Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in ...

The man accused of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico in December has ...

After receiving updates on Bidwell Mansion and wildfire readiness, the Chico City Council addressed campfires with a ban in ...

Chico Fire Chief Steve Standridge says he will take the experience learned by his staff who traveled to Southern California ...

The number of California acres mapped into higher "fire hazard severity zones" is doubling. Stricter fire safety building ...

Last year, the Chico Fire Department put out 40 homeless campfires, and Van Overbeek says he hopes that number will go down with this authorization now in place.

The Almond Creek East Firewise Community wishes to thank the City of Chico, the California Conservation Corp, and Butte County Fire Safe Council for removing hundreds of cubic feet of accumulated ...

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 ...