Years of recovery lie ahead for what’s left of Bidwell Mansion as the historic Chico estate remains fenced off and hollowed out nearly three months after being ravaged by flames. For now, when ash and ...

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 ...

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. The mansion had been fenced off and ...

John Bidwell ... state park since 1964. At the time of the fire, it was undergoing a $2.3 million renovation set for completion this month, but in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2024, the mansion ...

Three months after Chico’s 156-year-old Bidwell Mansion was deliberately ... Wednesday to the maximum 11 years in state prison for destroying the historic landmark, according to a news release ...

CHICO – The man who ignited the fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico was sentenced to 11 years in state prison, officials said Wednesday. Kevin Carlson, 30, was also ordered ...