MUSD seeks $120 million bond
New school measure to go on November ballot Madera Unified School District Trustees resolved at their regular school board meeting Tuesday to put a bond measure on the Nov. 2018 ballot to build three new schools, and to make the existing ones safe for kids and more accessible to students with handicaps. In a unanimous […]
Burn victim excels without limitations
When most people see or talk to Pradnya Bergdahl, they see a bubbly, outgoing personality with a big smile and willingness to talk to anybody. What most people don’t see are the second- and third-degree burns on her torso and upper arm from a cooking accident eight years ago. Since that time, Bergdahl, 18, has […]
Water restrictions, fines under review
The Madera City Council listened to the pro’s and con’s of restricted watering schedules Wednesday night and requested further information about the benefits and complications of automatically reducing winter-time watering to two days a week, on a set annual schedule. Some residents have reportedly deemed the enforcers of the city Water Patrol Team as the […]
Wildfire: The new normal
Wildfires are not new to California where we have millions of acres of natural fuel in our forests and national parks. At this writing, there are 11 uncontrolled fires raging across the state, with 10 more that seem to be controlled, according to the 2018 California Statewide Fire Map. During the first six months of […]
Think of Elon Musk
Well, the scientists are puzzled again, as they often are — for example, they still haven’t been able to find out what women really want — but this time, they don’t know what to make of a supermassive black hole that they recently discovered. They published a story about it in the journal Nature on […]
The racist card is like Kryptonite
My POTUS and FLOTUS are home from their European tour. The president and first lady caught blue blazes for not throwing a bow and a curtsey when they met Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. They shook hands with the 92-year-old monarch. Foreign heads of states are not required to genuflect to the crown since they […]
Survey: Chowchilla residents back safety
A recently commissioned, independent survey shows Chowchilla residents overwhelmingly support maintaining the city’s public safety services, according to City Administrator Brian Haddix. “Ninety percent of residents approved of both the Police and Fire Departments, and strong majorities supported maintaining current levels of public safety services,” Haddix said. The survey was conducted Oct. 24-29, 2017, by […]
Inductees named for Hall of Fame
The Madera Foundation of High School Athletic Needs (F.A.N.) has announced the newest inductees into the Madera Athletic Hall of Fame. The F.A.N. has picked out five individuals to go with a coach, a contributor and a team for its Nov. 17 induction ceremony at the Peters Brother’s Nursery Banquet Hall. Tickets are $50. Leading […]
President Trump in HELL, not Helsinki
I promise no weapons in space — unwitnessed and unwritten — hollow words from Putin. The Trump-Putin meeting in Finland is crazy. First, Trump has been proven repeatedly, daily, to be a habitual and pathological liar. Even in the face of hard evidence, Trump will lie repeatedly with a sincere face. Trump believes if he […]
The richness of Howard School’s history
Madera has been blessed with thousands of young scholars during its 142-year history, and from time to time their academic pursuits have put them on the trail of their own school’s past. In 1938, the fifth and sixth grade classes at Howard School researched the roots of that district, and, in June, their work was […]