A hearing to determine whether the man accused of starting the Park Fire will go to trial, has been set for Jan. 10.

On a hot Wednesday in July, Ronnie Dean Stout II stood next to a smoking Toyota Yaris near a swimming hole in Chico, California, and watched as flames grew, authorities allege. He made no effort ...

Fire investigators say Ronnie Dean Stout II started the fire in Chico's Upper Bidwell Park on July 24, 2024. However, he pleaded not guilty on Thursday, Aug. 22. “As the disastrous Park fire ...

Fire officials said the cause was arson and arrested Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, accusing him of pushing a burning car down a gully. The blaze burned out of control for weeks, eventually ...

Fire officials said the cause was arson and arrested Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, accusing him of pushing a burning car into a gully. The blaze burned out of control for weeks, eventually ...

Fire officials said the cause was arson and arrested Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, accusing him of pushing a burning car into a gully. The blaze burned out of control for weeks, eventually ...

CHICO, Calif. — Ronnie Dean Stout II, the man accused of igniting California's fourth-largest wildfire in history, appeared in Butte County Superior Court on Thursday for the setting of a ...

Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, is accused of starting the fire on the afternoon of July 24 by pushing a burning car into a brushy ravine near the Alligator Hole in upper Bidwell Park The fire ...