Chico residents may now submit public comments for the city’s recently updated fire hazard severity zone map through June 10.

Neighborhoods near Little Chico Creek are now considered in very high fire risk to wildfires. The updated map shows Picholine ...

The drain installation has already begun, according to a news release from the state transportation agency. It will continue ...

Kevin Alexander Carlson, sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in state prison for his arson Bidwell Mansion, stated he was ...

Assemblyman James Gallagher and Senator Megan Dahle have announced a legislative push to address public safety concerns in ...

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze at the Bidwell Mansion, a California State Historic Park building in Chico, before dawn on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Chico Fire Department The mansion ...

The man responsible for destroying the storied landmark last year received the maximum penalty for arson -- 11 years, ...

The man who ignited the fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico was sentenced to 11 years in state prison, officials said Wednesday.

Fuel reduction has become an ongoing and ever-present project along the ridge, with the Butte County Fire Safe Council and ...

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said that Kevin Carlson got six years for the arson and an additional five years ...

The Butte County Resource Conservation District hosted a seminar on Wednesday to share pilot projects and results of natural ...

Three months after Chico’s 156-year-old Bidwell Mansion was deliberately set ablaze, 30-year-old Kevin Andrew Carlson was ...