There was a time when Halloween and the Nov. 1 holiday, Dios de las Muertos, Day of the Dead, were the scariest days of the year. Considering we are now approaching the second anniversary of the COVID-19 Pandemic, these celebrations seem tame by comparison. According to Yahoo, Halloween is a celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31. It begins the three-day observance of All Hallowtide, the time of year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, ma

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune World Champion boxer Jose Ramirez speaks to a group of Madera High School students in Joe Flores Gym on Thursday. U.S. Olympian, Junior Olympic Gold Medalist and boxing champion Jose Ramirez visited Madera High School to encourage and motivate students. Ramirez talked about his humble beginnings with migrant parents. He even worked in the fields for a summer picking bell peppers just so he could afford a cell phone. He wants to be a motivati

The Madera Linkage Foundation hosted the State of the District Reception at Matilda Torres High School. The Madera Linkage Foundation is a 503(C) organization that aims to provide supplemental resources to help the students of Madera Unified thrive. “Oftentimes in education we will get money for partial items but not the resources for the entire project,” Linkage president Tim Riché said. “We get money for pencils but not money for erasers. Rules, many times, dictate how we c

Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society Tung Lin Leong, daughter of Mrs. Yee Chung is shown here in this 1903 photograph taken in Madera. The Chinese were among the first settlers in Madera. Most of them came here from the little town of Borden, four miles to the south. By the late 19th century, a bustling Chinatown thrived in the area that had been set aside for them by the founding fathers, who fought to keep the Chinese on the west side of the railroad tracks. The

A few weeks ago, perhaps you read a letter to the editor of the Tribune from Tom Willey about the problem with the Central Valley’s ground water. Or perhaps you read the interview with him about a week later in which he expanded on his concerns about recurring droughts and the increasing depth of wells. And, perhaps you drew the conclusion that what we need to solve the problem is rain. That’s a logical conclusion because the “water year,” which ended on September 30, was the

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Danae Prudente rises up for one of her team-leading 13 kills in Tuesday’s first-round playoff victory over the Dinuba Emperors. She also had a team-leading 26 digs. Although hoping for a higher seed, the No. 6 seeded Madera South Stallions advanced to the second round of the Div. IV playoffs with a four-set victory over No. 11. The Stallions put away the pesky Emperors, 25-22, 25-16, 19-25, 25-21, to advance to Thursday’s quar

The 24th annual Tarantula Awareness Festival returns to the Coarsegold Historic Village, all day long, Saturday. Visitors to this historic gold rush town at the southern entrance of Yosemite will discover a wealth of shops, delicious food, and small vendors year-round at the Coarsegold Historic Village. However, come October you might just also come across an eight-legged local, and town mascot, Nugget, the California Ebony Tarantula. New this year, Nugget joins the Visit Yos

The passion behind the special Madera City Council District 5 election ignited a variety of responses. On Thursday, October 21, candidate Elsa Mejia publicly denounced the massive, overnight theft and defacing of campaign political signs that she and other voters in District 5 were a victim of. On Wednesday, October 27, City Council District 5 voter, J. Gordon Kennedy claimed canvassers are offering to help him fill out his ballot, which he interpreted as voter fraud. Residen