In The Community

KCET Desert Cities offers programs designed to enhance your life (or at least make it more fun) and tell the stories of the Coachella Valley and its residents. We are in your community with special events, activities, and workshops fostering and encouraging increased civic and social engagement. Here you can see programming for and about the Coachella Valley and learn about upcoming events in your area.

About Us

Created in response to a growing population of sophisticated, discriminating television viewers in the desert, KCET Desert Cities is a new round-the-clock lifestyle channel created by KCET exclusively for Coachella Valley residents.

Available only on Time Warner Digital Cable, KCET Desert Cities offers a 24-hour line-up of everything from cooking to culture, golf to gardening, hobbies to health. You'll also enjoy original video segments featuring visits to favorite local restaurants, interviews, and helpful tips on home decor, tennis, and landscaping.

KCET Desert Cities is available to Time Warner Digital Cable subscribers on channel 218.

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Web Stories
California Video Archive
Huell's Palm Springs
California's Gold

A Place of Our Own
Los Niños en Su Casa
KCET Kids & Family

SoCal Connected
Tavis Smiley

Art of Food and Wine Festival

Popular KCET Desert Cities on-air chef, Kris Capra, hosted a special dinner and fundraiser at her Palm Springs home with popular PBS chef Joanne Weir to celebrate the release of Weir's lastest cookbook, Wine Country Cooking. The book offers a wonderful collection of 150 recipes and wine pairings, and is a companion to Weir's newest PBS series. Philip di Belardino, vice president of fine wines for Banfi Wines, provided excellent wine to compliment the exquisite Italian feast prepared by the Capra family.

Event Gallery

Domestic Partnership

Domestic Partnership: Your Financial & Legal World covers California's domestic partnership laws on wills, trusts, taxes and more, including a look at recent changes.

Domestic Partnership Seminar

Noted experts discuss wills, trusts, power of attorney, purchasing power, and taxes for domestic partners. Recorded October 24th, 2006.

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Desert Cities "Moments"

KCET Desert Cities presents "Moments," short video segments with local experts discussing helpful tips on practical issues such as earthquake preparedness, water-efficient gardening, and healthy living.

Earthquake Preparedness: Care for Self

Learn why adults need to take care of themselves first, then their children.

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Tips & Resources

Water-Efficient Gardening: Trees (Part 2)

A show-and-tell of more trees - this time the drake elm and the willow acacia.

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Healthy Living: Cholesterol

Dr. Philip Shaver explains the difference between the good cholesterol and the bad cholesterol.

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Tips & Resources

Start enjoying KCET Desert Cities, the new lifestyle channel created exclusively for Coachella Valley residents.

In The Community

About Us

Art of Food and Wine Festival

Event Gallery

Betty Ford: The Real Deal

Antiques Roadshow Event

Antiques Roadshow Reception

Craft in America Event

Lydia Bastiani Dinner

McLaughlin Lecture

Parker Hotel

PBS Luncheon

Ponde Estate Fundraiser