Crashes and Disasters
Ronnie Dean Stout II, of Chico, is accused of starting the Park Fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car ...
Oroville Mercury-Register2d
Butte County sends resources to Southern California fires
Butte County has sent personnel and resources to help combat the Southern California fires amid dramatic winds and fast-moving flames.
Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain
Some Northern CA cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rain, while southern cities are bone-dry. This ...
Napa Valley Register2d
Too wet, too dry: California's extreme north-south rain gap
A remarkably wet kickoff to Northern California's rainy season has coincided with a desperately dry fall in Southern ...
Cal Fire Butte County boosts engine staffing with voter-approved Measure H funds
Cal Fire Butte County has increased staffing on fire engines due to the passage of Measure H, a one-cent sales tax that ...
Last year, 96% of California was drought-free. A new map is far more grim.
Despite recent rounds of winter rain and powerful waves that pummeled the coastline, most of California is continuing to bake ...
Authorities detail how Bidwell Mansion was set ablaze — and what led to arson suspect’s arrest
Investigators combed through thousands of videos to eventually identify the man suspected of burning the historic mansion.
Oroville Mercury-Register4d
TRACING THE STEPS OF ARSON SUSPECT: Bidwell Mansion fire burned for an hour before it was reported, DA says
Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, was charged with the crime of arson to a structure or forest with an enhancement of using a ...
Havasu News4d
Search concludes for missing Calif. teenage brothers after second body found in water
Authorities believe they have found the second body of two brothers who had gone missing during a duck-hunting trip in Northern California last month.