While on patrol near Sunset Avenue and Sundance Lane, Madera Police Department Officer Fidel Amezola spotted a suspect actively vandalizing a parked vehicle. The individual — Hashem Hussein, 20 — was seen stomping on the vehicle’s windshield, as captured in a video Saturday evening.  Officer Amezola acted quickly, and Hussein was arrested for felony vandalism. He has since been booked into Madera County Jail.

For The Madera Tribune The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help to locate Gregory Perez. If anyone has information, call (559) 675-7770 or Detective Andrade at (559) 517-7997. The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help to locate Gregory Perez, 54, last seen on October 1, around 5 p.m., leaving his home in Coarsegold.  He was wearing blue jeans, a red t-shirt, a tan hat, and sandals.  Gregory is 5’9”, 175 pounds, with long brown/grey hair and blue eyes. He ha

CHP Madera officers responded to a traffic crash involving two vehicles, on Road 400, at River Road on October 16 at about 9:30 a.m. A 61-year-old woman from Madera, was driving a gray 2023 Ford Explorer, northbound on Road 400, approaching River Road. A 40-year-old man from Madera, was seated in the right front passenger seat of the Ford Explorer.   A 75-year-old man from Raymond was driving a white 1994 Ford F-350, southbound on Road 400, approaching River Road.

California stands at a crossroads with Proposition 50, a measure that threatens to unravel the progress we’ve made toward unbiased, transparent redistricting. Californians strongly rejected partisan gerrymandering by establishing the Citizens Redistricting Commission, taking map-drawing power from self-serving Sacramento politicians, and putting it in the hands of an impartial group dedicated to fairness, not politics. The Commission has been far from perfect, but it beats th

Madera County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, Rebecca Martinez announced that in order to be eligible to vote in the November 4, Statewide Special Election, persons must register to vote by Monday, October 20.  In order to be eligible to register to vote at the November 4 Statewide Special Election, voters  must be a United States Citizen, live in Madera County and be 18 years old on or before Election Day.  Individuals who are currently on parole for the conviction o

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