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

CHICO, Calif. — The man accused of burning and destroying the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico pleaded no contest to his arson charges, according to the Butte County District Attorney's Office.

Any assessment of the Bidwell Mansion ruins by California State Parks must wait until at least mid-February while the Butte ...

The City of Chico has started removing hazardous trees in Upper Bidwell Park, one of the first times officials have been able ...

Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, was arrested earlier this month and accused of setting the Dec. 11 fire. If convicted on the count of arson plus an enhancement for allegedly using an accelerant to start ...

When W.W. Durham House owner James Fuhring saw the remains of Bidwell Mansion after the December fire, he was as shocked as everyone else. “I couldn’t believe it,” Fuhring said. “It’s very upsetting.” ...

Crews are hard at work removing 125 dead and fire-damaged trees from the Park Fire that have been deemed to be hazardous in ...

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 now a state park. The park remains ...