Evacuation for Oak Fire
Evacuation orders have been given in the Mariposa area for the Oak Fire, which began Friday. The Oak Fire, in Midpines in Mariposa County, has burned more than 16,500 acres through Monday morning and is 10 percent contained. On Sunday, the fire remained active in some areas due to dry dead and downed fuels, according […]
Stallions sprinter heads to Southern Cal
The fastest female runner in Madera South Stallions’ history, Alyssa Renwick, will continue running at California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson in Southern California. “I’m glad that getting an offer happened. Now, I’m about to go to college. It’s really nice,” she said. Renwick, who set school records in the 100, 200 and 4X100 […]
Madera Babe Ruth falls in Southwest Regionals
The Arizona state Babe Ruth champions, Hamilton, showed why they are expected to be one of the best at the Pacific Southwest Regionals with a 14-6 victory over the Madera Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Star team. Madera jumped ahead of Hamilton with five runs to open the game in the top of the first inning to […]
Torres football to host first kickoff dinner
The Matilda Torres football team will host its first kickoff dinner on August 5. The social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. at 19276 Farallon Road. Tickets for the event is $20 for adults 21-over and limited to the first 130 people. “It’s a family-type of event with a […]
Madera-led Otters earns academic award
SEASIDE, Calif. — The Cal State Monterey Bay volleyball team, led by former Madera standout Courtney (Taubert) Matarazzi, demonstrated its strong academic footing once again in 2021–22 by earning the U.S. Marine Corps Team Academic Award presented by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The AVCA announced its top academic performing teams July 18, recognizing […]
Letters: Can you pick the ONE true statement?
Ice pick lobotomies cure mental illness. Regularly drinking radioactive water brightens your smile. Trump’s 2020 reelection bars him from running for a third term in 2024. Col. Sanders was the Revolutionary War hero who invented Originalism. You must be smart to vote. Church and State work together because God needs advice from politicians. Saying that […]
Opinion: Dangers lurk in fully electronic health records
If you’re in Southern California and get laboratory workups at UCLA Health Services, any Providence Health Center or the Cedars Sinai hospital network, the results are quickly available to every doctor linked to any of those systems. The same in the San Francisco Bay area if you’re a patient getting lab work at any hospital […]
The versatile blueberry
I appreciate blueberries a lot more nowadays than I did earlier in my life. It wasn’t that I disliked them; they just weren’t used in my family’s cooking all that much. Sure, we had the usual blueberry muffins and ate a few fresh ones, but they are so plentiful now, fresh, canned or frozen, I […]
Veterans’ Voices: Kneeling during the National Anthem?
Veterans’ Voices is a new column directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an area where you may share your experiences, or read of other veterans’ experiences. We thank you for your service, and hope that you know how much you are […]
Book Talk: Sandra Brown, ‘The Crush’
Wick Threadgill is the quintessential beach bum. A former member of the Fort Worth Police Department, he spends his days trying to find absolutely nothing to do except buying fresh seafood for the day’s dinner from fishing boats. Oren, his former partner comes to visit, telling Wick about an unusual murder. Wick tells Oren, “Not […]