School employee saves 2 from fire
On Thursday, near Eastin-Arcola Elementary School, a house fire occurred that left two adults with burn injuries. The couple inside the home were not aware their house was on fire and were pulled out by a Madera Unified School District classified school employee who saw the fire from across the street while putting up the […]
MID ends its water season
Successful operations, along with recharge efforts, enabled Madera Irrigation District to manage water supplies for both annual grower deliveries and long-term sustainability, according to information from M.I.D. The wet winter of 2019, and the management of those water supplies, allowed MID to have a record year. Heavy rains caused lakes to become encroached into flood […]
Sheriff was arrested for battery
Jasper Franklin Lewis was as tough as they come. He ran for sheriff of Madera County on a get-tough-on-crime platform. He was elected, but the people only let him serve for one term. During that time, however, he showed he could not be pushed around — quite the contrary, he did the pushing. In 1914 […]
Minarets students place in forestry contest
Four students from Minarets High School participated recently in the 2019 Santa Cruz Forestry Challenge, one group of a total of 84 high school students from 12 schools from the coastal and Central Valley regions. The event was Oct. 9 to 12 at Redwood Glen in Loma Mar. Minarets took second place out of 21 […]
Opinion: Newsom’s first year: ‘Biggest problem’ remains unresolved
The utility company blackouts that accompanied the first severe blast of the fall fire season in October quickly became the signal events of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first year in office, triggering the most heated public response and causing more public inconvenience than any others. Those outages by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and the Southern […]
Letter: MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Sincerely. And I even managed to say something meaningful that fits on a bumper sticker or a red baseball cap. Remember Bill O’Reilly’s made up “War on Christmas” from 15 years ago? The Fox commentator’s ratings gimmick became a rallying cry for those who didn’t understand that our country had real problems to deal with […]
Opinion: Christmas prayers and wishes
So I am pretending its Christmas Eve here, as this is my last Gravy column before the celebration of Jesus’s birthday. Reared a Christian, my grownup Christmas list includes peace on Earth and goodwill to all. My prayers include food for the hungry, shelter for the homeless and kindness for the downtrodden. May our military […]
Big run leads to Classic win
The Madera South Stallions boys basketball team used a 17-0 run in the second and third quarters to turn a tight game into a cruising victory over Chowchilla in its home opener of the first night of the Madera South Classic. The Stallions trailed Chowchilla by two in the middle of the second quarter, but […]
Second half surge lifts Stallions over Kerman
In a game they it never trailed, the Madera South Stallions girls soccer team closed out the Kerman Lions with three second half goals for a 4-1 non-conference victory. The Stallions received goals from Kayla Gutierrez, Andrea Vasquez, Aliah Avila and Brianna Velasco to pick up the victory Wednesday at Madera South. The Stallions used […]
Coyotes fall in final seconds to Thunder
The Madera Coyotes boys basketball team used a 28-point second quarter to jump out to a 1-point second half lead over the Buhach Colony-Atwater Thunder, but saw it go away in a 62-61 last second loss at the Madera South Classic. The Coyotes’ big men had trouble keeping the ball out of Gerald Braxton’s hands. […]