Madera News

The Madera District Fair is currently accepting entry forms from local residents hoping to compete in a variety of divisions including livestock, floriculture, arts & crafts and more! The 2014 Madera District Fair is "The Place to Bee!" and the Fair is celebrating the role of the honey bee in Central Valley Agriculture and you can "Bee" involved ... (more)

This photo provided by the Visalia Fire Department shows the results of a lightning strike on a tree at an apartment complex on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday switched tracks in its position on California's proposed high-speed rail project, voting 3-2 to oppose it.

A 32-year-old Pacifica woman speeding in a sport utility vehicle with her 6-year-old daughter was booked on suspicion of felony child endangerment, drunken driving and other violations Sunday evening after trying to flee from a California Highway Patrol officer.

Tou Moua, a water conservation representative for the city of Fresno, leaves a home where he left a notice for use of sprinklers during a prohibited time of day, flooding gutters and causing flooding to a neighbor's property Wednesday, July 9, 2014 in Fresno, Calif.

Tawney Jeffries was sentenced to 8 years in prison for DUI with great bodily injury by a Madera County Superior Court.

A man accused of stealing a $28 bottle of tequila was booked into jail in Madera on a $15,000 bond Wednesday, the Madera County Sheriff's Office reported.

A San Rafael woman and her son were arrested on suspicion of DUI in Marin County on Tuesday, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

All cowboys, cowgirls and all of their friends from Madera, Chowchilla and Porterville are urged to participate in the National Day of the Cowboy Blood Drive.

A group of pro-immigration protesters continue their march from the Central Valley to the Mexican border.

The problems of the Central Valley are right in front of us: people out of work, people struggling with low-wage jobs and people feeling helpless.

The Madera District Fair is currently accepting entry forms from local residents hoping to compete in a variety of divisions including livestock, floriculture, arts & crafts and more! The 2014 Madera District Fair is “The Place to Bee.” and the Fair is celebrating the role of the honey bee in Central Valley Agriculture and you can ... (more)

Workers ease into place a large piston-and-cylinder structure next to a buried concrete piling near Madera as part of an engineering test for California's high-speed rail project.

Should Argentina's Messi have ditched the sports drink in the second half? Study casts doubt on soccer blood sugar effect The acquisition broadens JBT FoodTech's portfolio of in-container sterilization technologies to the canning, dairy, pharmaceutical and beverage industry.

One person was killed and eight were injured Monday evening on state Highway 152 east of Gilroy after a tractor-trailer triggered a crash with eight other vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Lewis, a 38-year-old teacher, reached the finish at the Mount Whitney Portal in 23 hours, 52 minutes, 55 seconds.

The hummingbirds might do a little less zipping around the verbena and seek a little shade with the return of heat to the Central Valley.

Madera sheriff's deputies arrested two men with stolen property in their pickup after neighbors called in a report of a suspicious vehicle near Avenue 9 and Road 35. The truck was seen parked alongside an orchard around 6:30 p.m. Saturday night.

Bethesda Apostolic Faith Church is scheduled to have a church barbecue 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, 1822 Canal St. Donation is $10 per person.

Water quality can be a concern for many, especially in some areas of the Central Valley where several contamination problems have been reported recently.