🌱 Creative Cafe and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Hazy, with a high of 87 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 60.
• Friday: Hazy; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 88 and low of 63 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Creative Cafe
  Food for Thought Café , 59700 29 Palms Hwy , Joshua Tree
  12:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• SWIM: Yucca Valley (DVL)* AWAY
  Yucca Valley High School , 7600 Sage Ave , Yucca Valley
  4:00 pm
• (Shuttle Passes Only) Stagecoach Festival
  Empire Polo Club , 81-800 51st Ave , Indio
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Project Management Techniques Certification in Blythe, CA
  Blythe City Hall , 235 N Broadway , Blythe
  9:00 am
• Stagecoach 2026
  Stagecoach Polo Grounds , 81455 Avenue 50 , Indio
  11:00 am
• Desert Rodeo
  Desert International Horse Park , 85555 Airport Blvd , Thermal
  11:00 am
• Josh Ross at Stagecoach 2026
  Empire Polo Club , 81-800 51st Ave , Indio
  5:30 pm
• Pitbull: Stagecoach 2026
  2300 E Baristo Rd , Coachella
  7:00 pm
• Daytime Moon
  Joshua Tree Saloon , 61835 29 Palms Hwy , Joshua Tree
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• EXLP Soccer Tournament
  Coachella Valley Unified Thermal, CA 92274
• Earth Day Celebration
  Hi-Desert Nature Museum , 57090 29 Palms Hwy , Yucca Valley
  10:00 am
• SUN OF THE DESERT (Joshua Tree) x Desert Shrubs Tasting Event — Desert Shrubs
  SUN OF THE DESERT , 61729 29 Palms Hwy , Joshua Tree
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Blythe

• Unemployment Down Across Inland Empire, See Which Job Areas Are On A Growth Trend (hsjchronicle.com)
• DA's investigators interviewed him. Now Palo Verde school board may censure him for it. (dailybulletin.com)

Thermal

• Fatal Motorcycle Crash at 59th Ave and Pierce Street in Thermal (californiainjuryaccidentlawyer.com)
• Todd Blue gets his Porsche store through 4 dealership purchase in California (wardsauto.com)
• Inside the XTRA FUN HOUSE 360° Video Experience at Neon Carnival 2026 (splashmags.com)

Coachella

• Coachella Weekend 2 arrests up slightly compared to prior weekend (desertsun.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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