The return of snow to the ridge has prompted school closures across the board. Executive Assistant Sheila Craft with the ...

Using historical forecasts, reservoir storage and river flow data, scientists found that FIRO, combined with a planned second ...

The water is being released through the Hyatt Powerplant for energy production as well as the Oroville Dam’s main spillway. The DWR and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) ...

Newsweek reported that the California Department of Water Resources posted on X, formerly Twitter: "DWR will begin using Oroville Dam's main spillway for flood control releases this morning at 10 a.m.

Officials say that water is currently being released through the Edward Hyatt Power Plant for hydro-electric energy production and is also being released via the main spillway at the Oroville Dam. The ...

Officials diverted water to the Oroville Dam's emergency spillway over the weekend after severe erosion damaged the main spillway. The emergency spillway had never been used. Levine called visual ...

An aerial view of the Oroville Dam main spillway at Lake Oroville in Butte County on Jan. 13, 2025. Photo by Nick Shockey, California Department of Water Resources As wetter wet periods and drier ...

Modernized changes to long-held operating procedures at the dams walling Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir in ...

Recent storms brought the water level of Lake Oroville up to 862.29 feet elevation ... Water Resources began releasing 13,500 cfs from the spillway Thursday which created a big splash and a ...