SF News Chico Man Convicted of Arson For Pushing Car Off Road and Sparking the 2024 Park Fire A Chico man is facing a possible sentence of 25 years to life in an arson case involving one of the largest wildfires in state history, but his defense attorney argued that intent should factor into any arson conviction.
SF News Two Dead After Allegedly Columbine-Inspired Shooting at Library In Chico Two people are dead and an 18-year-old recent high school graduate is under arrest after what authorities are saying was a random mass shooting in Chico that was inspired by the Columbine High School massacre of 1999.
SF News Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Chico Murder-For-Hire Case Where She Paid in Bitcoin A 2016 murder-for-hire case in Chico has resulted in a five-year prison sentence for the woman who ordered the dirty deed, and moreover, the hired “killer” merely took her money in Bitcoin and did no actual murdering.
SF News Chico Police Investigating Mass Shooting Near Campus With 6 Injured, 1 Fatally; Police Call It ‘Isolated Incident’ The mass shooting in Chico happened near a large party near the CSU Chico's campus, according to Chico Police, but police aren't releasing information about the identities of the victims or the suspect as the investigation is early-stages.
SF News Chico Man Lived With Dead Roommate's Body For Four Years In Order To Cash His Checks A Chico man has been charged with forgery and identity theft after prosecutors determined he had been impersonating his dead roommate in order to collect his U.S. Navy retirement benefit checks.
SF News Man Arrested at Chico Super 8 For Plotting ‘Las Vegas-Style’ Mass Shooting SWAT teams converged on a Super 8 motel in Chico, CA Sunday after they found a 37-year-old man staying there was “preparing to commit a ‘Las Vegas style’ mass shooting with a specified deadline,” according to Chico Police.
SF News Chico Billboard Depicts Trump As A Nazi, Gets Taken Down A billboard in Chico stirred up some controversy as it depicted Donald Trump dressed in a Nazi uniform, standing alongside the swastika-inspired anti-45 logo that became popular shortly after the election.
SF News Chico Frat Boys Accused Of Chopping Down 32 Trees In Lassen National Forest During an initiation for the California State University, Chico chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, popped collar marketing majors allegedly chopped down (a.k.a. murdered) 32 trees in Lassen National Forest
