<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/spring-2023/weathering-record-breaking-storm.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Weathering a Record-Breaking Storm</title><excerpt>A series of atmospheric rivers dropped much-needed rain on the Santa Barbara area from December through March. The precipitation filled Lake Cachuma and other local reservoirs and nearly doubled the average rain-fall for a season. Cachuma spilled for the first time in a decade.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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