‘Mindfulness is a great tool’ For those who care about their personal health and their interpersonal relations and want to improve them, Val Velez is prepared to offer actions that will help you achieve those goals. Mindfulness and meditation are simple tools that anyone can adopt and she is trained to share these tools with…

The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema returns for its sixth time next month. From opening day, Tuesday, Jan. 6, through the awards ceremony, the evening of Sunday, Jan. 11, festival participants once again will be offered a panoply of dozens of films — from features through documentaries and shorts. Idyllwild 2015, now the sixth rendition…