MadTown Robotics wins place in world championships
The MadTown Robotics team from Madera High School competed alongside teams from California, Idaho, and Chinese Taipei in the first Robotics Competition Central Valley Regional over the weekend and came away with the championship, earning the Madera team a place in the World Championships next month in Houston. MadTown reached the finals at the competition […]
Rescue Mission, Food Bank 5k to be run again
Madera Rescue Mission and Madera County Food Bank will partner again for the 6th year, Saturday, March 23, at the Madera Speedway and Fairgrounds for the Second Wind 5k and Kids Mini Sprint. Participation has continued to grow, and 600 runners and walkers of all ages are expected to participate in the 5k or the […]
City clerk to retire by end of month
Long time Madera City Clerk Sonia Alvarez has announced her decision to retire at the end of March, according to Madera City Manager Arnoldo Rodriguez. Alvarez had at least 27 years of combined employment with the city. The City Council made the decision Wednesday night to fill the position temporarily from the existing city staff, […]
Driver relishes what she says is perfect job
When the Monster Jam Triple Threat series kicks off March 15-17 at Fresno’s Save Mart Center, one of the biggest cheers will be for the Scooby-Doo Monster Truck. Like famous trucks such as Grave Digger or Bigfoot, because of the popular cartoon, the Scooby-Doo truck receives loud ovations. “It’s so awesome,” driver Myranda Cozad of […]
Opinion: These idiots must think we’re as idiotic as they are
Ed Markey, the Democrat junior senator from Massachusetts, is an idiot. He keeps sending emails to California people he calls his “team,” claiming he can save the planet. He also is a Trump hater, who wants to do all he can to stop the president from building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico to […]
Opinion: Can Gavin Newsom solve the state’s housing problems?
It turns out Gov. Gavin Newsom was deadly serious when he insisted as a candidate last year that California needs to build 3.5 million new housing units over the next ten years in order to solve its affordable housing crisis. That’s a total of 3.5 million, more than double what builders around the state have […]
Coyotes walk it off in 10th
It doesn’t matter the sport or the venue, when Madera South and Madera square off, there are always fireworks. The Madera Coyotes baseball team, undefeated at home and in the running for a County/Metro Athletic Conference title, came into the game coming off back-to-back wins — winning those with the help of 17 runs. While […]
Coyotes win four games in final at bat
SACRAMENTO — With the way the Madera Coyotes softball team is beating up schools in Northern California, they may not get invited back to the tournament. The team won four games this weekend, all in its final at-bat, in the Preseason Tournament of Championship in the Sacramento Softball Complex. Last year, the Coyotes escaped the […]
Zampa strikes Speed Fest gold
Fourteen-year-old Dylan Zampa made his Nut Up Pro Late Model debut on Saturday night and promptly scored the biggest win of his career, topping his 18-year-old brother for the $5,000 Speed Fest at Madera Speedway. The brothers went side-by-side over a dramatic final 10 laps for MAVTV cameras before wet weather ended the event, prematurely. […]
Madera matches lit the sky
Madera County Historical Societyt In 1903, C.M. Petty let go of his vision of operating a match factory after it burned to the ground. However, he didn’t give up on business in Madera. Always the entrepreneur, he opened this grocery store, and he and his son, Willis, operated it for years. Petty is shown here […]