The California Department of Water Resources began releasing 13,500 cubic feet per second from the spillway Thursday.

The California Department of Water Resources says that with drier weather returning to the area and inflows into Lake ...

California's Department of Water Resources (DWR) has begun releasing water from Lake Oroville through the dam's main spillway due to rising water levels caused by recent atmospheric rivers and ...

OROVILLE, Calif. - The Department of Water Resources is preparing to begin releasing water down the main spillway at Lake Oroville today as rising water levels continue to climb. According to DWR, the ...

The Lake Shasta and Lake Oroville dams saw enough rain to have water levels rise in November 2024, but between December 2024 ...

Lake Oroville, a key reservoir, is currently at an elevation of 840 feet, with storage at 2.58 million acre-feet, which is 75 percent of its total storage capacity, according to a DWR spokesperson.

OROVILLE — Despite seeing slower increases compared to previous years, Lake Oroville appears to be back on the rise after a consistently dry January. The stormy weather bounced back in February ...

To maintain the set storage limit, the DWR began conducting flood control water releases from Lake Oroville on January 30. To aid in the release, officials opened the dam's spillway for the first ...

And few areas highlighted the drastic change more than Lake Oroville, the state’s second-largest reservoir that now sits at 100% full… ...

LAKE BERRYESSA – In what has become a much-anticipated sight, the morning glory spillway at Lake Berryessa is now active after this week's storms. After an extended dry spell that started off ...