Ronnie Dean Stout II, of Chico, is accused of starting the Park Fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II, of Chico, is accused of starting the Park Fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car ...

Did you know pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in America? In Chico, the sport is gaining momentum, with the ...

Join the Bidwell House Museum for two invigorating guided walks on the Museum trails on Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, ...

LATEST Jan. 3, 11:15 a.m. Officials have arrested a man on suspicion of deliberately setting the Dec. 11, 2024, fire that destroyed Chico’s historic Bidwell Mansion, California State Parks ...

Gloomy overcast weather wasn’t enough to keep people away from the freshly green upper Bidwell Park on Thursday as groups of friends and families prepped at their cars before heading up the ...

While many of the stories could have happened any year, there was one overriding theme: Human carelessness — and in a few ...

CHICO — The burning of the Bidwell Mansion on Wednesday was arson, California State Parks said in a news conference today. State Parks District Chief Aaron Wright said the fire was not an accident.

State parks officials have stated that it's too early to talk about the future of the park and grounds. California pioneer and Chico founder John Bidwell called the mansion home.

AND IN CHICO ... MORNING AT THE BIDWELL MANSION. AND YOU CAN SEE THE HOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES THERE. NOT MUCH, BUT JUST THE FRAME LEFT AFTERWARDS. THIS HOME A STATE HISTORIC PARK.