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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - A woman was arrested for committing arson in January in both Glenn and Butte counties. On January 8, CAL FIRE law enforcement officers investigated a house fire in West Chico. Officers identified 31-year-old Dillon Jones and his girlfriend Sarah Louise Walls as being involved in another arson fire on Jan. 9 in Orland, CAL FIRE said.

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. 9:41 SATURDAY UPDATE - The suspect connected to the death of Richard Kelly on April 20 has been found in the Stockton area, the Butte County Sheriff's Office said. On Friday, BCSO detectives found Joseph Perkins at a gas station in Stockton. He was arrested for an...

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - Demetrius Eugene Brown was sentenced to nine years in state prison for his role in attempted murder in the targeted shooting of a homeless man in Chico in October 2022, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said. Brown pleaded no contest to attempted murder in March...

CHICO, Calif. - A man was arrested for DUI after two early morning crashes in Chico. Another driver followed the suspect and helped police track him down the driver. The crashes happened around 1:15 a.m. Friday. A white Porsche was headed out of downtown Chico when it slammed into the railing on Camellia Way at the bridge over Big Chico Creek. Chico Police Lt. Terry Tupper told Action News Now that the same car was involved in another crash just minutes earlier at 3rd and Main Streets in downtown Chico.

It's a good idea to throw on a jacket and to keep your umbrella handy as you get ready to head out the door Friday. A cool and wet system tracking through the Pacific Northwest will drive cloudy skies, cool temperatures, and the potential for showers and thunderstorms across our region to end your work week. We've had cloudy skies and scattered showers across our region overnight. Most scattered showers have lingered in our higher elevations, but areas of Tehama, Butte and Glenn counties have had pockets of heavy rain and thunderstorm activity early Friday morning. Scattered showers will be possible in the valley through late this afternoon, and we'll have scattered mountain showers through the day. Scattered showers and the potential for thunderstorm activity will persist in the foothills and Sierra Friday evening. Temperatures are starting out in the 50's in the valley, 40's in most foothill areas, and 30's to 40's in our mountain zones. Winds are out of the southeast to 10mph to start the day, but will get stronger as they shift to become out of the northwest this afternoon. Gusts up to around 30mph out of the northwest are expected from mid afternoon through tonight. High temperatures are projected to climb into the upper 60's to lower 70's in the valley, 50's to low 60's in most foothill areas, and 40's to mid 50's in our mountain zones Friday afternoon. The winds will most likely be the biggest impact to anyone heading out to enjoy the Kool April Nights Cruise in Redding Friday evening.

Nice weather settles in for the next few days with highs in the mid 70s and some breezy conditions at times as the workweek progresses. Nice weather settles in for the next few days with highs in the mid 70s and some breezy conditions at times as the workweek progresses.

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CHICO, Calif. - The Butte County Association of Governments met on Thursday to go over the strategic plan for the North Valley Rail. Nothing is set in stone yet, but the public hearing did provide some insight as the board gets closer to finalizing the plan. Over a dozen people showed up to hear more about the train route that would connect Butte, Yuba and Sutter counties to the Northern Sacramento Valley.

CHICO, Calif. - On Friday, the city of Chico recognized itself as a tree city USA for the 40th consecutive year. The Public Works Tree Division went out to Parkview Elementary to take part in the big day. The Public Work Division came out today to plant three Red Push Pistache trees on campus.

Anyone with information on Matthew's whereabouts is asked to contact Chico PD at (530)897-4911, reference case number 24-002754.

Leadership students helped set up the vent ... before joining in on the fun.