CHICO — The burning of the Bidwell Mansion on Wednesday was arson, California State Parks said in a news conference today. State Parks District Chief Aaron Wright said the fire was not an accident.

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 Historic ...

CHICO — On a night when security, arts and the Almond Bowl provided the dominant visual cues, the Chico City Council made subtle touch-ups to park policies — and a potentially bold stroke on parking.

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 historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico, CA, was destroyed in a devastating fire that engulfed the 159-year-old property in the early hours of Dec. 11, authorities have revealed. According to local ...

Just across the road from where California’s fourth largest fire in recorded history ignited last month, sat a 50-acre patch of extremely dry invasive yellow-star thistle that local authorities knew ...

CHICO — A Chico man has been arrested in connection with the Bidwell Mansion fire. Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of arson to a structure with use of an accelerant, ...