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

The Chico Fire Department, in collaboration with the City of Chico's Park Division, has announced plans for a prescribed burn ...

Addressing disaster risks in Upper Bidwell Park, the city of Chico started prescribed burns Tuesday morning, a day after two north state legislators pushed for expedited funding for emergency ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II is charged with starting the Park Fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car into a ...

Kevin Carlson sentenced to 11 years in prison for setting fire to Chico's historic Bidwell Mansion, causing $37M in damages.

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

John Bidwell, Chico’s founder and a general ... has been a California Historical Landmark and state park since 1964. At the time of the fire, it was undergoing a $2.3 million renovation set ...

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze at the Bidwell Mansion, a California State Historic Park building in Chico, before dawn on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Chico Fire Department The mansion ...