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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).
On July 15, 1976, in Chowchilla, California, three armed men hijacked a school bus. They abducted the driver and 26 children, ages 5 to 14, and imprisoned them in a truck trailer buried in a quarry in Livermore, California. The bus driver and children managed to escape before the kidnappers could issue their ransom demands.
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 ...
Madera County (/ m ə ˈ d ɛər ə / ⓘ), officially the County of Madera, is a county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. [3] It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada, with Madera serving as the county seat. [4]
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 ...
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 driver in Chowchilla ...
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.
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.