Chico residents may now submit public comments for the city’s recently updated fire hazard severity zone map through June 10.

Neighborhoods near Little Chico Creek are now considered in very high fire risk to wildfires. The updated map shows Picholine ...

The new maps add more than 377,000 acres into zones where increased fire safety ... Out of the 35 cities included, Truckee in Nevada County and Chico in Butte County saw the largest increases ...