Palm Springs Life Magazine August 1985

About the Cover

A heatwave-themed fashion shoot features bodybuilder Matt Bietti in a Savage bikini, with models in an Emei maillot and a Double Exposure bikini. Photographed by Teke, with patio umbrellas from Santa Barbara Designs.

Features

Wiley Post/Will Rogers Air Crash

Fifty years later — what really happened
By Jimmy Mattern as told to Dorothy Mattern

Living Free

Emily Jo Beard’s Idyllwild-retreat alternative to the animal shelter
By Tom Kirby

Desert Circus

After a three-year hiatus, the circus is back in town
By Carolyn Patten

The City Beat — In the Heat

Our Lois Lane pounds the pavement for a hot story
By Jan Curran