Madera News

Bidders competing for a contract to design and build the second piece of high-speed rail line in the San Joaquin Valley could receive up to $2 million apiece if their bid is passed over.

An independent study funded by Merced-area business owners found that although the city cut developer fees by 55 percent in 2012, the city's commercial and industrial fees are relatively high for the region.

ON THIS DAY IN 1962: The Beatles made their TV debut on the BBC program "Teenager's Turn."

Incumbent District Attorney Michael Keitz is being challenged by Oakhurst attorney David Linn and Deputy Madera County Counsel Miranda Neal.

Clovis Unified School District science teacher Paul Lake has been named California's High School Educator of the Year by the California League of High Schools.

A Madera County drug task force Thursday arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the distribution of methamphetamine, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.

Fresno County Supervisor Henry Perea, Fresno City Council Member Paul Caprioglio and Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer sell Kids Day special edition newspapers at Shaw and Blackstone avenues Tuesday, March 4, 2014.

A while back, I wrote a diary for this series about independent bookstores using services like kickstarter to keep themselves open .

Madera County Sheriff John Anderson gave credit to a tip from an anonymous caller who alerted officials about a courthouse vandal.

A flu vaccine shot is administered to a patient at the American Legion Hall in Fresno during a flu vaccine clinic Thursday, January 31, 2013.

Five years after mothballing its production plants and placing them in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Pacific Ethanol this week announced record earnings and said it will restart its Madera plant this spring.

As promised, heavy rain is falling across the Bay Area on Friday morning with some locations already recording more than an inch of the wet stuff.

Annie Jacobsen recounts the U.S. government's clandestine program to employ German scientists following World War II.

The Madera County Board of Supervisors will host an informational workshop Tuesday at 10 a.m. to discuss the development of a strategic response to drought conditions as well as future county-wide water policies.

The continuing drought and concerns about declining groundwater levels will set the stage Wednesday for the first meeting of Stanislaus County's Water Advisory Committee.

Pacific Ethanol is the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States.

Domestic violence drove LaSonya Rucker to the streets of Fresno, and for four years, she spent a lot of her time afraid.

Erin Lindsay McCabe discusses 'I Shall Be Near to You' at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Book Passage in Corte Madera.

From Jan. 19 to Jan. 25, the Chowchilla Police Department responded to about 508 calls.

As a result, continued drought conditions and wildfires have required the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to hire several dozen seasonal firefighters earlier than normal across the Central Valley and Central Sierra.