of years. The lowest temperature recorded is {{convert|19|°F|1|disp=or}}, on January 22, 1937.{{cite web|url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=sgx|title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date = April 17, 2012}}

Summers are extremely hot, with daytime temperatures consistently surpassing {{convert|110|°F|1|disp=or}} while overnight temperatures often remain above {{convert|80|°F|1|disp=or}}. The mean annual temperature is {{convert|75.6|°F|1}}. There are on average 176.6 afternoons with a high reaching {{convert|90|°F|1|disp=or}}, and {{convert|100|°F|1|disp=or}} can be seen on 114.8 afternoons. The highest temperature on record in Palm Springs is {{convert|124|°F|1|disp=or}} on July 5, 2024.https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/palm-springs-record-high-temperature-19556949.php{{Cite web |last=Sistek |first=Scott |date=2024-07-05 |title= 124 in Palm Springs? Historic heat wave toppling all-time temperature records in the West |url=https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/historic-heat-wave-set-topple-all-time-temperature-records-west |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=FOX Weather |language=en-US}} The climate of Palm Springs is suitable for some palm trees, although tropical types that need more water and humidity do not grow as well.{{cite web| url = http://www.allaboutpalmtrees.com/palm-trees-in-california| title = Palm Trees In California| access-date = May 29, 2019| publisher = All About Palm Trees}}

On October 1, 2024 the temperature in Palm Springs reached 117 °F (47.2 °C), tying the record for the highest temperature in the United States in October, after the same temperature was reached in nearby Mecca on October 5, 1917.

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| Feb record high F = 99

| Mar record high F = 104

| Apr record high F = 112

| May record high F = 116

| Jun record high F = 123

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| Aug record high F = 123

| Sep record high F = 122

| Oct record high F = 117

| Nov record high F = 102

| Dec record high F = 93

| year record high F = 124

| Jan high F = 70.5

| Feb high F = 73.7

| Mar high F = 80.6

| Apr high F = 86.7

| May high F = 94.7

| Jun high F = 103.6

| Jul high F = 108.6

| Aug high F = 108.1

| Sep high F = 101.8

| Oct high F = 91.1

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| Jan mean F = 59.0

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| Apr mean F = 72.9

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| Jun mean F = 88.2

| Jul mean F = 94.0

| Aug mean F = 94.0

| Sep mean F = 88.1

| Oct mean F = 77.8

| Nov mean F = 66.0

| Dec mean F = 57.7

| year mean F = 75.6

| Jan low F = 47.6

| Feb low F = 49.7

| Mar low F = 54.4

| Apr low F = 59.1

| May low F = 65.9

| Jun low F = 72.7

| Jul low F = 79.4

| Aug low F = 79.8

| Sep low F = 74.4

| Oct low F = 64.5

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| Dec low F = 46.2

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The locale features a variety of native Low Desert flora and fauna. A notable tree occurring in the wild and under cultivation is the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.Hogan, C. Michael; Stromberg, Nicklas (ed.) (2009). [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=90942 California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera, GlobalTwitcher.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930184850/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=90942 |date=September 30, 2009 }}

The fauna of Palm Springs is mostly species adapted to desert, temperature extremes and to lack of moisture. It is located within the Nearctic faunistic realm in a region containing an assemblage of species similar to Northern Africa.{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/616563/United-States/77969/Animal-life | title=History, Map, Flag, & Population| date=September 16, 2023}} Native fauna includes pronghorns, desert bighorn sheep, desert tortoise, kit fox, desert iguanas, horned lizards, chuckwalla, bobcats, mountain lions and Gila monsters. Other animals include ground squirrels, rock squirrels, porcupines, skunks, cactus mice, kangaroo rats, pocket gophers and raccoons.{{cite web|last1=Reyes|first1=Jesus|last2=Bouchot|first2=Marian|date=October 18, 2021|title=Fish & Wildlife staff capture mountain lion inside Palm Springs condo complex|url=https://kesq.com/news/2021/10/18/fish-wildlife-staff-capture-mountain-lion-inside-palm-springs-condo-complex/|access-date=October 19, 2021|website=KESQ|language=en-US}} Desert birds here include the iconic roadrunner, which can run at speeds exceeding {{convert|15|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. Other avifauna includes the ladder-backed woodpecker, flycatchers, elf owls, great horned owls, sparrow hawks and a variety of raptors.Baker, Christopher P. (2008). Explorer's Guide Palm Springs & Desert Resorts: A Great Destination. The Countryman Press. pp. 22–28. {{ISBN|978-1581570489}}.

The Sonoran Desert has more species of rattlesnakes (11) than anywhere else in the world.{{cite web | url=http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/tucsonecol109/boxes/rattlesnake.htm | title=Rattlesnake facts | access-date=October 14, 2017 | archive-date=July 21, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721012557/http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/tucsonecol109/boxes/rattlesnake.htm | url-status=dead }} The most common species is the extremely venomous Mojave green, which is considered the world's most dangerous rattlesnake. The largest rattle snake species here is the western diamondback rattlesnake, while other species include the black-tailed rattlesnake, tiger rattler and sidewinder rattler.Baker, Christopher P. (2008). Explorer's Guide Palm Springs & Desert Resorts: A Great Destination. The Countryman Press. p. 26. {{ISBN|978-1581570489}}. Palm Springs is home to tarantulas and various scorpion species, including the vinegaroon.Baker, Christopher P. (2008). Explorer's Guide Palm Springs & Desert Resorts: A Great Destination. The Countryman Press. pp. 29–30. {{ISBN|978-1581570489}}.

Although black bears are not common in the Coachella Valley, bears have been observed in Palm Springs and other parts of California.{{cite web | url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/05/15/bear-sighting-indio-la-verne-rare/323126001/ | title=What makes the bear sighting in Indio so rare}}

Today, jaguars roam the northern Mexican dry-lands; however, they were previously common throughout the Coachella Valley. The last documented jaguar sighting in Palm Springs was in 1860.Jameson, Everlett Williams and Hans J. Peeters (1988). California Mammals. University of California Press. p. 21. {{ISBN|978-0520053915}}.

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The City of Palm Springs has developed a program to identify distinctive neighborhoods in the community.{{cite web|url=https://www.palmspringsca.gov/residents/neighborhoods|title=Office of Neighborhoods | City of Palm Springs|website=palmspringsca.gov}} Of the 45 neighborhoods, 7 have historical and cultural significance.[http://localism.com/blog/ca/palm_springs/posts/2359157/7-Historic-Neighborhoods-in Palm Springs Historic Neighborhoods] by The Desert Sun feature writer Judith Salkin

The Movie Colony is just east of Palm Canyon Drive.{{cite web|url=http://www.themoviecolony.org/history.php|title=The Movie Colony Neighborhood Organization – History & Description|website=themoviecolony.org|access-date=March 1, 2012|archive-date=September 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907035643/http://www.themoviecolony.org/history.php|url-status=dead}} The Movie Colony East neighborhood extends further east from the Ruth Hardy Park.{{cite web|author=James Franklin|url=https://www.palmspringsca.gov/home/showdocument?id=16408|title=Explore The Movie Colony East Neighborhood |website=palmspringsca.gov}} These areas started growing in the 1930s as Hollywood movie stars built their smaller getaways from their Los Angeles area estates. Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Estée Lauder, Carmen Miranda and Bing Crosby built homes in these neighborhoods.

In the 1960s, Robert Fey built 70 homes designed by Donald Wexler and Ric Harrison in the El Rancho Vista Estates.{{cite web|url=http://www.elranchovistaestates.org/history.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504001945/http://www.elranchovistaestates.org/history.html|url-status=dead|title=El Rancho Vista Estates: History|archive-date=May 4, 2012}} Noted residents included Jack LaLanne and comic Andy Dick.

Historic homes in the Warm Sands area date from the 1920s and many were built from adobe.{{cite web |url=http://www.pswarmsands.com/profile.html |title=Warm Sands Neighborhood Organization: Profile |access-date=March 1, 2012 |archive-date=May 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516114909/http://www.pswarmsands.com/profile.html |url-status=dead }} It also includes small resorts and the Ramon Mobile Home Park. Noted residents have included screenwriter Walter Koch, artist Paul A. Grimm, activist Cleve Jones and actor Wesley Eure.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

The Mesa started off as a gated community developed in the 1920s near the Indian Canyons.{{cite web|url=http://www.psmesa.com/history.html|title=The Mesa Neighborhood Organization – History|date=November 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120165626/http://www.psmesa.com/history.html|archive-date=November 20, 2008}} Noted residents have included King Gillette, Zane Grey, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Suzanne Somers, Herman Wouk, Henry Fernandez, Barry Manilow and Trina Turk. Distinctive homes include Donald Wexler's "butterfly houses" and the "Streamline Moderne Ship of the Desert".{{cite web|url=http://www.pspreservationfoundation.org/images/then/then16.jpg|title=Palm Springs Preservation Foundation: Then and Now}}

File:Palm Springs - Tahquitz Canyon Way - USA - Agosto 2011.jpg

Some of the homes in this neighborhood date from the 1930s. The area was owned by Pearl McCallum McManus, and she started building homes in the neighborhood after World War II ended. Dr. William Scholl (Dr. Scholl's foot products) owned a {{convert|10|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate here. Today the neighborhood is the largest neighborhood organization with 600 homes and businesses within its boundaries.{{cite web |url=http://www.trenops.com/htdocs/about.htm |title=Treno: About |access-date=March 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121075319/http://www.trenops.com/htdocs/about.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

During World War II, the original Sunmor Estates area was the western portion of the Palm Springs Army Airfield.[https://sites.google.com/site/sunmorps/ Sunmor Neighborhood Organization]; and, [http://www.sunmor-ps.com/about.html Sunmor Estates: Neighborhood History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313105015/http://www.sunmor-ps.com/about.html |date=March 13, 2012 }} Homes here were developed by Robert Higgins and the Alexander Construction Company. Actor and former mayor Frank Bogert bought his home for $16,000 and lived there for more than 50 years.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Impoverished artist Carl Eytel first set up his cabin on what would become the Tennis Club in 1937. Another artist in the neighborhood, who built his Moroccan-style "Dar Marrac" estate in 1924, was Gordon Coutts.[http://www.gordoncoutts.com/ Gordon Coutts]; the Dar Marrac is now operated as the Mediterranean-style [http://www.korakia.com/history Korakia Pensione] Other estates include Samuel Untermyer's Mediterranean style villa (now the Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn),* [https://thewillowspalmsprings.com/about-the-willows/ The Willows: About]

• Clark Gable and Carole Lombard enjoyed their honeymoon at the Willows. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140824120857/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2000-09-03/palm-springs-an-oasis-of-nostalgia-in-the-desert Palmeri, Christopher (September 3, 2000). "Palm Springs: An Oasis of Nostalgia in the Desert".] Bloomberg Businessweek.
• {{cite book |author1=Vaught, Steve |author2=Conrad, Tracy |title=Einstein dreamt here: The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn |date=2015 |isbn=978-0692385791|oclc=932520195}} the Casa Cody Inn, built by Harriet and Harold William Cody (cousin of Buffalo Bill Cody){{cite journal |last1=Powers |first1=Jim |title=Calling Casa Cody: At the newly restored hotel, a classic Palm Springs vibe welcomes guests to retreat to another time |journal=Palm Springs Life |date=June 2, 2021 |url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/casa-cody-palm-springs/}}{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Renee |title=Pioneer Harriet Dowie-Cody never gave up. Her Palm Springs hotel, Casa Cody, is still operating today |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2018/08/23/pioneering-woman-behind-casa-cody-palm-springs-never-gave-up/1073746002/ |work=Desert Sun |publisher=USA Today Network |date=August 23, 2018}} and the Ingleside Inn,{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Rita |title=Umbrella Guide to Grand Old Hotels of Southern and Central California |year= 1996 |publisher=Epicenter Press |location=Kenmore, WA |isbn=978-0945397472 |page=159 |lccn=97116800 }} built in the 1920s by the Humphrey Birge family. The neighborhood now has about 400 homes, condos, apartments, inns and restaurants.{{cite web|url=http://www.htcno.org/history/htcn_history.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020080248/http://htcno.org/history/htcn_history.html|url-status=dead|title=Historic Tennis Club Neighborhood Organization: History|archive-date=October 20, 2013}}

To the west of Palm Canyon Drive are the Vista Las Palmas,{{cite web|url=http://www.vistalaspalmas.com/Vista|title=Las Palmas Neighborhood Organization|access-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701005701/http://www.vistalaspalmas.com/Vista|archive-date=July 1, 2016|url-status=dead}} Old Las Palmas, and Little Tuscany neighborhoods.{{cite web|url=http://www.olpno.com/history.html|title=Old Las Palmas Neighborhood Organization – Old Las Palmas History|date=December 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204164210/http://www.olpno.com/history.html|archive-date=December 4, 2008}} These areas also feature distinctive homes, celebrity estates, and Albert Frey's private residential complex Villa Hermosa.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Historic Racquet Club Estates, located north of Vista Chino, is home to over five hundred mid-century modern homes from the Alexander Construction Company. "Meiselman" homes, and the famed Donald Wexler steel homes (having Class One historic designation) are also prominent in the area.{{cite magazine|last1=Hart|first1=Lisa Marie|title=The Real Steel|magazine=Palm Springs Life|date=September 2015|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/September-2015/The-Real-Steel/}} Racquet Club Estates was Palm Springs' first middle income neighborhood and became popular with Hollywood's elite in the 1950s and 60's.{{rp|41}}

Deepwell Estates, the eastern portion of the square mile ({{convert|1|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|disp=out}}) defined by South/East Palm Canyon, Mesquite, and Sunrise, contains around 370 homes, including notable homes architecturally and of celebrity figures. Among the celebrities who lived in the neighborhood are Jerry Lewis, Loretta Young, Liberace, and William Holden.{{cite web|title = Deepwell Estates Neighborhood Organization |url = http://www.ourdeepwell.com/|website = www.ourdeepwell.com|access-date = February 1, 2016}}{{cite web|title = Deepwell Estates Neighborhood Organization (DENO) Palm Springs Villager|url = http://www.ourdeepwell.com/index.php/about-deno/your-neighborhood/history/18-history/28-deno-palm-springs-villager|website = www.ourdeepwell.com|access-date = February 1, 2016}}

{{US Census population

| 1940 = 3434

| 1950 = 7660

| 1960 = 13468

| 1970 = 20936

| 1980 = 32359

| 1990 = 40181

| 2000 = 42807

| 2010 = 44552

| 2020 = 44575

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The 2010 United States Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655254|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032249/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655254|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Palm Springs city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}} reported that Palm Springs had a population of 44,552. The population density was {{convert|469.1|PD/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of Palm Springs was 33,720 (75.7%) White (63.6% Non-Hispanic White), 1,982 (4.4%) African American, 467 (1.0%) Native American, 1,971 (4.4%) Asian, 71 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 4,949 (11.1%) from other races, and 1,392 (3.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11,286 persons (25.3%).

The Census reported that 44,013 people (98.8% of the population) lived in households, 343 (0.8%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 196 (0.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 22,746 households, out of which 3,337 (14.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,812 (25.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,985 (8.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 868 (3.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,031 (4.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2,307 (10.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 10,006 households (44.0%) were made up of individuals, and 4,295 (18.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93. There were 8,665 families (38.1% of all households); the average family size was 2.82.File:Palm Springs Presbyterian Church 01.jpgThe population was spread out, with 6,125 people (13.7%) under the age of 18, 2,572 people (5.8%) aged 18 to 24, 8,625 people (19.4%) aged 25 to 44, 15,419 people (34.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,811 people (26.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 129.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 133.8 males.

There were 34,794 housing units at an average density of {{convert|366.3|/sqmi|/km2}}, of which 13,349 (58.7%) were owner-occupied, and 9,397 (41.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 6.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 15.5%. 24,948 people (56.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 19,065 people (42.8%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009{{ndash}}2013, Palm Springs had a median household income of $45,198, with 18.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

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As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 42,807 people, 20,516 households, and 9,457 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|454.2|PD/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 30,823 housing units at an average density of {{convert|327.0|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 78.3% White, 3.9% African American, 0.9% Native American, 3.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 9.8% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.7% of the population.File:Church of St. Paul in the Desert - Palm Springs, California.jpgThere were 20,516 households, of which 16.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.9% were non-families. 41.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.1 and the average family size was 2.9.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.0% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 26.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,973 and the median income for a family was $45,318. Males had a median income of $33,999 versus $27,461 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,957. About 11.2% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.2% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

Palm Springs has one of the highest concentrations of same-sex couples of any community in the United States.{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=David|title=A City Comes Out: How Celebrities Made Palm Springs a Gay and Lesbian Paradise|year=2008|publisher=Barricade Books|location=Fort Lee, NJ|isbn=978-1569803493|page=192|lccn=2008022210|url=http://www.barricadebooks.com/index.php/books/single/a_city_comes_out/|oclc=209646547|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617074829/http://www.barricadebooks.com/index.php/books/single/a_city_comes_out|archive-date=June 17, 2013}} In 2010, 10.1% (2,307) of the city's households belong to same-sex married couples or partnerships, compared to the national average of 1%. Palm Springs has the fifth-highest percentage of same-sex households in the nation.{{cite book | last = Gates | first = Gary | author2 = Ost, Jason | title = The Gay and Lesbian Atlas | year = 2004 | publisher = The Urban Institute | location = Washington, DC | isbn = 978-0877667216 | url = https://archive.org/details/gaylesbianatlas0000gate | url-access = limited }} (data summarized at [http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/900695_GL_FactSheet.pdf Urban Institute Factsheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201155048/http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/900695_GL_FactSheet.pdf |date=February 1, 2015 }}){{rp|27}} Former mayor Ron Oden estimated that about a third of Palm Springs is gay.{{cite web|url=https://www.thebody.com/content/art45892.html|title="Down Low" Is Not Just a Black Issue, Palm Springs Mayor Says | TheBody|website=thebody.com}} Over various times, the city has catered to LGBT tourists with an increasing number of events such as the annual Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, as well as hosting various clothing-optional resorts and events.{{Cite news|url=https://queerintheworld.com/best-gay-clothing-optional-resorts-in-palm-springs/|title=The Absolute Best Gay Clothing Optional Resorts in Palm Springs, USA!|date=July 26, 2018|work=Queer in the World|access-date=November 7, 2018|language=en-US}}{{cite book|title=Palm Springs: official gay & lesbian visitors guide|year=2005|publisher=Pride National Network|location=Palm Springs|page=62|author=Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism |oclc=64229593 }}; {{cite book|title=Gay pocket guide: Palm Springs, Cathedral City & the entire Coachella Valley|publisher=GHighway|location=Hollywood, CA |oclc=74711792 }}; {{cite magazine|magazine=The Bottom Line|year=1978 |oclc=45909832 }} Palm Springs is host to the Greater Palm Springs Pride Celebration. This celebration, held every year in November, includes events such as the Palm Springs Pride Golf Classic, the Stonewall Equality Concert, and a Broadway in Drag Pageant. The city also held same-sex wedding ceremonies at the iconic Forever Marilyn statue located downtown, before its relocation in 2014. In January 2018, Palm Springs ushered in America's first fully LGBTQ comprised city government.{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/01/palm-springs-first-lgbt-gay-city-council-government-interview | title=In gay-friendly Palm Springs, America's first all-LGBT government is no surprise| newspaper=The Guardian| date=January 2018| last1=Carroll| first1=Rory}} Among notable establishments is Hunters Palm Springs.

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Though celebrities still retreat to Palm Springs, many establish residences in other areas of the Coachella Valley. The city's economy now relies on tourism, and local government is largely supported by related retail sales taxes and the TOT (transient occupancy tax). The city hosts numerous festivals, conventions, and international events including the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

The world's largest rotating aerial tramcars{{cite web|url=http://www.pstramway.com/downloads/new-cars.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903214018/http://www.pstramway.com/downloads/new-cars.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Palm Springs Aerial Tramway news release, January 5, 2005|archive-date=September 3, 2012}} (cable cars) can be found at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. These cars, built by Von Roll Tramways, ascend from Chino Canyon {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|0|spell=in}} up a steep incline to the station at {{convert|8516|ft|m}}. The San Jacinto Wilderness is accessible from the top of the tram and there is a restaurant with notable views.

The Palm Springs Convention Center underwent a multimillion-dollar expansion and renovation under Mayor Will Kleindienst. The City Council Sub-Committee of Mayor Kleindienst and City Council Member Chris Mills selected Fentress Bradburn Architects{{cite web|url=http://www.fentressarchitects.com/portfolio/convention-centers/palm-springs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325115914/http://www.fentressarchitects.com/portfolio/convention-centers/palm-springs/|url-status=dead|title=Fentress Bradburn: Convention Center remodeling|archive-date=March 25, 2012}} from Denver, Colorado for the redesign.

Numerous hotels, restaurants and attractions cater to tourists, while shoppers can find a variety of high-end boutiques in downtown and uptown Palm Springs. The city is home to 20 clothing-optional resorts including many catering to gay men.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mydesert/2425656631.html?FMT=ABS&date=Aug+16%2C+2011 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718195946/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mydesert/2425656631.html?FMT=ABS&date=Aug+16,+2011 | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 18, 2012 | work=The Desert Sun | first=Tamara | last=Sone | title=They all thought I was nuts | date=August 16, 2011}}{{Subscription required}} Downtown Palm Springs shopping is anchored by historic La Plaza, built in 1936.

According to the City's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,{{Cite web|url=https://www.palmspringsca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/84029/638091303207600000|title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFRO for Year Ended 6/30/2022|website=palmspringsca.gov}} the top employers in the city are:

• Ace Hotel & Swim Club – a renovated mid-20th century motel.Designed by the Los Angeles design firm Commune. [http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-lh-commune-pop-up-shop-in-japan-20120811,0,6903083.story Nakano, Craig (August 11, 2012) "L.A. firm Commune leaves fingerprints across Japan for a cause" Los Angeles Times]
• Bird Medical Technologies[https://web.archive.org/web/20140823233459/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=255196 Company Overview of Bird Medical Technologies], Bloomberg Businessweek
• Colony Palms Hotel – opened in 1936 as The Colonial House by Las Vegas casino owner Al Wertheimer.
• KGAY, LGBT-themed radio station.{{cite web|url=https://kgaypalmsprings.com/|title=KGAY 106.5 Radio Palm Springs, Pride of the Valley|date=January 18, 2020}}
• Raven Productions – a television production company based in Palm Springs.
• Earth Trek – a travel and adventure program produced by Raven.

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• The Palm Springs International Film Festival and Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films ("ShortFest") present movie star-filled, red-carpet affairs in January and June respectively.
• Modernism Week, in February, is an 11-day event featuring mid-century modern architecture through films, lectures, tours and its Modernism Show & Sale. A four-day Modernism Week Preview is held in mid-October.{{cite web|url=https://www.modernismweek.com/|title=Modernism Week 2020|date=July 8, 2019}}
• The Palm Springs Black History Committee celebrates Black History Month with a parade and town fair every February.{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringsblackhistory.org/calendar.html|title=PS Black History Committee: Calendar}}
• Agua Caliente Cultural Museum presents its annual Festival of Native Film & Culture{{cite web|url=http://www.accmuseum.org/Film-Festival|title=Agua Caliente Cultural Museum|website=accmuseum.org}} at the Camelot Theaters in central Palm Springs.
• The Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, known as "The Dinah", is an LGBT event billed as the "Largest Girl Party in the World" held each March.
• A circuit White Party is held in April, attracting 10,000 visitors.{{cite web|url=https://jeffreysanker.com/|title=Jeffrey Sanker Presents: White Party Palm Springs|website=jeffreysanker.com}}
• The Palm Springs Cultural Center{{cite web|url=https://psculturalcenter.org/|title=Palm Springs Cultural Center|website=psculturalcenter.org|access-date=August 24, 2019}} hosts a number of annual events, including Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival, The Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival,{{cite web|url=http://arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com/|title=Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival Palm Springs|first1=Michael Carroll|last1=Green|date=April 5, 2018|website=arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com|access-date=August 20, 2012|archive-date=September 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926183713/http://arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com/|url-status=dead}} the Certified Farmers' Markets and more.
• Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week is held every June, featuring 10 days of dining at over 100 restaurants in the Coachella Valley.{{cite web|url=https://www.visitgreaterpalmsprings.com/eat-and-drink/restaurant-week/|title=Join us for Restaurant Week May 31 – June 9, 2019 in Greater Palm Springs|website=visitgreaterpalmsprings.com}}
• The Caballeros, a gay men's chorus and member of GALA Choruses, has presented concerts since 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.caballerosps.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=61&Itemid=53 |title=The Gay Men's Chorus of Palm Springs: About |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204154351/http://www.caballerosps.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=61&Itemid=53 |archive-date=December 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

The following three parades, held on Palm Canyon Drive, were created by former Mayor Will Kleindienst:

• Palm Springs Annual Homecoming Parade is held on the Wednesday prior to the Friday night Palm Springs High School Homecoming Game.[http://www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us/index.aspx?page=15&recordid=471 City of Palm Springs: PSHS Homecoming] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815055620/http://www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us/index.aspx?page=15&recordid=471 |date=August 15, 2014 }}; and, [https://archive.today/20130127030215/http://www.kesq.com/Palm-Springs-High-School-Homecoming-Parade-Set-For-Downtown/-/233230/496078/-/df1v9nz/-/index.html KESQ.com PSHS Homecoming Parade]
• The city sponsors a Veterans Day parade, concert and fireworks display since 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.palmsprings-ca.gov/index.aspx?recordid=5275&page=15 |title=City of Palm Springs Veterans Day Parade |access-date=March 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816095808/http://www.palmsprings-ca.gov/index.aspx?recordid=5275&page=15 |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }} It is one of 54 US Department of Veterans Affairs designated Regional Sites{{cite web |url=http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/regsites.asp |title=VA Department: Regional Sites |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818102600/http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/regsites.asp |archive-date=August 18, 2012 |url-status=dead }} for the national observance of Veterans Day.{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us/index.aspx?page=15&recordid=4430 |title=City of Palm Springs Event Calendar: Veterans Day |access-date=May 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816081215/http://www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us/index.aspx?page=15&recordid=4430 |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Since 1992 the Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade is held on the first Saturday of December.[http://www.psfestivaloflights.com/ Palm Springs Festival of Lights]; and, [http://origin-www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=J1&Dato=20111203&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=112040801&Ref=PH&odyssey=mod%7Cgalleriespic "2011 Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade" (December 3, 2011). mydesert.com (Desert Sun)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813105157/http://origin-www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=J1&Dato=20111203&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=112040801&Ref=PH&odyssey=mod%7Cgalleriespic |date=August 13, 2014 }}

For many years, The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies was a stage-show at the historic Plaza Theatre featuring performers over the age of 55. Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies is a 1997 Mel Damski short documentary film about the Follies. The Palm Springs Follies closed for good after the 2013–14 season.{{cite web|title = The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies to Close its Doors for Good|url = http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/Desert-Guide/June-2013/The-Fabulous-Palm-Springs-Follies-to-Close-its-Doors-for-Good/|website = www.palmspringslife.com|access-date = February 1, 2016|date = June 5, 2013}}

Starting in 2004, the city worked with downtown businesses to develop the weekly Palm Springs VillageFest. The downtown street fair has been a regular Thursday evening event, drawing tourists and locals alike to Palm Canyon Drive to stroll amid the food and craft vendors.{{cite web|url=http://palmspringsvillagefest.com/home.html|title=Villagefest on Palm Canyon Drive every Thursday in Palm Springs – The official downtown website of Palm Springs Villagefest|website=palmspringsvillagefest.com}}

Events related to films and film-craft are sponsored by the Desert Film Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.desertfilmsociety.org/|title=Desert Film Society | palm springs, ca}}

{{Main|List of public art in Palm Springs, California}}

The city and various individuals have sponsored different public art projects in the city, including Robolights.{{cite web |url=http://www.palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=41 |title=City of Palm Springs: Boards and Commissions |access-date=August 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823145524/http://www.palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=41 |archive-date=August 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=1191 |title=City of Palm Springs: Art in Public Places History |access-date=August 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814184926/http://palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=1191 |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }} Numerous galleries and studios are located in the city and region.{{cite web|url=http://artpalmsprings.com/m|title=The Artists, Artisans & Photographers of the Coachella Valley & Beyond|website=ArtPalmSprings.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518155152/http://artpalmsprings.com/ |archive-date=18 May 2013 |url-status=usurped}} The California Art Club has a chapter in Palm Springs.{{cite web|url=http://www.californiaartclub.org/event/palm-springs-chapter-paint/|title=Palm Springs Chapter Paint-Out » California Art Club|website=California Art Club}} The Desert Art Center of Coachella Valley was established in Palm Springs in 1950.{{cite web |url=http://desertartcenter.com/Home.html |title=Desert Art Center: History |access-date=August 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513162533/http://www.desertartcenter.com/Home.html |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{Main|Mid-Century modern#Mid-century modern in Palm Springs}}

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Besides its tradition of mid-century modern architecture, Palm Springs and the region features numerous noted architects. Other (non-Mid-Century Modern) include{{cite web|url=https://www.ranchomirageca.gov/city_government/city_commissions/historic_preservation/architect_bios.php|title=Architect Bios|website=ranchomirageca.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316114855/https://www.ranchomirageca.gov/city_government/city_commissions/historic_preservation/architect_bios.php |archive-date=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead}} Edward H. Fickett, Haralamb H. Georgescu, Howard Lapham, and Karim Rashid.{{cite web|title=Sci Fi – Futuristic Bungalow by Karim Rashid|url=http://besthomenews.com/sci-fi-futuristic-bungalow-by-karim-rashid/|work=Best Home News|access-date=July 29, 2012|date=June 29, 2010|quote=...bungalow is created specifically for the Sci Fi channel and Morongo Casino.}}

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• Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Agua Caliente Cultural Museum{{cite web|url=http://www.accmuseum.org/|title=Agua Caliente Cultural Museum|website=accmuseum.org}} (presently located downtown at the Village Green)
• Indian Canyons (Palm Canyon,The visitor center for Palm Canyon was named "Hermit's Haven" and "Hermit's Bench" after early "hippie" William Pester who had a cabin overlooking the canyon. See: {{cite book|last=Lech|first=Steve|title=For Tourism and a Good Night's Sleep |year=2012|publisher=Steve Lech|location=Riverside, CA|isbn=978-0983750017|page=230}}, citing "Hermit Haven is Next to Nature" (December 2, 1917). Los Angeles Times; {{GNIS|272845|Palm Canyon}}; and, {{cite book |last=Wild |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Wild |title=William Pester: The Hermit of Palm Springs |year=2008 |publisher=The Shady Myrick Research Project |location=Johannesburg, CA |page=161 |oclc=234084689}} Andreas Canyon, Murray Canyon){{cite web|url=https://www.indian-canyons.com/|title=Home – Indian Canyons and Palm Canyon|website=indian-canyons.com}}
• Tahquitz Canyon,{{cite web|url=http://www.tahquitzcanyon.com/|title=Home – Tahquitz Canyon|website=tahquitzcanyon.com}} wildlife area and one-time staging place for the outdoor "Desert Plays" in the 1920s{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Renee|title='Desert Plays' performed in Tahquitz Canyon in 19202|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2016/06/11/desert-plays-performed-tahquitz-canyon-1920s-palm-springs/85676532/|work=The Desert Sun|publisher=Gannett|date=June 11, 2015|location=Palm Springs}}
• Tahquitz Falls, {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} waterfall used as a scene in Frank Capra's 1937 film, Lost Horizon.{{AFI film|6322|Lost Horizon}}
• Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage
• Spa Resort Casino, which is based on the original hot springs of the town{{cite web |url=http://www.sparesortcasino.com/sitemap.html |title=Agua Caliente Spa Resort Casino |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831014715/http://www.sparesortcasino.com/sitemap.html |archive-date=August 31, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• Forever Marilyn sculpture by Seward Johnson in downtown Palm Springs{{Cite web |last=Jimenez |first=Crystal |date=June 1, 2022 |title=Fans celebrate Marilyn Monroe's birthday at statue |url=https://kesq.com/news/2022/06/01/fans-to-celebrate-marilyn-monroes-birthday-at-statue/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=KESQ |language=en-US}}
• Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium
• Palm Springs Historical Society Museums{{cite web |url=http://www.pshistoricalsociety.org/about/index.html |title=PSHS About |access-date=March 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323110838/http://www.pshistoricalsociety.org/about/index.html |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }} (and Village Green{{cite web|url=https://www.palmsprings.com/history/|title=History}})
• Miss Cornelia White's "Little House" (railroad ties from the defunct Palmdale Railroad were used to build the house)
• The McCallum Adobe – the oldest remaining building, built in 1884
• Ruddy's General Store Museum – a 1930s general store{{cite news|last=Schenden|first=Laurie K.|title=Ruddy's General Store Museum|url=http://findlocal.latimes.com/listings/ruddys-general-store-museum-palm-springs|access-date=March 17, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=n.d.}}; and, [http://findlocal.latimes.com/listings/ruddys-general-store-museum-palm-springs Palm Springs heritage]
• Palm Springs Air Museum – located at the Palm Springs International Airport
• Palm Springs Art Museum – originally developed as the Desert Museum
• Annenberg Theater{{cite web|url=http://www.psmuseum.org/performance/annenberg_theater.php|title=Palm Springs Art Museum: Annenberg Theater|access-date=August 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915124041/http://www.psmuseum.org/performance/annenberg_theater.php|archive-date=September 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}
• Palm Springs Walk of Stars
• San Jacinto Mountains
• Cactus to Clouds Trail – leads from the Art Museum to San Jacinto Peak
• Mount San Jacinto State Park
• Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
• Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
• Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert – in Rancho Mirage{{cite web |url=http://www.cdmod.org/about/ |title=Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert: About |access-date=April 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420122730/http://www.cdmod.org/about/ |archive-date=April 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• Living Desert Zoo and Gardens – in Palm Desert, California
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Little San Bernardino Mountains

Notable restaurants include 1501 Uptown Gastropub, Chi Chi, Koffi, Sherman's Deli & Bakery, Tac/Quila, and Townie Bagels.

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Palm Springs is home to the Palm Springs Power, a summer collegiate baseball team currently playing in the California Premier Collegiate League.{{Cite web |title=Palm Springs Power: New league and new excitement as season starts Friday |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/baseball/2023/05/31/palm-springs-power-new-league-and-new-excitement-as-season-starts-friday/70274506007/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Desert Sun |language=en-US}} The Power also operate the California Winter League a professional baseball showcase league. The league has run since 2010 playing games in January and February.{{Cite web |title=Is there a Palm Springs Chill in the air? California Winter League baseball is back |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/2024/01/26/california-winter-league-baseball-back-in-palm-springs-for-15th-year/72368287007/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Desert Sun |language=en-US}} The winter league plays their games in Palm Springs Stadium and next to the stadium in Cerritos Park. Both sites also feature teams from the Palm Springs Collegiate League in the summer.{{cite web | url=http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=PALMSPRINGSCOLLEGIAT&s=baseball | title=Palm Springs Collegiate League}}

The Palm Springs stadium was once the spring training site of the Major League Baseball California Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels) of the American League from 1961 to 1993.{{cite web | url=https://www.halosheaven.com/2018/1/25/16933408/angels-spring-training-history | title=Angels spring training history| date=January 25, 2018}} The stadium also hosted spring training of the Chicago White Sox{{cite web | url=https://www.springtrainingonline.com/teams/chicago-white-sox.htm | title=Chicago White Sox Spring Training}} in the late 1940s–1950s, the Oakland A's in the 1970s, and the 1950s minor league Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League also trained there.

In 2019, Palm Springs was approved to become the home to an American Hockey League (AHL) expansion team to begin play for the 2021–22 season and serve as the development affiliate of the National Hockey League's 2021 expansion team, the Seattle Kraken.{{cite web |url=https://theahl.com/ahl-expansion-palm-springs |title=AHL expanding to Palm Springs in 2021–22 |website=American Hockey League |date=September 30, 2019}} However, the original project to build an arena in Palm Springs fell through, leading to the team's launch to be delayed by one year to the 2022–23 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29900182/seattle-kraken-delays-ahl-franchise-1-year |title=Seattle Kraken delays AHL franchise by 1 year |website=ESPN |date=September 16, 2020}} The team, later named as the Coachella Valley Firebirds, then began building Coachella Valley Arena in nearby Thousand Palms, California.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2019/06/26/seattle-nhl-franchise-to-have-ahl-affiliate-in-palm-springs/39628193/|title=Seattle NHL franchise to have AHL affiliate in Palm Springs|website=USA Today|language=en|access-date=June 28, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/hockey/2021/11/05/coachella-valley-firebirds-new-hockey-team-name-logo-colors-revealed/6251050001/ |title=New Coachella Valley hockey team will be called Firebirds, with red, orange and black colors |website=Palm Springs Desert Sun |date=November 5, 2021}}

The Palm Springs area features numerous major sports events, including the annual BNP Paribas Open in March, voted by professional players over several years in the early 21st century as the premier mandatory Tournament of the Year.{{cite web |title=Indian Wells Reigns as WTA Top Premier Event |url=http://www.tennisnow.com/News/2018/December/Indian-Wells-Reigns-as-WTA-Top-Premier-Event.aspx |publisher=Tennis Now |access-date=April 7, 2019 |date=December 11, 2018}} The Easter Bowl, sponsored by the United States Tennis Association is a showcase tournament for junior tennis players (girls and boys aged 12 to 18 years) held annually in March among several tennis centers of the Palm Springs area.{{cite web |title=About the Easter Bowl |url=http://www.easterbowl.com/about/ |publisher=Easter Bowl |access-date=April 7, 2019 |date=2019}}

File:Greetings from Palm Springs - Golf Course postcard (1960s).jpg

With more golf courses than any other region in California, Coachella Valley is the most popular golf vacation destination in California. Early golf courses in Palm Springs were the O'Donnell Golf Club (built by oil magnate Thomas A. O'Donnell){{cite book |last1=Dean |first1=Terry |last2=Dickinson |first2=Judy |title=O'Donnell Golf Club: Jewel of the Desert for 65 Years |page=52 |oclc=810251995}} and the El Mirador Hotel course, both of which opened in the 1920s.{{rp|120}} After the Cochran-Odlum (Indio) and Shadow Mountain pitch and putt courses were built after World II, the first 18-hole golf course in the area was the Thunderbird Country Club, established 1951 in Rancho Mirage.[http://www.thunderbirdcountryclub.org/Mission-history-public.html Thunderbird Country Club: Mission and History]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}The Thunderbird Country Club had started off as a dude ranch in 1956. {{cite web|last=Howser|first=Huell|title=Thunderbird Country Club – Palm Springs (32)|url=http://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2002/09/29/thunderbird-country-club-palm-springs-32/|work=California's Gold|publisher=Chapman University Huell Howser Archive|author-link=Huell Howser |author2=Bogert, Frank |author3-link=Velma Dawson|author3=Dawson, Velma |author4=Windeler, Robert |date=September 29, 2002|author2-link=Frank Bogert}}; {{cite book|last=Windeler|first=Robert|title=Thunderbird Country Club: from desert to oasis|year=2002|publisher=Bluefin Press|location=New York|page=184 | oclc= 60860787}} Thunderbird was designed by golf course architects Lawrence Hughes and Johnny DawsonBest, Hugh (1988). Thunderbird Country Club. pp. 128. {{OCLC|41519919}} {{ASIN|B002I5PBH2}} and in 1955 it hosted the 11th Ryder Cup championship.

In the 1970s the area had over 40 courses and in 2001 the 100th course was opened.{{rp|121}} The area is also home to the PGA Tour's Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation (formerly the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic), the LPGA's ANA Inspiration and the Canadian Tour's Desert Dunes Classic.[http://www.cantour.com/leagues/cantour_event.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=16792&seasonnum=2012 CANTOUR 2012 Season (Desert Hot Springs)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828054414/http://www.cantour.com/leagues/cantour_event.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=16792&seasonnum=2012 |date=August 28, 2014 }}

• For more information on golf courses in the region, see:
• {{cite book|last=Wexler|first=Daniel|title=The Black Book: Palm Springs Area Golf Guide|year=2011|publisher=CreateSpace|isbn=978-1467975643|page=132}}, covers Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial Counties.
• {{cite book |last=Ryder |first=Jay |title=The Greater Palm Springs Golf Guide: a Comprehensive Reference Guide to Playing the Desert's Finest Gold Courses |year=1989 |publisher=Ryder Publications |location=Palm Desert, CA |page=156 |lccn=90115597 }}

The Palm Springs AYSO Region 80 plays in Section 1H of the American Youth Soccer Organization.{{cite web|url=https://www.ayso80.org/50x/custom_50x.html?aspxerrorpath=/default_css.aspx|title=Time Out|website=ayso80.org}}[http://www.aysosection1.org/section_1h_links.htm AYSO Section 1H]

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• City parks include:{{cite web |url=http://www.palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=80 |title=PS Parks & Recreation |access-date=March 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128002200/http://palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=80 |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• Baristo Park
• DeMuth Park
• Desert Healthcare (Wellness) Park
• Downtown Park
• James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center{{cite web |url=http://palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=263 |title=City of Palm Springs, James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center |access-date=May 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504024331/http://palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=263 |archive-date=May 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• Dog Park (behind city hall){{cite web |url=http://www.palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=101 |title=PS Parks & Recreation: Dog Park |access-date=March 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306070250/http://palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=101 |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• Frances Stevens Park
• Ruth Hardy Park
• Sunrise Park
• Victoria Park

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• Boomers! is a family entertainment center in Cathedral City.{{cite web |url=http://www.boomersparks.com/site/palmsprings/directions.html |title=Boomers! Palm Springs: Directions |access-date=March 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216040215/http://www.boomersparks.com/site/palmsprings/directions.html |archive-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• A city skatepark was designed after the noted Nude Bowl.{{cite web |url=http://palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=265 |title=City of Palm Springs, Skate Park and Swim Center |access-date=February 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125170552/http://www.palmspringsca.gov/index.aspx?page=265 |archive-date=January 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• CNL Financial Group operates the Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs water park in the summer. (Formerly operated as Knott's Soak City by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.)

In 1931 the Desert Riders was established.Hicks, John David (1973). History of the Desert Riders. pp. 24. {{OCLC|19766413}} Starting off as a social organization for the cream of Palm Springs society, the group sponsors horseback riding and trail building for equestrians, hikers, and bicyclists.{{cite magazine|last=Patten|first=Carolyn|title=The Desert Riders|magazine=Palm Springs Life|date=March 1995|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/March-1995/The-Desert-Riders/|access-date=August 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702075234/http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/March-1995/The-Desert-Riders/|archive-date=July 2, 2012|url-status=dead}} The Desert Riders were also significant in providing combination chuckwagon meals and rides through nearby canyons to hotel guests as Palm Springs developed its tourist industry.{{cite book|last=Hubbard|first=Doni|title=Favorite Trails of Desert Riders|year=1991|publisher=Hoofprints|location=Redwood City, CA|page=239|oclc=26698066}}

{{See also|List of Mayors of Palm Springs, California}}

Business owners in the village first established a Palm Springs Board of Trade in 1918, followed by a chamber of commerce; the city itself was established by election in 1938{{cite book| last1 = Bogert | first1 =Frank M.| author-link = Frank M. Bogert| title = Palm Springs: First Hundred Years| location = Palm Springs| publisher = Palm Springs Library| year= 2003|orig-year=1987| page = 288| isbn = 978-0961872427| oclc =17171891 }}{{cite news|title=Incorporation Wins|newspaper=The Desert Sun|volume=XI |issue=36|date=April 12, 1938}} and converted to a charter city, with a charter adopted by the voters in 1994.Charter of the City of Palm Springs, Approved by the people June 7, 1994; effective July 12, 1994. {{OCLC|30622447}}

Presently the city has a council-manager type government, with a five-person city council that hires a city manager and city attorney. The mayor is directly elected and serves a four-year term. The other four council members also serve four-year terms, with staggered elections. The city is considered a full-service city, in that it staffs and manages its own police and fire departments including parks and recreation programs, public library,{{cite book|last=Weiss|first=Henry|title=At Sunrise: the History of the Palm Springs Public Library|year=c. 1999|publisher=Palm Springs Public Library|location=Palm Springs|page=121 |lccn= 2002510928}} sewer system and wastewater treatment plant, international airport, and planning and building services.

The city government is a member of the Southern California Association of Governments.{{cite web|url=http://www.scag.ca.gov/DataAndTools/Pages/LocalProfiles.aspx|title=Pages – Local Profiles|website=scag.ca.gov|date=September 27, 2020 }}

Christy Holstege, who took office as mayor in December 2020, was the first female and the first openly bisexual mayor in the city's history, and the first openly bisexual mayor in American history. Lisa Middleton, the first transgender mayor in California history, took office in 2021.{{cite web|last=Reyes |first=Jesus |url=https://kesq.com/news/your-vote/2021/12/06/lisa-middleton-sworn-in-as-palm-springs-mayor-first-transgender-mayor-in-ca-history/ |title=Lisa Middleton sworn in as Palm Springs mayor; First transgender mayor in CA history |publisher=KESQ |date=December 9, 2021 |accessdate=May 26, 2022}}

Palm Springs' longest-tenured mayor was Frank Bogert (1958–66 and 1982–88). He was credited with leading the city as it evolved from a small resort town into a larger community.{{cite web|url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/frank-bogert-palm-springs/ |title=Frank Bogert Played a Starring Role in Palm Springs' Emergence |publisher=Palmspringslife.com |date=September 22, 2021 |accessdate=May 26, 2022}} Bogert's actions as mayor have proved controversial in recent years, as allegations that Bogert removed hundreds of citizens of color from a city neighborhood led to the removal of a statue on city property that honored him.{{cite web|last=Reyes |first=Jesus |url=https://kesq.com/news/2022/02/01/palm-springs-moves-forward-with-removing-bogert-statue-from-city-hall/ |title=Palm Springs moves forward with removing Bogert Statue from city hall |publisher=KESQ |date= February 2, 2022|accessdate=May 26, 2022}}

Former entertainer Sonny Bono had the most recognizable name; Bono served from 1988 to 1992 and was eventually elected to the U.S. Congress.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/04/13/sonny-bono-wins-mayoral-race-in-palm-springs/944d7861-c1c6-489d-a591-7aff3b28e296/ |title=Sonny Bono Wins Mayoral Race In Palm Springs |newspaper=The Washington Post |date= |accessdate=May 26, 2022}}

Palm Springs is in Supervisorial District 4 of Riverside County represented by Democrat V. Manuel Perez{{cite web |url=http://www.rctlma.org/districts/content/documents/Supervisorial%20_Districts_ALL_2011.pdf |title=County of Riverside, 2011 Supervisoral Districts |access-date=March 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116113749/http://www.rctlma.org/districts/content/documents/Supervisorial%20_Districts_ALL_2011.pdf |archive-date=November 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

In the California State Legislature, Palm Springs is in {{Representative|casd|19|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|47|fmt=adistrict}}.{{Cite web

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In the United States House of Representatives, Palm Springs is in {{Representative|cacd|41|fmt=district}}.{{Cite GovTrack|CA|41}}

Palm Springs is the seat of government and the administrative capital for the tribal council of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.{{cite web|title=Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians|url=http://www.aguacaliente.org/content/Tribal%20Council/|access-date=June 1, 2021|website=www.aguacaliente.org}} The tribal government governs over parts of the city where reservation jurisdictions overlap.{{cite web|last=Murphy|first=Rosalie|title=Half of Palm Springs sits on rented land. What happens if the leases end?|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/09/22/palm-springs-agua-caliente-land-lease/87944598/|access-date=June 1, 2021|website=The Desert Sun|language=en-US}}

Public education in Palm Springs is under the jurisdiction of the Palm Springs Unified School District, an independent district with five board members.{{cite web |url=http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=1 |title=PSUSD Home Page |access-date=February 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213235056/http://www.psusd.us/Index.aspx?page=1 |archive-date=February 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The Palm Springs High School[http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=90 PSUSD: Palm Springs High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820020103/http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=90 |date=August 20, 2012 }}; and, [http://schools.psusd.us/ps/index.htm PSHS Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722091358/http://schools.psusd.us/ps/index.htm |date=July 22, 2012 }} is the oldest school in the district, built in 1938. Originally it was a K–12 school in the 1920s and had the College of the Desert campus from 1958 to 1964. And Raymond Cree Middle School in its current site since the mid-1960s.

Elementary schools in Palm Springs include:Palm Springs Unified School District:

• [http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=71 Cahuilla Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806113638/http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=71 |date=August 6, 2012 }}
• [http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=73 Cielo Vista Charter School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806113036/http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=73 |date=August 6, 2012 }}
• [http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=77 Katherine Finchy Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826003950/http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=77 |date=August 26, 2012 }}
• [http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=83 Vista del Monte Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820020530/http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=83 |date=August 20, 2012 }}
• Cahuilla Elementary School
• Cielo Vista Charter School (received a U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon award in 2011, and U.S. Department of Education National Gold Ribbon Award in 2016)
• Katherine Finchy Elementary SchoolThe school is named after an early teacher in Palm Springs. Galon, Buddy; et al. (1980). The Little School House: the Life of Miss Katherine Finchy. Palm Springs, CA: Lyceum of the Desert, pp. 80. {{OCLC|7374555}} (received a U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon award in 2011, and U.S. Department of Education National Gold Ribbon Award in 2016{{cite web|url=http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2011/national.pdf|title=US DOE 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools}})
• Vista del Monte Elementary School

Alternative education is provided by the Ramon Alternative Center.{{cite web |url=http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=92 |title=PSUSD Alternative Education |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820020159/http://www.psusd.us/index.aspx?page=92 |archive-date=August 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Private schools in Palm Springs and nearby communities include Desert Chapel Christian School (K-12), Desert Adventist Academy (K–8), Sacred Heart School (PS-8), St. Theresa (PreK–8), King's School – formerly known as Palm Valley School (K–8), Desert Christian (K–12), Marywood-Palm Valley School, and The academy.

In 2006 the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino built the Xavier College Preparatory High School{{cite web |url=http://www.xavierprep.org/s/786/home.aspx |title=Xavier Prep home page |access-date=August 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722164332/http://www.xavierprep.org/s/786/home.aspx |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} in Palm Desert.

The Desert Community College District, headquartered with its main campus, College of the Desert, is located in Palm Desert. California State University, San Bernardino and University of California, Riverside used to have satellite campuses available within the College of the Desert campus, but now have their own buildings in Palm Desert.

Private post-secondary education institutions include Brandman University (branch in Palm Desert),{{cite web |url=http://www.brandman.edu/coachellavalley/programs.asp |title=Brandman University: Coachella Valley Programs |access-date=September 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304140526/http://www.brandman.edu/coachellavalley/programs.asp |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }} California Desert Trial Academy College of Law (in Indio),{{cite news|last=DeBenedictis|first=Don J.|title=New law school to focus on advocacy|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily Journal|page=5|date=July 12, 2012}} Kaplan College (Palm Springs),[http://palm-springs.kaplancollege.com/pages/homepage.aspx Kaplan College Palm Springs] University of Phoenix (Palm Desert),[http://www.phoenix.edu/campus-locations/ca/san-diego-campus/palm-desert-learning-center.html University of Phoenix, Palm Desert] Mayfield College (Cathedral City),{{cite web|url=http://www.mayfieldcollege.edu/|title=Mayfield College | Palm Springs-Palm Desert-Cathedral City-Desert Hot Springs-Indio California Colleges|website=mayfieldcollege.edu}} and California Nurses Educational Institute (Palm Springs).Council on Occupational Education [http://www8.spinen.net/council-org/files/downloads/2012/04/Accredited-Membership-April-2012.pdf Accredited Membership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717160543/http://www8.spinen.net/council-org/files/downloads/2012/04/Accredited-Membership-April-2012.pdf |date=July 17, 2012 }}

{{Further|List of television stations in California#LPTV stations}}

Palm Springs is the 144th largest TV market as defined by AC Nielsen. The Palm Springs DMA is unique among TV markets as it is entirely located within only a small portion of Riverside County. Also, while many cities launched local television stations during the 1950s, Palm Springs did not have a local TV station until October 1968, when stations KPLM-TV (now KESQ) and KMIR-TV debuted. Prior to that time, Palm Springs was served by TV stations from the Los Angeles market, which were carried on the local cable system that began operations in the 1950s and which predated the emergence of local broadcast stations by more than a decade.

TV stations serving the Palm Springs and Coachella Valley area include:

• KDFX-CD Fox Channel 33 (Channel 11 on cable)
• KESQ-TV ABC, Channel 42 (Channel 3 on cable)
• KMIR-TV NBC, Channel 36 (Channel 13 on cable)
• KPSP-CD CBS, Channel 38 (Channel 2 on cable)

The CW, MyNetworkTV, PBS, and other networks are covered by low power TV stations in the market.

Additionally, Palm Springs and the surrounding area are served by AM and FM radio stations including the following:

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• KCLB-FM
• KCRI
• KDES-FM
• KDGL
• KGAY
• KHCS
• KHCV
• KKGX
• KKUU
• KLOB
• KMEE
• KMRJ
• KNWZ/KNWQ
• KPLM
• KPSC (FM)
• KPSF
• KPSH
• KPSI-FM
• KRHQ
• KSUT
• KUNA-FM
• KVLA-FM
• KVPW
• KWXY
• KXPS

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• The Desert Sun is the local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley region. It is owned by the Gannett Corporation, parent company of USA Today.
• The Palm Springs Post is a digital-only news site and daily newsletter serving only Palm Springs. It is independently owned and operated.{{Cite web |title=Palm Springs local news ⋆ The Palm Springs Post |url=https://thepalmspringspost.com/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=The Palm Springs Post |language=en-US}}
• Desert Magazine is a monthly lifestyle magazine delivered to 40,000 homes.
• The Desert Star Weekly (formerly the Desert Valley Star) is published in Desert Hot Springs, California.
• The Desert Daily Guide{{oclc|54477925}} is a weekly LGBT periodical.[http://www.desertdailyguide.com/ DDG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219132406/http://www.desertdailyguide.com/ |date=February 19, 2012 }}
• Palm Springs Life is a monthly magazine; it also has publications on El Paseo Drive shopping in Palm Desert, desert area entertainment, homes, health, culture and arts, golf, plus annual issues on weddings and dining out.{{cite web|url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/publications/|title=Palm Springs Life Newsstand | Publications|website=Palm Springs Life}}
• The Palm Springs Villager{{LCCN|52017796}}{{oclc|11990550}} was published in the early 20th century until 1959.
• The Palm Canyon Times was published from 1993 to 1996.
• The Desert Post Weekly – Cathedral City.{{OCLC|44505524}}
• The Public Record – Palm Desert, is a business and public affairs weekly.{{cite web|url=http://www.desertpublicrecord.com/aboutus.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021231420/http://www.desertpublicrecord.com/aboutus.html|url-status=dead|title=The Public Record: About Us|archive-date=October 21, 2012}}

The city's library was started in 1924 and financed by Martha Hitchcock. It expanded in 1940 on land donated to the newly incorporated city by Dr. Welwood Murray and was financed through the efforts of Thomas O'Donnell.{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Renee|title=Welwood Murray library has storied past, future|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/2014/08/14/welwood-murray-library-renovation/14092947/|work=The Desert Sun|publisher=Gannett|date=August 14, 2014}} The present site now operates as a branch library, research library for the Palm Springs Historical Society, and tourism office for the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism.{{cite web|title=Welwood Murray Memorial Library|url=http://www.palmspringsca.gov/government/departments/library/welwood-murray-memorial-library|website=City of Palm Springs, CA}}

One of the first transportation routes for Palm Springs was on the Bradshaw Trail, an historic overland stage coach route from San Bernardino to La Paz, Arizona. The Bradshaw Trail operated from 1862 to 1877. In the 1870s the Southern Pacific Railroad expanded its lines into the Coachella Valley.{{cite news|last1=Goolsby|first1=Denise|title=Southern Pacific Railroad made path through the wild|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2014/08/24/southern-pacific-railroad-history-coachella-valley/14446763/|work=The Desert Sun|publisher=Gannett|date=August 24, 2014|location=Palm Springs}}

Modern transportation services include:

• Palm Springs International Airport serves Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
• Historical note: during World War II it was operated as the Palm Springs Army Airfield.
• SunLine Transit Agency provides bus service in the Coachella Valley.
• Morongo Basin Transit Authority provides bus service to and from Morongo Basin communities.
• Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle form a single train which stops thrice weekly at the Palm Springs Amtrak station.
• Amtrak's Amtrak Thruway connects Palm Springs to Bakersfield, Claremont, Indio, La Crescenta, Ontario, Pasadena, Riverside and San Bernardino.[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249234583405&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=attachment;filename=Amtrak_Amtrak_California-Trains-Thruways-2008.pdf Amtrak California Trains and Thruways map]; and, [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&p=1237405732511&cid=1241267355255 Thruway motorcoach service is available only in connection with an Amtrak rail trip.] Curbside Thruway bus stops are located in Downtown Palm Springs and at the airport.
• Historical note: the Southern Pacific Railroad Argonaut served Palm Springs from 1926 to 1961; and its Imperial served the city from 1931 to 1967.[https://www.american-rails.com/argonaut.html American Rails, 'Argonaut'] and [https://www.american-rails.com/imperial.html American Rails, 'Imperial']
• Greyhound Bus Lines has a stop (no ticketing) at the Palm Springs Amtrak station.{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/locations.aspx?state=ca|title=Greyhound.com Locations: California}}
• Flixbus provides service between Palm Springs and several destinations in Southern California and Arizona.{{cite web |title=Flixbus Palm Springs |url=https://global.flixbus.com/bus-routes/bus-los-angeles-ca-palm-springs-ca |website=Flixbus |access-date=July 13, 2019}}

Highways include:

:{{jct|state=CA|SR|111}} – California State Route 111, which intersects the city.

:{{jct|state=CA|I|10}} – Interstate 10 generally runs north of the city.

:{{jct|state=CA|SR|74}} – The Pines to Palms Scenic Byway (California State Route 74) runs from the coast, over the San Jacinto Mountains to nearby Palm Desert several miles southeast of Palm Springs.

:{{jct|state=CA|SR|62}} – California State Route 62 (a Blue Star Memorial Highway) intersects I-10 northwest of the city and runs northeast to Joshua Tree and the Colorado River.

In 1890, the Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery was established on Tahquitz Way with the burial of Jane Augustine Patencio. It is maintained by the Agua Caliente Tribe.

The Welwood Murray Cemetery was started by hotel operator Welwood Murray in 1894 when his son died.{{rp|46}}[http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/Travel/Palm-Spring-Historical-Sites-Building-and-Land-Markers/index.php/name/Welwood-Murray-Cemetery/listing/22967/ Palm Springs Life, "Palm Spring Historical Sites – Building and Land Markers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407025028/http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/Travel/Palm-Spring-Historical-Sites-Building-and-Land-Markers/index.php/name/Welwood-Murray-Cemetery/listing/22967/ |date=April 7, 2012 }} accessed October 10, 2011 It is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District,{{cite web|url=http://www.pscemetery.com/|title=Palm Springs Cemetery District|website=pscemetery.com}} which also maintains the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City.

Also in Cathedral City is the Forest Lawn Cemetery, maintained by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.

{{Main|List of people from Palm Springs, California}}

Over 400 Palm Springs and Coachella Valley residents have been recognized on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.

{{See also|List of films and TV series set in Palm Springs, California|List of films shot in Palm Springs, California}}

The Palm Springs area has been a filming location, topical setting, and storyline subject for many films, television shows, and works of literature. The April 20, 1958 "Gunsmoke" radio episode "The Partners" features a prominent commercial lauding Palm Springs.

{{portal|California}}

• Leonore Annenberg and Walter Annenberg – Rancho Mirage residents involved in Palm Springs activities. Their Sunnylands estate hosted many dignitaries and celebrities.
• History of the Jews in the U.S. – Palm Springs – for information about the Jewish community in Palm Springs.
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Riverside County – includes listings in Palm Springs and nearby cities
• Pumilia novaceki – an extinct iguanid from the Palm Springs area.
• United States cities by crime rate (40,000–60,000) – for a comparative table on crime rates in Palm Springs
• Desert Regional Medical Center

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• Palm Springs in general, history, culture, and city
• {{cite book|last=Berk|first=Heather Lynn |title=Times of Change: The Growth of Palm Springs from Village to Suburbia, 1945–1955|year=1994|page = 114|oclc=33434649|publisher=Claremont McKenna College Senior Thesis X190}}
• {{cite book |last=Block |first=Charles |title=Canyon Palms: a Desert Tribute |year=1989 |publisher=C. Block |page=64 |lccn=89090703 |oclc= 22984922}}
• {{cite book|last=Bogert|first=Frank M.|title=View From the Saddle: Characters Who Crossed My Trail|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780882801582|url-access=registration|year=2006|publisher=ETC Publications|location=Palm Springs|isbn=978-0882801582|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780882801582/page/232 232]|author-link=Frank Bogert|oclc=62110026}}

• {{cite book |last=Churchwell |first=Mary Jo |title=Palm Springs: the Landscape, the History, the Lore |year=2001 |publisher=Ironwood |location=Palm Springs|isbn=978-0971301603 |page=234 |lccn=2001118347 |oclc= 48484360}}
• {{cite book|last=Dutcher|first=L C (Lee Carlton)|author2=Bader, John S.|title=Geology and Hydrology of Agua Caliente Springs, Palm Springs|publisher=GPO|location=Washington, DC|year=1963|page=43|lccn=gs63000220 |oclc=9026608 }}
• {{cite book|last=Gunther|first=Jane Davies|title=Riverside County, California, Place Names: Their Origins and Their Stories|year=1984|location=Riverside, CA|lccn=84072920|oclc=12103181|page=634}}
• {{cite book|last1=Haber|first1=Mel|author-link = Mel Haber|title=Bedtime Stories of the Ingleside Inn|orig-year=1996|year=2010|publisher=BearManor Media|page=248|isbn=978-1593935337|oclc=34068259|lccn=96143705}}
• {{Cite report|title=Historic Resources Inventory & Context Statement |publisher=City of Palm Springs |url=https://www.palmspringsca.gov/government/departments/planning/historic-resources/citywide-historic-survey|date=December 2018|language=en}}
• {{cite book|last=Haber|first=Mel|title=Palm Springs a la Carte: The Colorful World of the Caviar Crowd at Their Favorite Desert Hideaway|year=2008|publisher=Barricade Books|location=Fort Lee, NJ|isbn=978-1569803530|oclc=221149085|page=256|author-link=Mel Haber|author2=Terrill, Marshall |author-link2=Marshall Terrill |lccn=2008020745|title-link=Palm Springs a la Carte}}
• {{cite book |last=Jensen |first=Thomas Arden |title=Palm Springs, California: its evolution and functions |year=1954 |publisher=University of California, Los Angeles |location=Los Angeles |page=221 |lccn=mic58006446 }} {{OCLC|14691400|17345784}}
• {{cite book |last=Lawson |first=Greg |title=Palm Springs Oasis |url=https://archive.org/details/palmspringsoasis00laws |url-access=registration |year=1989 |publisher=First Choice Publishers |location=El Cajon, CA |isbn=978-0916251390 |page=[https://archive.org/details/palmspringsoasis00laws/page/63 63] |translator=Fabienne S. Chauderlot |translator2=Margaret M. Posner |translator3=Roselinde Konrad |lccn= 89085067 |oclc= 21541845 }}
• {{cite book|last=McKinney|first=Marshall Glenn|title=Vanishing footprints from the hot desert sand: remembrances of a 90 year old Palm Springs pioneer: horse and wagon days on the southern California desert: a historical autobiography|year=1996|publisher=McKinney|location=Sonoma, CA|page=245|lccn=96094678|oclc=36017354}}
• {{cite book|last=Moruzzi|first=Peter|title=Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea|year=2009|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Salt Lake City, UT|isbn=978-1423604761|page=176 |lccn=2009000539 |oclc = 298470746|quote=This is the story of the Coachella Valley—home of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Indio, and other desert cities—as experienced by the average tourist who vacationed here from the 1910s through the 1960s.}}
• {{cite AV media |last=Moruzzi|first=Peter|title=Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Postcard Tour from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea|medium=DVD|year=2006|publisher=Palm Springs Modern Committee|location=Palm Springs|oclc = 666527235 }}
• {{cite book|last=Navez|first=Ren|title=Palm Springs: California's Desert Gem|year=2006|publisher=Westcliffe|location=Englewood, CO|isbn=978-1565795525|page=112|lccn=2005024385|oclc=61458191}}
• {{cite magazine|last=Nelson|first=John|title=The History of Palm Springs|magazine=Palm Springs Villager|date=Feb–May 1948 |oclc=14691205}}
• {{cite book|last=Presley|first=Sally|title=Facts and legends: the village of Palm Springs|year=1993|publisher=Almost Publishers and Mee|location=Palm Springs|page=25|lccn=94203576|oclc=31331501}}
• {{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Christopher|title=A visit to 1959 Palm Springs: The year was a seminal one for the desert resort town; 50 years on it's still a swingin' time|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-06-la-tr-palmsprings6-2009dec06-story.html|access-date=September 15, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 6, 2009}}
• {{cite book|last=Richards|first=Elizabeth W.|title=Palm Springs – the Early Years|publisher=Palm Springs Savings and Loan |year=1981 |page=37|location=Palm Springs |oclc=7395533}} (Originally published in 1961 as A Look into Palm Springs' Past by Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. {{LCC|F869 P18 R5}})
• {{cite magazine|last=Ringwald |first=George|title=Legend, Feuding and Tragedy: A Story of Palm Springs' Beginnings|magazine=Palm Springs Life, 1960–1961: Annual Pictorial|year=1960|pages=19–39}}
• {{cite book|last=Saeks|first=Diane Dorrans|title=Palm Springs Living|year=2007|publisher=Rizzoli|isbn=978-0847827664|page=224 |others=David Glomb (photographs) |lccn=2007921705 |oclc= 159649838}}
• {{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Gail Borden |title=Palm Springs Galaxy|year=c. 1987|publisher=Mardo Copr.|location=Springfield, MN |author2=Don R. Peterson |lccn=88120371|oclc=18292008}}
• {{cite book|last=Wild|first=Peter |author-link=Peter Wild|title=The Grumbling Gods: a Palm Springs Reader|year=2007|publisher=University of Utah Press|location=Salt Lake City, UT|isbn=978-0874808995|page=251|oclc=122974473|lccn=2007015086}} covers the city's history
• {{cite book |last=Wild|first=Peter |author-link=Peter Wild | title= The Opal Desert: Explorations of Fantasy and Reality in the American Southwest |chapter=Chapter 9: J. Smeaton Chase – Our Araby |year= 1999| publisher = University of Texas Press| location= Austin, TX |page = 219| isbn=978-0292791299}} {{OCLC|40762502|649978425}} (print and on-line)
• {{cite book|title=The Palm Springs and Desert Resort Area Story|year=1955|publisher=Chamber of Commerce|location=Palm Springs|page=80|oclc=8463129}}
• Cahuilla Indian further reading
• {{cite book|last=Ainsworth|first=Ed |title=Golden Checkerboard|year=1965|publisher=Desert-Southwest|location=Palm Desert, CA|page=195|oclc=4391736|lccn=66000811|title-link=Golden Checkerboard }} About the mid-20th century economic conditions of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; its title comes from the layout of alternating land parcels shared between the Southern Pacific Railroad and Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians.
• {{cite book|last=Brumgardt|first=John R.|title=People of the magic waters: the Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs|year=1981|publisher=ETC Publications|location=Palm Springs|isbn=978-0882800608|page=122 |lccn=78016023 }}
• {{cite book |last=Fischer |first=Mille Wolfe |title=Footprints Through the Palms | year=c. 1995 |page=36 |oclc=40422476}}
• {{cite book |last=Hooper |first=Lucile |title=The Cahuilla Indians |journal=University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology |location=Berkeley, CA |date=April 10, 1920 |volume=16 |series=Kessinger Publishing Rare Reprints |issue=6 |pages=315–380 |oclc=225133390 |isbn=978-1417962235 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdeLGYbyXlQC&q=editions:s_a0e3hZME0C}}
• {{cite book|last=Ortner|first=Vyola J.|title=You Can't Eat Dirt, Leading America's First All-Women Tribal Council and How We Changed Palm Springs|publisher=Fan Palm Research Project|isbn=978-0615495590|page=264 |author2=du Pont, Diana C. |year=2012|lccn=2011939660 | oclc=801995611 }}
• {{cite book | last = Patencio | first = Chief Francisco |author2=Boynton, Margaret | title = Stories and Legends of the Palm Springs Indians | year = 1943 | location = Los Angeles | work = Times-Mirror | page = 33 | lccn = 44018350 | oclc = 4020904 }}
• {{cite book| last=Ringwald |first=George|title=The Agua Caliente Indians and Their Guardians|location=Riverside, CA|publisher=Press-Enterprise|year=1968|page=36}} {{OCLC|3094608|14015139}} A reprint of Ringwald's Pulitzer Prize-winning articles concerning the scandal of Section 14 of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation.
• {{cite book |last=Shaw |first=Rachel Dayton |title=Evolving Ecoscape: An Environmental and Cultural History of Palm Springs, California, and the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, 1877–1939 |year=1999 |publisher=University of California (PhD thesis) |location=San Diego, CA |page=374 |isbn=978-0599379800 |id={{ProQuest|304497715}} }} {{OCLC|41942987|43734890}}
• {{cite journal |title=Frank Bogert, the Man not the Myth |journal=INformed People Magazine |issue=Special Issue |pages=1, 4, 7–8, 11, 26–30 |date= August 4, 2021|url=https://issuu.com/specialeditionbmbc/docs/frank_bogert_-_special_edition_1_ |publisher=Big Media USA Inc}} – Special 'Friends of Frank Bogert' issue

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{{Wikivoyage|Palm Springs}}

• {{Official website}}
• {{cite web|title=Palm Springs, California|url=https://www.c-span.org/series/?citiesTour&city=774|publisher=C-SPAN Cities Tour|date=June 2013}}
• [https://visitgreaterpalmsprings.com/ Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau]

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Palm Springs

|North = Morongo Valley
North Palm Springs

|Northeast = Desert Hot Springs

|East = Cathedral City

|Southeast = Rancho Mirage

|South = Agua Caliente Indian Canyons

|Southwest = Idyllwild-Pine Cove
Mountain Center
San Jacinto Mountains

|West = Chino Canyon
San Jacinto Mountains

|Northwest = Whitewater
Cabazon

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