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| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Gannett,[1] CommunityMedia |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 13-279 Palm Drive Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 |
| Website | desertstarweekly |
TheDesert Star Weekly (formerly theDesert Valley Star) is a community newspaper covering local news, government, arts and entertainment in thePalm Springs area of California. It is published weekly on Thursday inDesert Hot Springs, California.
In 2008, theDesert Valley Star was started as an online newsroom. Later that year it became a newsprint tabloid which soon merged with theAmerican Free Journal, a newsprint tabloid that had been published since 1989.
The business was located in Yucca Valley and the product circulated in theHigh Desert of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, but in 2009 the business relocated to Desert Hot Springs. Until 2010 it was published as two products; later that year the American Free Journal brand was dropped in order to focus on one exclusive product and the name became theDesert Star Weekly.
In April 2013, the business was sold to CommunityMedia of Orange County.
The paper circulates in the cities and communities ofDesert Hot Springs,Palm Springs,Cathedral City,Rancho Mirage,Thousand Palms,Palm Desert,Indian Wells,La Quinta,Indio,Coachella andSky Valley,Morongo Valley,Yucca Valley,Joshua Tree,Twentynine Palms,Landers andLucerne Valley.