Merced County (Merced)
MERCED — After college but before law school, John Kirihara embarked on a short-lived teaching career in an elementary classroom in the Central Valley.
Today, his interaction with youth has come full circle, but not as it was 40-plus years ago: His “teaching” is rehabilitation, and his “classroom” is the courtroom in the Iris Garrett Juvenile Justice Correctional Facility, a 120-bed complex that sits on 25 acres outside ... (continued)
