Framed by the Santa Ynez Mountains, this idyllic escape from the city offers an abundance of activities for wildlife lovers, hikers, and fishing enthusiasts.

Cachuma Lake, which is at 39.7% of capacity, has been in trouble before. In 1990 and 1991, water levels were even lower. “We were that close to being out of water,” Fayram said, holding two ...

Reporting from CACHUMA LAKE, CALIF. — Heading into February, things were looking grim here in the rugged hills north of Santa Barbara. While much of California was emerging from five years of ...

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 to shore.

CACHUMA LAKE, Calif. -- Cachuma Lake hosted the Annual Disk Golf Tournament this weekend. Participants played the 18-hole course while the rain took a break. Cachuma Lake visitor Adam Lopez from ...

Cachuma Lake is in a now-tiny but persistent area of extreme drought even as storms have freed much of California from such conditions. Severe drought is down to 11 percent of the state, ...

Lake Cachuma nears spill level at Bradbury Dam, as seen in late January. Some small release of lake water have been made from the base of the dam. Credit: Giana Magnoli / Noozhawk photo Water was ...

Cachuma Lake Recreation Area is a full-service campground offering year-round cabin, yurt, RV and tent camping, recreational activities, nature programs for all ages, and of course, fishing.

Mike Hodgson [email protected] Jan 24, 2017 Jan 24, 2017 Updated Jan 26, 2017 A trio of storms that rolled through the Central Coast last weekend brought rain, hail and high winds ...

As Santa Barbara County enters its eighth year of drought, Lake Cachuma has shrunk to 31 percent of capacity, the water level of October 2014. The wet winter of 2017 brought some relief, but those ...

Cachuma Lake recently received a 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 delivered each ...

A trio of storms that rolled through the Central Coast last weekend brought rain, hail and high winds that led to flooding, downed trees, power outages and numerous vehicle crashes, ...