Rain speeds snowmelt after Southern California's winter storms, a mixed bag for buried mountain towns
LOS ANGELES — Recent rainstorms in the San Bernardino Mountains brought both reprieve, melting off much of the snow that had stranded some residents for weeks, and restlessness, setting off minor flooding and rockslides.
In Lake Arrowhead, Linda Knorr and her husband had been trapped inside their home for about a week and had to shovel several feet of snow off their property.
They were among many snowed in by a series of snowstorms early this month, which left some mountain residents without reliable access to food, supplies and medication.
Plowing the steep highways and streets
