Concert promoters Goldenvoice announced today that they had purchased 280 acres around the site where the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals are held. There were few other details about how much the land cost or what the company's plans were for development, but a release from the company noted that the purchase includes the Eldorado Polo Club, Triangle Bar Farms, Fish Creek and Ambassador Glen Holden's property. more ›

The third-highest percentage of same-sex couples in California call West Hollywood home, according to data from the 2010 Census, reports the Daily News. The SoCal city comes in behind Palm Springs and Guerneville, which is located north of San Francisco. more ›

Authorities in the Palm Springs area have launched a criminal investigation into a now-disbanded Facebook game played by area students called "Beat the Jew," reports abc7. more ›

With so many bands playing, the breadth of Coachella’s line-up can be a curse as well as a blessing. It forces the fans to make a choice between potentially up to 5 acts they may all love. Unfortunately, I have been faced with decisions such as Them Crooked Vultures or Grizzly Bear, Dead Weather/MGMT or Muse, and on Sunday Phoenix/Thom Yorke or Pavement/Gorillaz. Most of these decisions have essentially been an old favorite vs. a curious desire to see a different band. So far, the old favorites are up 2-0. more ›

Middle school can be tough. For one Riverside County teacher, however, her way of coping with her 7th graders was to allegedly perform her job while intoxicated, according to cbs2. Tonya Neff, a 47-year-old teacher at Toro Canyon Middle school, has been arrested on charges she was drunk and on prescription drugs, and was carrying a container with an alcoholic beverage inside on campus. She "was taken to the Indio jail Tuesday afternoon and booked for investigation of felony child endangerment." Neff was placed on leave. Coachella Valley School District's superintendent says "there was never a threat to her seventh-grade students." more ›

Come Halloween weekend, thousands of Phish fans will descend upon the Indio Polo Fields in the Coachella Valley for a three day festival surrounding eight Phish sets. Yes, it's time for Phish Festival 8 and we're giving away a pair of tickets (you can also buy tickets here). more ›

The last time, it was locally based artist Shepard Fairey. This time, it's the Coachella Valley natives Carlos Ramirez and Armando Lerma, known as The Date Farmers. more ›

Think your Super Bowl Sunday went sour? Try being a resident of Coachella Valley at kickoff time. According to The Desert Sun, more ›

Photo by ellwoodite via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr more ›

Don't even bother trying to slip that contraband jar of peanut butter into your backpack. Outside food and drinks are prohibited at Coachella. more ›

Today's 4:20 video finds our hero ears-deep in a 1953 Chuck Jones favorite, slapping a bull in the face, taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque, and trying in earnest to make his way to our very own Coachella Valley. more ›