Oroville News

Language in State Parks' proposed contract for a new concessionaire at Bidwell Marina has some houseboat owners concerned with the value of their investments.

El Medio Fire Department Capt. Donald Robinson, foreground, checks for hot spots with a thermal imaging camera while Chief Gary Nystuen surveys the damage of the garage fire that occurred just after 4 a.m. Wednesday at 2354 Monte Vista Ave.

Mark Davis, a U.S. Forest Service fire captain severely injured Sunday in a Yuba River diving accident, has been transferred from a Roseville hospital to rehabilitation research facility at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.

A condemned killer took part in a historic video conference hearing Monday via closed-circuit television between San Quentin's Death Row and Butte County Superior Court.

Hosted by Feather River Recreation and Park District. Lake Oroville Little League fireworks booth Open daily, through July 4, on Oro Dam Blvd.

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Although the state law banning drivers from talking on their cell phones without a hands-free device has been in effect for one year, it seems the regulation is doing little to deter drivers from chatting while commuting.

Lake Oroville has become a second home for boater Steven Parks, who comes to the recreation area often, simply to enjoy the calm and relaxing atmosphere the water has to offer.

A combined effort of investigators from the Contractors State Licensing Board and Chico police resulted in three men being arrested outside a Chico motel early Wednesday morning on a series of charges related to an allegedly unlicensed, bogus paving operation.

Local fire safety experts will be hosting interactive workshops throughout Butte County on four Saturdays starting in July to help residents create a fire safe plan for their property.

Though in some places residents complain their neighborhoods have gone to the dogs, one Oroville neighborhood has certainly gone to the birds.

In a time when California workers are being laid off and searching for new job skills, they are coming up against an added burden: reduced technical training and higher class fees due to the state's fiscal crisis.

Centuries of hidden history is slowly being unveiled in the south-side of Oroville, thanks to the painstaking research of members of the South Oroville African American Historical Society.

High above the traffic of Highway 70, the hustle and bustle of downtown Oroville and the daily comings and goings of thousands of Butte County residents, a landmark that often goes unnoticed silently celebrates its 80th birthday this month.

Pottery by Kelly is on display, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Wednesdays-Saturdays through June 26; State Theater, 1489 Myers St.

BayTEC Alliance presented its case to the community for the long-term future of Oroville Thursday evening, spreading out an ambitious plan and answering the public's questions.

Bea Hultz, manager of GrandmaA1s Mission of Hope Thrift Shoppe, sorts through clothes at the Oroville store.

Thursday night, June 11, I attended the graduation ceremonies for the Law Enforcement Academy at the Paradise Performing Arts Center.

Exactly one week after a lawn mower started a blaze in the Lemon Hill area of Oroville, an individual completing brush work Monday afternoon likely sparked a blaze that burned five acres near Bangor.

A community meeting to hear more about improving Oroville's economy by focusing on clean technology is planned at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Southside Community Center, 2959 Lower Wyandotte Road.