Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Malea Ricks drives the ball into left-centerfield for a double to drive in a run during Friday’s win over Stockdale in the Best of the West Tournament in Santa Maria. The double was the 164th hit of her four-year career, breaking the school record set in 2014. SANTA MARIA — The Madera Coyotes softball team picked up a pair of wins and suffered a pair of losses at the Best of the West Softball Tournament in Santa Maria over the weekend.

Do not vote for Measure T; it will not repair roads, as advertised. Where has it gone so far? Avenue 12 resurface. Who uses that road? Fresno. They work here, but live in Fresno. Some went to a road in Chowchilla towards Eastman lake. Nice road, but who uses it? Better yet, who lives on it. Now, we are paying for a widening of State Route 41 by Tesoro Viejo! We also paid for a “ByPass” through that development. All that should have been “Impact Fees” paid for by the Developer

The proposed “SAVE America” law is described as needed to protect our elections. But when we look at the facts, this bill does not solve a real problem. Instead, it would make voting more difficult or impossible for millions of citizens, while spreading fear and disinformation. Supporters say the bill is needed to stop non-citizens from voting. But experience at local and state elections, as well as verified studies, show that this is an exceedingly rare occurrence. The Herit

Imagine the Merry Pranksters from Ken Kesey’s Beat-Generation classic, On the Road. They were the motley crew who traveled across the United States with the author in a “psychedelically” painted school bus, holding parties, and passing out the hallucination-producing drug of choice for the Beats (and later, the Hippies): LSD. Their motto was “the obliteration of the entire nation.” In 2014, prankster Ken Babbs explained, “…not taken literally of course.” They didn’t kidnap, r

For The Madera Tribune Tung Lin Leong, a young resident of Madera’s Chinatown is shown here in this 1903 photograph taken in Madera. The Chinese were among the first settlers in Madera. Most of them came here from the little town of Borden, four miles to the south. By the late 19th century a bustling Chinatown thrived in the area that had been set aside for them by the founding fathers, who fought to keep the Chinese on the west side of the railroad tracks. There they operate

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune A section of Yosemite Avenue is detoured at E Street as construction crews from Rolfe Construction continue working on replacing the water mains. People driving through downtown may have to maneuver around traffic cones or suffer delays, but it’s all for the better in the long run.  The City of Madera is working diligently to replace the water main underneath Yosemite Avenue, some of which have not been replaced in more than 75 years.  All o

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Fallen law enforcement officers will be honored and remembered on May 2 by the Long Ride Division of Law Enforcement United, Inc. A group of federal, state and local law enforcement officers will pedal on bicycles to stop at the Law Enforcement Memorial in Madera’s Courthouse Park as part of the event. Fallen law enforcement officers of Madera County will be honored by the Long Ride Division of Law Enforcement United, Inc. (LEU), a non-profi