Oroville >> The group that 12 years ago warned the Oroville Dam emergency spillway could fail, Tuesday released a new set of recommendations for operation of the dam and the Feather River flood ...

OROVILLE — Concrete pouring is due to start Monday on the second half of the Oroville Dam emergency spillway “splash pad.” That’s the only milestone reported Wednesday during a media call ...

On Feb. 11, for the first time in the dam's history, water began pouring over a 1,700-foot-long weir adjacent to the concrete chute and down the hill designated as the dam's emergency spillway. Less ...

A coalition of California environmental groups is calling on the California Department of Water Resources to build a complete, functional emergency spillway at Oroville Dam as part of a sweeping ...

The unforeseen amount of water (the emergency spillway had never been used since the dam was completed in 1968) started to erode an area of earth downhill the weir. Discharge test February 11 at ...

Geological surveys conducted in 1948 and 1961 for the Oroville Dam project found the hillside below the emergency spillway weir location to have extensive deeply weathered rock, according to the ...

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A small California city at the base of the tallest U.S. dam filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state over an emergency that forced authorities to order 188,000 people ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- Heavy rain is moving across Northern California, prompting at least one city to bring in additional emergency crews as authorities warn morning commuters to drive slowly.

More than 180,000 people were evacuated Sunday afternoon after officials spotted severe erosion on the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville. Officials warned the emergency spillway was in danger of ...

OROVILLE, Calif. -- At least 188,000 people remain under evacuation orders after Northern California authorities warned an emergency spillway in the country's tallest dam was in danger of failing ...

The group that 12 years ago warned the Oroville Dam emergency spillway could fail, Tuesday released a new set of recommendations for operation of the dam and the Feather River flood control system.

The group that 12 years ago warned the Oroville Dam emergency spillway could fail, Tuesday released a new set of recommendations for operation of the dam and the Feather River flood control system.