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 sent ...

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 destroying the ...

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 ...

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 ...

E-R article on Bidwell Mansion’s arsonist Kevin Carlson was so lacking that I question Weber’s motives. Weber attributes Carson’s arson to depression and feelings of ...