Madera News

State officials on Thursday agreed to drop a request to consolidate all lawsuits challenging California's use of voter-approved high-speed rail bonds, allowing a trial seeking to stop their sale to begin later this month Opponents of the $68 billion bullet train project and attorneys for the California High-Speed Rail Authority submitted their ... (more)

In this Feb. 21, 2013 file photo a new inmate housing unit is seen near completion at the Madera County Jail in Madera, Calif.

Fresno's high temperature Monday broke the century mark for the second day in a row, but relief is on the way.

Mother Nature had a record-breaking Mother's Day in the Valley, as temperatures in Fresno soared to 102 degrees, hitting triple digits for the first time this year, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford.

Fresno Police officer Antonio Route is assigned to the Fresno Area Express beat, but a concertgoer might run into him working a detail at the Save Mart Center.

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"Water issues have long been a matter of intense debate in California. As the nation's leading agricultural state, as well as its most populous, California's thirst has become almost unquenchable.

Many Californians know the usual course of "Valley Fever," a soil-borne blight whose medical name is coccidioidomycosis, or "cocci" for short.

The rumor spread like wildfire via phone calls, text messages and social media postings and has persisted now for more than three weeks: Immigration agents are rounding up unauthorized workers in Central California farming communities.

The father of a Madera middle-school student accused of bringing pot-laced Rice Krispies to school is now charged with a variety of felonies.

The Madera County Grand Jury recently criticized the Madera County District Attorney's Office, stating the office has not prosecuted a majority of alleged crimes committed within the Madera County jail, resulting in a "safety issue for officers and inmates." In its recent reports, the Grand Jury also stated that the Madera County Department of ... (more)

It is said that if you ever saw how sausage was made, you would never eat it. And so it was that after watching the proceedings of the State Assembly Organizational Committee in Sacramento last Wednesday I felt sickness in my stomach and disillusionment in my heart.

On Wednesday, frustrated family and friends of a murdered Madera teen, Krista Pike, gathered to hold a rally.

Motorists who regularly travel Highway 99 between Fresno and Madera know the frustrations and white-knuckle moments that congestion can create in the highway's tight, two-lane stretch.

There is perhaps no better place to buy fresh, locally grown food than at a farmers market.

Leeward and Poplar drives, 9:12 p.m. Monday A male walked to the hospital after being shot.

Mellisa Root, who grew up in Idaho, joined the staff at Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park as Executive Pastry Chef last fall.

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Corte Madera, Calif.-based RH has opened The Gallery at Keystone in Indianapolis.

Gov. Jerry Brown, construction labor unions and some others are determined to proceed with California's nascent bullet train, with the first tracks scheduled to be laid later this year between Madera and the south end of Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley.