A rare and mesmerizing scene is taking place in the North Bay as the round "glory hole" spillway at Lake Berryessa is active for the first time in six years.

Lake Berryessa first rose high enough to flow down the spillway in 1963. More often, the water level doesn’t rise high enough. Lee said he knows of two other similar spillways in California, at ...

The enormous 'glory hole' in Napa County's Lake Berryessa is visible for the first time since 2019. When the lake's water level rises above 440 feet, this 72-foot wide circular drain prevents ...