Lake Casitas temporarily shuttered its water park in 2020 because of COVID-19 public health concerns, and now, some features will be torn down. Plans call for removing the play structure, part of the ...

After more than two decades, Lake Casitas, a vital water source for the Ojai Valley and parts of Ventura County, has reached full capacity, to the delight of California residents who lived through the ...

Lake Casitas crept closer to spilling this week, marking what would be a first for the drought-stressed reservoir in more than 25 years. The Ojai Valley lake was over 96% full as of Tuesday. When the ...

Lake Piru has inched toward its capacity as recent storms drenched the area, pushing the eastern Ventura County reservoir close to spilling in back-to-back years. Last March, water breached the Santa ...

A steady stream of water spilled from Lake Casitas Friday, a few days after officials declared the Ojai Valley reservoir had reached capacity for the first time in a quarter century. Just two years ...

The newest star at the Lake Casitas Recreation Area is an accomplished hunter with a showman's flair and a voracious appetite for nearly anything with fins. The feathered showstopper is an osprey that ...

Water demand increases at the Casitas Municipal Water District. Lake Casitas stays over 95% of its capacity. Demand on an Ojai Valley reservoir increased over the past year, climbing up from a ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...