Tami Jo Nix
Immigration answers are above my pay grade
Our fellow citizens in Hawaii got the surprise of their lives on Saturday. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency activated its warning...
Tami Jo Nix
Raindrops falling on my head…
The rain this week has been glorious. Lawns that were turning brown, owned by frugal water users, are getting a good long drink. Everyone...
Jim Glynn
California’s ‘second gold rush’
It’s been 170 years since the beginning of the California Gold Rush. On Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill in...
Tami Jo Nix
Bringing in 2018
Welcome to 2018. There were many explosions at midnight on Sunday. I’m hoping they were illegal bottle rockets and not gunshots. It is...
Jim Glynn
Z Is for $Zillions: Sue Grafton, 1940-2017
“My name is Kinsey Milhone. I’m a private investigator, licensed by the state of California. I’m thirty-two years old, twice divorced, no...
The Madera Tribune
Famed author dies
Sue Grafton, the bestselling writer behind the “Alphabet Series” of mystery novels, each named after a letter of the alphabet and...
The Madera Tribune
Saying farewell to a rancorous 2017
It has been quite a year. Many of the people who voted for Republican candidate Donald Trump because they wanted a change of techniques...
Jim Glynn
The month-by-month 2017 quiz
Tomorrow night, we’ll bid farewell to 2017. Most of the people I know say this has been a year that will never be forgotten. But, I’m not...