Good News: Lake Cachuma No Longer Looks Like This

Lake Cachuma is back. Or at least, it’s on its way back. For the first time in nearly two years people are able to take non-depressing pics and launch their private boats on the lake between Santa Barbara and Solvang. This reservoir has gone from 7 percent capacity to nearly 43 percent after a heavy rainstorm on Feb. 17. Rising 31 feet in just a few days, a reservoir that a few weeks prior was thought to be one of the most depleted in California is looking more like its old self.

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