The City of Chico has issued a swimming advisory at Sycamore Pool in Bidwell Park.They say that elevated levels of bacteria ...

The North Valley Disaster Animal Group collaborated with the Butte County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and the UC Davis Center for ...

Sycamore Pool is part of Big Chico Creek, an untreated water source that can harbor germs and bacteria. It's advised to rinse ...

There are hundreds of different wildflowers in Bidwell Park and some tend to grow in different areas. “Upper park is more hilly, and more rocky,” Burr said.

In the light of the brightest supermoon of 2022, a group of 20 hikers were led Wednesday through upper Bidwell Park on a guided tour hosted by the Chico Creek Nature Center.

The Chico City Council decided Tuesday to close South Park Drive to vehicle traffic starting in the summer of 2026, going ...

“Bidwell Park was once a sandy beach under the Pacific Ocean.” It took 100 million years and a lot of changes for it to become what it is today. “The Sierra Nevada had to uplift and start to ...

The fire broke out near Upper Park Road in Bidwell Park just before 3 p.m. Initially reported as five acres, the blaze — pushed by a south wind with gusts up to 24 miles per hour — had spread ...

As flames erupted behind him, Ronnie Dean Stout walked away calmly, blending in with other people who had been at Bidwell Park on Wednesday afternoon, enjoying the lush swimming hole, and who then ...

Upper Bidwell Park is one of the largest municipal parks in the nation and is home to many hiking and biking trails, swimming holes and picnic areas. Fire activity.

The man allegedly pushed a fiery car into a ditch near Alligator Hole in upper Bidwell Park in Chico just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, the DA’s office said in a news release.

Bidwell Park is within Chico’s city boundaries but the fire is threatening Cal Fire’s jurisdiction as well. The fire broke out around 2:45 p.m. and quickly grew from 40 acres to 500 acres, ...