Chico News

It's not too late to pick up a Christmas tree, with at least two local tree lots planning to stay open until Christmas Eve.

A man whose white Chrysler Sebring veered off the Midway about 11:35 a.m. Thursday and struck a tree, has died at Enloe Medical Center in Chico.

The man stabbed outside of a Chico restaurant Wednesday night is expected to survive.

A Chico man in custody and awaiting sentencing for several false bomb threats allegedly struck again Tuesday with a phone call from Butte County Jail claiming a bomb was inside a Butte County office on Table Mountain Boulevard, according to Oroville police.

A former Butte College student Tuesday drew a mid-term sentence of 20 years in prison after being convicted by a jury of the repeated forcible rape of a girlfriend in Chico.

Butte County's unemployment rate for November jumped higher in the second increase this quarter, according to newly released state reports.

A worker soldering plumbing in a lower floor apartment allegedly started a fire Monday afternoon that heavily damaged two upstairs units at 1000 Columbus Ave., forcing several tenants to seek other housing.

In her letter to the editor Thursday, Mary Flynn suggests that Karen Zinniel wouldn't like it if people in the avenues weren't allowed to vote on local issues.Flynn knows full well that exact thing has beenthe casefor many years.

A proposed apartment complex in north Chico moved one step closer to construction Wednesday, with the city Architectural Review Board approving the project by an unanimous vote.

Embezzlement charges are soon to be added to the list of allegations against former cheerleader mom Toni Allexy of Paradise, whose sentencing to prison and possible sex offender registration was postponed Friday in court.

Listen as the E-R sports staff breaks down the week in regional sports. E-R Sports Show, Dec.

Authorities said the gunman who wounded two customers and took employees hostage during a robbery Tuesday at a U.S. Bank in Burney lived in Chico for about the last year.

A man who wounded two customers and took hostages during a robbery Tuesday at a U.S. Bank in Burney was a Chico resident, according to information from the Redding Police Department.

With an expected $3.1 million in additional city funding, construction on a low-income housing development in Meriam Park is anticipated to begin this spring.

Although it's not widely known yet, today has been given the job of teaching about a time when Chinese people suffered violence in many parts of California, including Chico.

A man was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of robbing a jewelry store on Main Street.

Aluminum cans are prepared for recycling at Fair Street Recycling in Chico on Tuesday.

George Bailey tries to help Nick Anderson, Leroy Christophersen, Doug Hasse and other members of the community bank during a rehearsal of "It's a Wonderful Life" at Chico Theater Company on Dec.

Suspects identified as students at Chico State University and Butte College allegedly conspired to rob two Ivy Street residents of marijuana at gunpoint Monday night.

A woman allegedly upset over something that occurred Monday morning at Peet's Coffee and Tea on Main Street wound up shattering the front door to the business and getting arrested.