City Council gets an earful from public
Water prices and some salaries focus of complaints An overflow City Hall crowd let the Madera City Council know in no uncertain terms Wednesday night that they wanted change, and they wanted it now. An item on the agenda to publicly discuss water rates had only been added to the council meeting at the insistence […]
The next administrator’s challenges
The next Madera city administrator, whether it will be current interim Administrator Steve Frazier or someone we don’t know yet, will need to be more than a skillful bureaucrat. He or she will need to have a vision for the City of Madera that goes beyond merely showing up for work every day at City […]
Children found chained in parents’ home
The weeds and grass sometimes grew four or five feet tall on the lawn of the house in a middle-class neighborhood in Perris, one of the largest cities in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles. No toys or bicycles were ever seen in the driveway, where four new cars were regularly parked. There was no […]
Big quarter fuels Stallions’ win
The Madera South Stallions girls basketball team rode a 21-2 second quarter to upend the Edison-Fresno Tigers 50-44 in a County/Metro Athletic Conference game. Although Madera South secured a big victory at home, the team is still undergoing a learning process, Stallions head coach Johnny Sharp said. “I’m trying to create competition in my practices, […]
Edison scores six in rout over Stallions
The Madera South Stallions girls soccer team couldn’t fight their way back after conceding three first-half goals in a 6-1 County/Metro Athletic Conference loss to Edison-Fresno Tigers at Lee DaSilva Field in Memorial stadium. “Today, it seemed like they came to cruise,” Stallions head coach Ramon Delgadillo said, frankly. “Everything is mental at this point. […]
Little League sign-ups continue
MNLL holds registration The Madera National Little League continues registration sign-ups today at Town and Country Park’s Field 1 for both softball and baseball from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and has one more on Jan. 27. Tryouts will also be held today and Jan. 27. For baseball, 13-year-olds try out at 10:30 am., 7-8 year olds […]