24th annual Tarantula festival begins in Coarsegold
The 24th annual Tarantula Awareness Festival returns to the Coarsegold Historic Village, all day long, Saturday. Visitors to this historic gold rush town at the southern entrance of Yosemite will discover a wealth of shops, delicious food, and small vendors year-round at the Coarsegold Historic Village. However, come October you might just also come across […]
Letters: Is Madera’s democracy under attack?
The passion behind the special Madera City Council District 5 election ignited a variety of responses. On Thursday, October 21, candidate Elsa Mejia publicly denounced the massive, overnight theft and defacing of campaign political signs that she and other voters in District 5 were a victim of. On Wednesday, October 27, City Council District 5 […]
Obituary: Giuseppe ‘Joe’ Chiaradia
Giuseppe “Joe” Chiaradia passed away on September 6, 2021 at the age of 76, in Fresno, California due to prolonged pulmonary and cardiac problems. Giuseppe was born in Mansue, Italy in 1945. The second child and eldest son to the Chiaradia family, he grew up farming and working with his father, and eventually started a […]