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

Construction will begin on Monday on Peterson Memorial Drive in Lower Bidwell Park.The project will focus on repairing the ...

If March is when you realize that the days are getting longer, then July is when you realize they have become too long indeed. Especially in those Chico summers, whether at work or at play, it’s ...

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

Officials say that the project, which started June 23rd and will continue until early August, will address the deteriorating ...

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.

“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 ...

Chico's 156-year-old Bidwell Mansion, a Northern California landmark, was destroyed by arson. ... A California Historical Landmark since 1939 and a state park since 1964, ...

Bidwell Park isn't built or completely designed yet, but it's already suffering an identity crisis. Plans call for a multiuse park featuring ball fields, but some north Spokane neighbors are ...

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 ...

The Park Fire, while massive in size, is nowhere near the scale of California's largest fire, the August Complex Fire. The fire burned 1,032,648 acres from Aug. 16 through Nov. 11, 2020.

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.