A man accused of lighting a brush fire in wildfire-ravaged Southern California has been arrested after nearby neighbors ...

Deputies arrived and contacted Garett Preston Young, a 48-year-old resident of Aguanga. Young had been identified as the ...

Authorities in L.A. County say the recent uptick in arson arrests was probably the result of increased public attention to ...

Sonora, CA – A Placerville man has been convicted of igniting two blazes in August of last year; one was contained quickly and the other forced thousands to evacuate.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The appeal of an arsonist facing the death penalty in California reached the state’s highest court ...

The man accused of burning down one of Northern California's most famous homes is now pleading no contest to his felony arson charges, jail records show.

The Supreme Court of California met in Sacramento on Wednesday to hear oral arguments in the case of an arsonist sentenced to ...

CHICO, Calif. — The man accused of burning and destroying the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico pleaded no contest to his arson charges, according to the Butte County District Attorney's Office.

Kevin Alexander Carlson, 30, of Chico entered a plea of no contest as charged to a felony count of arson of a structure with ...

Kevin Carlson pled no-contest to arson and acknowledged using gasoline as an accelerant in starting the fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in December of 2024.

The man accused of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico in December has ...

The man accused of burning down one of Northern California's most famous homes is now pleading no contest to the arson charges, jail records show.