Stretching more than 40 miles across the heart of Coachella Valley, CV Link is far more than a bike path. It is a thoughtfully designed multi-use transportation corridor that connects cities, neighborhoods, parks, schools and major destinations while offering a scenic and accessible place to walk, run, bike or even travel by golf cart or low speed electric vehicle.

On this week’s gasoline-saving Independent comics page: Jen Sorensen tries to get support to save our Democracy; (Th)ink gets on the cross; This Modern World visits the United States of Anxiety; and Claytoonz has something to say to the pope.

Stan Jones.

When Palm Springs millionaire Barney Lochner is found dead in his mansion—and his trophy wife’s lover is shot to death at a Salton Sea mini-mart—private investigator Dana Forsythe is pulled into a tangle of greed, lust and betrayal worthy of the valley’s most exclusive midcentury modern zip codes.

Dana’s client is Jamie Lochner, the trophy wife in qu...

I went to the Palm Springs Cultural Center for Knife to the Heart, Desert Ensemble Theatre’s final production ever, feeling very low. The company was just getting started, really, when I began writing critiques for the Independent, and I have watched the company grow over the years; they will be missed.

But after talking to artistic director Jerom...

If I need to turn my brain off and decompress, streaming old episodes of Malcolm in the Middle is a great option. (Another great option is sticking my head in a large vat of lukewarm penne pasta while placing my left foot in slightly warmer oatmeal and listening to ABBA, but we won’t get into that right now.)

For the uninitiated, Malcolm was a gen...