The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA)

12 hours ago | desertsun.com | Pete Donovan

Pete DonovanSpecial to The Desert SunA Tale of Two Hitters:They played decades apart. They played for different teams in different leagues. They died 74 years apart. Yet they are linked together in baseball lore. Joseph Walker Jackson was born in Pickens, South Carolina in 1887. Peter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1941. They would both go on to historical Major League Baseball careers, and both would be suspended for life from the game. Need a break?

1 day ago | desertsun.com | Larry Bohannan

The life of a pro golfer looking for status on any tour and eager for places to play was never more evident than Leon Acikalin’s story Tuesday at a U.S. Open local qualifier at Ironwood Country Club in Palm Desert. “Today was a bit funny, off the back of 35 hours of travelling, showing up to the first tee just completely knackered,” said Acikalin, who shook off a trip from Turkey to share medalist honors at the local qualifying event.

1 day ago | desertsun.com | Paris Barraza |Kinsey Crowley

The United States and China have agreed to lower the escalating tariff rates on trade, a country from which California imported over $172 billion in goods last year. Chinese imports will face a 30% tariff in total, down from 145% on most goods. The Chinese government agreed to reduce its retaliatory tariffs to 10% from the previously set 125%. The rates, effective for 90 days said USA TODAY, are expected to go into place by May 14.

2 days ago | desertsun.com | Larry Bohannan

Six members of the Palm Desert High School boys' golf team advanced from a CIF-Southern Section preliminary event Monday and will compete for a CIF-SS individual title next week. Luke Ringkamp of Palm Desert led the local golfers in the field with a 2-under 72 on the par-74 South Course at Los Serranos Country Club in Chino Hills.

2 days ago | desertsun.com | Larry Bohannan

Between the time Thomas Lehman posted his 2-under 70 in a U.S. Open local qualifier at Classic Club in Palm Desert and the time he teed off in a playoff at the event, he had time to eat a hamburger lunch and wonder if he would even make the playoff. “I thought on 18 I was 1 under and I figured a birdie would either get me in or there would be a playoff,” Lehman said.