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Indio, California
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
Location in Riverside County and the state of California
Coordinates: 33°43′12″N 116°13′55″W / 33.72, -116.23194
Country United States
State California
County Riverside
Area
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 - Land 26. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi (69. 1 km²)
 - Water 0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation -13 ft (-4 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 49,800
 - Density 1,839. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/sq mi (710. 8/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
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ZIP codes 92201-92203
Area code(s) 760
FIPS code 06-36448
GNIS feature ID 1652727
The Indio Fashion Mall.
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Indio, California, is a U.S. city located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's desert region. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Coachella Valley ( pronounced /koʊəˈtʃɛlə/ in English) is a large stretch of land in Southern California that is populated by close to a million A desert is a Landscape or region that receives very little precipitation. The city is located in Riverside County, 26 miles (42 km) east of Palm Springs, 70 miles (113 km) east of Riverside, 83 miles (134 km) east of San Bernardino, and 125 miles (201 km) east of Los Angeles. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of Riverside is the County seat of Riverside County, California, United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The population was 49,116 at the 2000 census, but Indio has experienced fast-growth as many exurban other cities in Southern California have. A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential from which most of the Workforce commute out to earn their livelihood Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U According to the book History of the Coachella Valley Water District, the word indio is Spanish for Indian. Indio sits on an earlier site of a Cahuilla village, Teikweit before the 1880s. The Cahuilla are a tribe of Native Americans that have inhabited the U

Indio is one of Southern California's most important agricultural regions as well, once responsible for a large percentage of the nation's date crop; however, with all the new residential and recreational development, the date groves are being pushed more to the south and southeast of Indio. Even the grove of date palms at the Riverside County Date Festival fairgrounds has been torn out by the county. Travelers from around the world still can stop by Shields Date Gardens, a famous date grower that maintains a large retail store along State Highway 111 in Indio. Shields Date Garden is a historic date orchard and tourist attraction in Indio California, USA There are citrus groves and vegetable fields surrounding the city limits, but rapid development of new housing tracts and golf courses in the "East Valley" in the 1990s and 2000s has displaced most of the agricultural space. Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of The term " vegetable " generally means the edible parts of Plants The definition of the word is traditional rather than Scientific, however

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There are two major regularly-scheduled festivals held in Indio. Among them are the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival held each February in the Date Festival/Desert (county) Fairgrounds has been known internationally as the celebration of the area's main harvest time for date fruits. The National Date Festival takes place in Indio California. Since 1947 the annual festival has been held to celebrate the Date Palm harvest in the Coachella And the city's own world-famous Indio International Tamale Festival held each December. The Tamale Festival has earned two Guinness world records: one for the largest tamale festival and the other for creating the world's largest tamale which was by Chef John Sedlar (over 1 foot (0 m) in diameter and 40 feet (10 m) long). Also in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records states the Tamale festival is the world's largest cooking and culinary festival. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U

Indio has been the location of the world famous Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival since 1999 at the Empire Polo grounds. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice Rolling Stone magazine called it one of the most beautiful festival sites in the world. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Expanded to 3 days for May 2007, the festival has also announced that an all-country weekend will be added, featuring performances by Willie Nelson, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Lucinda Williams, Sugarland and others yet to be named. Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor. George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American Country music singer Kenny Chesney (born Kenneth Arnold Chesney, March 26, 1968) is an American Country music artist Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and Country music singer and songwriter The Date festival/county fairgrounds' Shalimar Stadium is the site for live music concerts (mostly amateur bands), 4x4 monster truck rallies, rodeo or horse riding events and world-famous camel races during the National Date Festival. A monster truck is an Automobile, typically styled after Pickup trucks modified or purposely built with extremely large Wheels and suspension. Camels are Even-toed ungulates within the Genus Camelus. The Dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and the

There are other festivals and special events within Indio and the chamber of commerce created Indio's official nickname: "The City Of Festivals. " Indio is also the site of the annual Southwest Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club, the Cabazon Indian National Pow Wow in November at Fantasy Springs Casino, the Palm Springs Kennel Club's annual dog show at Empire Polo held in January, the Family Motor Coach Association's annual western region RV rally at the Date Festival grounds in January, and the U. S. Field Hockey Association's annual Hockey Festival held at Empire Polo in every November. In nearby Coachella, the city holds an annual Cinco de Mayo event and the Mexican Independence Day parade represents the area's largely Hispanic culture. For the music and arts festival see Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "5th of May" is a Mexican national holiday that honors the Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla de Los Angeles in 1862 The holiday commemorates The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores" was the Battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence, uttered on September 16, 1810 by Miguel

Indio Hills Palms, state park property, are native California fan palms thrive in many locations but rarely in such numbers as in the canyons of the Indio Hills. Indio Hills Palms also known as the Coachella Valley Preserve, is a protected area located east of Palm Springs California, USA Here, along a line where the San Andreas fault captures groundwater that nurtures the palms, is a wild parkland which is part of the adjacent Coachella Valley Preserve. The San Andreas Fault is a geologic Transform fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1300 km through California in the United States. The park contains some fine native palm groves that include Indian, Hidden, Pushawalla, Biskra, Macomber and Horseshoe palms. Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid or commonly palm tree) the palm family is a family of Flowering The nearest palm groves are relatively easy to reach from the trailhead and parking area 4 miles (6 km) north of Indio. There are currently no marked access roads to the property.

Indio's old town historic mural program

In the fall of 1996 the Indio Chamber of Commerce formed a committee to develop a Historic Mural Project to help revitalize the local economy at the time of the statewide economic recession, as Indio was one of California's most economically affected areas at the time. This concept is not new. Several communities have benefited from similar programs, such as Chemainus, Canada, El Paso, Eureka, Bishop, Needles and 29 Palms, California, as well the famous Chicano Park mural to commemorate Hispanic-American life in Barrio Logan, San Diego in the late 1970s. Chemainus is a town on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Eureka is the County seat and principal city in Humboldt County, California, United States. Bishop is a city in Inyo County, California, USA The population was 3575 at the 2000 census Needles ( Mojave ʼAha Kuloh) is a city located on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. Chicano Park is a 32000 square meter (79 Acre) Park located beneath the San Diego-Coronado Bridge in Logan Heights (Barrio Logan

It began with a suggestion to start a mural project first brought to the city by David Hernandez, a former Indio city council member, after he visited Chemainus. Very little happened with this concept until 1996, when the Riverside County National Date Festival's executive director Bruce Latta and commissioned artist Bill Weber of San Francisco to paint a mural of the Taj Mahal on the Taj Mahal (Garden of Allah) building at the fairgrounds. Bill Weber (born 1957 in Middletown, New Jersey) is now TNT 's lap-by-lap announcer for their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Taj Mahal (tɑdʒ At the same time, local businessman Bruce Clark, who was instrumental in promoting Historic U. S. Route 99 (Indio Blvd. ) to its former status as the Main Street of California, brought the mural idea forward again, after seeing the success of a similar program in 29 Palms. When Clark presented the idea to the chamber board of directors, the timing and membership was right and the idea was immediately recognized as something that could provide a major impact on city economics, pride and tourism. Indio since now has ten murals about the city's history and development on the sides of various buildings in old town.

History and transportation

The town was laid out in 1894 by A. G. Tingman, a Southern Pacific Railroad construction boss. Tingman was also Indio's first storekeeper and postmaster. Millionaire land owner and railroad tycoon Henry E. Huntington of Los Angeles jointly funded the town site. Henry Edwards Huntington ( February 27 1850 &ndash May 23 1927) was a railroad Magnate Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A previous small "gulch" in the 1880s known as Indian Wells was in the current day intersection of Bliss Avenue and Fargo Street. Indio was chosen as a railroad stop because it was the halfway point between Los Angeles and Yuma, Arizona. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Yuma is a city in and the County seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. Tingman Avenue, once downtown Indio's main street was named in his honor; it was removed during the construction of a highway overpass on Jackson Street designed to eliminate a railroad grade crossing and traffic congestion along Indio Boulevard (old Highway 99, which see). Another over-the-track bridge, Auto Center (now Golf Center) Drive, an extension of State Route 111 opened in 1977, and the Monroe Street bridge opened in 1989. State Route 111 is the main north/south state highway and retail corridor through the Coachella Valley, a part of the Colorado Desert in the southeastern corner of

Today, the Southern Pacific's successor, the Union Pacific Railroad maintains that original rail corridor as the main transcontinental line between Los Angeles and New Orleans, Louisiana, but the large train switching yard that brought Indio growth over the years is gone, moved to Colton several years ago, and also the coming of U.S. Route 99 in 1926 contributed to Indio's growth. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana US Route 99 was the main north-south highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964 running from Calexico California, on the U Once California's main north-south highway, US 99 was decommissioned in 1964. Its present-day replacements are State Route 111, State Route 86 and Interstate 10. State Route 86 is a north-south State highway in the southeastern Desert region of Southern California, United States. In the US state of California, Interstate 10, the major east-west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs east from But locals still used Indio Blvd. , declared "Historic Route US 99" in 2001 as a major traffic artery and it is part of Indio's "East Valley renaissance" of renewed economic growth and expanding tourism.

The original 1903 railroad station, a two-story wooden structure unique to the Southern Pacific, burned to the ground in 1966. Some of the station's artifacts were salvaged and can be viewed at the Coachella Valley Historic Museum and Cultural Center in downtown Indio. The Southern Pacific rail depot is just east of Jackson Street on 45th Avenue, but the railroad's regional headquarters moved to Colton near San Bernardino, California in 1990. Colton is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The other major business in Indio was the aerospace/military defense contractor Giannini Research Institute moved in 1967, but its' facility closed in 1985. The city had unemployment rates (in some cases over 20 percent) in the late 20th century, but the current rate for 2006 is under 5 percent after the local economy rebounded when more affluent new residents moved in.

The aforementioned present-day Indio Boulevard was the site of the world's first use of a painted line to delineate lanes of traffic in 1915 and was spearheaded by Dr. June McCarroll for whom a stretch of Interstate 10 through the city is named. June Hill Robertson McCarroll ( June 30 1867 — March 30 1954) was a Nurse (later a Physician) with the Southern Pacific In the US state of California, Interstate 10, the major east-west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs east from The I-10 was constructed in the mid-1970s when Indio was smaller, so the route bypasses the city and as a result, drivers didn't go down to downtown Indio as in the past and business activity declined in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, Indio is growing and developing the area along I-10 and more drivers notice the city, and can take an off-ramp to downtown Indio.

The site of the Coachella Valley Historic Museum and Cultural Center was the home of Dr. Reynaldo Carreon, the area's first doctor opened a hospital in 1933 (the building was torn down for the Larson Justice Center, a county courthouse and prison). The Carreon ranch was given to John Nobles in the 1940s, established a mostly black residential area known as "Nobles Ranch" (on the original site of the Indio Polo Club), and his home was demolished in 2004 to make way for a shopping center.

Bermuda Dunes Airport (FAA designator: UDD) along the I-10 Freeway just west of Jefferson Blvd. Bermuda Dunes Airport is a public Airport located 13 miles (21 km east of Palm Springs, serving Riverside County, California, USA has a 5,000-foot (1,500 m) runway and is on the north-western border of Indio, serves small private planes, air carriers and commuter jets. The Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal just a few minutes from Indio is named for the famous 1920s pilot and Indio resident and used for cargo planes to ship agricultural products, also on the four-lane SR 86 expressway or the "NAFTA highway" for international traffic. Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is a public Airport located in Thermal, California, 20 miles (32 km southeast of Palm Springs. Thermal is a small unincorporated community located approximately 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs and about 9

The Greyhound and Amtrak passenger buses have a highly-used bus depot in downtown Indio, where buses stop by regularly on the way to stops in Southern California, Arizona and the Mexican border. Greyhound Lines is an intercity Common carrier of passengers by Bus serving over 3700 destinations in the United States. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. A recently-approved plan for a new transportation center for Greyhound and Amtrak will break ground and open for service as early as Sep. 2010. The city is part of the local SunBus line, which services much of the Coachella Valley. [1] Its substation is located on State Highway 111 and Golf Center Drive, part of business route 10 that connects Indio and Coachella.

Geography

Indio is located at 33°43′12″N, 116°13′55″W (33. 719871, -116. 231889). [2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 69. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 2 square kilometers (27 sq mi). Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 69. 1 km² (27 sq mi) of it is land and 0. 04% is water.

The telephone area code is 760 (was 714 and 619 in the past, but Indio and the Coachella Valley are expected to have a new area code by 2009). The city's Zip codes are 92201 and 92203 north of Interstate 10. The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS In the US state of California, Interstate 10, the major east-west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs east from

About 3 miles (5 km) north and east of Indio is the San Andreas Fault, a major tectonic plate boundary of the Pacific and North American plates. The San Andreas Fault is a geologic Transform fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1300 km through California in the United States. Plate tectonics (from Greek τέκτων tektōn "builder" or "mason" describes the large scale motions of Earth 's Lithosphere

Indio has the Riverside county's eastern branch offices, because Indio was historically the main population center of the Coachella valley, (except when Palm Springs had more people from 1955 to 1992, when the US census announced Indio surpassed Palm Springs and that title went back to Indio).

The official elevation of Indio is below sea level, the city hall is on 14 feet (4 m) below sea level, as the Eastern half of the Coachella valley drops as low as 150 feet (50 m) below sea level (the lake shore of the Salton Sea is 15 miles (24 km) South of Indio). The Salton Sea is an inland Saline lake, occupying the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink, part of the larger Colorado Desert in Southern

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 49,116 people, 13,871 households, and 11,069 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,840. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3 people per square mile (710. 5/km²). There were 16,909 housing units at an average density of 633. 6/sq mi (244. 6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 44. 4% White, 2. 77% Black or African American, 1. 04% Native American, 1. 51% Asian American, 0. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian 10% Pacific Islander, 42. 02% from other races, and 3. 89% from two or more races. 65. 7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans of Hispanic or Latino descent, which comprises ancestry or origins in Hispanic America

There were 13,871 households out of which 48. 2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55. 9% were married couples living together, 16. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20. 2% were non-families. 16. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3. 48 and the average family size was 3. 88.

In the city the population was spread out with 35. 3% under the age of 18, 11. 1% from 18 to 24, 29. 4% from 25 to 44, 15. 2% from 45 to 64, and 9. 1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 101. 2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98. 8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,624, and the median income for a family was $35,564. Males had a median income of $25,651 versus $21,093 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,525. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 16. 8% of families and 21. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 2% of those under age 18 and 12. 0% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the state legislature Indio is located in the 40th Senate District, represented by Democrat Denise Moreno Ducheny, and in the 80th Assembly District, represented by Republican Bonnie Garcia. The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Denise Moreno Ducheny (born March 21 1952) is a California State Senator who represents Senate District The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. Bonnie Garcia ( R - Cathedral City) is the representative of California's 80th Assembly District, serving eastern Riverside County and all Federally, Indio is located in California's 45th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +3[4] and is represented by Republican Mary Bono Mack. California's 45th congressional district covers part of Riverside County. The Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI) sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index ( PVI) is a measurement of how strongly an American Mary Bono Mack (born October 24, 1961) is an American politician and since 1998 has been a Republican member of the United States House

The growth in population increased political representation, as the area (including Palm Desert, California) are covered by the 45th and 46th US congressional, and 64th and 80th state assembly districts, created by each city's partisan majorities (Monroe Street and Interstate 10, where the elevation is sea level, also is a political representative boundary-mostly Democrat to the east, mostly Republican west), signified the city's new socioeconomic divide, replaced the older north/south divide of Indio Boulevard and recently, Interstate 10 from Monroe street to the Cabazon Indian reservation became another socioeconomic divide. Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley, approximately east of Palm Springs.

According to the Riverside County board of voter registration, the majority are affiliated with the Democrats while most of the Coachella Valley (except for Palm Springs) is the opposite for most affiliated with the Republicans. In recent years, new residents are usually Republican, while oldtimers tend to be Democrat and these two demographic factors are rapidly growing.

Population growth

The California Department of Finance's annual report estimating city populations listed Indio with a population of 66,539 in 2005 and 71,654 as of January 1, 2006. Indio ranks one of the 10 fastest growing cities in California. If current trends continue, Indio will have over 80,000 by 2010 or pass the 100,000 mark in the next decade.

When nearby golf resort cities of Palm Springs are built-up and expensive, Indio, the neighboring towns of Coachella and La Quinta became popular destinations for new movers relocating to the area, and year-round residents sought a moderately-priced home. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of

Expected to have 5,000 new single family homes and 1,000 apartment units by the year 2012, Indio handles unprecedented growth for being a selection for new residents. City leaders and other locals are expanding city public services, including new recreation activities, commercial retail centers, and industrial complexes.

Indio is called the only "year-round" community in the Coachella Valley, because three-fourths of residents in the year 2000 live full-time. Also to note in the 2000 census, over 75 percent of residents were born or raised in Indio, had parents or grandparents in the same town, or had lived in the city for over 10 years.

The majority of residents and newcomers are Latino, and a high proportion of immigrants from Mexico have arrived. The number of foreign born residents is high in ratio to the town's population. The proximity to the border is 80 miles (130 km) away has given the town and nearby Coachella, where Hispanics are 90 percent of the local population, to have a "borderland" reputation.

In recent years, Indio served as a magnet of job opportunities for immigrants, and newcomers from parts of California and across the nation. Job fields, such as agriculture, construction, hospitality (hotel resorts), maintenance, retail and housekeeping are highly needed in the area.

Indio sought more corporate businesses and office professions, like fruit packing and shipping firms. Locally-based United States Filter Corporation, Guy Evans Inc. , Dimare and Sun World; and move-in companies:Ernst and Young, Ferguson, Fulton Distributors and SunScape Tech choose Indio for the location of transport routes, low economical costs and growth potential. Ernst & Young is one of the largest Professional services firms in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC,

Notable residents

Vanessa Marcil - Actress - attended Indio High School [5]

Cameron Crowe - Writer/Director - attended Indio High School

Ed White (football) - San Diego Chargers/Minnesota Vikings lineman. Vanessa Marcil (born October 15, 1968) is an American Actress known for her roles in the long-running Soap opera General Indio High School is a public high school for grades 9-12 It is located in Indio, California and has a current enrollment of about 2375 Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award -winning American Writer and Film director. Indio High School is a public high school for grades 9-12 It is located in Indio, California and has a current enrollment of about 2375 Edward Alvin White (born April 4, 1947 in La Mesa, California) is a former American football player The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego California. The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. Played for Indio High School in the early 1960s.

Lisa Hernandez of KABC-TV - Los Angeles news anchorwoman, graduated from Indio High School in the late-1990s. KABC-TV, channel 7 is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles

Marco Sanchez - Actor - Seaquest DSV. Marco Sanchez is an American actor born in California. He is probably best remembered as Detective Carlos Sandoval from Walker Texas Ranger seaQuest DSV was an American Science fiction television series created by Rockne S Graduated from Indio High School in the early-1990s.

Rich Newey - Music Video/Commercial/Film Director grew up in Bermuda Dunes and went to La Quinta Middle School before graduating

Oscar Lua - USC college football. Rich Newey (born April 23 1975) in the Coachella Valley, is a director/writer currently residing in Los Angeles. Oscar Lua (born May 9, 1984 in Indio California) is an American football Linebacker who is currently a Free agent. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies Attended Indio High School in the early-2000s.

Gerik Baxter - Baseball player. Draft pick of the San Diego Padres. The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 Killed in an auto accident in 2002 on Interstate 10. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. In the US state of California, Interstate 10, the major east-west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs east from He was playing baseball at the time in Lake Elsinore, CA. Lake Elsinore is a city in Western Riverside CountyCalifornia, As of 2008 the population was estimated to be 49807 according

Jeff Webb of the Kansas City Chiefs went to Indio Middle School before attending La Quinta High. Jeffrey Leon Webb (born in January 31, 1982) is an American football Wide receiver for the National Football League 's Kansas The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri.

Al Adamson - Writer/producer/director/actor - Psycho A Go-Go - was living on Avenue 49, Indio when he was murdered by Fred Fulford in August 1995

In the past, celebrities such as Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable and Frank Sinatra are known to visited Indio in the 1950s, often their private air planes arrived in the Indio Airport closed in 1960 and the landing strips became a residential area. Al Adamson ( July 25, 1929 - June 21, 1995) was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Current renowned residents are actor William Devane and farm labor activist Sam Maestas, and the city's Indian Palms and Indian Springs country clubs are places for celebrity star-sightings, such as Lindsay Lohan and Salma Hayek. William Devane (born September 5, 1937) is an American film and television Actor. Sam J Maestas (born April 13 1953 in Phoenix Arizona, USA) is a prominent community Activist. Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986 is an American Actress, model and Pop music Singer. Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American Local rumor has it that Anna Nicole Smith had a vacation home in Indio and visited Lake Cahuilla with her son, Daniel Smith, as the trip was featured in an episode of The Anna Nicole Show. Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28 1967 &ndash February 8 2007 better known under the Stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model Daniel Smith may refer to Daniel Wayne Smith (1986+2006 American actor and son of Anna Nicole Smith The Anna Nicole Show was a reality Sitcom, starring former model and Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, which

Perhaps the most notable resident in the 1940s was Lieutenant-General George Patton, he visited Indio often during his training of U. For the 19th century Scottish jurist/politician see George Patton Lord Glenalmond. S troops at nearby Camp Young during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including His wife Bea Patton had a home, known as Whittier Ranch in Indio, but he mostly stayed on base with his troops. The recently restored home still stands today on the corner of Jackson Street and Avenue 48 and will stay in its current location when sold to a private buyer. Recently, three of the over 5,000 War in Iraq soldier causalities lived in Indio, but one Jesus Gonzalez is an Indio native, has a memorial plaque dedicated to him in the Civic Center. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign

Education

Indio is served by two public school districts: Desert Sands Unified School District and on the city's south eastern corner Coachella Valley Unified School District. The Desert Sands Unified School District is a public school district located in La Quinta, California. The Coachella Valley Unified School District is a public school district located in Thermal, California. The headquarters are located in La Quinta has the Horizon independent studies School for all grades. Indio's 6 grade schools and 2 middle schools are highly rated under the California Distinguished Schools program. A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational Because of Indio's growing population and above-average number of young people with family size, the two school districts are building new schools and have plans to build additional schools for several more years, along with remodeling the older schools with new buildings and designs.

Public schools in and near Indio:

Desert Sands district

Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Dwight Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson, Dr. Reynaldo Carreon, Amelia Earhart, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, James Madison, Carrillo Ranch, a new grade school opens in 2009, and Horizon Grade School (independent studies).

Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, Indio Middle School- a Charter School (California Distinguished School), John Glenn(a California Distinguished School), a proposed middle school to open in 2009, and Horizon Middle School (independent studies). Woodrow Wilson Middle School (WMS - Pre Law Magnet School is a middle school (grades 6 to 8 in Indio California in the Desert Sands Unified School District. Indio Middle School (IMS is a middle school (grades 6 to 8 in Indio California in the Desert Sands Unified School District. John Glenn Middle School of International Studies, or known more commonly as John Glenn Middle School (JGMS is a middle school in Indio California which was established in

Indio High School, La Quinta High School in nearby La Quinta, and a new high school slated to open in 2008. Indio High School is a public high school for grades 9-12 It is located in Indio, California and has a current enrollment of about 2375 La Quinta High School can refer to La Quinta High School (La Quinta California La Quinta High School (Westminster California Amistad High School, a continuation high school and Horizon High School (independent studies) in La Quinta.

Coachella Valley district schools

Mountain Vista Elementary School (K-5), Cahuilla Desert Academy, a public middle school (6-8) and Coachella Valley High School in Thermal. Coachella Valley High School is a public high school for grades 9-12 Thermal is a small unincorporated community located approximately 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs and about 9

Two private schools serve the city: Indio Community School under Riverside County board of education and Eagles' Peak Charter School (formerly Indio Charter School)[6], and one Christian school: Desert Christian High School/Grade school in nearby Bermuda Dunes. Bermuda Dunes is a Census-designated place (CDP in Riverside County, California, United States.

College of the Desert, the valley's community college has a campus facility in the Riverside County Employment Developmental Center opened in 2002 on Monroe Street in Indio and it has expanded its classes to a new "East Valley" Educational center in Mecca. College of the Desert ( COD) is a public two-year Community college located in Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley of Riverside County California Mecca is a Census-designated place (CDP in Riverside County, California, United States. Riverside County has a Regional Occupational Program facility in Indio that provides vocational educational courses in the Coachella valley's job market.

Health care

John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital is a General Acute Care Hospital in Indio with Basic Emergency Services as of 2006. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for [7] One of three hospitals in the Coachella Valley, JFK hospital boosts of being one of the state's busiest maternity wards and in 2005, opened a new maternity center in part of hospital expansion plan for more surgical rooms, intensive care units and a new concrete emergency heliport. The Indio (renamed John F. Kennedy) hospital opened in a new location in 1983 on land donated by Dr. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Carreon himself.

Local media

Three daily newspapers serve Indio, the Desert Sun, Riverside-based the Press-Enterprise and the Los Angeles Times are available in markets, coffee shops and book stores. The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley of Southern California. The Press-Enterprise is a newspaper that serves the Inland Empire in Southern California. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Two weekly papers, The Indio Sun owned by the Desert Sun is focused on local news and issues, and the Desert Post Weekly and the D from the Press-Enterprise, are artistic/pop culture variety papers.

Indio has ten local television stations serving the Coachella Valley, and six Spanish-language networks (local or regional affiliates like KUNA-LP and KVER-CA), some are over-air signals from Mexico). KUNA-LP, channel 15 is a Telemundo affiliate in the Coachella Valley area of California that includes Indio and Palm Springs KVER-CA is a Low-power Class A Univision affiliate in Indio California, broadcasting locally in analog on VHF channel About eight Los Angeles television stations are available on cable and satellite service. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Three out of 20 Palm Springs area's radio stations are licensed to Indio: KESQ 1400 AM (in Spanish) owned by KESQ-TV/KDFX-CA, KKUU 92. KESQ-TV is the ABC -affiliated Television station for the Coachella Valley of California. KDFX-CA channel 33 is the Fox -affiliated television station licensed to Indio California / Palm Springs California, with studios and offices in KKUU is a commercial Radio station in Indio California, broadcasting to the Palm Springs California area on 92 7 FM (Urban/Hip-hop/R&B) owned by Morris Communications, and KJJZ 102. Morris Communications of Augusta Georgia is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include newspaper and magazine publishing outdoor advertising radio KJJZ is a 26kw Class A commercial Smooth jazz radio station licensed in Indio California with studios in Palm Springs and which serves the 3 FM (Jazz/easy listening) owned by Infinity Broadcasting according to their web sites. This article is about the radio group for the radio network see CBS Radio Network. However, none of the stations have their offices or studios in Indio.

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ Book-web
  2. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  4. ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead
  5. ^ Vanessa Marcil Bio - Vanessa Marcil Biography - Vanessa Marcil Stories
  6. ^ Mayer, Robert. "Charter school flourishing" The Press-Enterprise, March 13, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
  7. ^ California Department of Health Services

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