Economic dislocation hit Madera in the 1930s
For The Madera Tribune Sixth and D Streets in Madera, scene of a powerful water fight between out-of-town protesters and Madera firemen....
Bill Coate
Raley’s supermarket headed to Riverstone
Madera County added another major retail expansion in one of the fastest-growing communities. For more than seven years, Riverstone has...
For The Madera Tribune
Imperial Jewelry opens in downtown Madera
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Imperial Jewelry owner Sadek “David” Alammari gets a hug from Madera Chamber of Commerce CEO Debi Bray...
Julian Ornelas
Disaster hit Sugar Pine’s Chinatown
For The Madera Tribune Madera Sugar Pine lumber continued to be harvested without Chinese workers after the Sugar Pine Fire. It is well...
Bill Coate
The birth of The Madera Tribune
For The Madera Tribune George A. Clark in his Tribune office. This is another tale straight out of Arbor Vitae Cemetery, but it begins in...
Bill Coate
Opinion: Factory jobs are not the answer
Even before we entered the 21st Century, we identified ourselves, as well as certain European countries, Canada, Japan, and similar...
Jim Glynn
Leighton’s Jewelry reopens under new management
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Virgil Anderson and Suzie Gran, owners of Leighton’s Custom Jewelry & Repair, display a couple of...
Julian Ornelas
Opinion: The TV commercial I hate most
For many years, I found TV commercials to be so annoying that when Cable TV was first introduced to viewers, I immediately signed up...
Jim Glynn
