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Former Chowchilla Prison Officer Accused of Sexual Misconduct Against Female Inmates

A former correctional officer at the biggest women's prison in California has been accused of engaging in sexual misconduct against at least 22 inmates, state prison officials said Wednesday. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it has shared the results of an internal investigation into Gregory Rodriguez, a...

Documents Reveal Sexual Abuse at Chowchilla Women’s Prison

A state prison inmate incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility was awaiting her group therapy session on Aug. 23, 2017. She stepped backward in her cell toward the door, where Correctional Officer Israel Trevino waited with waist restraints. As he attached the chains, he reached down with both of...

Documents Reveal Sexual Abuse at Chowchilla Women’s Prison

A state prison inmate incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility was awaiting her group therapy session on Aug. 23, 2017. She stepped backward in her cell toward the door, where Correctional Officer Israel Trevino waited with waist restraints. As he attached the chains, he reached down with both of...

Parole Denied Again in Chowchilla School Bus Hijacking

SACRAMENTO — California officials again rejected parole Tuesday for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom more than four decades ago. State parole officials decided that Frederick Woods, 67, can try again in five years. It's the 17th time...

Who Fired Six Bullets Into Supervisor’s Occupied Home?

Madera County Supervisor David Rogers tells GV Wire that someone aimed gunshots at his house Saturday (April 14) night. Rogers said that he was at home with his wife watching TV around 9 p.m. Saturday when they heard shots coming from the front of their house on the outskirts of...

Will Madera County's Bold Dreams Make Greater Fresno Blossom?

Could the San Joaquin River, long a dividing line in the heart of California, unite the state in pursuit a more metropolitan future for the Central Valley? Whether that happens will be determined in Madera County, on the north side of the river from Fresno. There, a new city, consisting...

Will Madera County's Bold Dreams Make Greater Fresno Blossom?

Could the San Joaquin River, long a dividing line in the heart of California, unite the state in pursuit a more metropolitan future for the Central Valley? Whether that happens will be determined in Madera County, on the north side of the river from Fresno. There, a new city, consisting...

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