Animal Services reunites lost dog with its owner
After a journey that took almost a month, Baby the dog was reunited with his original owner, Loretta Davis, and her family at the Madera Animal Shelter earlier this week. Davis originally lost her dog on April 1. Through a series of phone calls, misdirections and miscommunication, Davis finally found Baby and the Madera Animal […]
Fernandes to leave MUSD school board
Trustees reject election to replace School trustee Brent Fernandes has decided to resign his seat on the MUSD school board, effective June 13. He leaves with 19 months remaining in his current term. Fernandes was first elected to the school board in November 2014 and was reelected in 2018. He served as board clerk in […]
Virtual Reality helps students get clinical hours
Registered Nursing students at Madera Community College are now able to enhance their clinical experience thanks to virtual reality simulation. UbiSim, the world’s first immersive VR training platform for nursing, is now being used to teach students at Madera Community College. The program has been instrumental during the COVD-19 pandemic in helping students improve clinical […]
Recycling your mattresses helps state’s landfills
By recycling an old mattress, 75 percent of it can be reused and made into something else. “It’s turned into new consumer and industry products,” said Jennifer Duran, Mattress Recycling Council Central California Program Coordinator. “It’s a waste if we dumped it, as well. It’s the same idea for boxsprings. It’s not going to have […]
Community input sought for SCCCD chancellor
State Center Community College District (SCCCD) has scheduled four virtual community forums to gather public input regarding the search for the next Chancellor. This search is underway as current Chancellor Dr. Paul Parnell retires on July 6 and Dr. Douglas Houston serves as interim chancellor beginning May 1. Working with search firm PPL Inc., SCCCD […]
Objections saved Courthouse Park
It has been 65 years now since the city of Madera cast covetous eyes toward Yosemite Avenue and Gateway Drive. It needed a new city hall, and the council thought it saw a solution to the problem in the park that William King Heiskell had built at the turn of the century. The city fathers, […]
Opinion: May Day motorcycle runs
April has gone and May Day is upon us. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another victim, killing the Merced County May Day Spring Fair in Los Banos. In a November letter from Management Analyst Lyndsey Johnson of the Merced County Executive Office, the 2021 edition of the fair has been canceled. May Day in Los […]
Opinion: May Day! May Day! May Day!
No, that’s not the distress signal that you hear when an airplane is in trouble and going down. That is the hullabaloo and razzamatazz you might have heard when ancient Celts “brought in the May” and celebrated the return of spring on May 1st. Of course, in Gaelic, “May Day” would be “Là Bealtaine.” May […]
Coyotes topple Buchanan Bears, 8-4
When the Madera Coyotes softball team lost to the Buchanan-Clovis Bears, 14-4, on March 18, it was their fourth game and things were still being discovered. The Coyotes have gone a long way since that game. They took the lead over the Bears in the first inning and never let up in an 8-4 revenge […]
Coyotes come up short in duel against Sanger
The Madera Coyotes boys soccer team came out with a spirited second half effort after falling behind early in its match with the Sanger Apaches. But it wasn’t enough against powerhouse Sanger, who won 1-0 on Tuesday in Memorial Stadium. As the Coyotes desperately searched for an equalizer in the final stages, sophomore Isaac Pinedo […]