Oroville

canyon. The hike to the water fall is easy and doesn’t take too long to get there, so you see a variety of people young and old. Table Mountain is a great place to take pictures, so every time I go I never fail to see a photoshoot of a family or someone photographing the landscape. Whether you’re visiting Table Mountain, living on it, or looking at it from below, you can see the beauty and diversity of this unique place. Table Mountain has a presence and is a big part of butte county. It was created millions of years ago and has ancient history dating back to the 19th century. This plateau is hard to miss, being one of the most famous landmarks of butte county with its flat top and “big O” on the South Mountain looking over the city of Oroville. It’s always refreshing to visit a place that captures mother nature’s finest…

reading a text or listening to a descriptive story, versus being at the scene of the incident where you can be a part of the solution. My emergency room experience began by meeting very knowledgeable staff at Oroville Hospital. On my first day I was paired up with one of the nurses on the floor. He was very helpful, he loved Physiology and Organic Chemistry, so we obviously spoke the same language. By his side I got to spend time with two very similar cases. The patients had almost the same…

Lake Oroville offers an impressive array of recreational options. Ranging from the standard water sports to excellent fishing, this lake offers everything you would need on a vacation. From Lake Oroville houseboat rentals, you can explore the undersea life and swim across the waves. Whether you need to get away for a while or just want to spend time with your family, Lake Oroville boat rentals offer the escape that you are looking for. If you love native wildlife, sit outside on your deck for…

events in California (Mann & Gleick, 2015). On February 7, 2017 Northern California Butte and Yuba County residents were forced to evacuate as the near failure of the Oroville Dam threatened downstream communities (Harpold, 2017). Prior to the main spillway damage, California experienced a severe multiple year drought. A seven-day precipitation event resulted in failure of the spillway and the second largest runoff event in the Oroville basin since 1995 (Vahedifard…

Throughout the two years, my mom had to prepare for the citizenship exam, so she had to study in order to stay in the United States. At the age of 19 (around 1991) she took the exam and passed and became a U.S. citizen, and from there she went to California where she stayed for a few months with my dad and sister. In California, my mom mostly took care of my sister, while my dad was doing agricultural work—mostly working with grapes. My dad had a friend who he met while he was in California that…

president. The regional FEMA administrator will evaluate the disaster against a set of criteria and then will consider the requirements needed to grant the state's request. Acting through the secretary of Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the administrator gives their recommendation to the president, who then makes the final decision in declaring a Presidential Declared Disaster, either an Emergency Declaration or Presidential Major Disaster Declaration . An Emergency Declaration is a…

With family from Paradise, Matthew Brown was born and raised in the surrounding area his entire life. Up until the age of two he lived in Oroville and then the Brown family moved up to Paradise. He still currently lives in Paradise with his older brother Joey, his parents Charlie and Nicole Brown along with two furry felines and three adorable dogs. One of his favorite childhood memories is lying on the floor of his room at about the age of three and he said that “at that moment I realized I was…

1. There are four water sources for West Covina: (State water project), (the Colorado River), (the Groundwater), (the local steams and reservoirs). State water project: The project begins at Oroville Dam on the Feather River and ends at Lake Perris near Riverside The Colorado River: The 1,440-mile-long Colorado River passes through parts of seven states, several Indian reservations and the Republic of Mexico, California is entitled to 4.4 million acre-feet of water annually from river. The…

Over-pumping Aquifers in Central Valley Of all the states in our great nation, California uses more water from the ground than any other, and up to 80 percent of that water is used for agriculture. This mainly happens as a result of the depletion of the Shasta and Oroville Lakes; the federal government’s main source of water for the Central Valley. Since the drought began four years ago, the farms around the central valley have not been getting the provisions they’ve requested form the state,…

Ishi in Two Worlds depicts the life story of Ishi, the last survivor of the Indian Yana tribe, who emerged starving in the northern California town of Oroville in 1911 after being captured. Written by Theodora Kroeber—UC Berkeley graduate, writer, anthropologist, and wife of Alfred Kroeber (leading anthropologist during the time, and one of Ishi’s close friend) – the book delivers a humane study, and the valid, realistic past history which in turn explains the treatment of Ishi’s people. Among…