LAKE CASITAS, Calif. (KABC) -- A brush fire erupted in the Lake Casitas area in Ventura County Monday afternoon, prompting some evacuations and a large response from firefighters. Evacuation orders ...

OJAI, Calif. (KABC) -- Glancing at Lake Casitas, the impact of California's severe drought is clearly visible by the shrinking water supply. As of April 2, it was estimated to be at only 36 percent ...

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 ...

Heavy rains in Southern California have led to the surprising resurgence of a historic reservoir that hadn't been full in decades. As explained in the Ventura County Reporter in April, Lake Casitas is ...

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 ...

Locals looking to escape hot summer days gliding down the lazy river in a Lake Casitas water park will have to wait another year. Casitas officials announced Wednesday that the Water Adventure park ...

LAKE CASITAS -- The remnants of an old elementary school, which was submerged under Lake Casitas for decades, has been rediscovered. The Santa Ana School, constructed in the early 1900s, was razed in ...

LAKE CASITAS anglers will face new bag limits under a plan to improve bass fishing at the oak-studded reservoir near Ojai. The Casitas Municipal Water District board of directors approved a fish ...

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 ...