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Lake Berryessa News - March 15, 2025

Glory Hole Watch 2025 (3/15/25)
 

The Lake Berryessa water level has leveled off at 440.6 feet, 7 inches above Glory Hole after 1.46 inches of rain in the last 3 days. It is now at 440.6 feet, 7 inches above Glory Hole. Rainfall has risen to 21.6 inches at Monticello Dam.
Glory Hole spilled on February 4, 2025.
 
Its highest level was on Valentine's Day, 2/14/25, at 442.97 feet.
 
Days above Glory Hole = 35.
 
Lake capacity is at 1,562,951 A-F or 100.68%%.
 
Lake temperatures show the lake is still very cold but starting to mix.

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See Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole in photo above flowing at:
https://youtu.be/PnMDeZdoH_I

See Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole from inside with water flowing (unknown date) at:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BuP_NGqjqtI
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The photo below shows Glory Hole at its highest lake level of the 2025 season. We'll watch it next rainy season. It's unlikely, but it could go higher before the end of 2025.

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March 2025 Horoscopes

Aries (3/21-4/19): Everything you read online today may turn out to be a complete sham, or alternatively contain very inciteful tidbits detailing the most intimate details of your unconscious self.

Taurus (4/20 – 5/20): It is none of your business what aliens think or what their religion is.

Gemini (5/21 – 6/21): The night may feel like a safe time to parade naked through the local city streets, however, you may find there are some that oppose your freedom.

Cancer (6/22-7/22): Correlating facts is an awesome responsibility. Are you sure you're up to it?

Leo (7/23-8/22): Everything you are thinking about will end up getting lost in some sort of fuzzy logic.

Virgo (8/23-9/22): Many things that people say over the coming days will appear nonsensical, but may start to make sense towards the end of the week. 

Libra (9/23-10/22): Scroll further down any web pages you access today, just in case there are hidden clauses you aren't aware of.

Scorpio (10/23-11/21): You're as transparent as a blast of canned air - try to be more complex by wearing hats that are clearly too small for your head.

Sagittarius (11/22-12/21): Many of your feelings can be expressed in the form of haikus. However, you'll be lucky if you can find anyone who gives a flying hoot, or who actually finds them impressive in any way.

Capricorn (12/22-1/19): Telephone salesmen may come through for you this week and finally offer you something useful and at a decent price.

Aquarius (1/20-2/18): When you steal copyrighted material, make sure you do it in a comical fashion. That way you can claim "fair use" and hold up court proceedings...at least until they find you guilty of stealing copyrighted material.

Pisces (2/19-3/20): All your problems cannot be solved by putting them in one basket full of eggs.

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Lake Berryessa Political History (Free Downloads of Book Chapters)

Policy And Politics Betray The People: The Lake Berryessa Saga: 1958 - 2020, By Peter Kilkus

 
I. The Five Tragedies Of The Berryessa Valley: A History Of Heartbreak
 
II. Lake Berryessa Political History Timeline
 
III. The “Big Lie”: How It All Began
 
IV. The “Big Fail”: Napa Abandons Lake Berryessa (1975)
 
V. The “Big Picture”: Lake Berryessa Issues: 1957 - 2012
 
VI. The “Big Illusion”: Notice Of Intent
 
VII. The “Big Fight”: Facts Do Matter
 
VIII. The “Big Betrayal”: Perversion Of Public Law 96-375
 
IX. The “Big Mistake”: Pensus - The Beginning Was The End!
 
X. The “Big Hole In History”: Post-Pensus Blues
 
XI. The “Big Boondoggle”: Creation Of A Phony National Monument
 
Addendum 1. Dueling Napa Register Letters To The Editor
 
Addendum 2. The Napa Register View
 
Index Of  Primary Documents

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Lake Berryessa Golden Mussel YouTube Video Updates
 Sweeney Sports

Decontamination Start-To-Finish: Golden Mussel Cleaning at Berryessa
 
https://youtu.be/umaOYCQJLBA?si=ANKMbTafk3jC1CXr
 
Lake Berryessa Quarantine Update - Interview with Solano Water District and Decontamination Process
 
https://youtu.be/6Er9qnizuAc?si=llgSdz9DgmoDt7ZT

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Free Book Chapters Available For Download

My sincere thanks to those of you who contributed to the future of the Lake Berryessa News. I challenge you to find any Lake Berryessa news anywhere. Hopefully, the many years of our intensive reporting about the latest Lake Berryessa issues will convince you of the truth of our motto, "Without The Lake Berryessa News there would be no Lake Berryessa news".

Here's a gift from The Lake Berryessa News to my readers - Free downloadable chapters from my books:


Lake Berryessa Technical Manual: The Science, Engineering, History, and Humor of a Major Unnatural Resource:

The Death of a Valley
Why Does Lake Berryessa Exist?
The Lake Berryessa Watershed
Rainfall and Lake Level History
How High Is Lake Berryessa?
How Deep is Lake Berryessa?
How Much Water Does Lake Berryessa Hold?
Mean Sea Level: Is There Such A Thing As Accurate Height?
Water In, Water Out, But From Where?
Does the WALROS Like Lake Berryessa?
Why is Lake Berryessa Not a Part of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument?
East Side Story
Hiking and Wildlife Viewing
Are There Quail on Quail Ridge?
Why Does A Hiker Cross The Road? To Get To Stebbins Cold Canyon!
Private Houseboats - Yes; Private RVs & Trailers - No: Why?
Motorized Boats Banned From Big Island Lagoon! Why!
Archeologists Can't Dunk But Can Dig
What Can't You Do At Lake Berryessa?
Napa Opposes Building the Monticello Dam
Monticello Dam Construction
Raise Monticello Dam
Power Generation at Monticello Dam
Monticello Dam Failure Analysis
Predicting the Future & Glory Hole Drone Videos
As Lake Berryessa Turns!
The Ins and Outs & Ups and Downs of Lake Berryessa
Does Lake Berryessa Sweat in the Summer?
Glory Hole Introduction
How Does Glory Hole Work?
Glory Hole: Awesome, Frightening, But Dangerous?

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Conspiracy Theory or Automatic Pilot: The Economic Roots of Environmental & Societal Destruction

I.  Introduction
II.  Financial Principles For Fun And Profit
III.  Money: Is It Wealth Or Ilth?
IV.  The Financial System: Why Bad Things Happen To Good People
V.  Growth: Anatomy Of A Panacea
VI.  Corporations: Puppets To The Financial Markets
VII.  Globalization: Wanted – Two More (Phantom) Planets
VIII.  Environmental Economics And Sustainability (Finally)
IX. Any Solutions? (Always The Hardest Part)
Appendix: Sustainable Development Principles & Goals
References

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Lake Berryessa Technical Manual: The Science, Engineering, History, and Humor of a Major Unnatural Resource

 https://www.amazon.com/Lake-Berryessa-Technical-Manual-Engineering-ebook/dp/B0C21DZ9M9/ref=sr_1_3?

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Policy and Politics Betray the People: The Lake Berryessa Saga: 1958 - 2020
https://www.amazon.com/Policy-Politics-Betray-People-Berryessa-ebook/dp/B08MFSQDBR/ref=sr_1_1?
 
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Conspiracy Theory or Automatic Pilot: The Economic Roots of Environmental Destruction

 https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Theory-Automatic-Pilot-Environmental/dp/1676368302/ref=sr_1_3?


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The KPIX Eye on the Bay interview below is one I did in 2010 and a relevant introduction to the substance of the book. I did it after Pensus had been given the contract for 5 resorts. As we all know Pensus was subsequently kicked out in 2012. 

https://youtu.be/nP9K8Ai0Lkc

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Lake Berryessa Data Sources

There are many sources of Lake Berryessa water and weather conditions available. The Solano County Water Agency site is good for real-time graphs of level, capacity, and water temperature. The California Data Exchange Center has data going back decades for level, capacity, capacity change, dam outflow, dam inflow, and rainfall. Anyone can research their own data and create custom charts. This is the source of many of the charts on the Lake Berryessa News website.

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An upgraded wildfire alert camera system will be keeping watch on Napa County day and night and notifying Cal Fire crews of potential fires. Twenty cameras will be part of a system that will use artificial intelligence and other technologies to identify fire and smoke. If they detect something, an alert will sound in the Cal Fire emergency command center near St. Helena.

Cal Fire has made a large investment into the ALERTCalifornia system, partnering with UC San Diego. There are 1,000 cameras across the state and Napa County is one of the test models. Cameras can see 60 miles during the day, and this can increase to 120 miles on clear nights, with the changes in the air. The system can differentiate among smoke, clouds and dust. A link to this camera system and other relevant weather data is available on the Lake Berryessa News website at: http://www.rntl.net/lake-berryessa-cams/

This website was created by Doug Kunst. It is an amazing resource for Lake Berryessa fire cameras and weather. His business website is http://www.rntl.net/

Lake Berryessa Fire Alert Cameras

http://www.rntl.net/lake-berryessa-cams/

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 Real-Time Lake Level, Lake Capacity, Water Temperature
 
Solano County Water Agency
 
https://www.scwamonitoring.com/LakeBerryessa/
 
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Lake Detailed Historical Data
 
California Data Exchange Center
 
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/
 
Research historical data and create custom plots
 
Lake Berryessa Code: BER
 
https://cdec.water.ca.gov/dynamicapp/sensorplots?staid=ber&dur_code=D
 
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Local Weather Stations (Weather Underground Network)
 
Berryessa Highlands (Somewhere in the Berryessa Highlands)
Berryessa Highlands - KCANAPA20
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCANAPA20
 
Skiers Cove (Below the Berryessa Highlands)
Skier Cove - KCANAPA228
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCANAPA228
 
East Side Road (Across from Big Island)
East Side Road, Lake Berryessa - KCALAKEB2
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCALAKEB2
 
Spanish Flat (Near the Spanish Flat Recreation Area)
Roger - KCASPANI1
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCASPANI1