Remembering the Harlow Fire
Creek Fire turns the pages of history Seventy-eight-year-old George Kipp knew he and his 65-year-old wife, Etta May, were in trouble. A huge wildfire was headed their way, and they were stuck on Round House Road, a dirt road with a high center, two miles above Ahwahnee. While George was trying to free the car, […]
Sugar Pine helps out evacuees
For the past several days, Sugar Pine Smokehouse (1830 Cleveland Ave.) has been providing 900 meals each day to help Madera County evacuees of the Creek Fire. The restaurant prepares 450 lunches and dinners that are distributed throughout Madera County. “We collaborated with the American Red Cross,” said Sugar Pine Smokehouse General Manager Lisa Gill. […]
Madera loses an aquatics legend
If anyone learned to swim in Madera or became a lifeguard, chances are they were taught by Randy Durbin, or taught by someone that Durbin trained. For the past 40 years, Durbin was instrumental in working with the American Red Cross by offering swim lessons and teaching water safety classes for the children of Madera. […]
Local filmmaker bringing new TV series to Madera
We could all use a laugh, now more than ever. With uncertainty seemingly lurking behind every door, Falcon Pictures LLC owner and Madera native Danny Sauceda is bringing a playful, comedic twist on a timely classic — Ghostbusters. However, in Sauceda’s TV series “GhettoBusters,” starring many actors and actress including Anthony ‘Citric’ Campos who currently […]
Evans Feed taking donation for animals
With the many fires in the surrounding foothills, Evans Feed and Livestock Supply is taking donations for animals displaced by the Creek Fire. “There are multiple locations in Madera and the foothills that have taken in small and large animals,” Amy Evans said. “We will be delivering supplies to locations with animals in need when […]
MCH welcomes radiology services
Madera Community Hospital announced, Radiology Diagnostic Services, RADS Inc, is providing medical imaging and interventional radiology professional services for its healthcare system. In the past two years, demand for medical imaging services at Madera Community Hospital required an affiliation with a larger network of audiologists. “We are thrilled to have a team of advanced practice […]
Fumbles get Liberty to 3-0 in win over Madera South
2014 At halftime, both the Madera South Stallions and Liberty Hawks football teams realized they were in a dogfight and whoever could grab the momentum in the second half would come out with a victory. The Hawks, winners of the past two Div. V Valley Championship games who have gone 24-2 in that span, realized […]
Opinion: Solution via market forces now possible
Evidence keeps mounting that California’s longtime housing shortage can be solved by market forces set loose by the lifestyle and workplace changes created by the coronavirus pandemic. Now the failure of the worst parts of a sweeping housing package in the state Legislature leaves the path clear for those market forces to work themselves out. […]
Innocent man spent 10 years behind bars
Justice is blind, so they say, but sometimes she ought to open her eyes like Catilena Belmonte should have done on the night of July 4, 1909, when one of her guests shot another man at her kitchen table. In the midst of all the confusion, loud talk, threats, and, finally, a pistol shot, one […]