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• Water Flow Slowing Over Emergency Spillway At Oroville Dam

  12-02-2017 22:19
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) – Officials say water will continue to flow over an emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam for another day or so.
  Water began flowing over the emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam in Northern California on Saturday for the first time in its nearly 50-year history after heavy rainfall.
  California Department of Water Resources spokesman Eric See said at a Sunday press conference that skies are clear and the overflow is steadily slowing. It’s expect
  
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• Suspect Wounded During Gunbattle With Sacramento Police

  12-02-2017 20:25
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento authorities say a man shot and wounded by police during a gunbattle with officers is a 28-year-old suspected in a previous shooting this month.
  Police say Armani Lee had been under surveillance by an undercover team and opened fire when officers moved in to arrest him Friday. Officials say an officer ducked to avoid getting hit, then fired back as Lee fled.
  Two other officers and a sheriff’s deputy also shot at Lee. He was struck multiple times an
  
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• Point Pleasant Preps For More Flooding

  12-02-2017 08:15
  
  POINT PLEASANT (CBS13) — As the sun sets over Point Pleasant, the focus is on the growing flood water that is already washing out local streets and flooding fields. The bulk of it is expected to hit overnight.
  “We lose farm ground.  We lose crop. We lose money,” said Cody Bayles.
  Bayles, a young man in his early 20s, and his family, have already had a tough winter. This new round of flooding just adds to their fears of financial hardship.
  “Water stays on crops. It ki
  
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• Oroville Lake Levels Continue To Rise

  12-02-2017 05:52
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Water started flowing over an emergency spillway at the nation’s tallest dam, on Lake Oroville, for the first time Saturday after erosion damaged the Northern California dam’s main spillway.
  Officials hoped to avoid using Oroville Dam’s emergency spillway, fearing it could cause trees to fall and leave debris cascading into water that rushes through the Feather River, into the Sacramento River and on to the San Francisco Bay. Crews prepared for sev
  
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