Talk:Desert Hot Springs, California

message: In several national tap water tests, Desert Hot Springs Cal. ranks in the top 10 in the country. It's very clean, naturally filtered and came from an underground geothermal spring. The town has five hotel resorts built on hot springs and tourists from around the world come by to rejuvenate in them. The town struggled with socio-economic problems and city council rivalries, but a rapid-growing population and new homes by the hundreds every year made Desert Hot Springs one of California's fastest growing cities. + Mike D 26 04:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  clean water supply 

message: "Sunset_in_the_Valley": 2007 movie.
hopiakuta 05:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[Sunset_in_the_Valley]]" 

message: The comment of
< http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Desert_Hot_Springs%2C_California&diff=89391861&oldid=87462303 >
uses the word
"miscengenate",
thrice.
I have not located the original edit{s} that had inspired this message.
If you check
< http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?miscegenation >,
you would learn that the spelling is:
"miscegenate";
"miscegenation".
Thank You.
[[ hopiakuta  | [[ %c2%a1 %c2%bf  %7e%7e%7e%7e  -]] 17:14, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[miscegenate]]"; "[[miscegenation]]". 

message: Seems like every time I keep adding the blurb about the City's award-winning(and best-tasting!) municipal water, somebody on one of the DHS city commissions keeps repeatedly DELETING it!...apparently, this "commissioner" is determined to keep the focus soley on the spas that originally made the city famous...
It's not just the spas, folks, IT'S THE WATER!!!...
Please, to whomever keeps deleting this fact, stop playing "community censor" and admit it:your water is the best-tasting in the world and add this fact to the DHS page...
Thanks,Baldwin91006 02:43, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you want to keep something like that in there, make sure it is well-written, so it does not look like cruft. Find references and citations for these claims so it looks verifiable and add those. And then it should be ok.--Filll 11:31, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not a DHS commissioner.  And the last time I was there, the water tasted terrible.  This is WP:OR, of course, but it means I won't accept the statement without a source.  — Arthur Rubin |  (talk) 19:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have paid numerous visits to the DHS area throughout the years and have enjoyed their water, and trust me:it's good!;no wonder it deserved all those ribbons from Berkeley Springs(WV)...
   
For someone to keep denying that true reason for DHS' existence by demanding a LITERARY source for the Mission Springs Water District is ridiculous;most DHS residents(and city officials) would back up Baldwin's persistence in adding the fact to this page...
Please, if someone out there can add the website for the Mission Springs Water District(then reinstate what Baldwin's been saying all along) to the page, then the "feud" can stop once and for all.
Thanks,Michaela92399 01:40, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Desert Hot Springs' great-tasting water... 

message: Desert Hot Springs has struggled with high crime, and carried on an unfavorable distinction as the "crime capital of Riverside county". For over 20 years according to FBI crime statistics, DHS had a large number of burglaries, robberies, vandalism, arson reports and arrests for misdemeanors per capita for a city its' size (25,000 residents). It's sad but honestly, the city has to find ways to drop the crime rate and a high percentage of low-income youths (under age 21) most gullible to commit petty crimes, DHS must address the issue to accomodate positive recreational opportunities for the city's teen and young adult (20s range) population. For example, there's a famous dirt bike track in Hacienda park that draws in dirt bikers from across the valley and nation (it is somewhat nationally famous). + 71.102.10.169 (talk) 15:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Local issues 

message: Crime is indeed a problem in Desert Hot Springs, since California has been dumping parolees into Desert Hot Springs at a rate terrifying to its residents.
Crime in DHS is increasing, and violent crimes are up by 38 over the same period last year. (See The Desert Sun • September 17, 2009 Violent crime up: DHS)
Hopefully DHS's troubled history will become just that.  It's no certain thing at the moment.
Pingnak (talk) 06:33, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More on FBI Crime Statistics 

message: To what extent is this accurate here, as well?
* Palm_Canyon_Drive
* highway_111
* California_State_Route_111
* California_highway_111
* Indian Avenue & Indian Canyon Drive
* downtown Calexico, California
* Mexicali
* Algodones
* Cuando Way
* Two Bunch Palms Trail
* Pierson Boulevard
* Palm Drive
* Miracle Hill
 hopiakuta   Please  do   sign  your  communiqu%c3%a9 .%7e%7eThank You,  DonFphrnqTaub Persina. 14:00, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  '''[[Palm Springs]]''' <small> is a desert city in [[Riverside County, California|Riverside County]], [[California]], </small> <big> approximately 111 miles (177&nbsp;km) east of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and 136 miles (225&nbsp;km) northeast of [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]. </big> 

message: I am one of the editors who deleted the Kingdom of the Dolls - Online Virtual Museum (DHS Historical Website) as an EL.  Unfortunately, sock-puppet editors persisted in re-instating the EL.  The reasons for the EL deletion are simple and clear.  The building in which the museum was once housed is gone.  As such it is no longer a DHS "landmark" (if ever) and, per WP:ELNO guidance, not appropriate as a link.--S. Rich (talk) 02:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Right there with you. Has nothing to do whatsover with the history of DHS. Call on me if you need backup. --Manway 05:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kingdom of the Dolls on-line museum -- [[WP:ELNO]] 

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message: John from Idegon took issue with edit 748047212 for reasons which I am unclear about, apparently objecting to the two sources (the BBC and the LA Times) and thinking that it should be merged into an existing section rather than standing alone, despite the existence of the sections "Boutique hotels and spas" and "Modernist architecture". Possibly some new section with a name like "commerce" needs to be created?  Card Zero  (talk) 14:42, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no objection to the first part being added to the history section. My objection is to the seperate section and to using the single source to attribute an "economic boom". It's too soon to make any statements on the economic impact. We're supposed to take a long view here.  John from Idegon (talk) 18:10, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

text: Is Mike Tyson starting his cannabis tourist ranch hotel in Desert Hot Springs? I think so, he should be considered a local resident too. 2605:E000:100D:C571:8921:AB9A:1584:4730 (talk) 22:05, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Provide sources and explain why in terms of Wikipedia policies and guidelines please. John from Idegon (talk) 22:55, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marijuana trade 

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message: Its a School District Hamburgersforever1432 (talk) 02:47, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  PSUSD 

message: The [edit by IAbot] to select an archive link for hildamgray.com, as the domain was usurped around the end of 2012.
A good one is the wayback archive dated 2013-10-12.
The article supports Hilda Gray having homesteaded in this area prior to Cabot, but does not clearly indicate her homestead was the first in the area.
It also states that she "established" the homestead in 1909, not in 1908 as stated in the WP article.
The city hosts this one-page history credited to Desert Hot Springs Historical Society, claiming Hilda Gray was in fact the first person to live there.  Other sites do support that she was the first person to live there, but verification is needed to establish that those were not based on this WP article.
(I plan on making the relevant changes but am saving these notes for now.  If you have some observations to contribute, please add them.) Fabrickator (talk) 18:15, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me. Netherzone (talk) 19:10, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  hildamgray.com link and verification of statements about Hilda Gray 

message: "Desert Hot Springs (Images of America series)", content credited to the Desert Hot Springs Historical Society, includes the following entries in its chronology:
* 1908: Jack Riley, first homesteader to establish claim in Desert Hot Springs
* 1912: Ethel Rouse establishes first school (near Seven Palms)
* 1913: Cabot Yerxa arrives with Bob Carr to establish homestead on Miracle Hill
Elsewhere, it states: "By 1912, Hilda M. Gray was living on a homestead ..." in the area.
The archived hildamgray.com web site states that in 1909, Gray established her first homestead in the area, and that Cabot acknowledged that she had been living there before he got there.
At first glance, these bits of information seem to conflict with the following statements in 22 November 2019 revision:
* Gray was the first homesteader in the area of the city of Desert Hot Springs.
* Gray staked her claim in 1908.
This archived page from DHS Historical Society claims Gray was the first person "to actually live" in the area, while Jack Riley was reportedly "the first white man to set foot" there.  It also states that Gray moved to Arcadia after homestead for 4 years (but the homestead deed generally required 5 years).  OTOH, if she actually arrived (presuming she promptly filed for homesteading) in 1909, then 4 years would have been up when Cabot arrived.
This source: [Hidden Waters Spas of Desert Hot Springs] dates Gray as having discovered water in the area in 1909.
Setting this aside for the moment.  Fabrickator (talk) 20:42, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  early settlers