Correction on fire damage to northern California wineries
In last week’s serving of Gravy I shared a list of wineries destroyed in the recent Northern California firestorms. This week we have received information from The Wine Institute that some of the wineries on the published are in fact still operational. William Hill, Kenwood, Kunde, BR Cohn, Frey, Nicholson Ranch, Chateau St. Jean, Stag’s […]
Chalk art festival set for Sunday
OAKHURST — Mountain artisans hope to draw a crowd Sunday to a Chalk Out festival from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sierra Star parking lot at 49165 Crane Valley Road in Oakhurst. The sidewalk chalk art festival will feature artists of all ages and talents as well as live music, food vendors, and […]
City of Madera faces conundrum in trying to aid the homeless
Homelessness in Madera is on the rise and isn’t going away soon, community leaders learned Wednesday at a quarterly Madera Vision 2025 assessment, to share ideas and updates on the issue of the homeless in Madera. The goal of the meeting was informational, trying to match complex needs of the homeless with the many local […]
Madera County shifts district 1, 5 borders
Residents of about 300 homes in Madera County will soon be part of a different supervisorial district without moving an inch. Madera County supervisors agreed to change the legal boundaries of Districts 1 and 5, represented by supervisors Brett Frazier and Tom Wheeler respectively, by adopting amendments to the county code this week. The community […]
Sex offender convicted
A man caught by a week-long Madera police sting this spring has been convicted of trying to contact a 12-year-old girl for lewd or lascivious behavior, according to authorities. A jury convicted Ricardo Ramos Valencia, 40, Monday of two counts of attempting a lewd act on a child under age 14 and two counts of […]
Crazy season: Raiders, ‘Niners, Dodgers
I’m not a sports writer. And, I certainly don’t want to step on Tyler Takeda’s toes. But, I can’t let the current sports season slip by without a comment. Of course, it would be easy to blame the craziness on Donald Trump because everything has been topsy-turvy since his inauguration in January. But, that would […]