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OROVILLE — For the first time since 2022, Lake Oroville may not reach its capacity in 2026 thanks to a lower snowpack and a lack of winter storms. Current inflows into the lake are measured at 14,800 ...

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 ...

OROVILLE — With Lake Oroville creeping toward capacity, concerns over emergency spillage loom. The California Department of Water Resources, however, said this won’t happen because of controlled ...

The California state Department of Water Resources has started using laser and sonar technology to measure reservoir capacity, determining that Lake Oroville, the State Water Project's largest ...

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 ...

Image caption: A drone panoramic view of Oroville Dam and main spillway at Lake Oroville in Butte County, Calif. Photo taken March 11, 2025. On this date, the water storage was 2,881,527 acre-feet (AF ...

It’s a sight that usually means California is having a good winter and water supplies are healthy. This week, operators at Oroville Dam, the tallest dam in the United States, which holds back ...

OROVILLE — The California Department of Water Resources is looking at a $14.5 million revegetation project along roughly 70 acres of land across the Oroville Dam. Raquel Borrayo, a spokesperson for ...