Chamber announces Lifetime honorees
The Madera Chamber of Commerce announced its Lifetime Achievement Award honorees and 4 Around 40 Recipient for this year. The Lifetime Achievement recipients must have significantly demonstrated a history of dedication to Madera within one or more of following areas: business, agriculture, economic development, education, community and cultural enhancement, advancement of healthcare, and government relations. […]
MTHS graduates first class
Matilda Torres High School graduated its first class of seniors on June 9. There were 265 students that received diplomas during commencement ceremonies. Leonardo Abrego-Miranda, Roland Abshire, Odalis Agustin-Mota, Ali Al-khafaji, Pedro Antunez, Aida Aquino Arias, Elisa Arellanes, Daniel Arellano, Sarita Ascencio-Ortiz, Janelly Avila, Mario Avila, Edwin Avila-Santos, Andrea Avila-Villanueva, Havah Badella, Leslie Balderas-Arteaga, Abraham […]
MCSO hosts swearing-in, promotions ceremony
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office hosted its semi-annual Swearing-in, Promotions and Awards Ceremony last week at Matilda Torres High School. Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue hosted 28 new or promoted deputies in the event July 15. “I love seeing the faces of the families,” Pogue said. “Seeing the beaming smiles and the overflowing pride and […]
Opinion: Summertime blues
My least favorite season has arrived and the kids are out of school. Slow down while driving lest you run over one of the little darlings as they go about their day of play. • • • Saturday night a local band, The Skydogs are playing at The Vineyard Restaurant. Drop in for some Old […]
Opinion: Artificial Intelligence, Part III
Contrary to generally accepted practice, let’s start with the bottom line. AI is developing at breakneck speed and there is practically zero regulation. In the beginning… In 2018, Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Yann LeCun were presented the Turing Award for their groundbreaking work in computer science. The three data-processing geniuses are known as the […]
County All-Stars down City
Madera Coyotes softball co-head coaches Judy Shaubach and Melissa Armiento-van Loon had one more chance to coach the senior class that led the Coyotes to the Div. II Central Section championship in the 41st annual City/County All-Star Softball game. Shaubach and Armiento-van Loon, along with Alan Revilla, received the honor to coach the City squad, […]
Madera high school graduates awarded scholarships
Madera High School Scholarship Recipients and the scholarships they received. Abigail Mavrikis — Make it Happen! Scholarship Abigail Merino-Flores — Bud Albonico Memorial Scholarship