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Madera, California is located in Madera County. Zip codes in Madera, CA include 93639, 93638, and 93637. The median home price in Madera is $169,900 which is roughly $83/per square foot. More Madera information.

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1 hr ago | Visalia Times-Delta

High-speed rail ahead

It's a green light to start building high-speed rail north of Fresno but red tape and legal wrangling will keep crews from turning dirt on the South Valley section any time soon.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

My Mother Lode

Update Mariposa & Madera Fires

Cal Fire reports an unattended campfire is what sparked the Carstens fire near Mariposa.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

CaHSR Blog

Fresno Bee Says Jeff Denham "Betrays the Valley"

In the Central Valley - where unemployment averages more than 15%, more than 40% in some cities - the [HSR] project would bring jobs and better connections with the coastal economies.

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Sierra Star

Single car accident on Road 415

A single car accident occurred around 7:30 a.m., Monday, June 17 on Raymond Road near River Road .

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The Fresno Bee

Sierra wildfires trigger warning of unhealthy air

The Carstens fire in Mariposa County looms behind the lights of Oakhurst on Sunday night, June 16, in a photo provided by reader John-Mark Brix.

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Chico Enterprise-Record

Wildfires burning near Yosemite, Madera

State fire officials say the Carstens fire has burned 1 and 1/2 square miles, about six miles northeast of Mariposa along Highway 140, one of the main routes into Yosemite National Park.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Merced Sun-Star

Chukchansi tribe leaders' styles fuel dispute

The three leaders vying for control of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians - and its $9 million-a-month haul from its Madera County casino - have undeniably different styles.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Benzinga

Restoration Hardware Soars to New All-Time Highs on Q1 Results

High-end home furnishings and furniture retailer Restoration Hardware released its fiscal first-quarter earnings results on Thursday after the closing bell.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Investor's Business Daily

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. Reports Record First Quarter...

Company Provides Q2 Guidance of Revenue Growth Between 28% and 30%, Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.40 to $0.42 Company Increases Fiscal 2013 Guidance to Revenue Growth Between 23% and 27% from Previous Range of 19% to 22%, Adjusted Diluted EPS of $1.41 to $1.47 versus Previous Guidance of $1.29 to $1.37 CORTE MADERA, Calif.-- -- Restoration Hardware ... (more)

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Merced Sun-Star

Capitol Alert: California Assembly committee stalls high-profile farm labor bill

A high-profile bill to help the United Farm Workers union secure contracts with growers has hit a roadblock in a California Assembly committee that's ordinarily very friendly to union-sponsored legislation.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Press-Enterprise

EDITORIAL: Halt wasteful California - bullet train' project

Barreling ahead regardless of obstacles blocking the tracks is no way to run a railroad.

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Marin Independent Journal

Litter scooped up along Highway 101 in Marin

Kenny Gatlin, a Caltrans employee, picks up litter along northbound Highway 101 on Alto Hill on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Corte Madera, Calif.

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Merced Sun-Star

Earth Log: The silver lining in that cloud of Valley smog

The highest eight-hour ozone peak last week happened Saturday in Sequoia National Park.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

Sierra Star

Sheriff asks for help in search of wanted Oa Neals man

Madera County Sheriff John Anderson is asking for the public’s help to locate Pasquale Desantis, 38, who reportedly resides in Madera and Fresno County.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

The Fresno Bee

Madera sheriff's detectives make arrest in fusion party murder

Deputies were serving a search warrant on a home in south Madera on Sunday for a different case when they found the suspect, Esteven Rodriguez, Sheriff John Anderson said at a Monday afternoon news conference.

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Sun Jun 09, 2013

The Fresno Bee

Despite construction contract, Valley's high-speed rail faces obstacles

Even as officials celebrate what they call a "milestone" contract to start building a statewide high-speed train system in the Fresno-Madera area, uncertainty looms in the form of deadlines, environmental rules and opposition lawsuits.

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

The San Diego Union-Tribune

A new chapter in bullet-train follies

The California bullet train - which is supposed to weave hundreds of miles through two mountain ranges on giant elevated tracks in seismically active areas - is an immense engineering challenge.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

News10.net

Bullet train officials award first construction contract

In what's arguably the real kickoff to the construction of California's largest ever infrastructure project, members of the state's high speed rail authority on Thursday signed off on the initial $985 million contract for breaking ground this summer.

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Sierra Star

Eastern Madera County cooling centers

The County of Madera has established Cooling Centers in Eastern Madera County for times of extreme summer heat.

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Times-Standard

Board set to approve Calif high-speed rail deal

The board overseeing California's $68 billion high-speed rail project is set to approve a contract to start the first construction work for a bullet train in the Central Valley at its meeting Thursday in Sacramento.

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