Lake Oroville

Nearly 70 percent of rights holders ordered to stop drawing Delta water

Thousands of water rights holders, including farms and cities, were ordered to stop drawing water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta…

3 years ago

Thousands of water rights holders could soon lose Delta access

"With the extremely low inflow to our reservoirs, we are running out of reservoir storage and other tools to meet…

3 years ago

Lake Oroville spillway ‘was an accident waiting to happen’

The badly damaged main concrete spillway at Oroville Dam was pounded by massive volumes of stormwater this month, but its…

7 years ago

Flood fears raise questions over Lake Oroville spillway

Engineers have known for decades that if water ever spilled onto Lake Oroville's unpaved auxiliary spillway, it would cause serious…

7 years ago

Lake Oroville overflow stabilizes as thousands evacuate

More than 100,000 people in communities downstream of Lake Oroville were told to evacuate Sunday evening.

7 years ago

Reservoir levels reaffirm cries to conserve

Lake Oroville provides 80 percent of the Tri-Valley's water and is at 46 percent of capacity.

9 years ago

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