OROVILLE — The California Department of Water Resources has begun its nine-year project to replace the spillway gate hoists at the Oroville Dam. Workers began the process of reverse-engineering ...

22—The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) said late last week that there would be "routine testing" conducted on Wednesday morning on Oroville Dam's main spillway gate hoist system.

First responders seen airlifting a teenage overdose victim out of Devil’s Gate Dam ... by the dam’s high walls and the surrounding topography, necessitating helicopter hoist assistance ...