The Madera Tribune File Photo Madera Mayor Pro Tem Anita Evans will host the second annual Black History Month Celebration next Saturday at McNally Park, beginning at 3 p.m. Madera Mayor Pro Tem Anita Evans will host the City of Madera’s second annual Black History Month Celebration on Feb. 6 at McNally Park. Evans, who originally had the event scheduled for Feb. 13, is hoping for a big turnout for the second event. “I don’t know what to expect with the crowd. COVID was in th

The Madera Tribune File Photo The Greater Madera Kiwanis Club is hoping to bring back a city-wide Fourth of July Celebration, complete with a 30-minute fireworks show. The club recently got city approval to have a show at the Madera District Fairgrounds and will next look for sponsors for the event. The Greater Madera Kiwanis Club is trying to bring back the city’s fireworks celebration after a five year absence. “Fireworks haven’t been done in Madera for a few years,” said K

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Raul Arzola celebrates his first-half goal to give the Stallions an early lead over the Sanger Apaches on Wednesday. Facing one of the top teams in the Central Section, Madera South boys soccer head coach Enrique Garcia knew his team had a tough task. That task got a little easier when Raul Arzola scored a goal in the 17th minute and the Stallions took a 1-0 halftime lead. However, Sanger scored a goal late in the second half to

For The Madera Tribune New Harvest Community Church Pastor Mike Souza. After over two years of searching, Harvest Community Church is pleased to announce that it has hired a new full-time pastor. Harvest is pleased to introduce to the Madera Community Pastor Mike Souza, his wife Becky and their daughter, Lacey. Pastor Mike was born and raised in Concord, California. He has spent the last several years pastoring a church in the State of Washington. In 2014, Pastor Mike graduat

Both the Madera American and Madera National Little Leagues have registration open for the 2022 season. The last day to register for the Madera American Little League at Mountain Mike’s Pizza next to Rancho San Miguel will be Friday evening from 5:30-8 p.m. The cost is $100 and $10 off per sibling. The price comes with $20 in raffle tickets. Sign-ups will also be taken during evaluations in February. The first evaluation will be Feb. 3, and also Feb. 8, from 5-8 p.m. with 7-8

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Elias Zuniga, right, congratulates Dylan Castro (11) after he scored a goal Wednesday night. Zuniga also scored a goal in a 5-3 victory over San Joaquin Memorial. The past few matches, the Madera Coyotes boys soccer team has lacked the teeth up front. However, those concerns were erased in a matter of minutes as the Coyotes upended the San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno Panthers 5-3. Not only a big win for the Coyotes, but a statement was made just

In some countries, population is shrinking; in others, a significant proportion of live births are to mothers between the ages of 15 and 19; in advanced industrial countries, the proportion of people over the age of 65 is an economic disaster. I recently received the World Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference Bureau. It is a two-foot by three-foot chart, listing population data for more than 200 countries. Across the bottom of the chart are several highlights g

Courtesy of Christopher Cross Madera South’s Daniel Valdez drives to the hoop to score two of his team-high 11 points in Wednesday’s loss to Sanger. After taking last week off to deal with COVID-19 issues, the Madera South Stallions boys basketball team finally took the court and dropped a tough 59-39 County/Metro Athletic Conference game to the Sanger Apaches. Playing without head coach Corey Edmiston, the Stallions put up a valiant fight, but couldn’t overcome 30 turnovers,