Painted Desert (Arizona) Painted Desert (Arizona) The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. It is most easily accessed in the north portion of Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert is known for its brilliant and varied colors, that not only include the more common red rock, but even shades of lavender. The Painted Desert was named by an expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his 1540 quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola, which
The Desert Sun The Desert Sun The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley in Southern California. It is owned by Gannett publications since 1988 and acquired the Indio "Daily News" in 1990 to become the sole local newspaper. First issued on August 5, 1927, as a weekly six-page newspaper, "The Desert Sun" grew with the desert communities. It covers local, state, national and world news, and has developed a variety of sections over time. The newspaper began to publish six days a week in 1948 and had their first Sunday edition on September 8,