Thermalito >> Clouds and cool air helped immensely Tuesday as dozens of students raked, shoveled, sweated and got their hands dirty.The work was the culmination of several months’ worth of preparation to build a new garden at Hearthstone School, a charter school under the auspices of Butte County Office of Education.Touted as the Hearthstone Garden-a-thon, […]
Lake Oroville, California
Evacuees from the communities downstream of Lake Oroville crowded into shelters in Chico, Grass Valley and Woodland Monday. They had no idea when they would be able to return home. Officials at the state Department of Water Resources said the risk that the dam’s emergency spillway would fail had ebbed as more water was released out of the damaged main spillway.
Oroville, CA : Bald Rock by Oroville, CA
Crews continue to shore up erosion at Oroville emergency spillway
My wife and I got a birds eye view of the spillway today as the lighting was perfect and they had shut off the out flow.. Check this out..
California’s recovery from drought has been so remarkably quick that reservoirs on the...
We visit an old train tunnel that has been submerged since the building of Oroville Dam in the late 60's.. Filmed using a Tachyon 1080p HD BikerCam
More than a decade ago, federal and state officials rejected concerns that the spillway at Oroville Dam could erode during heavy winter rains and cause a catastrophe.
Oroville >> Something was wrong with the Oroville Dam spillway weeks before the Department of Water Resources noticed a hole in the concrete. Two photos taken by photographers from this newspaper show discoloration and possible damage to the concrete of the spillway at the spot where a gaping hole opened Feb. 7. Those pictures were […]
DWR pictures show what's happened at Oroville Dam spillways.
Emergency evacuations are currently underway in Oroville, California, as locals fear that a gaping hole in the severely eroded auxiliary spillway of America's tallest dam could give way at any moment.
Table Mountain in Oroville is always a little bit of a drive from my home base but SO worth it. Check out this gorgeous engagement session!
On Tuesday, a huge hole formed in the spillway of California's Oroville Dam and it has only continued to grow since then.
At least 188,000 people living downstream of California's Oroville Dam were ordered to evacuate.
As the severe drought continues for a third year, water levels in the state’s lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows
The drought continues.
When it comes to beer Chico, California is known for Sierra Nevada. We love Sierra Nevada but the people who live in Chico know there’s more going on around here. Chico is increasingly becomi…
The cause of one of the year's most memorable weather disasters is getting the boom this month — the emergency spillway on the Lake Oroville Dam in Californi...
Running blog with latest developments on the threat of a spillway collapse at Oroville Dam. About 160,000 residents have been evacuated from a wide swath of Northern California.
