🌱 How an $80,000 boost will feed Indio-area families this summer
Indio, California Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Indio! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How an $80,000 boost will feed Indio-area families this summer
- Which Indio food truck deserves to be crowned the valley’s favorite?
- Why Indio High grads walked the halls of Oliphant Elementary
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Sunny and sweltering heat, with a high of 109 and low of 78 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 108, low: 72.
- Friday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 107 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Amazon Donates $80,000 to FIND Regional Food Bank for Summer Hunger Push (nbcpalmsprings.com) — Families in and around Indio could see more food support this summer thanks to an $80,000 Amazon donation to FIND Regional Food Bank. Volunteers at the Indio warehouse packed 12 pallets for hundreds of Summer Kids Cases, helping cover over 300,000 meals for children, seniors, and other residents across eastern Riverside County. 
• What's your favorite food truck in the Palm Springs area? Vote here (desertsun.com) — If you love grabbing a bite from food trucks in Indio, several local favorites are serving regularly at Food Trucks on Requa and Food Truck Fridays downtown. A Desert Sun poll is asking readers to pick the Coachella Valley’s top truck, with several Indio-based spots and weekly events giving residents plenty of tasty options close to home.
• High School Graduates Return to Oliphant Elementary for Full-Circle Celebration (nbcpalmsprings.com) — High school seniors from Indio High, Shadow Hills, and La Quinta returned to Oliphant Elementary in caps and gowns, turning their old campus into a living graduation parade. The visit celebrated Oliphant’s first cohort of former students reaching graduation and aimed to motivate current elementary kids by showing them what their own futures could look like.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ***Reunited with her family!
*** Found this girl in Talavera. Very friendly. Please contact me if she’s yours. (Nextdoor Talavera) - Ok neighbors, they said last nights' moon was a blue moon.
So I took a pic and to my disappointment it didn't look blue. Didn't want to upset people so with a little manipulation... here's last nights' blue… (Nextdoor Indian Palms)
- Bodega Latina Corporation - El Super posted a job opening for Dairy Deli Frozen Clerk - # 63 Indio in Indio. Apply here.
- BootBarn, Inc. posted a job opening for Key Holder (Part Time) in Indio. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Indio here.
🗞 Nearby News
Coachella
- Official Ballot Drop Box Locations Open Across the Coachella Valley for Election Day (nbcpalmsprings.com)
- Coachella Lakes RV Resort Named Among The Dyrt's 2026 Best Places to RV (moderncampground.com)
- Palm Springs home with ties to 'Jake the Barber' asks $6.75M (nypost.com)
La Quinta
- CVWD Board Appoints Alex Sanchez to Vacant Division 4 Seat - Association of California Water Agencies (acwa.com)
Palm Desert
- Supes Approve 70 Riverside County Department of Transportation Projects (patch.com)
- Supervisor Perez, La Quinta City Councilman Sanchez, In Tight Race For District 4 (patch.com)
- Fatal Shooting Closes Highway 74 (patch.com)
Ok Indio! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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