Learning without classes
Madera Unified School District faces the COVID-19 crisis On March 13, Madera Unified School District announced it was closing all of its schools until April 14, due to the COVID-19 crisis. A few days later it extended that temporary shutdown to May 1. On April 7, trustees voted to keep the schools closed for the […]
Motorcyclist injured in crash
A car pulling out in front of motorcycle Sunday morning around 11 a.m. on east Cleveland Avenue near north D Street caused a collision that injured the driver of the motorcycle, according to the Madera Police Department. Sgt. Mark Trukki said the driver of the westbound 2000 Toyota was at fault and it was very […]
Police arrest burglary suspect after residents hear gunfire
Police arrested David Cruz, 52, after he fired a .357 revolver on Sunday afternoon in the 1300 block of Country Club Drive and then fled from police to the area of Clark Street. The gun was reportedly stolen in a residential burglary a few days earlier in the area of Heatherwood Drive. Witnesses heard and […]
440 food boxes distributed to Eastern Madera County residents
COARSEGOLD — The Madera County Food Bank and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians distributed 440 boxes to Eastern Madera County residents effected by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis April 22. The drive-thru pick-up was at the casino’s open-air porte cochere and is a partnership between the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians and the Madera County […]
Opinion: How rampaging virus led to no-bail policy
First there were the “geriatric police,” cops who occasionally stopped senior citizens near the beginning of this spring’s coronavirus pandemic and told them to get home and stay home, with no one quite sure what right they had to enforce such a condescending, age-discriminating policy, however well-meant. Then Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti threatened to […]
Letter: Is Earth Day worth the cost and trouble?
Celebrating 50 years of Earth Day. Waste of time? Looks like it. Just look around. Every street. Every freeway. Every parking lot is littered with trash and discards. Its not an “Ooops” that it’s there. It is a deliberate act of throwing stuff down. Even Latex gloves now. I don’t know what the answer is, […]
Cinco de Mayo treats
Is time dragging on for you due to this shelter-in-place thing? To me, time still flies, as I barely got used to it being 2020 and here we are, already creeping up on May. So many people are struggling with boredom and even depression. It wasn’t until all this started that I realized my regular […]
Death came to soldier in a dream
Charles and Tony Faso were part of a large Madera family. Their father, Vincent, had immigrated here in 1901, and had married Grace Ferrare in 1914. Charles was their first born, and Tony followed 10 years later. In addition to these brothers, the Fasos also had Mary, Vera, Marion, Josephine (Tony’s twin), and John. The […]