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• October 13, 2026Coachella Valley

  Seven local news sites restrict AI crawlers

  PALM DESERT — We read the robots.txt files of 11 Coachella Valley and Inland Empire news sites on Oct. 13. Seven restrict AI crawlers; none of 10 checked has SPUR's manifest.

• October 8, 2026Palm Desert

  Palm Desert sets rules for AI at City Hall

  PALM DESERT — Palm Desert's council approved an AI policy for city work on Oct. 8, KESQ reports. It sorts uses into three risk levels and takes effect on adoption.

• October 6, 2026Inland Empire

  Riverside weighs a data-center ban

  RIVERSIDE — A Sept. 14 memo proposes an ordinance prohibiting data centers in Riverside; the Gazette reports the Land Use Committee backed a 90-day pause instead.

• October 5, 2026Inland Empire

  Riverside starts work on an AI strategy

  RIVERSIDE — Three Riverside councilmembers will spend 13 months on an AI strategy for city operations, the local economy and data-center demands, the city says.

• October 5, 2026Inland Empire

  CSUSB plans AI training for workers

  SAN BERNARDINO — CSUSB's planned worker cohort and AI training portal are part of a two-year research project backed by a university-reported $1.031 million award.

• October 5, 2026Indio

  Indio considers another year without new data centers

  INDIO — Indio's data-center moratorium expires Oct. 16. The City Council's Oct. 7 agenda proposes extending it through Oct. 16, 2027.

• October 2, 2026Coachella Valley

  California offers tax credits for local reporters

  PALM DESERT — California's Community NEWS Act starts Jan. 1, 2027, but the first credits won't be paid until 2028. Riverside County has 2.3 local journalists per 100,000.

• September 23, 2026Coachella

  Coachella bans data centers

  COACHELLA — Coachella's citywide data-center ban takes effect September 25. Supporting server rooms are exempt only under specific conditions, KESQ reports.

• September 14, 2026Palm Desert

  Palm Desert teams submit five AI projects

  PALM DESERT — Palm Desert joined 47 other cities for AI Tinkerers' Agents, Everywhere hackathon on September 12: five teams formed, five projects submitted.

• September 10, 2026Coachella Valley

  Data centers: what does a community get?

  RANCHO MIRAGE — From Missouri to Adelanto, communities are asking the same question about data centers: who benefits, who pays, and what is actually enforceable.