local Tyler Hilton's song "When It Comes", he references Palm Desert's strip of high-class fashion and dining singing, "When I'm cruising El Paseo / In my off-white coup back '65." A majority of the 2007 film Alpha Dog was shot in Palm Springs. The helicopter scene in Mission: Impossible III was filmed in the windfarm outside of Palm Springs. The city was mentioned on an episode of Comedy Central's Reno 911! by sergeant/lieutenant Jim (Doug) Dangle, an openly gay character of the show. He would hang out in Palm Springs, as well in San Francisco and West Hollywood, but he eventually chose Reno as his hometown. In an episode of the animated comedy Family Guy On the Road to Rhode Island, baby Stewie and his friend, Brian (a talking dog) figured a way to return home from vacation in Lois' parents home in Palm Springs. On American Dad! Season 2, Episode 4 – Lincoln Lover, Stan Smith said to a speech in the Republican National Convention when representatives of the Gay Log Cabin Republicans were present: "Invite half of Palm Springs...oh, invite everyone in Palm Springs..." based on a belief based on a survey by a demographic think tank on about Half of the city's population are Gay or GLBT people. In the game Grand Theft Auto V, the Coachella Valley area is represented as Sandy Shores in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, and therefore some characteristics of Coachella Valley is mirrored in the Sandy Shores area in the game. References Further reading External links Coachella Valley Archaeological Society (CVAS) Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Coachella Valley Economic Partnership United States Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy Palm Springs Visitor Information History of Rancho Mirage and the Coachella Valley Groundwater Quality in Coachella Vallely, California United States Geological Survey Geography of the Colorado Desert Inland Empire Valleys of Riverside County, California Valleys of California Interstate 10 U.S. Route 99 Southern Pacific Railroad California Enterprise Zones