Diversions to Lake Casitas via the Robles diversion facility have ceased after the lake level reached the spillway elevation of 567.00 feet, lake officials said on April 23.
For the first time in 26 years, Lake Casitas is within -0.03 feet of being 100% full, according to the Ventura County Watershed Protection District, which puts the lake level
Lake Casitas was still a few inches short of spilling the morning of April 22, but for all intents and purposes the reservoir has reached 100% of capacity, lake officials
Residents of the Sierra Nevada foothills are all too well aware of the threat of wildfire. That danger became a harsh reality to residents of Western Nevada County in September