Bidwell Park

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

A Chico City Council member is requesting a plan to make improvements at Bidwell Park. Also, the Chico Natural Foods Co-op is offering a 75% discount on California grown produce for those shopping with CalFresh benefits, and a six-page report from Chico city staff highlights several reasons why an hour of free parking is likely to cause issues downtown.

Annie’s Glen was closed to the public in October. More on why and when the area might be accessible to the public again.

Since last year's Park Fire, many areas of Upper Bidwell Park have been closed as crew work to remove dead and hazardous trees. Now, the city is working on the last area before fully reopening the park.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Sunday that directs federal agencies to find ways to override decisions made by California water managers. Also, many areas of Upper Park that have been closed since the Park Fire will reopen soon when crews finish removing dead and hazardous trees, and a strain known as H5N9 was found in a duck farm in Merced County. The novel virus was found alongside the more common H5N1 variant.

Small symbols are appearing along trails in Upper Bidwell Park. They’re part of the Erosion Line art project, public installations meant to educate and inform.

Temperatures are back in the upper 90s this week. Programs offered by the Community Action Agency of Butte County can help make homes more energy efficient and reduce energy costs. Also, Plumas County supervisors voted to fund two public electric vehicle charging stations at their last meeting, and fares will be waived for bus riders in Butte County next Wednesday.

Chico State’s School of Education received an $8.5 million grant for a teacher residency program. Also, a local author has debuted “Forgive the Animal,” an anthology of poetry, and more areas in Bidwell Park are set to open today.

Whether to close roads around Lower Bidwell Park to vehicles on certain days will be considered by the Chico City Council tomorrow. Also, June 1 officially kicks off Pride Month. Chico will join the celebration with many events, and California is having difficulty finding enough firefighters this year.

Shasta County officials are yet again seeking delays in releasing reports and documents to the Redding Record Searchlight. Also, this week marked five years since the Carr Fire and numbers show survivors in rural Shasta County are rebuilding more slowly than those in Redding, and goats are back in Chico grazing on invasive plants in Middle Bidwell Park.