Ronnie Dean Stout II, of Chico, is accused of starting the Park Fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car into a brushy ravine near the Alligator Hole in upper Bidwell Park.

As flames erupted behind him, Ronnie Dean Stout walked away calmly, blending in with other people who had been at Bidwell Park on Wednesday afternoon, enjoying the lush swimming hole, and who then ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II, 43, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday after he pleaded not guilty in August to arson of an inhabited structure or property in Butte Superior Court. The Park ...

OROVILLE — The man accused of starting the fire that destroyed much of Cohasset last July will be going to trial on arson charges, but probably not until June. Ronnie Dean Stout II, of Chico, is ...