{"id":183676,"date":"2026-02-19T00:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183676\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:02:07","slug":"after-rainfall-city-to-release-water-from-lake-hodges-into-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183676\/","title":{"rendered":"After rainfall, city to release water from Lake Hodges into river"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lake-Hodges.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lake-Hodges.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Hodges\" class=\"wp-image-109162\"  \/><\/a>The Lake Hodges reservoir. (File photo courtesy City of San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>After significant rainfall, the city of San Diego Wednesday announced it was releasing water from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/reservoirs-lakes\/hodges-reservoir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Hodges<\/a> into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdrvc.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Dieguito River<\/a> to meet safety requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/water.ca.gov\/programs\/all-programs\/division-of-safety-of-dams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Division of Safety of Dams<\/a> requires the city keep the Hodges Reservoir (the body of water\u2019s official name) below 280 feet elevation to \u201cprotect downstream communities and ensure the safe operation of Hodges Dam,\u201d a city statement read.<\/p>\n<p>With stormy weather the last several days and more on the way, the release of water is necessary to maintain this level.<\/p>\n<p>The 280\u2032 level is 35 feet below the dam\u2019s spillway. The reservoir covers 1,234 acres and has a water storage capacity of 30,251 acre-feet. The Lake Hodges Dam was built in 1918 and was purchased by the city in 1925.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego staff are coordinating with the Santa Fe Irrigation District and the San Dieguito Water District to \u201cmaximize beneficial use of the water and minimize impacts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Water will be released in a controlled manner and directed into the river channel.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the area should use caution, as water levels may rise, the city said.<\/p>\n<p>The city will continue to monitor weather and reservoir conditions throughout the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lake Hodges reservoir. (File photo courtesy City of San Diego) After significant rainfall, the city of San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[62234,62,74,76,75,86775],"class_list":{"0":"post-183676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-lake-hodges","9":"tag-rain","10":"tag-san-diego","11":"tag-san-diego-headlines","12":"tag-san-diego-news","13":"tag-water-release"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}