San Diego County offers up to $1,100 to help youth sports organizations purchase lifesaving defibrillators.

Join us in celebration of Borrego Days and, And now there's this: The Outliers exhibition. Artists will talk about their work and its relationship to "outsider art", the outer boundaries of art production and challenging conventions of mainstream art culture. Refreshments, artists and ARTTALK! - Elizabeth Rodriguez, Curator The Gallery at The Palms at Indian Head 2220 Hoberg Road, Borrego Springs, CA 92004

San Diego County offers up to $1,100 to help youth sports organizations purchase lifesaving defibrillators.

SDG&E will come to Borrego Springs on Wednesday, October 14, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m

Lama Tashi Norbu returns to Borrego Springs for four days of Tibetan art, teachings and traditions.

The new farm store at Riviera Farms opens Oct. 9, giving Borrego Springs residents a new place to buy locally grown produce, eggs and farm-made goods directly from the source. A new locally grown shopping option is coming to Borrego Springs this week. Riviera Farms will open its Farm Store for the first time on Friday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2021 Borrego Springs Road. The opening marks a new step for the Borrego Springs farm, allowing residents and visitors to purchase food and other products grown or made locally while also getting a closer look at the farm itself. For opening day, Riviera Farms says the store will offer fresh jalapeños, heirloom tomatoes, basil and farm-fresh eggs, along with handmade goat milk soap, homemade dog treats, artisan salts and additional farm-made products. Visitors will also be able to walk around the farm and meet some of its animals. Riviera Farms had also hoped to begin serving coffee with the store opening, but that portion of the operation is still awaiting its final permit. The farm decided to move ahead with Friday’s opening rather than postpone the launch. The Farm Store adds another direct-to-community food source in Borrego Springs and gives customers an opportunity to see where some of the products they are purchasing are grown and produced. “Come see what we’ve been growing, making and building,” Riviera Farms announced in sharing news of the opening. Opening Day Riviera Farms Farm Store Friday, Oct. 9 10 a.m.–2 p.m. 2021 Borrego Springs Road Borrego Springs

The annual pageant returns Oct. 10 at the Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center, with nine local contestants vying for the title. The 2026 Miss Borrego Springs Pageant will take place Saturday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center. Nine contestants will compete for the title of Miss Borrego Springs: Kailani Doe Genesis Vilches Melanie Arias Camila Molina Lopez Alexandra Torres Rosalynn Camacho Elizabeth Hernandez Perez Brisa Valtierra Judith Fregoso The annual pageant brings the community together to recognize the young women participating and celebrate their involvement in Borrego Springs. Friends, family members and community residents are invited to attend and support this year’s contestants as they take the stage. Event Details Miss Borrego Springs Pageant Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026 6 p.m. Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

The annual BMA gathering celebrated beloved animals with prayer and individual blessings. The Borrego Ministers Association (BMA) held its annual Blessing of the Animals at Christmas Circle on Saturday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to noon. Christmas Circle was still fenced off as work continued on irrigation upgrades and preparations for fall lawn reseeding, but the beloved October tradition carried on. The park improvements aim to make watering more efficient and support its lawns, trees and landscaping. Father Dave and Pastor Mateo opened the event with prayer. Father Emilio then joined the gathering to bless animals for the remainder of the event. Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi’s love for animals and creation, the annual blessing offers a time to recognize the companionship, comfort and joy animals bring to our lives. Some of the messages shared during the service included: Gratitude for animals and the affection and companionship they offer. Our responsibility to care for creation , protecting animals and treating them with kindness. God’s covenant with every living creature , reflected in the reading from Genesis. The beauty and variety of creation , celebrated in Psalm 104. Hope for creation’s renewal , expressed in the reading from Romans.

Vintage Volkswagens roll into Borrego Springs for a weekend built around driving, desert roads and community.

Frugal Coyote is giving shoppers a new way to support Borrego Springs with its Nonprofit of the Month program.

Photo: Porter Tinsley - Less Than Amateur

Join us for Taste of the Backcountry, a culinary showcase.

Six artists come together for a collective exhibition, with an opening reception October 24 in Borrego Springs. Gary Henderson Interiors Studio 628 will celebrate its season opening with Mixed Tempos, a collective exhibition featuring Kevin Goddess, Victoria Johnson, Kippi Leonard, Robert Landry, Wil Gardner and Marcy Gregory. The opening reception takes place Saturday, October 24, from 5–7 p.m. at Studio 628, located at 628 Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs. Bringing six artists together in one exhibition, Mixed Tempos offers visitors an opportunity to explore their work and welcome the return of the local gallery season. The evening will also include a sneak preview of Galeria el Patio, adding another reason to stop by and see what’s ahead. Community members and visitors are invited to join the celebration, enjoy the exhibition and spend an evening connecting with Borrego Springs’ arts community. Opening reception: Saturday, October 24, 5–7 p.m. Location: Gary Henderson Interiors Studio 628, 628 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs

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Irrigation upgrades are underway as the park seeks community support to keep Christmas Circle green.

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Known as the PAC6 Painters (PAC6), Linda Brown, Marian Fortunati, Nita Harper, Debra Holladay, Laura Wambsgans, and Sharon Weaver have explored and documented the landscape together for the past 10 years. Dedicated to painting the beauty and grandeur of the American landscape, the Southern California-based collaborating artists share a love of the wild outdoors and painting en plein air. Following in the historic footsteps of the California Impressionists, the PAC6 creates landscapes of iconic locations from a new and contemporary perspective. The paintings not only allow viewers to visit and revisit these places, but also take them on a journey through each artist’s individual interpretation of their experience. As Laura Wambsgans explains “Capturing the light within the landscape, nature’s palette, and the true sense of a place is our desire with each landscape painting. If we are successful, the viewer will feel the sun and wind and forget what is on the wall outside the frame.” The group’s first trip to Canyon de Chelly in 2013 solidified their partnership and was where they dedicated themselves to creating bodies of plein air and studio work for exhibiting as a group. Armed with easels, paints, and brushes, they’ve hit the trails, explored deserts, climbed mountains, and waded in the lakes and streams. Highlights of their trips include a pack trip by mule into the Sierras back country to Lake Ediza (and a bear that won’t forget them), jumping mules, a late-night stroll through the Silver Terrace cemetery under a full moon, forest fires, tumbles and twisted body parts, and crunched cars. Other painting expeditions include Yosemite Valley (with a snow trip planned for 2025), Carmel, Vermilion Cliffs, Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon, Virginia City, and Lake Tahoe. Upcoming trips are already planned this year for June Lake, Rankin Ranch, and a fourth trip to Carmel. Linda Brown sums it up when she says, “Wandering the great outdoors and painting its beauty, from grand mountain vistas to butterfly wings, is a joy we simply could not live without.” Most recently, the PAC6 took on the Anza Borrego Desert. Multiple plein air trips over the past 16 months have resulted in a collection of plein air and studio paintings that showcase the variety and beauty of the desert. The group’s upcoming exhibit at the Borrego Art Institute, On the Trail of Plein Air Masters with the PAC6, opens October 17, 2026 and runs through November 29, 2026. Regardless of the destination, at the end of each adventure the PAC6 Painters brush off their jeans, smile at each other, and proclaim “… and nobody died.” The PAC6 Painters are: Linda Brown , www.lindabrownart.com Marian Fortunati , www.marianfortunati.com Nita Harper , www.nitaharper.com Debra Holladay , www.debraholladay.net Laura Wambsgans , www.laurawambsgans.com Sharon Weaver , www.sharonweaver.com