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| Sep 18, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - September 18, 2026 | A drone view of workers performing maintenance on the spillway of the Oroville Dam located at Lake Oroville in Butte County, California.
Routine Spillway Cleaning Underway
Following another winter season that required flood control releases... |
| Sep 12, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - September 11, 2026 | DWR employees participate in a Feather River Floating Classroom tour in Oroville during an environmental sciences workshop, learning about the Fall salmon run. Photo taken November 12, 2024.
Feather River Floating Classroom
Feather River Fl... |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - September 4, 2026 | A morning view of Brad Freeman Trail located above the diversion pool in Oroville, California.
Dam Revegetation Project Ongoing
Construction work is ongoing on a DWR project to reestablish native vegetation in areas adjacent to Oroville Dam... |
| Aug 29, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - August 28, 2026 | An aerial view shows high water conditions at Oroville Dam located at Lake Oroville in Butte County, California. Photo taken May 6, 2026.
Dam Revegetation Project Ongoing
Construction work is ongoing on a DWR project to reestablish native v... |
| Aug 22, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - August 21, 2026 | Toddler Time at the Lake Oroville Visitor Center
DWR is offering free toddler time events this summer for children ages 2-5 at the Lake Oroville Visitor Center. Join us Tuesday, August 25 from 10 to 11 a.m. for free crafts and toddler-frien... |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - August 14, 2026 | Figure Caption
A young bicyclist takes in the view at dusk from the top of Oroville Dam in Butte County, California.
Biking Around Lake Oroville
With more than 70 miles of biking-designated trails throughout the Lake Oroville Recreation and... |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - August 7, 2026 | California Department of Water Resources Historical Monument Guide Gabriella Parmentier gives a presentation to K-12 educators from the region attending the California Water Institute for Teachers, funded in part by DWR, at the Lake Orovill... |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Lake Oroville Update - July 31, 2026 | An image of a grove of oak trees that have been cleared of overgrown vegetation showing the results of fuel load management work.
Fuel Load Reduction Projects
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the Butte County Fire Safe Council ha... |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Record low Colorado mountain snow won’t bode well for water in the drought-stricken West | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
WALDEN — Hydrologist Maureen Gutsch trudged through the mud and slush to confirm a grim picture: Colorado just had its worst snowpack since statewide record keeping began in 1941.
Even more troubli... |
| Jan 24, 2025 | National Politics | FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office | THE FACTS: That’s false. Former Vice President Kamala Harris won the 18 to 29 age group by 4 percentage points, 51% to 47%; and the 30 to 44 age group 50% to 47%, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 120,000 voters in the Novembe... |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Fire hydrants ran dry in California, highlighting a major problem in firefighting | Trump seized on the moment to blame Newsom for the dry fire hydrants. In a post on his Truth Social media network Wednesday, he renewed criticisms of the state’s approach to balancing the distribution of water to farms and cities with the n... |
| Mar 19, 2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Dan McEvoy: Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look. | By Dan McEvoy
After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break. Mountain ranges are covered in deep snow, and water reservoirs in many areas are filling up following a series of atmospheric rivers that broug... |
| Jan 5, 2023 | Dear California: Despite rains, we’re not out of a drought yet. We must act accordingly | Himanshu Gupta is the co-founder and CEO of ClimateAi, a supply chain resilience company that was recognized in 2022 by TIME Magazine as one of the greatest innovations of the year. He has worked in the climate space for over 15 years, incl... |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Sacramento Valley, already deluged, braces for more floods | In summary
As a “bomb cyclone” descends on Northern California today, storms have already tested a region highly vulnerable to flooding. One report says the Central Valley needs $30 billion in improvements over 30 years.
Raising questions a... |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Is California’s drought over? Water providers still predict shortages next year | In summary
Despite December storms, water supplies remain low in many areas. Some managers expect to impose severe restrictions on their customers.
December has delivered a powerful punch of storms to California. But the wet weather comes w... |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Four in a row: California drought likely to continue | In summary
After its driest three-year stretch on record, California braces for another year with below-average snow and rain. Conditions are shaping up to be a “recipe for drought.”
As California’s 2022 water year ends this week, the parch... |
| Mar 9, 2022 | California drought: Snowpack falls below average, which means another down year for hydroelectricity | At the start of the year, it looked like California would finally get some relief from a persistent drought, with reservoirs poised to help contribute an abundant amount of hydroelectricity to the state’s grid come summertime. But those hop... |
| Jan 21, 2022 | California’s grid boss guardedly optimistic there will be no power outages this year | In August 2020, California experienced its first series of statewide rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years.
In 2021, grid operators, state regulators and energy officials were cautiously optimistic that the procurement of extra energy resour... |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Record snowfall in Northern California may help the state’s electric grid in 2022 | The deluge of snow in recent days along the Sierra Nevada mountain range has been a record-breaker. And that’s not only good news for ski resorts but it may lead to a healthy boost in hydroelectricity production in California this coming su... |
| Jul 3, 2021 | Photos show 'bathtub ring' along a parched Los Angeles reservoir, as California's drought grows more dire | Aerial view of the reservoir nestled in the San Gabriel Mountain Range.
Ted Soqui for Insider
Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a drought emergency in 41 California counties, representing 30% of the state's population.
Reservoirs across th... |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Images from space show California’s forests and lakes drying out in a record mega-drought | An artificial lake, Shadow Lake Estates, next to desert landscape in Indio, California on June 29, 2021. Aude Guerrucci/Reuters
California‘s drought is so severe right now, you can see it from satellites.
Heat waves make drought even worse.... |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Photos show the ‘bathtub ring’ along a parched Los Angeles reservoir as California’s drought grows more dire | The reservoir nestled in the San Gabriel Mountains. Ted Soqui for Insider
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 41 California counties.
Reservoirs across the state are running dry.
Ted Soqui captured the dramatic “bathtub ring” ... |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Drought maps show the western US at its driest in 20 years – a ticking time bomb for even more fires and power failures | Low water levels at California’s Lake Oroville, June 16, 2021. Aude Guerrucci/Reuters
The western US is withering under its worst drought in at least 20 years – possibly in 1,200 years.
An early heat wave strained California power grids and... |
| A huge California hydropower plant shuts down due to drought | The Edward Hyatt hydroelectric power plant at Lake Oroville, California, was shut down yesterday for the first time since it opened in 1967 because of low water levels due to drought. Lake Oroville is California’s second-largest reservoir.
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| Photos show the 'bathtub ring' along a parched Los Angeles reservoir as California's drought grows more dire | Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 41 California counties.
Reservoirs across the state are running dry.
Ted Soqui captured the dramatic "bathtub ring" at the San Gabriel Reservoir outside Los Angeles. See more stori... |
| See the widespread damage from atmospheric river storms in California | Another atmospheric river storm brought strong winds, rainfall and flooding to California this week, prompting levee breaches and mudslides and breaking decades-old rainfall records across the state.
Following two decades of drought, the We... |