According to CAL FIRE Butte County, crews arrived within five minutes and safely evacuated the occupant, who was taken to a ...

CAL FIRE Law Enforcement arrested Timothy Allen Sikes for trespassing and burglary after finding him at a suspicious fire ...

A man was arrested after Cal Fire Law Enforcement found him at the site of a ‘suspicious’ structure fire in Oroville — using ...

This information has been taken from the Chico Police Department, Butte County Sheriff’s Office, Oroville Police Department and the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office.

Cal Fire-Butte County law enforcement made a felony arrest Thursday after conducting a follow-up investigation at the site of ...

Firefighters quickly stopped a house fire in South Oroville on Thursday morning, according to Cal Fire.Crews were sent to the fire near Oro Bangor Highway and L ...

An Oroville man who threw a lit firework from his car, igniting last year’s Thompson Fire, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a blaze that destroyed 13 homes and damaged dozens of other ...

An Oroville man who threw a lit firework from his car, igniting last year’s Thompson Fire, was sentenced to 20 years in ...

Spencer Anderson, 28, was found guilty in December 2025 of arson to forest land, burning residential homes and other ...

Risa Johnson covers local politics in Butte County and the City of Oroville for the Chico Enterprise-Record and Oroville Mercury-Register newspapers. Since February 2017, she has written extensively ...