In August and September of 2022, Oroville Reservoir reached its lowest point ever, just 22% full. For the first time since it opened in 1967, its power plant shut down because there wasn’t enough ...

Hundreds of thousands of people remained under evacuation orders Monday in the low levels of Oroville, California, and several areas downstream from Lake Oroville as authorities try to fix erosion of ...

OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Residents were returning home after officials lifted evacuation orders near the Oroville Dam Tuesday afternoon. Water officials say they've drained enough of the lake behind ...

The Department of Water Resources began releasing water out of the Oroville Dam's main spillway 6 a.m. Monday after rainstorms this week pushed Lake Oroville's capacity to around 70%.

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for nearly 200,000 California residents who live below the nation’s tallest dam after declaring the risk of catastrophic collapse ...

OROVILLE — From almost any vista point around the southern portion of Lake Oroville, scorched earth from the Thompson Fire in July is clearly visible. While the charred landscape surrounds the main ...

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) officials began releasing water from Lake Oroville through the reservoir dam's main spillway on Monday after water levels rose over the weekend. After ...

OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- A team of experts is warning of a "very significant risk" if the main spillway of a California dam is not operational again by the next rainy season. The warning is contained ...

OROVILLE, Calif. -- A gaping hole in the spillway for the tallest dam in the United States has grown and authorities said they expect it will continue eroding as water washes over it but the Oroville ...

(KRON) The crumbling spillway of Lake Oroville is now even bigger. The concrete spillway has turned into a massive crater. State engineers have discovered new damage to the Oroville Dam spillway in ...