Shake-Up At California Agency After Report On Oroville Dam
California restructured a key water agency Wednesday in the wake of a scathing independent report on last year’s crisis at Oroville Dam. Changes included Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration naming a new director for the Department of Water Resources, the second change of top leadership at the agency since the February crisis at the nation’s tallest dam. Both spillways at the dam gave way that month, forcing evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 people downstream.