With last week’s downpour, the lower Ventura River was flowing higher than it has since the floods of 2005. The sheer volume of raging water in the Ventura River’s upstream
The facility that provides roughly one-third of the water to Lake Casitas was shut down this week after being damaged by debris flows and heavy sedimentation, officials said.
According to the National Weather Service, the storm that arrived on Dec. 10 and lingered into the new week brought 4 to 8 inches of rain to the mountains, and