A ballot measure for the 2016 November general election, which would allow water districts to restore tiered rates, has been submitted to the state Attorney General’s office. Water districts would have the authority to use their rates to encourage and motivate water conservation. The proposed measure would overturn the recent California Appeals Court decision upholding…

“There are so many Jews up here in Idyllwild, we should get together and say some prayers,” Trudy Levy remembers saying more than a year ago.