With more rain on the way, officials are carefully monitoring Lake Cachuma after it nearly reached capacity last week, leading to officials proactively releasing water from the reservoir. In order to ...

Lake Cachuma of Santa Barbara County seen Dec. 21, 2025. Storms this week boosted the lake to 82% capacity and water levels rose about 5 feet. Credit: Peter Hartmann photo Lake Cachuma has risen ...

As Santa Barbara County emerged from last weekend’s soaking storm, the new focus shifts to the water left behind and where it went. The storm, which pushed the county past its average annual rainfall ...