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  • The Latest: Groups urge swift repairs at California dam

    http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/national/latest-groups-urge-swift-repairs-california-dam-article-1.3075935 Follow link for full story and images Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 6:52 PM OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the crisis at Oroville Dam (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Conservation groups are urging extensive and swift repairs at the nation’s tallest dam, where an eroding spillway triggered an evacuation order for nearly 200,000…

  • Groups demand transparency on Oroville Dam spillway repairs

    http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article145622884.html April 19, 2017 4:54 PM By Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler A coalition of environmental groups that had warned Oroville Dam’s emergency spillway was fatally flawed long before it nearly washed away this winter is demanding that federal regulators open up dam repair plans for public vetting. In a filing Wednesday with the Federal…

  • The Untold Story of the Oroville Dam Crisis: The Corporate Money Behind CA Water Politics

    http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2017/02/the-untold-story-of-oroville-dam-crisis.html By Dan Bacher | February 23, 2017 | In all of the intense media coverage of Oroville Dam spillway fiasco over the past couple of weeks, the mainstream media haven’t yet discussed the real issue behind the disaster: corporate control of California water politics. The reason why state officials and the Federal Energy Regulatory…

  • Reservoirs feeding Lake Oroville are filled to brim as more rain rolls in

    http://www.sacbee.com/news/weather/article133818604.html February 20, 2017 8:26 AM By Jane Braxton Little Lake Almanor is full. So is Antelope Lake. In fact, all of the nine reservoirs in the Feather River watershed that feed directly into Lake Oroville are brimming with water from recent storms. With more rain falling and another even heavier storm predicted for Monday…

  • State knew Oroville Spillway could fail 12 years ago

    http://www.kcra.com/article/state-knew-oroville-spillway-could-fail-12-years-ago/8777008 – click for video Updated: 9:38 PM PST Feb 13, 2017 By David Manoucheri, Investigative Producer OROVILLE, Calif. (KCRA) — Reports filed in 2005 show that the Department of Water Resources, DWR, was warned that a failure of the emergency spillway could be catastrophic. William Croyle, acting head of DWR, told KCRA-3 Investigates that…