Here are the 10 most popular state park campgrounds based on 2025 summer occupancy, according to park officials.

Lake Shasta and California’s other lakes and reservoirs got a big boost from wet holiday storms. Nearly two weeks into 2026, ...

How full are 17 California lakes and reservoirs were after heavy winter rain storms? One is 100% full. Another lake went up ...

Since Dec. 16, the state’s largest reservoir — Shasta, a massive 35-mile-long lake near Redding — has risen by 36 feet. On ...

The next round of rain moves in Friday evening. After a New Year's Day filled with heavy rain and flash flooding, more rain is heading to drenched California. On Thursday, the rain was focused on ...

With more rain on the way, officials are carefully monitoring Lake Cachuma after it nearly reached capacity last week, leading to officials proactively releasing water from the reservoir. In order to ...

California's largest reservoir, Shasta Lake, is at 123% of its historical average for this time of year, measuring at 72% capacity as of Monday, according to the California Department of Water ...

Lake Cachuma, a local reservoir in Santa Barbara County, is over capacity after December's storms. Recent heavy rain and stormy weather raised water levels in some of our region’s key reservoirs. The ...

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 ...

Lake Shasta waters lapped higher after a series of atmospheric rivers dumped up to a foot of rain in the region. Not counting runoff, storms added 12-14 inches of rain to all areas of the lake between ...

The Colorado River, which feeds Lake Mead, is under unprecedented strain from drought, over-allocation, and climate change. The lake, which is America’s largest reservoir, supplies water to 25 million ...

Lake Mead may be facing historic shortages, but officials from the Colorado River state that uses the most water are celebrating unprecedented water savings. At a briefing for reporters at Tuesday's ...