Madera Fairgrounds to host drive thru
The Madera Fairgrounds is under preparations for a community Hometown Christmas Drive Thru with the approval and local community support. Gates open Dec. 10-12 from 5-9 p.m. and it will feature lights, sights and treats, in a socially safe, community focused Christmas experience. The Drive Thru will feature the Madera Christmas Light Parade “reimagined” under […]
Taking the Titanic to Madera
It took a while for panic to take hold of the passengers of the Titanic. Nobody believed the ship could sink, lest of all Sebastino del Carlo and his bride, Argene. Nothing could happen to them; they were coming to America — to California — to Madera. Sebastino del Carlo and Argene Genovesi had been […]
Opinion: Tis the season
The Christmas season has begun in earnest. Seeing houses decorated with lights and inflatables brings a smile to my face. I have to be careful to mind my driving as I ogle the pretty lights, you should too. I dislike it when Christmas starts too early. Although this year it is excusable as people desperately […]
Opinion: The vaccine: Efficacy, effectiveness, and impact
Last month, two pharmaceutical companies reported extremely high efficacy rates for their COVID-19 vaccines: Moderna, 94.1 percent; Pfizer/BioNTech, 95 percent. Given this great news, many people might assume that the vaccines would protect 94 or 95 percent of the people who receive them. That is not true. The data are reported for the subjects in […]
Dream season ends for Stallions
2011 BAKERSFIELD — Madera South Stallion football coach Scott Donegan’s goal of 70 football practices won’t be reached, but he and his team had a fun ride. Ridgeview-Bakersfield’s Kamari Moya-Cotton was too much for the Stallions. He scored three second half touchdowns and four total in leading the second-seeded Wolf Pack to a 42-21 lead […]
State CIF pushes back guidelines to start of athletics
SACRAMENTO — Due to the continued surge in COVID-19 infections, the California Department of Public Health has postponed the issuance of its updated youth sports guidance. The California Interscholastic Federation does not expect the CDPH will issue any guidance allowing for schools to return to full practice and competition until after January 1, 2021, at […]