In the American criminal justice system, wealth — not culpability — shapes outcomes. Indigent people are unfairly disadvantaged at every...

Madera County Historical Society Soldiers line up for drill at Camp Kearny during World War I. The Army sent Frank Pira here in June...

Madera County Historical Society One hundred years ago, work on Madera’s first gas station began. It was finished a year later. The...

Madera County Historical Society Richard Curtis Jay, shown here in his band uniform, was Madera’s first mortician and an early county...

Ramon, Jose V., 76yrs Born: January 19, 1942 in Hidalgo, Texas Passed Away: April 3, 2018 in Madera, California. Jose worked in Roofing...

Madera County Historical Society Fifty years ago, four Maderans were competing for two seats on the City Council. They were, from left,...

Another of the great ones is gone. Dr. John Bryan died unexpectedly in his sleep on Easter morning. He was 68. In his younger years, John...

Madera County Historical Society A portion of Will Mace’s dissipated life was spent in Madera’s saloons. In 1893, while his father,...