SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif. - Lake Cachuma opened Monday for the first time in a month following January's destructive storms which left a massive amount of debris strewn across the water, nearly shore ...

LAKE CACHUMA, Calif. – The County of Santa Barbara issued the following press release on Friday after the first batch of Rainbow Trout were introduced to Lake Cachuma on Thursday. Rainbow Trout.

Runoff from the weekend’s big storm continued pouring into Lake Cachuma on Monday, and officials say they expect the reservoir to fill to capacity later this week. When that happens, it will mark the ...

For the first time in over a decade, Lake Cachuma is spilling. Images from Santa Barbara County’s Public Works Department on Wednesday show a cascade of water flowing from the lake’s reservoir through ...

Bradbury Dam goes with the flow Feb. 8 at Lake Cachuma. Credit: Lael Wageneck / Santa Barbara County Public Works photo Water was spilling over Bradbury Dam at Lake Cachuma on Wednesday, for the first ...

Water was spilling over Bradbury Dam at Lake Cachuma on Wednesday, for the first time in a dozen years. The flow down the spillway is the most obvious sign of the huge transformation that has taken ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Due to an abundance of rain during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Cachuma Lake is currently at 91% ...

Water is released down the Bradbury Dam spillway at Lake Cachuma on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Two of the dam’s four gates were opened to let water out of the lake, which was within inches of being full ...

Cachuma Lake received a recent planting of 4,000 pounds of rainbow trout, the first of the stocking season which typically calls for a total of 16,000 pounds be released each year between the winter ...

LAKE CACHUMA, Calif. (KABC) -- A fast-moving brush fire in northern Santa Barbara County near Lake Cachuma prompted more evacuations as it grew to more than 13,000 acres Friday. The blaze, dubbed the ...