Love INC (in the name of Christ) held its grand re-opening beginning with a luncheon at Fourth Street Church, and ending with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new location in the old Teco building at 880 S. Pine Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Tuesday\u2019s luncheon, Love INC\u2019s president Ryan McWherter of the Madera County Food Bank welcomed attendees and introduced the Executive Director of Love INC, Adrienne Alvarado, who in turn thanked McWherter for his own involvement in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mattie Mendez, Executive Director of Community Action Partnership of Madera County (CAPMC), is on the board of Love INC. She works in the community to aid low-income individuals and families to improve their economic opportunities and achieve independence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She spoke of working with Love INC, and how this connection has been such a good partnership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI cannot do it without God,\u201d she said. Her faith in God has given her the strength to help the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alvarado spoke of how Love INC operates, helping individuals and families during tragic or otherwise difficult situations and working through networking with churches and other organizations to help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She expressed her gratitude to all the individuals who have been so helpful and faithful in the efforts to revive Love INC to be fully operational today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She ended her presentation with an introduction to the guest speaker and a short video that illustrated a family who had been helped by Love INC in furnishing their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The guest speaker was Dan Walker from Love INC\u2019s national headquarters, who began with a short history of how Love INC started with one man who lived in a small town and had a vision for how his church and his community could help people in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The organization is now nationwide with more than 110 locations in 29 states, plus one in Kenya, networking with 5,500 churches and utilizing more than 13,000 volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walker spoke of Love INC\u2019s four Modes of Ministry, and explained each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first mode is a Connection Center, where relationships are built. This is the hub for resources. A person will call a church because there is a need. The church then connects with Love INC to see how that need can be fulfilled through its church network. Love INC then will call the person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the first call, but the calls back,\u201d Walker said. \u201cThey just want to be connected.\u201d When a person is in need, the most important feeling for them at that point is to know someone cares enough to help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second mode of ministry is the Gap Ministry, where Love INC helps fill the gaps of resources the churches cannot fulfill. Existing public agencies or local organizations can help fill these gaps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third mode of ministry is Transformational Ministry, during which other needs are met. The person or family needs a sense of community. They need guidance and mentorship, through their journey toward healing and growing in faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fourth mode of ministry, as Walker explains, is Community Transformational Ministry. It is in this mode where Love INC mobilizes churches to change lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJesus said to love your neighbor as yourself,\u201d Walker said, as he quoted scripture. This is the core of the Love INC ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBe who you are, and serve your way. Do your part,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained that God gives each of us ways to serve, and together we can fill the gaps of needs for others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He ended with a quote from the Bible, the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, verse 12, \u201cThere is nothing better for people than to be happy and do good while they live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the luncheon, the event was moved to the old Teco building, where a ceremony was held to \u201cre-open\u201d Love INC in its new location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the front of the building, Debi Bray, president and CEO of Madera Chamber of Commerce, introduced Alvarado, who in turn introduced her officers and board members and asked each to come forward \u2014 McWherter, president, Pastor Jim Garrison, secretary, and board members Mendez, Heather Betts, Pastor Josh Blair from Central Valley Church, and Pastor Lance Leach from Valley West. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alvarado asked Deborah Cole to come forward to stand with her and the board. Cole is the Connection Center Coordinator. Alvarado also thanked and introduced the volunteers present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pastor Leach gave a prayer of blessing before recognitions and certificates were given by Mayor Cece Gallegos, the Madera County Board of Supervisors, and The Madera Tribune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayor Gallegos and Walker joined Alvarado and the Love INC board, and the ribbon was cut on the grand re-opening of Love INC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end of the ceremony, Alvarado invited all guests to come into the building to tour the thrift store and the office.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Love INC (in the name of Christ) held its grand re-opening beginning with a luncheon at Fourth Street Church, and ending with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new location in the old Teco building at 880 S. Pine Street. At Tuesday\u2019s luncheon, Love INC\u2019s president Ryan McWherter of the Madera County Food Bank welcomed attendees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":49101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[26,29,32,46],"class_list":["post-49136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-news","tag-business","tag-community","tag-culture","tag-organizations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49137,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49136\/revisions\/49137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49134,"date":"2026-08-15T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49134"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:17:37","slug":"madera-adopts-new-exterior-color-rules-for-commercial-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/madera-adopts-new-exterior-color-rules-for-commercial-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Madera adopts new exterior color rules for commercial buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"
New palette-based paint standards now in effect for construction and repainting in commercial zones<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Business owners planning to paint or build commercial buildings in Madera must now choose from a city-approved color palette, under new exterior color standards adopted by the City Council and now in effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The standards, established through Ordinance No. 1021 C.S. and a companion resolution, Resolution No. 26-84, apply to new construction, building additions, reconstruction following a natural disaster or other catastrophic event, and repainting of existing buildings within the city\u2019s commercial zone districts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Property owners are not required to repaint buildings solely because their current color falls outside the approved palette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to give businesses room to express some personality while creating greater consistency across Madera\u2019s commercial areas,\u201d said David Brletic, the city\u2019s planning manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the standards, exterior fa\u00e7ade colors must be low-reflectance, subtle, neutral or earth-tone. High-intensity and fluorescent colors are prohibited. Brighter trim and accent colors, including primary colors, may be used on up to 10 percent of a building\u2019s fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transitions between base and accent colors must correspond with changes in building materials or surface planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Applicants must submit a no-fee Exterior Color Application to the Planning Department, which reviews proposed colors against the adopted palette. If an application is denied, applicants may appeal first to the Planning Commission and, if needed, to the City Council \u2014 each appeal must be filed within 15 days of the decision being challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During Council discussion of the ordinance, members raised questions about whether the palette could be updated over time, whether downtown districts might warrant additional flexibility, and how businesses with established corporate brand colors would be accommodated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brletic explained that because the palette is adopted by resolution rather than embedded directly in the ordinance, updating it in the future would require separate Council action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Council passed both the ordinance and the color-palette resolution by unanimous role-call vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The approved palette includes 88 exterior base colors and 91 trim colors, ranging from soft whites and earth tones to deeper accent shades, according to materials published by the Planning Department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Property owners, tenants, architects and contractors can review the full palette and submit applications through the Planning Department. Staff have said they are available to help applicants choose compliant color schemes before work begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brletic said the standards are meant to give Madera\u2019s commercial corridors a more unified look over time without locking businesses into a narrow set of choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEvery building doesn\u2019t need to look the same,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just want our commercial zones to feel intentional and put-together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questions about the new standards can be directed to the Madera Planning Department at (559) 661-5430. The full text of Ordinance No. 1021 C.S. and Resolution No. 26-84, along with the adopted color palettes and application form, are available on the city\u2019s website.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New palette-based paint standards now in effect for construction and repainting in commercial zones Business owners planning to paint or build commercial buildings in Madera must now choose from a city-approved color palette, under new exterior color standards adopted by the City Council and now in effect. The standards, established through Ordinance No. 1021 C.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[26,29,36,39,46],"class_list":["post-49134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-business","tag-community","tag-environment","tag-government","tag-organizations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49135,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49134\/revisions\/49135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49132,"date":"2026-08-15T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49132"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:11:03","slug":"burglary-suspects-arrested-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/burglary-suspects-arrested-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Burglary suspects arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Madera County Sheriff\u2019s Office Special Enforcement Team (MADSET) investigated multiple vehicle burglaries, which took place over the past weekend in the Riverstone area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the investigation, detectives learned that stolen credit cards from the burglaries were used to make purchases in Fresno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MADSET detectives identified two suspects and, with assistance from the Fresno Police Department\u2019s Adult Compliance Team (ACT), located and arrested both individuals Thursday in Fresno. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the arrests, a loaded stolen firearm was recovered. Unfortunately, property stolen during the Riverstone burglaries has not been located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both suspects are currently on Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS). One of the suspects had also been arrested by MADSET earlier this year in connection with separate vehicle burglaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both suspects are being booked into the Madera County Jail.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Madera County Sheriff\u2019s Office Special Enforcement Team (MADSET) investigated multiple vehicle burglaries, which took place over the past weekend in the Riverstone area. During the investigation, detectives learned that stolen credit cards from the burglaries were used to make purchases in Fresno. MADSET detectives identified two suspects and, with assistance from the Fresno Police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-49132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-news","tag-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49133,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49132\/revisions\/49133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49130,"date":"2026-08-15T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49130"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:05:05","slug":"mcso-deputy-helps-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/mcso-deputy-helps-in-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"MCSO deputy helps in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
MCSO Deputy Zepeda was in the right place at the right time Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he was patrolling, he came upon a traffic collision that had just happened in the area of Road 13 and Avenue 25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Zepeda quickly checked on all parties involved and was relieved to find there were no major injuries. Additional assistance and ambulances were already on their way to get everyone checked out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you to the community members driving by who stopped to check on everyone. This was a great example of how seat belts and properly installed car seats save lives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MCSO Deputy Zepeda was in the right place at the right time Tuesday afternoon. As he was patrolling, he came upon a traffic collision that had just happened in the area of Road 13 and Avenue 25. Deputy Zepeda quickly checked on all parties involved and was relieved to find there were no major injuries. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-49130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-news","tag-law"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49131,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49130\/revisions\/49131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49125,"date":"2026-08-15T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49125"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:02:53","slug":"north-fork-mono-indians-mobile-adaptable-and-integrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/north-fork-mono-indians-mobile-adaptable-and-integrated\/","title":{"rendered":"North Fork Mono Indians: Mobile, adaptable and integrated"},"content":{"rendered":"
Editor\u2019s note: Originally published in The Madera Tribune on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006.<\/em><\/p>\n\n \u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n\n The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians has proposed a large casino north of the City of Madera on state Route 99. The tribe has worked with the county to develop a comprehensive memorandum of understanding to mitigate any impact the casino may cause. Tribal officials feel they have identified an environmentally and economically viable location within their historic lands.<\/p>\n\n To prove the tribe\u2019s history in Madera, the Tribal Council of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians has been working for nearly two years to put together the ethnohistory of the tribe.<\/p>\n\n This has not been an easy task. Records have been lost, details are complex and span from aboriginal times to today. There were no clear-cut boundaries for tribes and the Western Mono people crossed over lands used by the Yokut and other tribal affiliations.<\/p>\n\n When the Spanish arrived in California, kidnapping and fatal diseases decimated many tribes. Making definite statements of \u201caboriginal territory\u201d is difficult. Modern concepts of land ownership did not apply to California\u2019s natives so the term \u201cuse and occupancy\u201d is more accurately reflected by their relationship to the land and each other.<\/p>\n\n We will present a summary of the findings of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians in a five-part series. These are excerpts from those findings.<\/p>\n\n The link between the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and Madera County has a long history.<\/p>\n\n When the first explorers and traders arrived in the early 1800s, they found Native groups that interacted with one another, traded, hunted, enjoyed sharing ceremonies and even intermarried. The tribal historical study shows that even similarities in language could make it difficult to discern differences in the local tribes.<\/p>\n\n Most of the relationships between tribal ancestors and settlers in Madera County were typically friendly. The Tribe appears to have tried to adapt to change. That interaction continued when the tribe lived on a reservation operated by the federal government near the present-day city of Madera during the 1850s. When the government broke up the reservation, tribal ancestors continued to work with settlers on their ranches and farms throughout the Madera area and up into the foothills.<\/p>\n\n Determining tribal boundaries is difficult, according to the report, use and occupancy of land only reflects the relationship indigenous peoples had with the land. California\u2019s natives did not look at land ownership in the same manner that we do today.<\/p>\n\n Despite their ability to adapt to a wide range of situations, the indigenous peoples of California lost nearly 75 percent of their population after California was discovered by the Spaniards.<\/p>\n\n Warfare, massacre, forced conversion, starvation and exposure took a tremendous toll, but the epidemics of the 1830s were most devastating.<\/p>\n\n American and French Canadian trappers ventured into the Valley to hunt and trap along the rivers. One man, Ewing Young, explored the Valley from Sacramento to the Tejon Pass. He first visited the area in 1832 but on his return in 1833, what he saw was complete devastation of the Indian population.<\/p>\n\n \u201cOn our return, late in the summer of 1833, we found the Valley depopulated. From the head of the Sacramento, to the great bend and slough of the San Joaquin (near Madera), we did not see more than six or eight live Indians, while large numbers of their skulls and dead bodies were to be seen under almost every shade tree, near water, where the uninhabited and deserted villages had been converted into graveyards; and on the San Joaquin River, in the immediate neighborhood of a larger class of villages, we found not only many graves, but the vestiges of a funeral pyre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Some Indians who had been kidnapped to use as a labor force on coastal missions, escaped only to learn their communities had been wiped out by disease. Many of these went into the mountains and took up residence with groups other than their own.<\/p>\n\n Tribes throughout the area worked, hunted, and celebrated together, and even intermarried.<\/p>\n\n All of these events make it difficult to establish boundaries, but they also show connection to lands throughout Madera County for the North Fork Mono and all tribes in the area.<\/p>\n\n Nutrition was a driving force of the North Fork Mono, according to findings in the historical study.<\/p>\n\n The weather conditions of the San Joaquin Valley were different from what we find today. The Valley was prone to severe heat, drought and flooding in the winters. It was not very welcoming to full-time inhabitants. But, the Valley was an important food source. The Valley was home to large game such as elk and antelope. Fishing was excellent in the Valley, especially when salmon were running.<\/p>\n\n The weather conditions were more hospitable in the foothills, making it a better location for permanent residence. Besides better weather conditions, the foothills also provided acorns from Black Oak trees. The acorns from Black Oak made better flour than those from oak trees found closer to the Valley and that flour was a staple for the North Fork Mono.<\/p>\n\n The North Fork Mono were not the only tribe to use the Valley floor for hunting and fishing, the Yokut and Miwok also traveled from the foothills to hunt and gather in the Valley. tribes would gather to hunt and fish, and the North Fork Mono were at the center of a migratory circuit shared by tribes and the center of ceremonial and social life. The travels from foothills to Valley allowed tribes to hunt and gather a variety of foodstuffs during different seasons.<\/p>\n\n This use of the land near what is now Madera extended from before the first Spanish settlers to modern times.<\/p>\n\n When the federal government established an Indian reservation in the 1850s, near what is now the City of Madera, the Monos evolved into farmers. What\u2019s interesting is the Tribe\u2019s name, the North Fork Mono Indians or the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians. According to the Tribe\u2019s studies, the name was a result of their ancestors staying around the town of North Fork because of the non-native encroachment of their historical lands.<\/p>\n\n In 1916, records show, the federal government purchased 80 acres outside the community of North Fork. The purchase was made to provide a camping area for family members to stay when they visited their children attending the Presbyterian mission boarding school near North Fork.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Editor\u2019s note: Originally published in The Madera Tribune on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006. \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians has proposed a large casino north of the City of Madera on state Route 99. The tribe has worked with the county to develop a comprehensive memorandum of understanding to mitigate any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[29,32],"class_list":["post-49125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-community","tag-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49125"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49129,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49125\/revisions\/49129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49123,"date":"2026-08-15T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49123"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:56:01","slug":"caltrans-to-close-sr-99-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/caltrans-to-close-sr-99-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Caltrans to close SR 99 lane"},"content":{"rendered":" The southbound No. 2 lane of State Route 99 from Avenue 24 1\/2 to Avenue 24 will be closed on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The one mile closure south of Chowchilla will take place from 4 a.m.-noon. The closure is needed as crews will be doing pump house maintenance work on that stretch of highway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are no ramp closures planned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Closures may continue for longer periods of time, if necessary, due to delays caused by weather or other uncontrollable events that may occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caltrans reminds you to drive with extra care and allow additional time while travelling near construction zones. Please be alert for construction personnel and remember to \u201cSlow for the Cone Zone.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The southbound No. 2 lane of State Route 99 from Avenue 24 1\/2 to Avenue 24 will be closed on Sunday. The one mile closure south of Chowchilla will take place from 4 a.m.-noon. The closure is needed as crews will be doing pump house maintenance work on that stretch of highway. There are no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[30,53],"class_list":["post-49123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-construction","tag-travel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49124,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49123\/revisions\/49124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49121,"date":"2026-08-15T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49121"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:52:09","slug":"new-madera-south-ad-ready-for-stallion-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/new-madera-south-ad-ready-for-stallion-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"New Madera South AD ready for Stallion Storm"},"content":{"rendered":" New Madera South High School Athletics Director Josh Adams is very aware of the culture he is inheriting replacing a retired Andrea Devine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Devine spent nine years developing and nurturing the athletics culture at Madera South, and Adams knows it will be a tough task to fill her shoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe more I got to know coaches, there is this culture of shared athletes and a common theme of values they believe in,\u201d Adams said. \u201cAndrea had a big part of that in her time. It\u2019s always easy to come behind someone that was a train wreck. Andrea did a great job. That\u2019s a unique challenge that I\u2019m up for. It\u2019s not easy. She did a lot of things right. I have to find ways that my unique approach can elevate some things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams says his way of doing things will be slightly different, but he wants to help streamline some of the process the coaches have to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI really strive not to put anything extra on the coach\u2019s plates. Any way myself or my department can make their lives easier, I strive for that,\u201d he said. \u201cI try to be the guy on the side supporting in any way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams grew up in the Modesto\/Turlock area, and went to Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp. He played football, wrestled and did track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After Bret Harte, he went to play football and wrestle at a small college in Illinois. He came back to Stanislaus State to get his degree, and that\u2019s where his career path changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI took a combative PE class,\u201d he said. \u201cThe instructor was the wrestling coach at Turlock High School. He was demonstrating a move, and broke my rib. Two weeks later, he asked if I wanted to help him coach at Turlock. That\u2019s where I got the bug.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams helped the high school team, and also started coaching the youth wrestling program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe second year, the guy that was running the youth program left, and they asked if I wanted to take over,\u201d he said. \u201cI had no idea what I was doing, but I hit the ground running. I was doing that for about six years. We had some success at the youth level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, his career took another turn while attending an event with his wife, who was working at Los Banos high School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI ran into the principal, and he asked if I wanted to coach at Los Banos,\u201d Adams said. \u201cWhile I was at it, teach, too. At the time, I was working in group homes, working in social work. I got into a credential program, and started as an intern teacher in Los Banos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams was an assistant coach for a year, and then took over the program after the head coach went to the new Pacheco High School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI had some success in year one,\u201d he said. \u201cWe beat Turlock for the first time in school history. I knew all those kids, so I had a little bit of an advantage. We won four straight league championships. I had a good time and experience there. I was a two-time Coach of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, Adams started looking for bigger and better challenges, and a job in Clovis North opened up, and he became the head coach of the Broncos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWrestling is a big deal in Clovis,\u2019 he said. \u201cThey were last place in the Tri-River Athletic Conference. Within a year, we were a top 10 team in the state. I don\u2019t take a lot of credit for it. Austin Flores was the first state championship for Clovis North. I did that for a couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking to keep moving forward, Adams was looking to get into administration, and moved to Clovis East to become an assistant athletics director. It came at a good time because he was able to oversee his kids, who also attended Clovis East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, his son was headed to Clovis East, and was wrestling. The wrestling team needed help, so Adams became the wrestling coach and was able to coach his son for four years, and also coach his daughter in wrestling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An athletic director position opened at Gilroy High School. Adams had some contact there, and he thought Gilroy would be a good fit for his first full-time athletic director position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI worked with some great people for three years out there,\u201d he said. \u201cWe streamlined some things. It was a great experience, but I missed the Central Valley. Gilroy High School\u2019s athletics community was important, but as a district, it wasn\u2019t a high priority. There were some challenges with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Devine announced her retirement, Madera Unified School District reached out to Adams about the possibility of taking over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe district and the community have made athletics a priority,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not the top, but it\u2019s important. It\u2019s an important intervention in the lives of kids. It keeps them plugged in. It was really attractive to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since getting hired earlier this year, Adams has hit the ground running, and is excited about heading to Madera South every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s challenges and the job is busy,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a great opportunity for me. I am really looking forward to getting this year going. Fall season is busy and chaotic. Winter is a little bit of a lull with five sports. Then, the spring ramps up, and it\u2019s crazy again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He doesn\u2019t plan to do anything crazy his first year. He just wants to get to know those involved with Madera South athletics, from the athletes to the coaches, community and campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to find ways to elevate our programs in whatever way possible,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have new hires coming in. We feel excited and there\u2019s energy with those hires. That\u2019s promising for this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since becoming the athletic director at Gilroy, his classroom days are over, and he\u2019s had an assortment of classes to go with three different credentials \u2014 science, social science and physical education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He started with science 1 in Los Banos, then was an activities director, and taught ASB Leadership. He taught science at Clovis North and athletic leadership at Clovis East. He has also taught psychology, sociology and criminal justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe advantage of coming to Madera South, the AD role is an admin position,\u201d he said. \u201cI get to oversee the physical education program and the coaches. It\u2019s very instrumental in the success of the athletic department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams comes in with an extensive wrestling background, and he knows about the Madera South program and the history of wrestling in Madera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI came out the past few years to help coach Al (Lopez) with the Robert Arballo tournament,\u201d he said. \u201cRunning large events is in my wheelhouse. At Gilroy, we hosted the Mid-Cals, which had 100-plus teams and 1,000 wrestlers. I did the same at Clovis East. Seeing success Coach Al has had the past couple of years has been great to see. It\u2019s a great model for a lot of coaches and programs of what you can do in the community. Madera has a lot of history and tradition. It\u2019s nice to see Madera South get those accolades, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the first orders of business Adams had to attend to when he first became the athletic director was hire a football and baseball coach, flagships of the fall and spring sports seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith Coach (Eric) Tatum coming on for football, he brings a lot of energy,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThis is his first varsity job. He\u2019s been under a lot of great mentors. He\u2019s a student of the sport. He\u2019s a leader of coaches in the program. He\u2019s surgical with his approach. I\u2019m really excited to see what he can do. Throughout the interview process, I got to know him. In the short time leading our program, I\u2019ve seen some great things. I\u2019m looking forward to the season. I think we will turn the corner. We will face some comparable opponents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to find some great people. That\u2019s a testament to our school site and our district striving to be attractive and competitive to provide the support. It does mean a lot to potential head coaches that everyone says athletics is important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the things Adams wants to do is to get more engaged in athletics and wants to get more kids at the school involved. He will implement an athletic leadership council, which will involve a representative from each sport to find ways to grow athletics on the campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He also wants to reach out to the lower levels to help them grow, which, in turn, will help the high school program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to work with Martin Luther King to try connect those athletes and coaches to Madera South to create continuity,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a lot of great coaches that have tools in their belt to direct the lower levels. We want to make sure our coaches know they are also responsible for supporting the lower levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n With both of his kids in college, Adams says he will have more time to support his coaches and athletes. He also wants more communication between coaches, parents and athletes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of time available. Being available on campus, at practice and at games helps support and navigate things,\u201d he said. \u201cI try to encourage communication to prevent issues and ensure everyone knows our expectations. We have great coaches on our campus that have a lot of knowledge. We want to create an opportunity for them to share between themselves. We want our coaches to share amongst each other. I am an AD committed to our athletes and coaches. They are my priority. The secondary is supporting the campus, teachers and administration. I strive to be an AD that is here to fight for our athletes and coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams has been married to his wife Yvette for 24 years. His wife is currently the assistant superintendent for South Monterey Union High School District. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe is commuting. She works remote to make it flexible. She has a great superintendent. She enjoys the job, but it\u2019s far away. We\u2019ll see what the future holds,\u201d he said. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adams\u2019 daughter, Emily, graduated from Cal Poly two years ago. Her name is on two different gyms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe was an eighth grade Athlete of the Year at Granite Ridge and Athlete of the Year at Clovis East,\u201d Adams said. She played water polo, basketball, wrestled for a year, and did track and swam. She had a lot of success. It was great as a dad to watch a sport that I didn\u2019t know. I learned the water polo, and I\u2019m big proponent of aquatics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His son, Albert, is a sophomore at UCLA, and was a champion wrestler. He is also doing club wrestling at UCLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlbert is an excellent student, and focused on wrestling,\u201d Adams said. \u201cWe got to connect through that, and it was a great time. He\u2019s pre-med. My kids have done great things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In whatever free time he has, he likes to backpack and get on the lake. And, spend whatever extra time he has for family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have some buddies, and we do backpacking. We\u2019ve done the High Sierra Trail,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve done the John Muir Trail. We\u2019ve hiked from Lake Tahoe to Yosemite. We\u2019ve put in some miles. My nature of the job in education, there\u2019s usually a month where we can unplug. That\u2019s the beauty of the Central Valley that mountains are on one side and the coast is on the other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of Adams\u2019 biggest passions is watching the Chicago Bears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn 1986, I was eight, and the Bears won the Super Bowl, so they must be the best,\u201d he said. \u201cThen, I spent the next three decades feeling miserable about it. This past year, watching the Bears turn things around, has been exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other than the Bears, Adams says he\u2019s a big fan of the Stallions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou won\u2019t find me in anything but our school colors,\u201d he said. \u201cMy wardrobe, now, is purple and black with some white. I love being a fan of all the Stallions. Overall, it\u2019s a good time to be a Stallion.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Madera South High School Athletics Director Josh Adams is very aware of the culture he is inheriting replacing a retired Andrea Devine. Devine spent nine years developing and nurturing the athletics culture at Madera South, and Adams knows it will be a tough task to fill her shoes. \u201cThe more I got to know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":49103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-49121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above-the-fold","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49122,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49121\/revisions\/49122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49119,"date":"2026-08-15T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49119"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:50:17","slug":"olgas-california-dreams-brings-large-mini-stock-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/olgas-california-dreams-brings-large-mini-stock-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Olga\u2019s California Dreams brings large Mini Stock field"},"content":{"rendered":" One of the signature events on the 2026 Mini Stock calendar hits the Madera Speedway tonight with the $3,000 to win Olga\u2019s California Dream 100. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dozens of Mini Stocks from all over the nation race before the RACER Network television cameras on the fastest one-third mile in the west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adults, seniors, and military tickets are $15, youth ages 6-12 are $10 and kids five and under are free. All tickets will be sold at the track ticket booth. Racing action kicks off with dashes at 5 p.m., followed by opening ceremonies, the qualifying duels, and the 100-lap feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Race fans can \u201cJoin\u201d www.YouTube.com\/ShortTrackTV for $19.99 per month for a members-only live stream as well. The races will be televised at a later date on RACER Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A $13,400 purse has been posted, along with $4,000 in product awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jarrett Mayo prevailed in 2025 with his yellow Ford Mustang for an unprecedented $5,250 payday, including his bonus for utilizing Cobra Tires. The payout is considered the largest ever won in a four-cylinder race on the West Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drew Crenshaw and Josh Cross continue their role as the ironmen of the race. Crenshaw looks to add another trophy to his mantle following a victory in the 2023 edition. Cross finished second in 2025 and aims to be one step higher on the podium this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n North Carolina will be represented for the first time with Jim Arbaugh of Mount Holly, North Carolina, scheduled to compete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Oregon will be represented by Caleb Day, a standout dirt racer in the Beaver State. Arizona will have multiple entries, including Jason Hollingsworth, the leader of a four-car effort in this year\u2019s California Dream 100, and 2025 Blythe Speedway champion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Idaho and Northern California drivers will make up a large majority of the entry list. Stockton\u2019s Leilani Sprenkel thrilled fans with a top 10 finish last season, and the teenager is ready to challenge the best in the west. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For information about the Madera Speedway including how to advertise with a race team on RACER Network, please visit www.racemadera.com or call the race office at (559) 507-9931.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2026 season would not be possible without the support 51FIFTY LTM, Mission Foods, Allied Packaging, 805 Beer, Race 2B Drug Free, Competition Carburetion, Hoosier Tires, Franks Radio, and Sunoco Race Fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera Racing on RACER Network airs on Mondays.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the signature events on the 2026 Mini Stock calendar hits the Madera Speedway tonight with the $3,000 to win Olga\u2019s California Dream 100. Dozens of Mini Stocks from all over the nation race before the RACER Network television cameras on the fastest one-third mile in the west. Adults, seniors, and military tickets are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-49119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-organizations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49120,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49119\/revisions\/49120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49117,"date":"2026-08-15T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49117"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:47:57","slug":"letters-keeping-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/letters-keeping-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Keeping score"},"content":{"rendered":" Getting to where I need a scorecard to keep up with the off the cliff liberals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mamdani campaigned on free stuff: Transportation, food, health care. Then, open borders, de-funding police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But now, he is going to arrest Netanyahu when he comes to New York! How? Can\u2019t use federal agents. Is he going to use de-funded police, or do it himself? \u201cYou\u2019re under arrest by the power invested in me, by me. Put your hands behind your back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barney Fife never tried that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n AOC and Bernie are off the charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just hope\u2026 and pray, that those that legally vote think about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illegal voters just check the box they are told to. Some \u201cCom-unionism\u201d voters too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another thing: Italy just found millions of dollars worth of cocaine in Ecuadorian bananas. I think WE, as in the U.S., should drop a dummy bomb on the Ecuadorian president\u2019s door step, with a note, \u201cnext one will be real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Bill Hoffrage,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Madera<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Getting to where I need a scorecard to keep up with the off the cliff liberals. Mamdani campaigned on free stuff: Transportation, food, health care. Then, open borders, de-funding police. But now, he is going to arrest Netanyahu when he comes to New York! How? Can\u2019t use federal agents. Is he going to use de-funded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-49117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-government"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49118,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49117\/revisions\/49118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":49112,"date":"2026-08-15T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=49112"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:46:14","slug":"opinion-cahsra-just-cant-get-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/opinion-cahsra-just-cant-get-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: CAHSRA just can\u2019t get it right!"},"content":{"rendered":" I really can\u2019t help myself when it comes to writing about the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Through the past 16 years, I\u2019ve written more than three dozen columns, criticizing the authority. It amazes me that the people who sit on the Board manage to get their shoes on the correct feet each morning. Early last year, the CAHSRA lost $4 billion in federal funding. That\u2019s $4 BILLION! How\u2019d they do that?<\/p>\n\n Reporting for CBS News, Julie Watts writes, \u201cCalifornia\u2019s High-Speed Rail Authority repeatedly missed key deadlines to buy its trains, a failure federal officials cited when they pulled $4 billion in funding\u2026\u201d And, almost unbelievably, the authority still cannot determine when it will be ready to award the contract for train sets. The thing about high-speed trains is that they are not sitting in store windows. You can\u2019t walk in, write a check, and walk out with the item in a shopping bag.<\/p>\n\n The train sets must be built to specifications, and that takes time. According to another CBS News release, the CAHSRA said that it takes about four years from the initiation of a contract to the delivery of a completed trainset. In 2023, the CAHSRA stated that it would receive two train sets in 2028 and another four in 2030. Apparently, that\u2019s now a pipe dream. According to Watts, \u201cThe state says that the date remains \u2018TBD.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n CBS California Investigates found that it was \u201ccritical\u201d that the authority contract with a manufacturer \u201cboth for the federal grants and the overall timeline.\u201d In August, 2023, then-Board Chair Tom Richards said, \u201cOur action today allows us to deliver on our commitment to meet our federal grant timelines to start testing.\u201d However, records indicate that no contract was negotiated with any train manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n By November, 2024, CBS California Investigates reported, \u201cThe state has not publicly acknowledged the missed milestones, but multiple sources inside High Speed Rail blame the delay on decisions made by the CEO.\u201d According to internal records, soon after taking office in 2024, CAHSRA\u2019s new CEO Ian Choudri \u201cdecided to change the trainset specifications\u2026.\u201d At the time, \u201cthe authority had already narrowed the field to two finalists and was in an active procurement phase to purchase the trains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Choudri didn\u2019t care for the \u201cwide-bodied\u201d design of the trains, and wanted something \u201cdifferent.\u201d That meant that existing agreements had to be cancelled, and the process would have to start over. As Board Member Ernest Camacho told the press, \u201cWe may have to cancel the procurement and rewrite new specifications.\u201d According to CBS California Investigates, \u201cWeeks later, the deadline passed with no train contract.\u201d<\/p>\n\n In 2025, there had still been no contract for the trainsets. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, \u201cFederal dollars are not a blank check \u2014 they come with a promise to deliver results.\u201d So, in July, 2025, the Trump Administration pulled the four-billion-dollar federal grant, citing the absence of a contract for train sets and the state\u2019s failure to lay any tracks \u201cafter spending $15 billion over sixteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n CBS California Investigates reports, \u201cGov. Gavin Newsom called the federal withdrawal of funding a \u2018political stunt to punish California,\u2019 and state Attorney General Rob Bonta promptly sued to stop \u201cTrump\u2019s politically motivated attack on high-speed rail.\u201d But you know politics. A couple of months later, that law suit was dropped, and no explanation was given either by the state or the CAHSRA. But, according to CBS, the rail authority said that it hopes \u201cto work with the federal government sometime in the future,\u201d stating that the current administration in Washington, D.C., is \u201cnot a reliable partner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n In January, 2026, Governor Newsom boasted about the progress made by the CAHSRA. He announced, \u201cCalifornia is finally laying the tracks for the nation\u2019s first high-speed rail system.\u201d That statement reminded me of a movie scene that seems totally unrelated to the topic I\u2019ve been covering. I\u2019m thinking about Forrest Gump. At the beginning of the film, a doctor is fitting young Forrest with leg braces. The doctor tells Forrest\u2019s mother, \u201cHis legs are strong, as strong as I\u2019ve even seen. But his back\u2019s as crooked as a politician.\u201d<\/p>\n\n In fact, the state had not set down a single high-speed rail track. According to CBS California Investigates, \u201cWhat the state had built was a railhead \u2014 a logistics depot designed to receive, store, and stage the rail that crews would eventually install.\u201d And, in fact, the railhead itself hadn\u2019t been completed. A few weeks later, the state announced that the railhead had been built, and it would now allow \u201cCalifornia to begin receiving and staging materials needed to install high-speed rail track.\u201d But then High-Speed Rail Inspector General Ben Belnap had to qualify even that statement. According to CBS California Investigates, \u201cThere\u2019s been a railyard created that has track on it, but it is not high-speed rail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n In 2008 (18 years ago) California voters authorized the sale of nearly $10 billion in bonds to fund the construction of a high-speed rail line from S.F. to L.A. In 2010 (16 years ago), ground was broken for the project. In 2026 (now), we have some modern Stonehenge-type structures protruding from the ground in various places between Madera and Shafter. We have a plan to run a very expensive \u201cbullet train\u201d from Merced to Bakersfield, someday. And has anyone asked, \u201cWho the H, E, double hockey sticks is going to ride that train?\u201d<\/p>\n\n The current estimate to complete the entire project from S.F. to L.A. is now about $126 billion. The CAHSRA has spent about $15 billion so far. Now, the question is, \u201cShould Californians spend another $111 billion to complete a project when it is having difficulty coming up with the money to complete the line from Madera to Shafter?\u201d And, the fact is that the estimates for the project increase every year. Also, we know that the CAHSRA has a history of not meeting deadlines. Unless our trillionaire and a few of his hundred-millionaire buddies decide to shake a couple of hundred million dollars loose, even your grandchildren may not see the bullet train accomplishing its 2008 goal.<\/p>\n\n \u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n\n Jim Glynn es Profesor Em\u00e9rito de Sociolog\u00eda. Se le puede contactar en j_glynn@att.net.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I really can\u2019t help myself when it comes to writing about the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Through the past 16 years, I\u2019ve written more than three dozen columns, criticizing the authority. It amazes me that the people who sit on the Board manage to get their shoes on the correct feet each morning. Early last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[26,30,37,39,46,53],"class_list":["post-49112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-business","tag-construction","tag-finance","tag-government","tag-organizations","tag-travel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49116,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49112\/revisions\/49116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]Establishing Madera link<\/h3>\n\n
Determining boundaries<\/h3>\n\n
Ewing wrote:<\/h3>\n\n
Mono ancestors traveled<\/h3>\n\n
Four-year clock<\/h3>\n\n
Laying tracks?<\/h3>\n\n