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More water available for farmers, residents
Author(s): Associated PressFRESNO (AP) — California residents and farmers can expect to receive more of the water they requested for next year, thanks to early storms that replenished reservoirs and...
View ArticleVigil for Sandy Hook victims
Author(s): Leon EmoThe Sikh community of Madera brought together more than 100 locals of different faiths for a candlelight vigil in memory of the slain children of Sandy Hook Elementary School in...
View ArticleMCH volunteers adopt families for holidays
Author(s): Elsa MejiaSix children, whose parents visit Madera Community Hospital often, were treated to an afternoon Christmas party where they played, received gifts, ate lunch and heard the Christian...
View ArticleLocal hosts her last annual Christmas giveaway
Author(s): Elsa MejiaLongtime Christmas giveaway organizer Shirley McClellan was pleased to see the last annual Christmas giveaway of food, toys and clothing to the needy “go out with a...
View ArticleFood Bank hands out 400 holiday boxes
Author(s): Elsa MejiaFour hundred Madera residents in need were given boxes of food Saturday to help them during the holidays. The annual Christmas Holiday Box Giveaway by the Madera County Food Bank...
View ArticleNutcracker suite: Maderan displays many for holidays
Author(s): Elsa MejiaAbout 100 nutcrackers in a Madera home are on their last days of display as the holiday season begins to wrap up. The nutcracker collection, which includes about six originals, is...
View ArticleWatch your step walking on downtown sidewalks
Author(s): Leon EmoThe shoppers walking downtown might be better off looking at where their next step will be than admiring the window displays. The sidewalks of the first three blocks of Yosemite...
View ArticleDMV announces new laws
Author(s): Guest writerBy the Department of Motor VehiclesSACRAMENTO — With 2013 around the corner, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds motorists of several new laws that will...
View Article140 coats given away to community
Author(s): The Madera TribuneWhile the Holy Family Table heated hearts and stomachs on Christmas Eve, the Optimist Club worked to keep bodies warm long after they exited Griffin Hall.The club and...
View ArticleParalegal offers self-help legal, tax services
Business ProfileAuthor(s): Tyler TakedaAfter four years of managing her husband’s trucking business, Reyna Villegas decided to open her own business specializing in providing a variety of legal service...
View ArticleRecent arrests as of Dec. 27, 2012
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneFernando Leon of Madera was arrested around Dec. 23 in Madera County on suspicion of assault.Henry Martinez of Madera was arrested around Dec. 21 in Madera County on...
View ArticleSalvation Army given about $600
Author(s): Wendy AlexanderThe Salvation Army received more than $600 from Round Table restaurant earlier this month.“The Salvation Army got blessed this month” said service unit director Carrie...
View ArticleMexican emigres to celebrate
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe natives of a small indigenous town in southwestern Mexico are set to celebrate their patron saint in Madera much in the same way as they did when they still lived south of the...
View ArticleHoliday DUI incidents increased
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe number of people arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol during the Christmas holiday weekend increased locally and statewide, according to the California Highway...
View ArticleOfficer shoots man after he brandishes gun
Author(s): DJ BeckerA Madera man narrowly escaped death after he confronted and pointed a handgun at an off-duty officer of The California Highway Patrol. The CHP officer drew his own weapon and fired...
View ArticleChowchilla announces new police lieutenant
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneCHOWCHILLA — The City of Chowchilla has announced the promotion of Police Sgt. David Riviere to lieutenant in the Chowchilla Police Department.This is a...
View ArticleNew safety laws to take effect
Author(s): Elsa MejiaOf the hundreds of bills enacted this year, and set to become laws on Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol has highlighted some that particularly affect motorists.“The changes to...
View ArticleRodeo group honors business
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe Chowchilla Western Stampede Committee has selected Anderson Pump Co. as its 2013 grand marshall.The company, founded in 1948 by E.L. “Andy” Anderson, was selected...
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Hammers, oil wells signal a new boom
Author(s): Associated PressBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — For most of its existence, Bakersfield has inhabited that awkward in-between place. Not as sophisticated as Los Angeles, just over the Tehachapi...
View ArticleOaxacan tradition endures in local fiesta
Author(s): Elsa MejiaStepping foot in a dirt lot on Martin Street was like entering a small Mexican town — bands playing, folkloric dancers performing, the smell of authentic Oaxacan cuisine and others...
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