OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Residents were returning home after officials lifted evacuation orders near the Oroville Dam Tuesday afternoon. Water officials say they've drained enough of the lake behind ...

Investigators tell Action News Now that the device may have been left behind from past mining or construction activities. After testing, law enforcement determined there was no ongoing threat to ...

The Oroville Dam's original 50-year license expired back in 2007, and it's now operating on a year-by-year basis. Local ...

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 ...

BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HEATHER. SO AHEAD OF THE RAIN AND THE SNOW, THE STATE WATER OFFICIALS ARE TAKING SOME ACTION. JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, A WATER RELEASE STARTED AT THE OROVILLE ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Nearly 200,000 people below the Oroville Dam were forced to evacuate, but in Los Angeles County, millions of people live below dams and don't even know it. Mark Pestrella, acting ...

The primary spillway for the tallest dam in the United States is on the verge of failing. If it does, it would send a 30-foot wall of water into nearby communities. Around 200,000 people have been ...

With California sweltering under a week-long heat wave, firefighters on Wednesday battled the most dramatic and potentially dangerous fire of the year so far, as flames from the Thompson Fire spread ...

As NPR reports, the Oroville Dam, California’s second-largest reservoir, has developed a hole in its main spillway, causing concerns the dam could fail altogether. As NPR reports, the Oroville Dam, ...

OROVILLE — The Oroville City Council will consider a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with specific terms to support relicensing of the Oroville Dam at its next meeting ...

A one-two punch of precipitation resulted in damage to Oroville Dam's main and emergency spillways pushing the second largest dam in California into a crisis in February 2017. Researchers from Scripps ...