A California man who kidnapped 26 children on a bus more than 40 years ago was recommended for parole. Joe Orlando of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told CNN on Tuesday that Frederick Newhall Woods, 70, was approved for parole. He was one of three individuals who kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver in Northern California in 1976. All 27 people on the bus were taken from Chowchilla to Livermore, which is more than 100 miles away, before they were placed into a truck buried alive in a quarry. The kidnappers demanded $5 million in ransom while the victims were buried underground. After about 16 hours, the driver and the children were able to escape while the kidnappers were asleep. Now, after decades behind bars, a California board recommended him for parole on March 25, according to a CBS News reporter who attended the hearing. During that hearing, …