Grand Jury blows lid off failures in city government
The recently released 2018-2019 Madera County Grand Jury report has found “the public had reasons to be alarmed,” by the behavior and practices of the previous and interim city administrators and some staff, and also some current elected city officials. The Madera County Grand Jury is a nonpartisan group of city and county residents selected […]
Ground broken for new manufacturing plant
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday as the City of Madera welcomed TranPak to the Freedom Industrial Park. Currently located in Fresno, TranPak will construct a new state-of-the-art facility. The new 65,000-square-foot building will allow the company to streamline their operations and provide more space to meet the growing demand for its pallet and other […]
Madera chamber announces Lifetime Achievement recipients
The Madera Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Lifetime Achievement honorees must have significantly demonstrated a history of dedication to Madera within three of the following areas: economic development, education, cultural enhancement, advancement of health care, public policy, government relations, business and community relations and quality of […]
Madera County Sheriff’s Log: June 4-July 9
June 4 3:13 p.m. — Deputy took a rape report in the 2700 block of Falcon Drive in Madera. Case forwarded to detectives. 9:12 p.m. — Deputy was dispatched to the 2400 block of Avenue 12 in Madera regarding a female suspect trespassing. The suspect was arrested and booked in Madera Department of Corrections. June […]
The City of Madera: Veiled Transparency
Madera County Grand Jury Final Report Published on: June 28, 2019 SUMMARY The purpose of the Madera County Grand Jury (MCGJ) is to investigate the public entities within the County and City of Madera. During the Grand Jury’s initial investigation of the City, the topics of concern included the increase in salaries of several department […]
Opinon: A tip of the hat for county Grand Jury
Cheers for the Madera County Grand Jury for finally casting its eyes on the City of Madera and taking a look at the city’s governance problems. For many months, Grand Jury members sat in on council meetings and tried to figure out why the city government seemed to be so dysfunctional. You study the Grand […]
Letter: New county road isn’t complete
Finally got Ave 14 1/2 paved from road 23 to road 24. The county went and did Road 24 to Ave 14 as well. Not sure why. No traffic. Maybe because “someone“ lives there. This leaves the question. Why not finish from 24 to Caitlin? I know its city, but why not make a deal […]
Opinion: Summertime, recreation, and a surprise from the past
I hope everyone will enjoy the Independence Day holiday. That was the last summer holiday until Labor Day on September 2. We are in the clutches of summertime. After enjoying temperatures in the high 90s, this weekend we are set to experience triple digits. I saw, what I assumed to be two groups of cross-country […]
Gangs did battle at Eastside School
Lawrence Fernandez, Madera Unified’s chief of security and gang prevention specialist, may be surprised to learn that gangs in Madera’s schools can be traced back to when there was only one school in town. He also might be surprised to find out that the membership of two of these gangs would read like a “Who’s […]
What are you thinking of?
For every family there are things that happen that are remembered for a lifetime. I would venture to say that every one of us has done something, maybe as a child, that was surprisingly unacceptable to others, or was so funny that it will likely never be forgotten. In my family, whenever we get together […]