Cars, wherever they can. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony is live with more. Laura . Reporter well, hi, christine. This is the older part of downtown oroville. The lowlying area. At this point, its a ghost town. But as we are speaking, there are folks going by on their bikes. For the most part, though, theres nobody in this area. Now, fears have been eased somewhat, but in a worst case scenario, this part of town could be under 30 feet of water. So how long did it take you to get out last night . Five hours. Reporter its a trip that normally takes about 40 minutes, thats the drive from the southern county town to colusa where this family and their puppies are waiting out the ongoing emergency at the oroville dam. I didnt think it was real at first. And then i saw people evacuated actually. And i got scared because i didnt want to leave my dogs. That was the only thing i was worried about. We actually left fairly early. Reporter this couple evacuated early. They started to get ready da
Was created in 1968 has eroded, and engineers expect it toat an. You can see where all this is happening on this map. The oroville dam is the tallest in the u. S. And stores water that flowing down the Feather River from the sierra. The Evacuation Order they have told to head north towards chico. This is the Evacuation Order. At the bottom it repeated, this is not a drill, three times, showing just how serious this is. If you download it and enible push aletters, you get update on the mobile device. Good evening, im eric thomas. Recent storms had a devastating impact on the santa cruz mountains. Today a california lawmakers joined local leaders in assessing is the damages. Lillian kim is live from la honda with more. Reporter congresswoman anna eshoo wanted to see how bad the damage was, all brought on by the rain in recent weeks. Nearly 14 inches have fallen in la honda this monday alone. She came to tour the area, specifically this neighborhood where the landslides have caused major
They are worried the erosion will continue to the point where the dam will collapse. Emergency officials said the erosion damage doesnt appear to be as bad as they thought. They are taking precautions to keep that from happening. There is a plan currently in place which would hopefully plug that hole. That would include using helicopters to drop bags of rock into the crevice and prevent any further erosion. Right now, the main shelter at the Silver Dollar fair in chico is full. Five more shelters are available including ones in paradise and glen county. A fourth is being opened at a church in chico. Ambulances are being used to help disabled residents leave their homes and inmates from a county jail are being moved. Heres a quick time line of events leading up to the evacuation order. On tuesday engineers at the oroville dam shut off the flow from a main spillway after finding a ms. Massive hole and boulder sized chunk of concrete falling off at the bottom. There was a crater as big as
Kellogg, a retired Lieutenant General as acting chief. He worked for oracle and earned his bachelors degree from santa clara university. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. The crisis at orville dam. So far its holding. Thats why the evacuation is in place because there is uncertainty. Already damage and stretch to its limit and more rain on the way. Now lets give you the very latest. The imminent threat of a breach in the spillway, a wall has diminished considerably. No water is flowing over the emergency spillway right now. Lake levels continue to fall. The goal is to lower the lake level by 50 feet. All right. All of the States National guard is an alert ready to assist if need be. Lets show you a map of the 11 communities down stream, all under Evacuation Orders right now. This is the image that started the alarm. Water rushing over a giant gaping hole. Now the race to reroute the water causing bigger problems. The damage and erosion so severe, emergency officials feared the worst. If the
Family and friends of torres. Outside torres grandfather became emotional. Heart break. It is just heart break. The Napa Valley Unified School district says it conduct the its own investigation. It is sad for the people that have been identified as victims. It is sad for the entire student body. It is sad for the people who are involved all around. The Administrative Panel expected to make its recommendation on whether or not to expel to the Napa Valley Unified School District Board of education and the school board will make its decision. In napa rob roth. Ktvu fox 2 news. New at 6 30. A lot of people will be betting on march madness which gets under way this week. And much of that betting will be illegal. Americans are expected to bet an estimated 10. 4 billion on the ncaa tournament. That is 1. 2 billions more than last year. With the march madness. Everybody is doing it. I dont care what you say. Billions are spent on it and i am right in the middle of it and i do whatever i can to