On a cold December day, Kevin Alexander Carlson walked the streets of downtown Chico, weighed down by discontent. Hours later, the city’s most storied landmark was an inferno, reduced to little ...

OROVILLE — Kevin Alexander Carlson ... and doing the same in Chico. Carlson stated he drove downtown, parked and brought a gas can, hammer and lighter to Bidwell Mansion; he broke a window ...

OROVILLE — The Chico man suspected of committing arson in the fire that burned the Bidwell Mansion pleaded not guilty ...

Three months after Chico’s 156-year-old Bidwell Mansion was deliberately set ablaze, 30-year-old Kevin Andrew Carlson was sentenced Wednesday to the maximum 11 years in state prison for ...

the historic landmark at the center of Chico. Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, was arrested earlier this month and accused of setting the Dec. 11 fire. If convicted on the count of arson plus an ...

CHICO – The man accused of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico in December has admitted his guilt, officials said Wednesday. Kevin Carlson, a 30 ...

OROVILLE — The Chico man responsible for setting fire to Bidwell Mansion was sentenced to state prison Wednesday at the Butte County Superior Courthouse. Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, of Chico ...

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 ...

What a difference a week makes. A man’s 11-year prison sentence for intentionally setting fire to the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico could have more than doubled had he committed the crime a ...

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 ...

she asked, adding, “Kevin Carlson assaulted me without even touching me.” Galvin Matthews called the fire “a major crime against not only the people of Chico, but against California history.” ...