Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Then-Madera Mayor Santos Garcia, right, presents VFW Post 1981 Commander Tom Zonsius with a certificate of recognition for the VFW Post 1981 following the 2022 Memorial Day Service. Garcia passed away over the weekend. Flags around the government offices of the City of Madera are flying at half mast this week to honor former Mayor Santos Garcia, who passed away over the weekend. Garcia was found unresponsive at his home. His death was a med

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The MadTown Robotics team arrives at Fresno Yosemite International Airport to a huge welcome from family and friends after winning a fourth World Championship over the weekend. FRESNO — The MadTown Robotics team arrived home Sunday night at Fresno Yosemite International Airport to a heroes’ welcome after claiming its fourth FRC World Championship earlier in the weekend. “It feels very heartwarming,” said team captain Miguel Angel Vargas. “Seei

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Douglas Fuentes rises above the net for a block on a Matilda Torres attack during Thursday’s sweep over the Toros. Fuentes led the Toros with 13 kills. The Madera South Stallions boys volleyball team completed a season sweep over the Matilda Torres Toros to close out the regular season at Madera South. The Stallions swept the Toros (25-16, 26-24, 25-15) to send out its seniors with a win Thursday evening. Douglas Fuentes led

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Austin Meza slides under the Central third baseman’s tag on a third inning stolen base in Friday’s win. The lead-off batter was on base all three times with a hit, walk and hit by pitch. He also scored a run with two stolen bases. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team scored all five of its runs in the final two innings for a 5-1 victory over the Central Grizzlies at Torres. The Toros scored three runs in the fifth and two ru

After falling into an early hole, the Madera Coyotes softball team scored a pair of runs late for a 6-4 victory over the Sanger Apaches. The Apaches led 3-0 after the first inning, but the Coyotes scored four in the third to take the lead, but Sanger tied it in the bottom. Isabella Aguirre held the Apaches scoreless in relief the rest of the way to pick up the win. Aguirre struck out three and allowed two hits in five innings of relief.

Every time I go biking or walking around my area in Bass Lake, I have to live through the decay of each street, of what used to be a place much like Oakhurst; a hub for people to live at. My hands itch from vibrations, not from allergies; the roads are in almost complete ruin. The original 1940s infrastructure is slowly wasting away into oblivion. These old houses that people remember are either becoming a “Jenga” style of rebuilding, or just wasting away. So many people left

The California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) proudly joins communities across the state in celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week, May 4-8; National Teacher Day on May 5; and California Day of the Teacher on Wednesday May 13. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all educators for their tireless work, creativity, and unwavering commitment to educating future generations. Today and everyday, we thank them for the lasting difference they make in the lives of countless stu

David Baldacci has written some of the most interesting novels that I’ve read, and I’ve read thousands of novels since my teen years. Only a few have kept me up all night because I had to see how they ended. The first, as I recall, was Herman Wouk’s, The Caine Mutiny, which I read when I was 16. I had to work that day at Lucky Stores, where I was a carry-out boy, but that didn’t matter. The book was that good. As I ate my breakfast, I told my mother the story. Then I took a s