Town Hall addresses concerns

26 January 2012, 4:32 pm

Madera County Supervisor Tom Wheeler and more than 40 Mountain Area residents gathered at Yosemite Lakes Park Clubhouse last Thursday for the supervisor's first town hall meeting of the year and the first in YLP since redistricting made the entire co... Read More »

State halts Chowchilla prison switch

25 January 2012, 11:11 pm

California corrections officials have agreed to temporarily halt a conversion of Chowchilla's V... Read More »

Buffalo Soldiers' study OK'd for park in Sierra, valley

25 January 2012, 10:45 pm

The House on Wednesday saluted the Buffalo Soldiers who once rode through the San Joaquin Valley of California and protected Sierra Nevada public lands. Despite some Republican resistance, the House approved legislation to study establishing a national historic trail that could range from Los Banos ... Read More »

Chowchilla women's prison halts switch to men's facility

25 January 2012, 10:13 pm

California corrections officials have agreed to temporarily halt a conversion of Chowchilla's Valley State Prison for Women into a men's facility. It was welcome news in the city, which is waging a legal battle over the project in Madera County Superior Court.... Read More »

Local briefs: Elderly Madera man killed by pickup

24 January 2012, 11:29 pm

A 79-year-old Madera man was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday night just outside the Madera city limits.... Read More »

Pedestrian, 79, struck and killed near Madera

24 January 2012, 8:58 am

A 79-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday night just outside the Madera city limit... Read More »

Madera man dead after being hit by vehicle

23 January 2012, 11:38 pm

A 79-year-old Madera man is dead after being hit by a vehicle as he apparently walked home from a store.... Read More »

Chase Continues Growth and Investment in California in 2012

23 January 2012, 7:15 am

Chase announced today that it will continue its investment in California by opening more than 80 new branches and adding more than 1,200 jobs to better serve customers in 2012.... Read More »

Trainer Hollendorfer seeks 1-2 in California Oaks

20 January 2012, 9:53 pm

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer won't be able to repeat his Corte Madera Stakes sweep of the first three places in today's $100,000 California Oaks. He had to scratch Milania because of a fever. That leaves him with Lady of...... Read More »

This week at Golden Gate Fields

20 January 2012, 12:53 am

Schedule: Today through Sunday Post time: 12:45 p.m. Feature race: $100,000 California Oaks on Saturday Feature simulcast race: Grade 2, $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita Update: Trainer Jerry...... Read More »

Featured Video