By Zeke Barlow, Ventura County Star, Calif. Mar.

By Zeke Barlow, Ventura County Star, Calif. Mar. 25--The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors voted today to keep Cachuma Lake open to fishing boats and install a number of measures to keep the invasive quagga mussel at bay.

Several California communities are banning recreational boats on inland waterways to keep out invasive quagga mussels. The mussels foul drinking water supplies and harm local fish populations, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

By Scott Hadly, Ventura County Star, Calif. Mar. 17--Last month, Don Kendall started his discussion about Ventura County's water supply with a picture of a big, dry desert sand dune.

By Tom Kisken, Ventura County Star, Calif. Mar. 12--After lakes in the Ojai Valley and Westlake Village were closed to outside boaters earlier this month, fishermen now worry they'll no longer be able to launch their boats in Santa Barbara County's Cachuma Lake.