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Oroville Dam, LAPDs' policy on undocumented immigrants, Human Voter Guide
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Feb 13, 2017
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Oroville Dam, LAPDs' policy on undocumented immigrants, Human Voter Guide

Latest on evacuations and the N. Calif. dam with a damaged spillway, LAPD's long-standing policy on undocumented immigrants, update on March 7 elections.

The California Department of Water Resources has suspended flows from the Oroville Dam spillway after a concrete section eroded on the middle section of the spillway. There is no anticipated threat to the dam or the public. DWR engineers are assessing the options to repair the spillway and control the reservoir water level. The Butte County facility is the tallest dam in the United States at 770 feet and is a key part of the State Water Project. Photo taken February 7, 2017. 

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A section of the eroded Oroville Dam spillway. Officials have evacuated as many as 200,000 residents while the assess damage to the dam.
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Latest on evacuations and the N. Calif. dam with a damaged spillway, LAPD's long-standing policy on undocumented immigrants, update on March 7 elections.

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Roughly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from the towns below Lake Oroville in Northern California because of erosion damage to the dam's auxiliary spillway. If a wall at the top of the spillway gives way, the result would be massive flooding in the regions below the lake.
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