Local resident and attorney Mary Lehman has a busy life and career. But it is not too busy for her to lend her skills as a volunteer emergency medical technician to the escalating refugee crisis in Europe. Last November, Lehman went to the Greek island of Lesbos, just off the Turkish coast. She had read…

Snow visitors continued to overwhelm Idyllwild infrastructure on another busy weekend. Public recreation areas are limited. Public bathrooms are few. And even with a growing reputation for fine dining, restaurants can accommodate only so many. The same was true of Humber Park’s ability to safely accommodate cars entering its parking lot. With schools closed on…

  During 2016, the state Legislature passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed hundreds of new laws. While some were effective immediately and some will not go into effect until 2018 or 2019, most were effective Jan. 1, 2017. Below is a small sampling of the new laws and rules with which we have to comply….