California State Parks officials have the green light to begin examining the destroyed Bidwell Mansion and assessing the ...

The man accused of burning down one of Northern California's most famous homes is now pleading no contest to his felony arson charges, jail records show.Sign up for our NewslettersPrevious coverage in ...

RELATED: Historic Northern California mansion destroyed by fire John Bidwell founded the city of Chico in 1860. According to the Bidwell Mansion Association, Bidwell was one of the first to cross ...

CHICO, Calif. - The 911 calls reporting the Bidwell Mansion fire on Dec. 11 reveal witnesses describing the unsettling scene as the Chico landmark was fully engulfed in flames.

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 ...

Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, entered the no-contest plea to a felony charge of arson with a sentencing enhancement before ...

A MAN IS UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A FIRE THAT DESTROYED ONE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’S MOST FAMOUS HOMES, THE BIDWELL MANSION IN CHICO ... California pioneer John Bidwell completed ...

A historic Victorian home in Chico that has been a Northern California landmark for more than 150 years was gutted by an early morning fire. Bidwell Mansion caught fire just after 3 a.m. Wednesday ...

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.

Butte County District Attorney Michael L. Ramsey discusses the investigation into Bidwell Mansion arson suspect Kevin Alexander Carlson during a news conference on Jan. 6. Carlson entered a not ...