Madera County News Archives

District 2 Supervisor Vern Moss has announced he is opening a satellite office in the City of Chowchilla.

Gary Gooden admits he mouthed off to sheriff's deputies after they told him he had to take off his belt to enter the Fresno County civil courthouse.

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.

In the rural, low-income community of Fairmead about 10 miles north of Madera, some 800 people rely on a decades-old water pump that could fail at any moment.

Madera County victim services learned Wednesday that it would be able to reopen its shelter for victims of domestic violence.

MADERA, Calif. a " Search warrants show Madera County prosecutors are investigating whether a county employee illegally bought and sold the belongings of people who died under the county's care.Deputy public guardian Heather Young is on administrative leave.

A doctor has questioned the competency of a Madera man accused of killing and sexually assaulting three women and trying to kill a fourth in the 1990s, and now a special hearing will be held to determine whether the man can aid in his own defense.

The attorney for a former Madera County Supervisor accused of child molestation says, his client is in the hospital with pneumonia.

As KMJ News was first to report, Harry Baker -- the 81-year-old former Madera County supervisor who is accused of lewd conduct with a 13-year-old girl -- underwent surgery on Wednesday.

The Madera County Sheriff's Department says a couple was hiking near Tenaya Falls near Fish Camp -- when the husband slipped and fell into a pool of water.

Prominent Madera County civic leader Harry Baker was given two more weeks to show up in court on child molestation charges after his attorney said Baker was ill and may need emergency surgery.

Former Fresno firefighter Herman Hamm has driven his motorcycle all over California in his retirement years, navigating treacherous mountain highways and coastal roads.

A story on the front page of the Business section Thursday quoted Jon Marthedal, an Easton raisin grower, saying that cutting grape canes appears to damage them over time.

Visalia officers arrested a 30-year-old resident who was seen early Monday running from a store and carrying women's clothing valued at nearly $1,000, police said.

A 28-year-old Madera man was taken into custody after two early morning burglaries today, the Madera County Sheriff's Department reported.

As residents of Eastern Madera County communities continue to react to the Oct. 5 arrest of Harry Baker, 81, for alleged lewd and lascivious acts with a 13-year-old girl, details of the incident and the alleged blackmail scheme against Baker have been outlined in a series of investigation reports by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent ...

Workers in Madera County on Monday were trying to remove several dozen dead cows from a ravine near Coarsegold.

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

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

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.

A former Madera County supervisor arrested on suspicion of fondling a 13-year-old girl claims a video of the alleged act is part of a blackmail scheme.

A former Madera County supervisor arrested on suspicion of fondling a 13-year-old girl claims a video of the alleged act is part of a blackmail scheme.

The moose calf didn't seem to want to get out of the water. But its mother, perhaps concerned about approaching boats, decided it was time to leave.

Former County Supervisor Harry Baker surrenders to Fresno police Oakhurst businessman and former Madera County Supervisor Harry Baker, 81, has turned himself over to the Fresno Police Department to face charges of child molestation.

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

As KMJ News was first to report, new details emerged Tuesday about the legal mess involving an elderly former Madera County supervisor and a 13-year-old-girl. KMJ News obtained a copy of a federal search warrant served during an investigation into 81-year-old Harry Baker, who was videotaped two years ago in a Fresno motel room while he allegedly ...

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.

A former north valley supervisor was released from jail on Tuesday, a day after he turned himself in for child abuse charges.

Fresno Police have arrested a former Madera County Board Supervisor on charges of committing sex crimes against a child.

Searchers have found three hunters who were reported missing after they were stranded during Madera County's first snowstorm of the year.

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

The family of a pregnant woman killed in a DUI hit-and-run collision in February that also claimed the life of her unborn son is seeking damages from the driver and her husband, court records show.

A Madera County man was arrested after 15 marijuana plants were seized from a greenhouse outside his mobile home off Road 415, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said Friday.

A Madera County Grand Jury report this week accused the county's Board of Supervisors of approving a controversial rock quarry for a nonexistent corporation, but county officials said it won't delay the project.

A Madera County judge has ruled that a key environmental report for a massive housing development near Highway 41 lacks important information, forcing the county to rewrite part of the report and threatening to delay the 5,200-home project.