CHICO — Butte County has declared an emergency in response to the raging Park Fire near Chico. It's prompted a slew of ...

UPDATE: Park Fire started by suspected arson grows by tens of thousands of acres overnight CHICO — A 42-year-old Chico man was arrested Thursday by arson investigators who said he started a fast ...

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company concluded its four-month contract for a Type 1 Black Hawk Helicopter, which was ...

Joshua Keith Emerson, 49, pleaded no contest Sept. 19 to second-degree burglary, vehicle theft, a misdemeanor charge of petty ...

Firefighters from the Chico Fire Department responded to a pile of brush that was on fire at the 20th Street Community Park ...

OROVILLE — A hearing to determine whether the man accused of starting the Park Fire will go to trial, has been set for Jan. 10. Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, is accused of starting the ...

California's twin crises of rampant wildfire and hard-to-get, unaffordable home insurance have collided with Butte County’s ...

Monday began a big work week in Bidwell Park for neeeded maintenance at Caper Acres and new work to remove trees damaged by ...

CHICO, Calif. (CN) — The Park Fire has now become the fourth largest fire in California history, as officials say weather conditions potentially are changing for the worse. The fire, which began July ...

This is great news for the nearly-extinct monarch butterflies, which will pass through the area as they migrate back to ...

Since igniting Wednesday afternoon off Upper Park Road in Bidwell Park near Chico, the Park Fire has already burned nearly 124,949 acres — 190 square miles — as of 6 p.m. Thursday to become California ...

The Chico Day of the Dead Festival drew a diverse crowd of all ages to The Barn at Meriam Park on Saturday. The event ...