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🌱 Patch AM: Palm Springs Mini-MBA Course Focuses On AI
And on the Palm Desert Patch calendar - Retro 5K (Stroller/Dog/Beginner Friendly Fun Run!) | Temecula. CA
Cheers Palm Desert! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Free AI-focused mini MBA offered at Palm Desert CSUSB campus
- Will Palm Desert's new $45 million library plan be scaled back?
- Why Palm Desert may move its big student art show downtown
Also on today's calendar: Retro 5K (Stroller/Dog/Beginner Friendly Fun Run!) | Temecula. CA and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very hot, with a high of 113 and low of 86 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 109, low: 78.
- Saturday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 106 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Palm Springs Mini-MBA Course Focuses On AI (patch.com) — Palm Desert small business owners and entrepreneurs can enroll in a free 10-week mini MBA at Cal State San Bernardino's Palm Desert campus, with sessions starting September 18. The program, offered with the local Entrepreneurial Resource Center, blends core business skills with practical training on AI, technology, human resources, finance and sustainable success. 
2. Palm Desert Library Project Cost Jumps From $30 Million to $45 Million (nbcpalmsprings.com) — Palm Desert's new library is now projected to cost about $45 million, up from the originally approved $30 million, and the City Council will vote Thursday on bringing in a new construction firm to rein in expenses. The project would replace the existing library on the College of the Desert campus, raising questions about scope, inflation, and how to avoid placing extra burden on local taxpayers.
3. Arts Committee backs $25,000 Plein Air Festival sponsorship, picks student contest theme – The Palm Desert Post (thepalmdesertpost.com) — Palm Desert's Cultural Arts Committee is backing continued $25,000 city sponsorship of the California Desert Plein Air Festival while also setting 'Through the Magical Door' as the 2027 student art and essay contest theme. Members are exploring moving the exhibition from UCR Palm Desert Center to the Palm Desert Library for better visibility, with Palm Desert K–12 students invited to submit entries by February.
4. Palm Desert Condo Murder Suspect Vicky Kim Arrested in Korean News (koreadaily.com) — Palm Desert residents are learning more about a homicide inside The Enclave condo community on Gateway Drive, where 65-year-old Vicky Kim was arrested and now faces murder charges. Deputies found a victim with fatal injuries at the scene, and investigators are still working to determine the relationship, motive, and cause of death as Kim heads to Riverside County Superior Court on September 10.
5. Palm Desert Ice Cream Shop Owner Recalls Responding to 9/11 (nbcpalmsprings.com) — A Palm Desert ice cream shop owner is sharing powerful memories from his days as a New York City firefighter responding to 9/11, ahead of the 25th anniversary. Now running Leopard's Ice Cream in town, he reflects on the harrowing ferry ride to Manhattan, the camaraderie among firefighters, and the surge of patriotism he wishes the country could recapture.
📸 Around Palm Desert
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Palm Desert
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★ Featured events ★
- Retro 5K (Stroller/Dog/Beginner Friendly Fun Run!) | Temecula. CA →
Relentless Brewing Company, 42030 Avenida Alvarado, Temecula
8:00 am - Magnificat Our Lady's Desert Roses Prayer Meal with Yvonne Duffy →
Woodhaven Country Club, 41555 Woodhaven Dr E, Palm Desert
9:00 pm
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting - La Cocina de Mama Margarita 2
Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce Friday, September 11 11:00 AM 67778 E. Palm Canyon Dr., Cathedral City
11:00 am - Voyage: Celebrating the Music of Journey
Palm Desert Community Events Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage, 32250 Bob Hope Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA, 92270, United States
8:00 pm - Banda Machos
Palm Desert Community Events Spotlight 29 Casino, 46200 Harrison Place, Coachella, CA, 92236, United States
8:00 pm - Star Party in the Mountains →
Sawmill Trailhead Parking Lot, Pinyon Pines, CA
7:00 pm - Football Sunday →
Church212, 36927 Cook St, Palm Desert
10:00 am - Monument Night Adventures →
Art Smith Trailhead, Roy Wilson Memorial Hwy, Palm Desert
7:30 pm - Night Sky Viewing Stars and Planets →
Art Smith Trailhead, Roy Wilson Memorial Hwy, Palm Desert
7:30 pm
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Sunday September 13
Saturday September 19
📣 Palm Desert Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Volleyball @ Summit scrimage
Amistad High (Continuation) Indio, CA 92201
8:15 am - Chess Club In-Person
La Quinta Branch Library La Quinta Library, La Quinta
4:00 pm - Fontes, Bolanos at CSUSB PD Counselor summit
Amistad High (Continuation) Indio, CA 92201
8:00 am - Killers Of Kill Tony →
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, 84-245 Indio Springs Pkwy, Indio
8:00 pm - Matt Mathews Rancho Mirage →
The Show, 32-250 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage
6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
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💬 Chatter
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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