It is rumored that a couple of fellas were standing along Interstate 10 northwest of Palm Springs one fine spring morning a long time ago. “You know,” one fella said to the other. “In Holland, they ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- When you drive from Los Angeles to Palm Springs you are welcomed to the Coachella Valley by almost 1,100 wind turbines. The Palm Springs Windmill Tours gives guests an up close ...

Q: I have moved to a house with a 5-foot palm tree in the back yard. I suspect it is too late, but was I supposed to do something to protect this tree over the winter? It looks fine so far. -- P.K., ...

The Coachella Valley celebrated the 40th anniversary of one of its iconic landmarks, the Palm Springs Windmill Farm. In 1982, 8 small wind turbines were installed in the outskirts of the North Palm ...

which had always been wimpy, and looked up. There they were, fuzzy and strange looking. Kind of like thick, stubby, yellow amaranth flowers. It took a second to register. I got so excited I went and ...

Did you know that there are four different palm species that are native to the southeastern USA? Of course, there are plenty of different kinds of palms grown in cultivation that are not native. One ...

One of the iconic Palm Springs windmills caught fire late Monday afternoon off Interstate 10. A motorist called the California Highway Patrol just after 5 p.m. and reported the fire. Palm Springs ...

Q: In 2009 I planted a small windmill palm on the east side of my house. During the first four years I winter protected by using a wire cage covered in white plastic sheet material, filled with dry ...