When en route to beautiful beaches in Northern California, the state’s most underrated scenic national park, or exploring ...

Starting Tuesday, March 18, 2025, parking lots "C" near the observatory and "E" near Horseshoe Lake in Upper Bidwell Park ...

CHICO — Upper Bidwell Park’s wildness defines its draw, but that also makes it more susceptible to fires and flooding than more developed areas of Chico. Officials are addressing both those risks.

Years of recovery lie ahead for what’s left of Bidwell Mansion as the historic Chico estate remains fenced off and hollowed out nearly three months after being ravaged by flames. For now, when ash and ...

John Bidwell, Chico’s founder and a general in the Mexican ... has been a California Historical Landmark and state park since 1964. At the time of the fire, it was undergoing a $2.3 million ...

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 Butte Environmental Council collaborated with multiple partners and, hosted the 37th annual 'Bidwell Park and Chico ...

CHICO — Mid-morning is a great time to walk, run or hike through lower Bidwell Park, especially on a mild sunny day. Those were the conditions Tuesday when Kathy Lester and Steve Zachary ...