Local wineries receive accolades
The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition finished, and several Madera County wineries wineries received awards. Idle Hour Winery in Oakhurst received best of class for its Blanc de Blanc, a double gold for its 2015 Tempranillo and silver for its 2016 Petit Verdot in the Jan. 10 competition. Madera’s Quady Winery earned several medals, including […]
Yosemite park reports 170 cases of illness
Yosemite National Park has received reports of approximately 170 people who have experienced a gastrointestinal illness. Affected individuals include park visitors and employees, and most of these individuals spent time in Yosemite Valley. There have been two confirmed cases of norovirus. Most of the cases occurred on and around the first week of January and […]
Opinion: Questions and answers/An update from Madera County Arts Council
As of Dec. 13, 2019, after serving as executive director since 2016, Rochelle Noblett is no longer employed with Madera County Arts Council. Are the Madera County Arts Council and Circle Gallery still open? Yes. Our regular business hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Who is there now? Jim Kocher is […]
Opinion: SB 50 revival sought, with big changes
Every time Scott Wiener amends his SB 50 plan to force much higher housing density on virtually all parts of California, it seems a little less onerous for homeowners whose hard-earned life savings are invested in the kind of single family homes and roomy lots that originally drew millions to this state. But make no […]
Opinion: Opening bubble OTC packets
Remember the product tampering deaths from the early 1980s? Someone put potassium cyanide in acetaminophen capsules and replaced them on the store shelf. The Chicago Tylenol Murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been […]
Divorce cost Price his life
That story about the Fountain Saloon from last week’s column reminded me of another trouble spot on Yosemite Avenue in the early part of the 20th century. It seems that things got just as rowdy in the Club Saloon as they did in the Fountain. They wound up with a dead man to prove it. […]
Second half surge lifts Coyotes
After not playing a game in more than two weeks, it took some time for the Madera Coyotes girls basketball team to shake off the rust. The Coyotes outscored the Bullard-Fresno Knights 30-20 in the second half for a 40-35 victory Tuesday in Joe Flores Gym to open the County/Metro Athletic Conference schedule. “We haven’t […]
Coyote wrestling routs Edison on Senior Night
The Madera Coyotes wrestling team cruised to a 68-6 win against Edison on Senior Night in Joe Flores Gym. The Coyotes recorded three wins by fall on their way to the victory. One of those wins came in the 126-pound division when Jojo Nicolas defeated Edison’s Ricardo Juarez. Dominic Gutierrez also won by fall in […]
First half goal blitz downs Stallions
The San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno Panthers girls soccer team used a three-goal burst in the first half for a 4-2 victory over the Madera South Stallions in County/Metro Athletic Conference play. The Stallions had high hopes early in the match, getting a goal 30 seconds in. However, San Joaquin Memorial tied the match in the 14th […]
Stallions run into Panthers buzzsaw
The Madera South Stallions girls basketball didn’t have much of a chance after winning the opening tip of its County/Metro Athletic Conference opener against San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno. The Panthers scored the first nine points of the game and 17 of the first 15. Meanwhile, the Stallions had trouble shooting and scored just 12 points in […]