For The Madera Tribune Madera kicker-punter-linebacker Richard Lozano. With the help of a 67-yard boot, Madera kicker Richard Lozano earned an invitational to the 2021 Kicking World National Showcase in December. “I’ve been following their page for over a year on Instagram,” he said. “I saw they were having a camp in Sacramento and I wanted to go. My and my coach helped me pay for it.” At the regional Kicking World Camp in Sacramento, Lozano worked on all aspects of kicking,

Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune Newsstands sit at the Madera Post Office, sans The Madera Tribune’s. A few days ago, I received a phone call from someone at the U. S. Post Office in Madera. This postal employee had been asked by the postmaster to call me and have us remove our newspaper rack from in front of the post office. I was curious as to the reason, and so I asked, “Why?” He proceeded to explain that newspapers have political content and advertising (duh!), and then h

Many Californians laughed out loud back in 1998, when Minnesota voters by a wide margin elected longtime professional wrestler and sometime talk show host Jesse Ventura their governor. But almost exactly five years later, those same Californians by a wide margin made longtime movie muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger their “governator,” and then kept him and his cigars in office for seven years. Neither Ventura nor Schwarzenegger had an iota of administrative experience, but both

Cat Campbell/For The Madera Tribune Ham, bacon and chopped veggies combine for a delicious version of fried rice. Maybe I shouldn’t admit it, but there have been times when a rice dish has been the main, and only dish I have served for dinner. I made up a recipe for fried rice, and since it has meat and veggies, that is a meal in itself. I love most types of rice, and my favorite to cook with is jasmine. Basmati rice is very good, too. I love fluffy Spanish or Mexican rice, b

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society This view of Grub Gulch taken in the 1890s shows the Thomas Hotel on the left, the scene of the shooting of Charles Brim. Next door stands Abe Taylor’s merchandise store. Gold! The discovery of the precious metal along the Fresno River brought thousands of placer miners into the Raymond area, and by 1851, they were calling their gathering, Grub Gulch. Over the years, Grub Gulch emerged from its tent city status to take on all o

For The Madera Tribune Pacific Farm Management owner Mike Alamari hands PFM Supervisor Miguel Ortega two of the 750 backpacks his company handed out on Sunday. This is the second year in a row Alamari has held a backpack giveaway. For the second year in a row, Pacific Farm Management and Cal-Pacific Supply handed out backpacks to school-age children. PFM owner Mike Alamari said he expects to make this a yearly event and has seen some faces from last year attend this year’s ev

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune More Than Just the Tip owner Jonathan Carabajal shows off a bacon brisket cheeseburger with his niece Hailey Guajardo. Carabajal owned the Keto Korner trailer and changed the name so he could serve a wider variety of customers. In an effort to gain more customers, Jonathan Carabajal changed the name of his Keto Korner food trailer to More Than Just the Tip. Carabajal said the name change came about because he had so many people not come to h

Have you ever experienced something that caused wonder and astonishment in you — something that was extraordinary in itself and was amazing or inexplicable by normal standards? To say it another way, have you ever had a miracle in your life? If so, Tribune columnist Bill Coate would like to hear about it. Coate is planning a new column for The Tribune entitled “Madera, a city of Miracles.” In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fear and unrest it is causing, Coate want