Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Chloe Bushey tries to turn the corner around the right side to score one of her two touchdowns in Tuesday’s flag football victory over Matilda Torres.  The Madera Coyotes came up with four turnovers and limited the Matilda Torres Toros’ offense to just 59 yards in a 12-0 victory on a rainy and wet Toro Stadium turf.  Playing through Tuesday’s storm, the Coyotes took advantage of the turnovers for their two touchdowns. Chloe Bushey s

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Trinity Anderson rises up for a kill during Monday’s three-set victory over the Central Grizzlies at Torres. After suffering its first loss of the North Yosemite League season, the Matilda Torres Toros girls volleyball team rebounded with a three-set sweep over the Central Grizzlies in a rare Monday contest.  The Toros allowed Central to battle in the second set, but took the first and third sets, 25-12, to pick up the sweep. It was

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Mia Carlson tries to tip an attack past the Edison block during Tuesday’s loss in Joe Flores Gym.  The Madera Coyotes girls volleyball team couldn’t find any consistency in its three-set loss to the Edison Tigers in Joe Flores Gym.  The Tigers outscored the Coyotes 75-42 in the three-set sweep Tuesday evening. Madera was limited to just 14 kills in the match.  Destinee Avila led the team with five kills in the three sets. Mia Carlso

Joey Iest of Madera will represent an important cause that is close to his family’s heart in Saturday’s Short Track Shootout at his home Madera Speedway, carrying the colors of the Valley Children’s Hospital on his No. 88 Ford in the nationally-televised stock car race. Iest’s motivation to win for Valley Children’s Hospital runs deep. His older brother Richie battled cancer as a child, and was treated at Valley Children’s Hospital — a place that gave Joey’s family hope durin

Three hundred million dollars. I opened my mail the other day and found out Gov. Nuisance wants all California taxpayers to pay that much so we can have a completely unnecessary election. Why?

Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone. — John Adams, Second U.S. President Let’s face it. The United States is not and never has been a true democracy. But we began the grand experiment with a document that was close. Only it was not as close as we’ve been led to believe.  The concept of democracy can be traced back to Greece in the fifth century B.C. when men (but not women, slaves, or foreigners) could participate in decision-making. The philosophers at that ti

For The Madera Tribune George Washington Mordecai, circa 1890. As the little town of Madera was growing up in the 19th century, several important politicians visited here. Presidents, former Presidents, and would-be Presidents met at Captain Mace’s hotel on the corner of E and Yosemite Avenue to begin a journey that would take them to the Big Trees and beyond. One of these was General Ulysses S. Grant, and before he left Madera, he met an old adversary that would one day beco

For The Madera Tribune Alberto Miranda. Alberto Miranda of Madera, CA, born in Fowler, CA, on  Feb. 11, 1967. Passed away Sept. 18, 2025. His surviving family: Wife: Mary (Torres-Jackson). Parents: Ignacia and Francisco. Siblings: brothers Moses, Jesse, Oscar and (deceased) Francisco Jr. Sister: Irene Miranda – Cavazos. Children: Brandon and Rhianna. Past residence: Firebaugh, CA, and past employment, Ardagh Group (glass plant). His favorite saying: “low-keyed, it’s no joke,”