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The origin of the name Coachella is unclear. Some locals believe it was a misspelling of conchilla, a Spanish word for the small white snail shells found in the valley's sandy soil, vestiges of a lake that dried up over 3,000 years ago. Coachella began as a 2.5-square-mile (6.5 km 2) territory gridded out on the mesquite-covered desert floor ...
The Coachella Valley (/ k oʊ ˈ tʃ ɛ l ə, ˌ k oʊ. ə-/ koh-CHEL-ə, KOH-ə-) [1] is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County.The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area [2] due to the historic prominence of the city of Palm Springs.
State Route 86 (SR 86) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. State of California that connects the Imperial and Coachella valleys in the southeastern desert region of the state. It runs from State Route 111 near the Mexican border crossing at Calexico north through the Imperial Valley via El Centro and Brawley , and around the west side ...
The state of California's official website links to the CTTC's map with the description "Map of the Inland Empire region". [31] Other sources, including Kevin Starr, former state librarian of California, include the eastern Los Angeles County cities of the Pomona Valley, such as Claremont, Pomona, La Verne, San Dimas, and Diamond Bar. [32]
Thermal is an unincorporated community within the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California, United States, located approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Palm Springs and about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north of the Salton Sea. The community's elevation is 138 feet (42 m) below mean sea level.
Donald Trump held a news conference in September at his golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes, above. He returns to Southern California for a rally Saturday in the Coachella Valley.
Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999 ahead of the 2023 event. ... Due to its Southern California locale, a drought brought the festival to a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. American annual music and arts festival held in Indio, California This article is about the festival. For the city, see Coachella, California. For other uses, see Coachella (disambiguation). Coachella Coachella in 2018 Genre Rock, pop, indie, hip hop, electronic dance music Dates ...