Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Oroville Dam One Year After The Spillway Crisis

February 7, 2018 | Chris Remington

On the first anniversary of the Oroville Dam crisis, reporters Bob Moffitt and Risa Johnson look back at how the California Department of Water Resources handled the aftermath.

Oroville Spillway Final Report: 50 Years Of Inadequate Action

January 5, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

The final report on last February's failure of the Oroville Dam spillway and resulting overtopping of the emergency spillway says there is plenty of blame to go around.

Environment

Latest Snowpack Readings Show Dry Start To Winter Season

January 3, 2018 | Randol White

Water content throughout the Sierra Nevada is about a quarter of where it should be this time of year.

Environment

A Trip Down The Feather River Shows Impacts Of Oroville Spillway Failure

August 14, 2017 | Bob Moffitt

Fishing guide Brian Clemens has seen the changes on the Feather River firsthand following the significant releases of water from Lake Oroville.

State Government

Officials: Oroville Dam Not Reliable For Flooding

May 10, 2017

Elected officials in Northern California are warning in a letter to the governor that they don't believe the Oroville Dam is reliable or flexible enough to provide flood protection to communities downstream.

Environment

Lake Oroville Releases And Feather River Flows To Increase

March 17, 2017

As part of its ongoing management of water flows, the state Department of Water Resources will increase outflows from Lake Oroville to the Feather River.

Environment

Sierra Snowpack Near Record Levels But Drought Concerns Remain

March 1, 2017 | Randol White

The Sierra Nevada snowpack is at near-record levels, according to a state survey taken Wednesday. But that doesn't mean the state's drought issues are fully erased.

Environment

Evacuation Ordered For Low Levels Of Oroville, Auxiliary Spillway Expected To Fail

February 12, 2017 | Bob Moffitt

UPDATE 5:26 p.m. Feb. 12: Orovillle residents are being ordered to evacuate Sunday. Officials say the auxiliary spillway at the dam is expected to fail.

Engineers At Lake Oroville Test Strength Of Eroding Spillway

February 8, 2017 | Randol White

Engineers at Lake Oroville are currently testing the strength of an eroding spillway by allowing the release of 20,000 cubic feet of water per second to run down it for a couple of hours.

State Government

After Two Years, Final Round Of Drought Aid Distributed

January 13, 2016 | Ben Adler

It turns out “emergency drought relief” can take up to two years to distribute. On Wednesday, California regulators awarded the final pieces of the $680 million drought aid package Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers approved in March 2014.