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Desert Star Weekly
TypeTabloid
FormatCommunity Weekly
PublisherRichard "Mike" Perry
EditorJackie Devereaux
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters66538 Eighth St.
Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240
Circulation11,000
Website[1]

The Desert Star Weekly (formerly the Desert Valley Star) is a community newspaper covering local news, government, arts and entertainment in the Palm Springs area of California.

The business is located and published in Desert Hot Springs, California as a weekly newspaper.

In 2008 Praxis Communications, Inc., purchased the American Free Journal which had been publishing since 1989 and was circulated in the hi-desert of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.[citation needed] In 2008, the "Desert Valley Star" website merged with the "American Free Journal" and created a newsprint publication named the Desert Valley Star and added an Internet website for the Journal. [citation needed]

Publication details

Newspapers are distributed every Thursday. The Desert Star Weekly is a community paper with a circulation of 11,000.[citation needed] The website offers conventional individual story web pages plus a page-flipper that mimics the printed product.

The paper products are distributed to 698 locations throughout the desert region including public libraries, city halls, retail and civic centers.[citation needed]

The Desert Star Weekly circulates in the cities and communities of Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Thousand Palms, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio, Coachella and Sky Valley, Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms, Landers and Lucerne Valley.

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