Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera point guard Alex Rodriguez kicks the ball to the outside during Tuesday’s season-opening loss to the Kingsburg Vikings.  The Madera Coyotes boys basketball team was outscored 54-28 in the second half of a season-opening 79-58 loss to the Kingsburg Vikings in Joe Flores Gym.  Stevie Estrada led the Coyotes with 21 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. However, he was the only Coyote in double figures. Jeremiah Burk was the next high

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Angel Paramo drives the lane for a wild shot in Monday’s season opening loss to the Coalinga Horned Toads. Paramo led the Stallions with 10 points.  The Madera South Stallions had trouble finding the bottom of the net, and gave head coach Cole Morgan a loss in his Stallions boys basketball coaching debut. The Stallions made just five field goals, including going 0-for-15 from 3-point range, in a 12-point first half. The Stalli

I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate those of you who took the opportunity to participate in the No Kings March held on October 18. You were successful, the United States of America does not have a king. Sorry to inform you, but that was settled long, long ago when we declared our independence.  I do respect everyone’s right to participate in the march, it is a right that is guaranteed by the Constitution of The United States. I have to agree that the majority of

I just re-read the long, silly letter by John Bowers, published in the Tribune on October 8. He compares Democrats to dogs who chase sticks. According to Mr. Bowers, the Democrats are “corrupt.” They have “no sense of humor,” (actually, I find this letter pretty funny.) “They have a low IQ,” and they “tried to kill Trump twice.” They have “no experience with intelligence.” He repeats some of Trump’s insulting playground names for his opponents, and so on with more ridiculous

A new report by a Virginia-based company suggests that bird droppings on your car may not be as random as you might believe. The report is based on survey results and ornithological research. Writing for the Gizmodo Newsletter, Gayoung Lee states that the report’s conclusions “reveal a mix of expected yet surprising insights into the relationship between avian bowel activity and vehicle appearance.”  The “Bird Dropping Report” was published by Alan’s Factory Outlet and it con

Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, a special day set aside for recognizing and giving thanks for all the many good things in our lives. It is by far my favorite holiday of the year. I have many fond memories of Thanksgiving Days during my life. As I was growing up in central Florida, my family always spent Thanksgiving at my Aunt Sybil and Uncle John’s house in Dade City, which was about 40 miles from where we lived. Aunt Sybil was one of my grandmother’s four sisters. Her husband

For The Madera Tribune John Gordon (far right) continued serving as Madera’s mayor in 1948. The year 1948 proved to be a watershed in Madera’s politics. Earlier city elections had been fairly tranquil. Over the previous 40 years, if an incumbent was challenged, the contest didn’t raise anybody’s blood pressure. City elections in 1948, however, revealed that Madera had grown up. All of a sudden city leaders such Mayor John Gordon, Councilmen Arthur D. Cook, J. Wesley Smith, Jo

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Herman Perez. Madera civic and education advocate, Herman Perez, passed away last Thursday after a two month illness. He was 75.  Perez spent the better part of the past three decades leading Madera in a number of ways. “I was working my way to the coast, and I tell people my car broke down in Madera, and I haven’t left,” Perez said in a 2024 interview. “I really liked Madera. Madera and my hometown, Hanford, are both the same siz