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%.

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 ...

OROVILLE — Lake Oroville’s water level peaked nearly a month earlier than last year but has steadily decreased since mid-June. By May 2, the lake had almost reached its 900-foot capacity and began to ...

(FOX40.COM) — One of the state’s largest water storage facilities has reduced its outflow by about 40%. Starting Monday, Lake ...

alifornia has descended deep into one of the worst droughts in its recorded history. And perhaps no single location shows more starkly how deep that really is than Lake Oroville, the state's ...

The storms that hit California in 2023, early parts of 2024 and 2025 have continued to provide glimpses of hope after the severe drought up and down the state dropped water levels to shocking all-time ...

OROVILLE — The ups and downs of early spring storms have created additional inflows for local waterways in recent weeks, prompting an increase in releases from Lake Oroville. The California Department ...

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 ...

OROVILLE, Calif. (KCRA) — A week after nearly 200,000 people were forced to evacuate their home after severe erosion was spotted on the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville, officials have dropped the ...

Officials will the dam monitor as forecasts threaten more storms in the area. — -- California officials have lifted the evacuation order affecting hundreds of thousands of residents in the areas ...

OROVILLE — Lake Oroville’s water level peaked nearly a month earlier than last year but has steadily decreased since mid-June. By May 2, the lake had almost reached its 900-foot capacity and began to ...