CHICO – The historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico, California went up in flames early Wednesday morning, destroying the building. Firefighters responded to the scene at the Bidwell Mansion State ...

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

Officials with the California State Parks say now that Kevin Carlson, the man arrested for setting the arson fire that destroyed Bidwell Mansion, has plead no contest, crews can now ...

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 ...

The recovery process for the historic Bidwell Mansion, which was destroyed in a devastating fire on December 11 is still in its early stages.

They believe Carlson broke a window on the ground floor of the mansion ... state park. The park remains closed as California State Parks officials assess the next steps for the gutted estate ...

CHICO — Any assessment of the Bidwell Mansion ... other State Parks hit with catastrophic fire. Teague pointed to Big Basin in the Santa Cruz area, where California’s oldest state park lost ...

Bidwell Mansion, the centerpiece of the state historic park, had survived more than a century as a memorial to California pioneers John and Annie Bidwell, who donated eight acres of their cherry ...