DWR hosts final community meeting addressing Oroville Dam emergency in Chico

Chico >> Questions about Oroville Dam spillway plans, fish hatchery deaths and transparency were on the minds of those who attended the Department of Water Resources meeting Thursday. State water agency officials got an earful at the Chico Masonic Family Center during a session designed to take questions and comments about the Oroville Dam spillway crisis.

Tacos with a Congresswoman, candidate for California Senator

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, one of two Democratic candidates for the California U.S. Senate seat, talks with a reporter at Cocina Cortes in Chico on Friday. The race for the California Senate seat this year is an unusual one, with two Democrats running against each other for the first time, and two minority women at that, to replace retiring fourth-term Sen. Barbara Boxer.