Two gas stations near downtown Chico were robbed on Christmas morning, December 25th. Shortly before 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning dispatchers received a call about an armed robbery at one of the gas stations. Chico police said they were able to determine that "an unknown white male brandished a firearm at the clerk and demanded cash." Police are not saying how much money was stolen from the register. Close to 20 minutes later another downtown area gas station robbery was reported. Police described a similar scenario, where "an unknown white male brandished a firearm at the clerk and demanded cash." This suspect left on foot, police said, with an unknown amount of cash taken from the register.