Remembering 9/11
I remember September 11, 2001, like it was yesterday. There are very few days of my life that I remember with more detail than the day our nation was so brutally violated. It was early Tuesday morning. My husband was working nights, so I was in the house alone. I always enjoyed my mornings of […]
Madera said goodbye to Dr. Howard L. James
Ninety-nine years ago a huge parade inched down Yosemite Avenue as it always did on the anniversary of our nation’s Independence. Crowds lined the street to see the procession and then flocked to Courthouse Park to hear the music and orations. It was there that they shared the news. On July 4th, 1913, Homeopathic physician, […]
Madera Police Log: Aug. 11-25
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents. Aug. 11 8:38 a.m. — Civil dispute reported in the 200 block of River Pointe Drive. 8:53 a.m. — Code blue reported in the 100 block of Street and Tozer near Bridge Way. 10:34 a.m. — Animal complaint in the 300 block of South C Street. 10:44 […]
Opinion: Vote to make your voices heard
California is in the throes of a special election to decide if Governor Gavin Newsome will be allowed to complete his term of office or be turned out, a la Gray Davis in 2003. Voters are also invited to select Newsome’s replacement from a field of 46 candidates, if the recall is successful. When Governor […]
Opinion: The future of work, part III
The 2020-2021 Pandemic taught us a number of lessons. Whether we learned from them only future historians will know. One of the lessons that seems certain is that work will be different, starting now. I think that the very wealthy people who actually work have had the luxury of working when and where they please. […]
Stallions win Cool Breeze in the Rose Bowl
The Madera South cross country team traveled to Pasadena last week to run in the Cool Breeze Invitational, which was run through the famous Rose Bowl Stadium. The boys team came away with the Div. 1/2 championship while the girls team placed in the top 10 in ninth place at the biggest cross country event […]
Stallions drop set, get win
The Madera South Stallions girls volleyball team looked to have things in order in the first set of its non-league match with the Sunnyside-Fresno Wildcats. The Stallions took a 19-13 lead after a kill from Veronica Ramirez. However, the Stallions never got the serve back and Sunnyside scored 12 straight points for the win. However, […]