From the heart of downtown Santa Barbara, Cachuma Lake is just 20 miles away. Yet, along that steep and curvy pass between city and backcountry, the world changes. Things quiet down. The air flows ...

There are two types of campers. The first looks to trade iPads and cellphones for three days of staring at the beauty that is Mother Nature. The other enjoys the great outdoors but also doesn’t mind ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Cachuma Lake reached full capacity over the weekend after a winter ...

Boats float around Lake Cachuma. Santa Barbara County is exploring how to change the rule that prevents visitors from swimming in the reservoir. Credit: Daniel Green / Noozhawk photo The long-standing ...

A parade of sunny days may be nice for beachgoing and biking, but months of cloudless weather can bring back not-so-nice memories of water rationing. Everyone’s waiting for the first drop of ...

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.

The last time that happened was 2005 and 2006, Young told Noozhawk. At midday Monday, the lake was about a foot below spill level, and was 97% full, according to the county Public Works Department. In ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A California reservoir is overspilling for the first time in decades ...

Officials in Santa Barbara County are exploring the possibility of allowing visitors to swim in Lake Cachuma, a human-made reservoir in the Santa Ynez Valley where swimming has been banned since its ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Cachuma Lake is celebrating its first lake trout release of the year. Below is a press release on the announcement: Cachuma Lake is currently at 89% capacity, and the Rainbows ...

Pianist Benny Lackner can do whatever he wants, and says as much with "I Can Do Whatever I Want," the opener on his forward-leaning Cachuma. This piano trio outing suggests he wants to nudge the trio ...