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New Age Kingdom of Spa

It may have taken me a week to post this but it needed some time to slosh around in my head and ferment -- Desert Hot Springs, touted as a sleepy spa destination for overworked celebrities (I once heard a Monty Python-er stayed at a local hotel), has had the The Planning Center in Costa Mesa devise an ethereal new age vision of the city that includes the elements Earth, Wind and Air (no fire and no Maurice White)

It's hoped the plan will encourage tourism and harness the area's energy in two "vortexes." Read the full story here from Desert Hot Springs reporter Julia Glick.

The city has also adopted a new moniker to market itself to tourists: "California's Spa City," not to be confused with Hot Springs, Ark or a hot tub retailer, perhaps.

-- KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
kpierceall@pe.com