

Abandoned O’Neals mother finally got her due
For The Madera Tribune In 1911, the year that Ellen White graduated from Spring Valley School, shown here, she learned that she had...
Bill Coate
May 22, 2024
Changes coming to Courthouse Park
During the regularly scheduled meeting held at the county building in downtown Madera on Tuesday morning, the County Board of Supervisors...
Angel L. de Jesus Jr.
May 17, 2024


Marge made history
For The Madera Tribune Marge Medellin with former Vice President Walter Mondale. I first met Marge Medellin in 1972 when I moved to...
Bill Coate
May 17, 2024
Opinion: Is California really growing again?
The Golden State was in a population-growth slump. The state stopped growing in 2019. That was a previously unexperienced phenomenon....
Jim Glynn
May 17, 2024


‘Warring Italians — Fierce Fight — Lucca’s Barroom Wrecked’
For The Madera Tribune At the turn of the 20th century, Maderans worked hard and played hard. This group labored at the Madera Sugar Pine...
Bill Coate
May 14, 2024


Latinas Unidas fundraiser honors Mother of the Year
Angel L. de Jesus Jr./The Madera Tribune Madera Mayor Santos Garcia presents Latinas Unidas de Madera Mother of the Year recipient...
Angel L. de Jesus Jr.
May 10, 2024


Historical look back over the past 100 years of my life
For The Madera Tribune Longtime Madera civil engineer Bertram Alfred King spent his formative years in Madera before moving to New...
For The Madera Tribune
May 10, 2024
Word origins
My dad, even in his 90s, had the mind of a steel trap. He remembered just about everything, and I am thankful for all the stories he told...
Nancy Simpson
May 10, 2024



