DJ Becker
Rabid brown bat is found
A small brown bat found in a backyard on Evergreen Drive off Crane Valley Road (Road 426) has tested positive for rabies, an often fatal...
DJ Becker
Animals in dire conditions seized
For The Madera Tribune Many small Chihuahua-mix dogs pant without water in 111-degree heat, while stacked in 2-by-3-foot crates inside...
Tami Jo Nix
Life is full of cautionary tales
My boss thinks I am crazy, and he is not wrong. In his Wednesday column, he says people who continue to smoke cigarettes knowing how bad...
For The Madera Tribune
Ferguson Fire jumps up in size
The Ferguson Fire, that started July 13 on the Sierra National Forest and is managed under unified command between the United States...
Bill Coate
History in the Week of July 22
Madera County Historical Society This is how Yosemite Avenue looked in 1890. In less than 20 years, it had all changed. The automobiles...
Chuck Doud
Know when people are crazy?
• The public is crazy when it pays retired municipal employees more money to be retired than it paid them to work. Take Los Angeles...
Tyler Takeda
Burn victim excels without limitations
For The Madera Tribune Burn victim Pradnya Bergdahl hangs out with a pig during Champs Camp in June. Bergdahl has been going to the camp...