CHP preps for holiday weekend
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) will be out in force over the Labor Day weekend, looking for impaired drivers and assisting motorists in need. All available CHP officers will be on duty during the Labor Day Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP), from 6:01 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday,. Drug recognition experts and CHP officers will […]
Diamond celebrates golden anniversary
About 100 people gathered at San Joaquin Wine Company for a gala to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Diamond Communications, Inc. The multi-faceted security company was founded by Sam and Brenda Tarin in 1968. The security-oriented company has grown in the last half-century, utilizing cutting-edge technology and keeping up with sophisticated monitoring equipment. The installation […]
Chowchilla votes to pursue bonds to retire the city pension liability
The Chowchilla City Council has embarked on a program to handle the city’s unfunded pension liability debt and also save money on the interest. Unfunded pension liabilities, a financial burden of most municipalities in California, began a few years ago when the investment schemes of the state Public Employees Retirement System did not pan out. […]
Madera Police Log: Aug. 17-20
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents: Aug. 17 5:22 a.m. — Man down in the 1400 block of Ardilla Drive. 6:28 a.m. — Missing person near West 4th and North Pine streets. 7:30 a.m. — Animal complaint in the 1900 block of Clinton Street. 10:16 a.m. — Fraud in the 1800 block of […]
Stallions get win over McLane
With a big tournament coming this weekend, the Madera South Stallions girls water polo team used its match against McLane-Fresno as a tune-up. The Stallions scored four goals in the first quarter and cruised to an 11-4 victory Tuesday afternoon. Jackie Alvarado led the Stallions with three goals. Standout goalie Jatzelle Salazar scored two second […]
Second half surge not enough for water polo
After getting shut out in the first quarter of its match against the Hoover-Fresno Patriots, the Madera Coyotes boys water polo team closed out the final three quarters outscoring Hoover, but it wasn’t enough in an 11-8 loss at the McAlister Pool Complex. The Coyotes outscored the Patriots 8-7 from the second quarter to the […]
Hampton Inn night at the speedway
Racing continues at the Madera Speedway tonight with Hampton Inn and Suites Night at the Speedway. Madera Late Models, Madera Hobby Stocks, MST’s, Toyota Sedans, F4 and the Jr, Late Model 30-lap exhibition race are on tap. Bakersfield drivers continued their stranglehold on the RPM Mortgage Pro Late Models with Racin Vernon earning his second […]
Tribune editor, county schools superintendent lost at sea
“Coast Steamer Lost on California Reef; 12 Dead, 36 missing. The Alaska Strikes in a Dense Fog and goes down in Twenty Minutes.” As this headline from the New York Times was repeated across the nation in August 1921, The Madera Tribune ran a first-person account of the shipwreck, because its editor was on the […]
Chowchilla Chamber to host classic car show
The Chowchilla District Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Classic Car Show will be held Saturday, Sept. 15, at downtown Veterans Memorial Park at 600 W. Robertson Boulevard. The show is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Multiple vehicle category awards will be presented at a 2:30 p.m. ceremony. The Yard Dogs will play oldies music. […]
Statistics to keep city future bleak
The newspaper USA Today has named Madera the 14th-worst city in the United States — and the worst in California — in which to rear a child. It’s hard to imagine how that is possible. Some of these surveys which compare cities with one another are skewed due to the mechanics of the survey, and […]