Town and Country park gets makeover
The date was June 19, 1846. We were still nearly 20 years out from America’s Civil War, and New York was just getting started on its drive to establish itself as the country’s largest and most influential city. It would have been just another day if it hadn’t been for something truly remarkable. It was […]
Police recover stolen car
Madera Police Officer Lori Alva was dispatched to O’Reillys Auto Parts on Country Club regarding a theft Thursday evening. Alva learned that a male suspect stole an automotive jack and fled in an awaiting black Ford Explorer. An employee was able to get the license plate number. A few minutes later Officer Brandon Bianchi spotted […]
Coyotes pull upset, into semifinals
The Madera Coyotes girls basketball team pulled off its second straight upset of the Div. IV Central Section playoffs to advance to the semifinals Wednesday. The 14th seeded Coyotes used a 24-point second quarter and sank 10 3-pointers to pull off the upset Friday night against 11th seeded Mission Oak-Tulare. With the win, the Coyotes […]
Coyotes come back from coast with 3-1 record
After opening the season with four games on the coast, Madera Coyotes softball head coach Judy Shaubach is pleased with her team’s performance. The Coyotes came away with a 3-1 record with wins over Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria and Atascadero in the two-day trip. Despite missing their top two hitters from last season, the Coyotes […]
Avila wins title, Stallions advance
The state’s top-ranked wrestler at 103-pounds, Madera’s Madison Avila, proved to the Central Section why she is ranked so high. Avila won the Central Section title with a dominant run through Saturday’s CIF Central Section Girls Wrestling Master’s Tournament at North High School in Bakersfield. She allowed just two points and recorded two pins to […]
Stallions open season with tough loss
For just the second time in the program’s history, the Madera South boys volleyball team has a new volleyball coach. Former Stallions’ volleyball player and assistant coach Jesus Camacho-Martinez took over after Steve Guglielmana, the program’s lone coach, left before the fall season to coach at Fresno Christian. “It’s awesome to come back,” Camacho-Martinez, who […]
Opinion: At last, someone slows wildland development
For decades, it’s been a truism of California life and politics: The more development pushes out into formerly wild lands, the more damaging the forest and brush fires that follow. This has played out to the tune of tens of billions of dollars in damage and more than 100 lives lost over the last five […]
Book Talk: A death in the Alps
Catherine Cooper’s “The Chalet” (2020, 390 pages in paperback) is a debut novel set in La Madiere, a skiing resort in the French Alps. The story takes place during two time periods, 1998 and 2020, and the plot switches frequently. The novel is also written from multiple points of view, so it’s important to read […]
Ring the bell for peppers
Ring the bell for peppers — bell peppers, that is. They are delicious, nutritious and very colorful. Not only do we have green ones, but we also have yellow, orange, red and even purple. If you leave a green bell pepper on the plant long enough, it will eventually mature to its red stage. I […]
Hensley Lake named for sheriff of Fresno County
The Sheriff’s granddaughter sat composed and alert while I probed her memory for pieces of Madera County’s past. She told me of her days in Pershing School and then Lincoln School. She took me down the halls of Madera High School from which she graduated in 1932. Then she turned the other way to go […]