This is what Oroville Dam spillway looks like mid-February 2018 The Sacramento Bee » A gaping hole was discovered in the Oroville Dam main spillway on Feb. 7, 2017, marking the start of a crisis that eventually led to the evacuation of 188,000 downstream residents. A little over a year later, work continues between the emergency spillway weir and cut-off wall, prepping the ground for the splashpad. Michelle2018-02-27T12:14:22-08:00February 21st, 2018|California, Dams, Oroville Dam, Videos| Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookTwitterEmail Related Posts ‘A fiasco from the beginning’ — Caltrans’ costs soar on $1.1 billion San Francisco tunnels April 10th, 2019 The Boring Company: What 8 Cities Really Think of Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision March 26th, 2019 Sea level rise could threaten California cities and ports by 2040 March 21st, 2019 Can America Still Build Big? A California Rail Project Raises Doubts February 25th, 2019 How can California capture more water? Competing interests will have to compromise February 25th, 2019 DWR doesn’t expect to use Oroville Dam spillway anytime soon — but it’s preparing if necessary February 22nd, 2019 UC San Diego’s earthquake simulator will soon give truer sense of deadly temblors October 13th, 2018 WATCH: Big rig driver tries to navigate steep curve, goes over embankment instead October 13th, 2018 Gavin Newsom says he would scale back the bullet train and twin tunnels if elected October 11th, 2018