Rental housing inspections under way
The Madera rental housing inspection program, mandated last year by the passage of a rental housing inspection ordinance, is moving forward, according to Andrew Martinez, one of the inspectors who made a presentation about the program Wednesday evening during a meeting of the Madera City Council. The council was sitting as the governing board of […]
Madera Police Log: June 6-11
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents: June 6 6:15 a.m. — Vandalism in the 1200 block of Sonora Street. 7:59 a.m. — Dog bite in the 100 block of West Clark Street. 8:59 a.m. — Juvenile runaway in the 100 block of Dwyer Avenue. 9:20 a.m. — Parking citation issued in the 400 […]
Baby Boom, Baby Bust, Birth Dearth
In the United States, we seem to be fond of attaching catchy names to everything from commercial products to dating sites on the Internet, including ourselves. Beginning in the early part of the last century, we started putting names to various generations of Americans. This was probably initiated by Gertrude Stein, who wrote an epigram […]
Lack of information leads to failure in our schools
I feel this topic is vital to communication in our community. Our district has issued a printed newspaper to better communicate, but I feel they are not being genuine in transparency. At last night’s district school board meeting (June 12) the board approved $100,000 of Title 1 funding for a position of a trainer, which […]
Trump meeting a success for gaming and construction
Trump’s meeting with Kim Jung-Un was meant to show the North Korean leader that he is sitting on a ton of potential money. Trump was in construction mode. The meeting was scheduled in Singapore because Singapore went heavily into gambling years ago and is making tons of money. Kim was impressed and visited the casinos. […]
Martinez joining classmates at York
After good friend Junior Segura signed his National Letter of Intent to run track at York College in Nebraska, Madera South girls soccer player Makayla Martinez decided to look into the school. She and the school found a mutual interest and Martinez signed her National Letter of Intent to play soccer at the school in […]
Hefner continues Sunbirds’ pipeline
For the past decade, there has been a Madera Coyote playing with the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds’ baseball team and Brian Hefner will continue that trend next season. With Tristen Alvarez playing his senior season, Hefner will begin his freshman season after signing his National Letter of Intent to play at the school. “It’s awesome,” Hefner […]
War, Jett, Turner are set for fair
For The Madera Tribune The Madera District Fair has released the names of the acts it has scheduled for the fair, beginning Sept. 6. All concerts are free with paid gate admission. Performances are as follows: War, starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, starting at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. […]
Pour some cold lemonade into your glass
It is a good time of year for enjoying some cool, refreshing beverages, such as lemonade as just one example. If you are lucky enough to have your own lemon tree, you won’t have to go far to find juicy fresh lemons and you won’t have to fret about store prices. Limes are great, too, […]
Fair, Parks Department create Fair Camp for youth
The Madera District Fair and Madera City Parks Department have joined to create a day camp program geared towards bringing fair activities to Madera’s youth earlier than the fair this year. The program is open to ages 5-12 and will be at the Madera District Fairgrounds, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday. Camp-goers can […]