OMG! In A.J. Finn’s debut novel, “The Woman in the Window” (2018, 427 pages), there is a confluence of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”...

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Madera Police Officers responded to Matilda Torres High School after they received a report...

I started this column on September 15, 2021. During the first year, I’ve reviewed more than 60 books, occasionally including two or more...

For The Madera Tribune Frank Crappa is shown here standing on the far right. His brother, Joe Crappa is on the inside behind the counter....

The Madera Police Department responded to 911 calls from Nishimoto Elementary School, Desmond Middle Schools and Matilda Torres High...

For The Madera Tribune This group of O’Neals citizens posed for this photograph in front of the Spring Valley School in 1895. The school...

Wow! If you could squish a courtroom drama written by John Grisham or Scott Turow and a thriller by David Baldacci or Sandra Brown...

If you’re a gambling man or woman (and two of this fall’s seven California ballot propositions are about gaming), don’t bet the house...