City Council says yes to program to spur downtown
Hoping to spur redevelopment and revitalization of parts of downtown Madera, the Madera City Council has voted to waive 75 to 100 percent of city plan review and building permit fees for a period of at least the next one to possibly two years. The affected area is bordered by North Gateway Drive and East […]
Ferguson Fire jumps up in size
The Ferguson Fire, that started July 13 on the Sierra National Forest and is managed under unified command between the United States Forest Service, California Interagency Incident Management Team 4, CALFire and the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office is burning in steep, rugged terrain with little to no access roads. Mandatory and advisory evacuations are in […]
Madera Police Log: July 9, 11
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents: July 9 4:03 a.m. — Driving reckless in the 700 block of Sherwood Way. 7:42 a.m. — Animal complaint in the 500 block of Chestnut Avenue. 9:02 a.m. — Code enforcement inspection in the 900 block of Lacreta Avenue. 9:02 a.m. — Code enforcement inspection in the […]
Oliver holds campaign rally
Madera City Council Member Will Oliver, District 3, kicked off his campaign to seek his seat for a second term at a Saturday morning event held at Fastway Chicken on North D Street. Oliver, 31, will be running against Madera native Steve Montes, 35, who recently filed papers and announced his intent to challenge Oliver […]
Former player returns to help champs
The coaching staff of Madera American Little League’s Lee’s Concrete had such an effect on Zachary Wyatt that when manager Guni Grewal asked him to help coach, Wyatt jumped at the opportunity. “He asked me to come out in January,” Wyatt said. “I had some free time so I went out there. I went out […]
Coyote kickoff dinner is Saturday
With the football season starting a couple of weeks early, the annual Madera Coyote kick-off dinner had to move its date. The Coyote football season will unofficially start Saturday evening with its kick-off dinner at the San Joaquin Wine Company, 21801 Ave. 16. Cocktail hour is from 5-6 p.m. with a catered dinner by the […]
Madera American gets split at state
The Madera American Little League 12-year-old All-Stars opened the NorCal State Tournament with a tough loss to the Section 4 champions from the Tri-City Little League out of Rocklin. However, in the loser’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament, Madera, the Section 7 champions, came from behind to defeat Almaden of Section 5 on Sunday. Madera […]
History in the Week of July 22
50 Years Ago Week of July 22, 1968 NUDE SWIM-IN CAUSES HIPPIES TO LOSE HAIR — Three hippies were shorn of their long locks and one jailed after a nude swim-in at the Summerdale Forest Service Campground in Fish Camp above Bass Lake. The three were spotted swimming nude by a Madera couple who complained […]
Know when people are crazy?
• The public is crazy when it pays retired municipal employees more money to be retired than it paid them to work. Take Los Angeles (please). Deputy Police Chief Earl C. Paysinger receives $1.5 million a year in pension and $11,053.17 in “benefits” after 33 years of service. He retired in 2011. Others in Los […]
Writer takes aim at letter on Trump
Loraine Goodwin’s headline, “President Trump in Hell, not Helsinki” does not even make sense to me. She is apparently upset because Trump met Putin in private and she does not know what they talked about. Well, she doesn’t know what Trump and Kim Jung Un talked about either but our president is talking to a […]