200,000 People Await Updates on Oroville Dam
We begin in and around Chico, where some 200,000 people remain under an evacuation order. This comes after structural problems with the Oroville Dam, which could potentially lead to a destructive wall of water wiping out tens of thousands of homes. With so many people displaced, we wanted to get a sense of what they're doing while they wait for word from authorities.
Health Agencies Fall Behind on Tracking Valley Fever
Valley Fever is a fungal respiratory infection that is a constant health threat in vast stretches of the San Joaquin valley. While numbers are still being tallied, it looks like 2016 was a bad year for Valley Fever, with thousands of new infections recorded in Kern County alone. We spoke with a reporter working in the heart of the epidemic, Harold Pierce of the Bakersfield Californian.