Madera News

A 27-year-old man and his girlfriend, 33, both of Madera, were booked into Madera County Jail on Sunday night after two men were shot, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.

Two people, with ties to a Mexican Drug Cartel, are behind bars-thanks to the Madera County Sheriff's Department.

Madera South High's first ever homecoming was a huge success with more than 100 students waking up at 5 a.m. for the Channel 30 news broadcast, more than 20 floats at our on campus Homecoming parade and a victory for our Stallion Brotherhood Team.

From loans to networking, business strategies and information will be the focus of the 2009 Madera Business Conference planned for Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The conference will be in the Room AM 120 Lecture Hall of Madera Center Community College, the conference host.

A couple of Mexican nationals with ties to Mexican drug cartels have been picked up in Madera -- for selling heroin.

Police and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control held sting operations in Madera over the weekend and found minors were able to buy alcohol about 20 percent of the time.

Helping their community gives people with disabilities a sense of purpose. At its annual Halloween dance, Heartland Opportunity Center kicked off its Heartland Rotary Community Corps annual toy and food drive, Thursday.

An early morning traffic stop of a Chevy Blazer occupied by two self-identified gang members led to the discovery of a loaded shotgun inside, according to authorities.

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.