Renowned author visits Madera
Renowned author David Troxel, known for his extensive and life-changing work on Alzheimer’s disease and long-term care, made a trip to headline an event at Cedar Creek Senior Living. Promoting his new book, The Best Friends Approach to Dementia Care, Troxel, who drove in from Sacramento on April 27, provided vital information to Madera community […]
Madera police holding DUI/DL checkpoint
Madera Police Department will hold a DUI/DL Checkpoint May 8 from 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. at an undisclosed location within the Madera city limits. Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests, but to promote public safety by deterring […]
When Ronn Dominici came back
By now, everybody knows that Ronn Dominici is back in town. He moved to Idaho some time back, but he missed us, so he came back for a visit. Ronn dropped by our house yesterday, and we talked. After he left, an old story came to mind. I mused and mused on this tale so […]
Opinion: My blessed mother, QuoVada
May is an auspicious month. It begins with May Day, then the running of the Kentucky Derby, followed by Star Wars day, “May the 4th be with you,” then Cinco de Mayo, according to calendar.com. Every day has a commemorative component attached to it. One of the most important ones is this weekend’s Mother’s Day. […]
Opinion: Sizzling stocks, why aren’t you invested?
It’s smokin’! Ask anybody. Here in the United States, it’s the greatest economy since the days of President Ronald Reagan. How do we know the economy is so great, you might ask? Well, just look at the Dow Jones Industrials. The average of these stocks has been above or hovering around $34,000 for weeks. The […]
Coyotes celebrate 1,000th game with win
The last time Madera Coyotes softball coach Judy Shaubach celebrated a milestone, pitcher Alexis Galvan threw a no-hitter in a 1-0 victory. Tuesday, Madera High School was finally able to celebrate Shaubach’s 1,000th career game coaching the Coyotes and Galvan, again, threw a no-hitter, another 1-0 victory, this time over the Sanger Apaches at Zimmerman […]
Palacioz leads Madera to a win over Sanger
The Madera Coyotes baseball team held off a comeback effort from Sanger to win 4-2 at Mel Parker Field. The Coyotes, who opened the scoring with one run in the second inning, added three more in the third. Sanger cut the gap with two runs in the inning, but didn’t manage to get any closer […]
First quarter lifts Coyotes to CMAC win
The Madera Coyotes girls basketball team shut out the Edison-Fresno Tigers in the first quarter and held off a second half rush for a 48-28 victory in Joe Flores Gym. The Coyotes jumped out to a 21-point halftime lead before Edison outscored Madera 14-5 in the third quarter to make things interesting. Madera closed out […]
Madera dominates in home win against Tigers
The Madera High boys soccer team briefly lost the momentum in its matchup against Edison, but still dominated most of the game and pulled out a 10-3 win in Memorial Stadium. Elias Zuniga led Madera with a hat trick (3 goals) Tuesday. The rest of the Coyotes scorers were Elmer Garcia, Isaac Pinedo, Jonah Hill, […]
Stallions put Knights to the sword in win
“It was a really great win and a sweet feeling for the boys to see Bullard pulling out their starters and putting in their bench players with 20 minutes left in the game.” — Enrique Garcia, Madera South head coach The Madera South Stallions boys soccer team opened its 2021 County/Metro Athletic Conference season with […]