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Water rushes down the Oroville Dam’s spillway during the 1986 flooding event.

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Former Oroville chief of police reflects on past
February 21, 2017 8 a.m.

Former Oroville chief of police reflects on past

For the last week, the small city of Oroville, California, has found itself in the national limelight, as heavy rain and snowmelt created fears of a failure at the nation’s tallest dam and forced evacuations in Oroville and other towns below.