Years of recovery lie ahead for what’s left of Bidwell Mansion as the historic Chico estate remains fenced off and hollowed ...

Proposition 36 toughened penalties which could have added 15 years to Kevin Carlson’s sentence — if his crime had occurred a ...

Carlson, 30, was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in state prison — the maximum penalty for felony arson — after admitting to ...

Three months after Chico’s 156-year-old Bidwell Mansion was deliberately set ablaze, 30-year-old Kevin Andrew Carlson was ...

Kevin Alexander Carlson, sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in state prison for his arson Bidwell Mansion, stated he was ...

Contractors are working to replace the chainlink around the ruins of the Bidwell Mansion with something more secure and ...

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said that Kevin Carlson got six years for the arson and an additional five years ...

A judge sentenced Kevin Carlson to 11 years for setting fire to Bidwell Mansion. He's also ordered to pay over $37 million in ...

A former Bidwell Mansion tour guide presented a 90-minute talk titled “John Bidwell’s Involvement in U.S. and California ...

The man who ignited the fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico was sentenced to 11 years in state prison, ...

Carlson, 30, was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in state prison — the maximum penalty for felony arson — after admitting to setting fire to Bidwell Mansion, an act that stunned the city and ...

lived in the Bidwell Mansion with his wife Annie from 1868 to 1900. The 26-room estate, recognized for its early innovations like plumbing and gas lighting, has been a California Historical ...