Newsom orders all counties to close
California is monitoring COVID-19 closely in each local community and keeping the public informed. The state is teaming up with counties to fight it with every tool current local data, testing, contact tracing, infection control, emergency supplies, containment measures, and more, according to the Official California State Government website. According to the Official California State […]
City college graduates 34 from academy
The Fresno City College Police Academy announced the graduation of 34 cadets from its 1,030-hour intensive format that began January 6. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this class was suspended from March 16-April 13. Only the cadets were in attendance at the graduation ceremony and practice social distancing while wearing masks in the parking lot […]
Moreno keeps her roots
After graduating from Madera South in 2011, Cynthia Moreno hasn’t left the city that has given her the tools for success. She really never left, although she went to Fresno Pacific University for two years. She came back to Madera to coach soccer at Madera South for three years. After taking a year off, she […]
Bakersfield drivers repeat at speedway
The drivers from the streets of Bakersfield continue to dominate the season at Madera Speedway, with Buddy Shepherd and Seth Wise repeating for their second 2020 wins in the MAVTV-televised Late Model competition at the one-third mile oval. Shepherd, the two-time Nut Up Pro Late Model champion, recovered from bouncing off the wall to win […]
What do you eat on Thursdays?
There was a song we sang when we were kids about what you eat on different days of the week. The song repeats the earlier verses, like the song about the twelve days of Christmas. I think there were a variety of ways this song was sung, but here are the elements of the song […]
Letter: Anatomy of racism
By now, everyone has heard about the resignation of the highest-elected education official in Madera County, longtime Madera County School Board Member Sarah Wilkins. Kudos to County Superintendent of Schools Ceci Massetti and others who immediately condemned Wilkins’ post on Facebook, and a salute to the young lady who purportedly collected over 1,000 signatures calling […]
Go ahead and be crabby
Dinner as of this writing consisted of Dungeness crabs and steamed artichokes. While my favorite way of serving and eating cooked crab is to crack open the shells and start eating, there are times when I prefer to use the crab meat in various recipes. A lot of people do not like shellfish and some […]
Valley’s Vice King gave Madera a try
Alex Corinblit came to America with his family on Independence Day, 1919. They were Russian Jews who were fleeing their homeland, which the year before had become Poland. On Oct. 26, 1928, he and his father filled out papers to become U.S. citizens. His father completed the process, but Alex did not. He had much […]