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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] The city is the location of two prisons: Central California Women's Facility and Valley State Prison.
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 ...
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 July, after 20 years in prison for attempted murder and a gun enhancement, Coleman, 47, became one of three dozen prisoners at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla to ...
Madera County Connection (MCC) is the primary bus agency providing intercity services within Madera County, California.It is operated by the County Department of Public Works and offers four fixed routes connecting the cities of Chowchilla and Madera with Valley Children's Hospital and smaller unincorporated communities in the county.
Frederick Woods, one of three men convicted of kidnapping a school bus in Chowchilla 46 years ago, will be released, according to officials. He was previously denied parole 17 times.
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State Route 233 (SR 233) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It serves as an alternate route between State Route 152 and State Route 99 in Madera County, running along Robertson Boulevard through the center of Chowchilla instead of bypassing the city. Drivers going from eastbound SR 152 to northbound SR 99 must use SR 233 since ...