The University of California has been active in the Coachella Valley for nearly 100 years, initially supporting the agriculture industry and more recently impacting modern growth issues through research in areas such as transportation, air quality and energy and water conservation. Established in 2005, the Palm Desert Center serves as (a) a base for several [...]

Oliphant Enterprises Inc. is a privately held and locally owned company based in Palm Desert that operates as a land development/real estate firm. President and Founder Richard Oliphant and his team provide multiple services including plan consulting, entitlement procurement, construction management, real estate broker services, and sales and marketing. Oliphant offers its services for recreational, [...]

Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.97 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,300 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, the internet and mobile banking, and has [...]

One of the oldest and most respected accounting firms in the Coachella Valley. A long-time supporter of CVEP, Osborne Rincon is a full-service accounting firm that provides a wide variety of services for businesses, not-profit organizations, trusts, and individuals, including: income tax preparation, tax planning, accounting and bookkeeping services, estate planning, business valuation, fraud prevention/forensic [...]

LifeStream has served the Inland Empire and surrounding areas since 1951, providing lifesaving blood products and services to more than 80 Southern California hospitals and medical facilities in six counties. As a non-profit organization, LifeStream relies upon the generosity of more than 500 blood donations daily. In the Coachella Valley, there are two donor centers [...]

U.S. Bank's history dates back to 1863 when First National Bank of Cincinnati opened for business. As regional banks proliferated across the country in the years that followed, a number of other predecessors were born. After a series of mergers at the turn of the 21st century, they formally took on the U.S. Bank name [...]

The Desert Sun is the sole local, daily newspaper serving the Greater Palm Springs area. First issued in August of 1927 as a six-page newspaper, the Desert Sun grew with the desert communities it serves. Owned by Gannett since 1988, the publication covers local, state, national, and world news, both in print and digital. For [...]

Pacific Western Bank is a national financial institution with more than $27 billion in assets. They provide comprehensive community banking, national lending, and venture banking services nationwide. Pacific Western Bank has 74 branches primarily located in California, with one branch in Denver, Colorado and another in Durham, North Carolina. In addition to their extensive branch [...]

The Gulf-California Broadcast Company, located in Thousand Palms, is the largest and most diverse media company in the Coachella Valley. A subsidiary of the News Press & Gazette Company,  it owns and operates five local television network affiliates: KESQ News Channel 3 (ABC), KPSP CBS Local 2, KDFX Fox 11, KCWQ (CW) and KUNA-TV (Telemundo), along [...]

With a population of more than 18,000, the City of Rancho Mirage is a desert city in Riverside County’s Coachella Valley that boasts a mix of luxury homes, hotels and spas, golf courses, and numerous shopping and dining experiences. Rancho Mirage is home to institutions such as Eisenhower Health, Hazelden Betty Ford Center and the [...]