The story is different in Norco. Some city leaders back the shutting of the prison in their rural town, the California Rehabilitation Center, and support keeping Blythe’s open instead.

More than half a dozen people protested outside the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, two days after a riot that they claim was caused by a new state policy that went into effect there ...

NORCO, Calif. -- A single-engine plane crashed on the grounds of a state prison in Norco on Monday, officials said. There were no indications that prisoners or anyone on the ground was injured ...

Closing Chuckawalla will decimate Blythe and goes against the community’s wishes, Blythe and Norco mayors argue.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Sunday announced the death of a correctional officer who worked at the state prison in Norco and recently tested positive for COVID-19.

The CRC in Norco, meanwhile, was listed as one of a half-dozen correctional facilities where piecemeal or partial de-activations are planned.

A single-engine plane crashed Monday inside the grounds of the California Rehabilitation Center on Fifth Street in Norco, triggering a fire, but no prisoners or staff were reported to be injured.

A single-engine plane crashed on the grounds of a state prison in Norco on Monday, officials said.

A small plane crashed into the prison yard of the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco on Monday afternoon, killing at least one person, authorities said.