When my 8th grade English class read Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’ exposé of the cruel and unjust treatment of the poor in Victorian London, I never dreamed it would become Lionel Bart’s poignant, ...

At first glance, Cotino — the 618-acre Disney-owned development slated to feature more than 1,900 seven-figure homes built in the heart of Rancho Mirage — seems almost too good to be true. Described ...