The first Día de los Muertos at Coachella Cemetery

A host of Coachella groups are organizing the city's very first community-wide celebration of Día de los Muertos, a Mexican-derived holiday that honors the death not only by mourning but with festivities.  The committee hopes to make it an annual tradition at the Eastern Coachella Valley cemetery.  Get the local story on Coachella Unincorporated.