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

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

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

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

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

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

Finally, Wednesday afternoon, a Butte County judge sentenced the Bidwell Mansion arsonist to the maximum prison sentence he ...

CHICO, Calif. - Action News Now obtained a helmet camera video showing the initial firefighter response to the fire that ...

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 ...

John Bidwell, Chico’s founder and a general in the Mexican-American War, lived in the Bidwell Mansion with his wife Annie from 1868 to 1900. The 26-room estate, recognized for its early ...

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 ...