Chowchilla made national news on July 15, 1976, when 26 children and their school bus driver were kidnapped and held in a buried moving van at a quarry in Livermore, California. The driver and some of the children were able to escape and notify the quarry guard. All the victims returned unharmed. The quarry owner's son and two friends were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
C,howchilla made national news on July 15, 1976, when 26 children and their school bus dr?iver were kidnapped and held in a buried moving van at a quarry in Livermore, California. The driver and some of ?the children were able to escape and notify the quarry guard. All the vict:ims returned unharmed. The quarry owner's son and two friends were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.