First year of new decade is one to remember … or forget
For many, the year 2020 was a year to forget or one that will be remembered for the wrong reasons. Optimism is abound as 2021 is coming right around the corner. Mostly, people are thinking that 2021 will be so much better than 2020, but others are saying that it can’t get much worse. There […]
Madera Tribune Sports Top Stories of the past 10 Years
2010 Stallions win first-ever volleyball section title Despite playing on the Independence-Bakersfield Falcons’ home court and losing 25-16 and 25-19 in the first two games and making the chances of a comeback remote, the Stallions bounced back for a 25-23 win in Game 3 and then evened the match, 2-2, with a convincing 25-13 win […]
Opinion: Fraught times for Gavin Newsom
For years, Gavin Newsom had a Midas touch. He legalized same-sex marriage in San Francisco, and later the U.S. Supreme Court put a stamp of approval on the controversial move. He committed a sort of sacrilege by contesting the 2010 primary election against the almost sainted (among California Democrats) Jerry Brown, then settled for lieutenant […]
Estela G. Torres: Resident since 1984
This is an excerpt from Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California Volume 2 by Lawrence F. Lihosit, a local historian. It is available at Maildrop and G.B.S. on Howard and on Amazon.com Books. • • • The fifth of nine children, Estela G. Torres was born on November 12, 1958 in Zamora, Mexico (106 miles […]
A New Years look at Old Madera
Can it be? Have 29 years passed since Madge Cook came to a meeting of the Madera County Historical Society and shared some of her memories of early Madera? This presentation, which was videotaped and transcribed, is a treasure trove of local history, as Madge described life in Madera as it was in 1912. As […]