After receiving updates on Bidwell Mansion and wildfire readiness, the Chico City Council addressed campfires with a ban in ...

CHICO — The smoke that hovered throughout Chico on Wednesday morning carried small pieces of the city’s history after leaving only a charred skeleton of the local icon, the Bidwell Mansion.

The man accused of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico in December has ...

Chico State Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the DA’s office used video surveillance to identify a suspect who arrived to Bidwell Mansion around the time of the fire ...

The Bidwell Mansion is a three-story, 26-room Victorian house that was once the home of city pioneers John and Annie Bidwell. The grounds surrounding Chico State that the Bidwells called home is ...

A man who authorities say set fire to the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico changed his plea in connection with the arson, a surprise move that avoids a lengthy trial but maintains the possibility ...

ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS SEEN WITH HIM. THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE HISTORIC BIDWELL MANSION IN CHICO DECIDED THAT HE WOULD PLEAD OUT IN THIS CASE, 30 YEAR OLD KEVIN CARLSON PLED ...

Kevin Carlson pled no-contest to arson and acknowledged using gasoline as an accelerant in starting the fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in December of 2024.

Chico firefighters work to put out hot spots on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, after the city’s historic Bidwell Mansion burned overnight.