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Opinion: A historical perspective

How do you suppose the eyes of history will view the year 2020? Last century, this decade was known as the “Roaring Twenties.” Turning to our friend Google I tried to ascertain who came up with the term the “Roaring 20s.” It states F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby coined the term the “Jazz Age,” which seems to be considered synonymous with that time period. The 1920s was a period of prosperity following World War I, ironically known as the War to End All Wars. A great

Letter: Baldwin had it wrong!

I would like to take this opportunity to point out some misinformation contained in Baldwin Moy’s letter, entitled “Anatomy of Racism.” Now, Baldwin is my friend, and he is a whole lot smarter than me, so I’ll have to leave it up to others to assess his anatomy of racism. But there is one thing that I do know. Sara Wilkins was not the highest elected education official in Madera County. She was nowhere near that level. That honor would have to go to Cecilia Massetti, the Coun

Letter: Torres High School will host school-based clinic

Last month a reader posed questions regarding the source of funding for the Camarena Health school-based clinic at Torres High School (THS). As our recent infographic showed, Torres will be unlike any school in Madera County and will set a new standard for the Central Valley. Although school-based health clinics are very common across the USA, our first local example was built on the Madera South High School campus in a stand-alone structure on the corner of Pecan Avenue and

Madera baseball community is in mourning

Madera baseball community is in mourning

For The Madera Tribune This portrait, taken in 2019, hangs on the wall at Perko’s Cafe in which Mike and Kelly Molina owned for many years. Wednesday, Mike Molina passed away from complications of pneumonia. From left are Tommy, Chris, Benji, Sammy, Mike, Kelly and Anthony. I woke up Wednesday like any other day. I picked up my phone and checked out social media and couldn’t believe what I saw. At first, I thought this couldn’t happen. Then, I thought how could this happen? T

Prisoners and some staff affected by coronavirus

Prisoners and some staff affected by coronavirus

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The Madera County Department of Corrections is having to deal with the effects of the coronavirus, according to relatives of prisoners and members of the jail staff. Some prisoners scheduled for release have been held back, and prison staff members who have been treated for the illness. Due to the new CalCONNECT system and how information is pulled, we will now be reporting for the previous day. Today we are reporting 19 new cases for Saturd

Newsom orders all counties to close

California is monitoring COVID-19 closely in each local community and keeping the public informed. The state is teaming up with counties to fight it with every tool current local data, testing, contact tracing, infection control, emergency supplies, containment measures, and more, according to the Official California State Government website. According to the Official California State Government website, there were 109,910 new cases over the past two weeks and 1,104 deaths. T

Outdoor dining becomes necessary for Madera

Outdoor dining becomes necessary for Madera

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune From left, Vanessa Adams, Rachel Sanchez, and Debra Sanchez sit at an outdoor patio table at Sugar Pine Smokehouse BBQ, where the tables are set up for social distancing. Health orders came down from the State of California to the Madera County Public Health Department, that mandates a 3-week closure of bars, pubs and breweries, restricting indoor operations of restaurants and other establishments, which came into effect on Tuesday, due to t

City college graduates 34 from academy

The Fresno City College Police Academy announced the graduation of 34 cadets from its 1,030-hour intensive format that began January 6. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this class was suspended from March 16-April 13. Only the cadets were in attendance at the graduation ceremony and practice social distancing while wearing masks in the parking lot in front of the police academy buildings. The graduates have successfully passed all segments of a curriculum in over 41 topical area

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