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  2. Chowchilla, California - Wikipedia

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    Chowchilla is a city in Madera County, California, United States. [3] The city's population was 19,039 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] Chowchilla is located 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Madera , [ 5 ] at an elevation of 240 feet (73 m).

  3. 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping - Wikipedia

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    They gave their recollections of the abduction. The school bus, which is now stored in a Chowchilla farm warehouse, was shown as well. [36] 48 Hours examines the abduction in the 2019 episode "Live to Tell: The Chowchilla Kidnapping", [17] as well as the March 18, 2023, episode "Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping" (Season 36, Episode 20).

  4. 26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows ...

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    In 1976, gunmen stormed a school bus carrying 26 children – ages 5 to 14 – and their bus driver in Chowchilla, California. As part of a ransom plot, they drove the hostages into a rock quarry ...

  5. Can California change a dark culture at Chowchilla women's ...

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    At Chowchilla, a sprawling campus set in the farm fields of Madera County, the peer support specialists have become the backbone of that transformation. Every day, they fan out across the prison ...

  6. What to Watch Sunday: CNN documentary explores terrifying ...

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    CHOWCHILLA (9 p.m., CNN) This is one of the most infamous and fascinating true crime cases in US history. The new CNN documentary examines the terrifying kidnapping of 26 children and a school bus ...

  7. Central California Women's Facility - Wikipedia

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    Location of Chowchilla in Madera County, and Madera County in California. CCWF covers 640 acres (260 ha). As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, CCWF had a total of 1,205 staff and an annual operating budget of US$138 million. As of April 30, 2020, CCWF was incarcerating people at 131.7% of its design capacity, with 2,640 occupants. [4]

  8. How a 1976 mass kidnapping changed how the world sees ...

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    One sunny afternoon in July 1976, 26 children and their bus driver vanished on the ride home from school in Chowchilla, California, a close-knit farming town of 5,000 nestled in the San Joaquin ...

  9. Valley State Prison - Wikipedia

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    Valley State Prison (VSP), previously the Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW), is an American state prison in Chowchilla, California. [3] It is across the road from Central California Women's Facility. It was formerly a prison for women.