Madera News Archives

A Focolare Movement and St. Joachim Church sponsored health fair served more than the 200-person limit that had been set on Saturday.

Madera, CA- Two Madera teens are behind bars, thanks in part to their victim. Madera Sheriff's Deputies say the two boys, identified as 19-year-old Tyler Brundage and a unidentified juvenile, broke into a car stealing the victim's cell phone and stereo.

A bitter feud over San Joaquin River restoration has cost the advocacy group Families Protecting the Valley its executive director, former Fresno Mayor Alan Autry.

A fugitive sought since 1995 on DUI charges has been taken into custody in Madera County.

The Fresno Madera Medical Society is sponsoring Cardiovascular Update 2009, a cardiology symposium, in Madera on Nov.

Six people were injured Thursday when a van collided with a tractor pulling a harvester on Nees Avenue east of Douglas Avenue just west of Firebaugh.

MADERA, Calif. - Authorities say a 17-month old boy has died after being mauled by a pit bull.

The state Senate sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill Wednesday restoring some of the money for domestic violence shelters in California after the governor eliminated their funding last summer.

Madera police are looking for a man believed to be responsible for two robberies and an attempted robbery since Sunday.

Barry Trailer pulling algae from Hidden Lagoon in Corte Madera. Corte Maderans are struggling to control a pesky perennial interloper thriving in the waters of a small lagoon: algae.

Annual 'faire' nears end of season For several years many locals and valley folk have enjoyed the pageantry, and revelry of the Northern Californian Renaissance Faire at Casa de Fruta.

Six people were injured Thursday when a van collided with a tractor pulling a harvester on Nees Avenue east of Douglas Avenue just west of Firebaugh.

Two people are arrested after a shooting in Madera on Monday. It happened just after 6 p.m. at a home near Avenue 13-1/2 and Wood Street.

About 30 parents, teachers and students -- many wearing pink -- attended a district board meeting in Madera on Tuesday night in support of a popular middle school principal placed on administrative leave last month.

The Madera County Planning Commission voted to revoke the license of a controversial swap meet Tuesday night.

The California Highway Patrol is warning commuters of flooding on highways throughout the Bay Area this morning.

Madera County sheriff's deputies booked two men on felony drug counts after they were found Friday night in a van behind a business near Highway 41 in Oakhurst, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.

The Central Valley region of California is lesser known than its stately Napa counterpart, but its products aren't any less stellar, and the wine flows like, uh, wine.

An online charter school meant to serve Madera Unified School District students presented information to the school board at a public hearing Tuesday.

The Corte Madera Town Council will contest a Caltrans proposal to close the Madera Boulevard interchange as part of a transportation improvement project slated for southbound Highway 101.

About 30 parents, teachers and students -- many wearing pink -- attended a district board meeting in Madera on Tuesday night in support of a popular middle school principal placed on administrative leave last month.

Madera police are asking the public for help finding a man they suspect robbed Valley First Credit Union at gunpoint at 5:25 p.m. Monday.

Sometime in 1904, Maderans began to feel restless. One can see it in the old newspapers and in the diaries of the day.

Harry Baker, an Oakhurst businessman and a former Madera County supervisor, was arrested on one count of lewd and lascivious acts against a child under 14 after turning himself in at Fresno police headquarters today.

A popular principal at Ranchos Middle School in Madera was placed on administrative leave three weeks ago, and district officials have yet to offer a public explanation.

About 30 parents, teachers and students -- many wearing pink -- attended a district board meeting in Madera on Tuesday night in support of a popular middle school principal placed on administrative leave last month.

The following is a partial list of calls received by the Madera Police Department on Saturday.

A man wielding a knife was arrested Thursday after attempting to kidnap a 2-year-old girl at Courthouse Park in Fresno.

As KMJ News was first to report on Monday afternoon, an elderly former member of the Madera County Board of Supervisors has been charged with lewd conduct with a teenaged girl.

Three hunters who were reported missing in the year's first snowstorm in Madera County's high country were found safe this morning, the county Sheriff's Department said.

Sheboygan prosecutors have charged a young woman with trying to eat marijuana as police pulled over the car in which she was riding.

Poker champ supports McDonald House Card player Jerry Yang's personal story does not start or end Wednesday with a gift of $4,800 to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

A early morning accident took the life of Elifonso Calvillo Tapia, 57, of Madera, on Monday, on Avenue 14 just east of Road 14, according to The California Highway Patrol.