Madera remains purple tier; Fresno and Merced joins
As with a number of counties in California, Madera County remains the purple tier in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. By entering the purple tier, it means COVID-19 cases are widespread. However, neighboring counties like Fresno and Merced were also moved into the purple tier. To move into the substantial (red) tier, Madera county must […]
Madera Unified helps out Creek Fire victims
As the Creek Fire raged in Madera County’s backyard, Madera Unified School District needed to make a difference. The adopted motto of We Believe does not just end for the city of Madera, but also for the students in surrounding communities. Superintendent Todd Lile and Madera Linkage Foundation President Tim Riché decided that they would […]
Opinion: Polls fairly accurate in state; other places
It didn’t take a genius to know that California would vote big against Donald Trump, and that’s just what every-pre-election poll showed. But the fact those surveys also got Democrat Joseph Biden’s landslide California margin very close to correctly showed that pollsters learned something from their 2016 debacle. Just not enough. In fact, the surveys […]
Erickson wins Late Model debut with Turkey Triple Open
Fourteen-year-old Bradley Erickson won his sixth race of the 2020 season at Madera Speedway, but first in a Pro Late Model, topping an outstanding field for the $2,000 75-lap Turkey Triple Open win. Erickson was one of four winners during the late-season non-points finale, which was followed by an on-track presentation of the Championship Awards […]
Vilma Salcedo Warner: Resident since 1995
This is a partial excerpt from Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California Volume 2 by Lawrence F. Lihosit, a local historian. It is available at Maildrop and G.B.S. on Howard and on Amazon.com Books. • • • Vilma Salcedo Warner was born on December 27, 1957 in a remote small river town called Puerto Uribe, […]
Stallion offense rolls in playoff win
2014 COALINGA — If there was any doubt that the one-win Madera South football team belonged in the postseason, it was simply put to rest when the No. 10 seed Stallions faced No. 7 Coalinga in the first round of Central Section Div. IV playoffs. From the first drive and on, the Stallion offense couldn’t […]
The comfort of pot pies
I must admit I have tried several brands of frozen pot pies, and while most got a thumbs-down, there have been a few that I can say I liked. Nothing beats homemade, though. If you are too busy preparing for Thanksgiving for such things, you might want to hold on to the chicken pot pie […]
Revenge at the Hildreth Hotel
Gold! It was Madera County’s first industry, and thousands followed its siren call in search of treasure in this land of Ophir. From the 1850s through the 1880s, gold mining camps proliferated throughout our foothills. One of these ghost towns of Madera County is the townsite of Hildreth, located just a few miles from Spring […]