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Madera High Student Tests Positive for COVID-19, School Shutters Athletics

July 31, 2020

Madera High School has suspended all athletic workouts after a student-athlete tested positive for COVID-19, athletic director John Fernandez said Thursday. The student, who was not identified, was exposed this month to the coronavirus by a person off campu...

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Madera South Student Under Investigation for ‘Hateful’ Social Media Post

Nancy Price

July 6, 2020

A Madera South High School student is under investigation after a "hateful" post surfaced on social media on the Fourth of July, district spokesman Babatunde Ilori said Monday. "Any kind of discriminatory or...

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Madera Unified: ‘We’re Not Madera County School Board, and We Don’t Condone Racism’

Nancy Price

June 24, 2020

Madera Unified School District wants everyone to know that it opposes racism and that it's not the same entity as the Madera County Board of Education, whose president posted on Facebook last weekend "I'm proud...

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Derek Carr to 2020 Grads: Don’t Miss Out on Alternative Ceremonies

Nancy Price

May 26, 2020

COVID-19 has put the kibosh on traditional large-scale graduation ceremonies in May and June for the Class of 2020, but graduates are being celebrated in new and different ways. The celebrations are virtual for now, but districts and colleges are vowing sti...

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School Meal Updates for Fresno And Madera Unifieds During COVID-19 Closures

Nancy Price

March 24, 2020

Fresno Unified is adding Birney Elementary School in central Fresno to the school sites where the community can pick up breakfasts and lunches, district spokeswoman Amy Idsvoog said Tuesday. Birney will be t...

Madera Unified Chief: Goal Is For 100% Of Kids Online During COVID-19 Closures

Nancy Price

March 19, 2020

Madera Unified School District wants every one of its 20,000 students to have access to high-speed internet — no matter the family's income level — and devices like Chromebooks to connect to it so they can keep...

Fresno Unified Chief Still Hopes Schools Will Reopen Before Summer

Nancy Price

March 18, 2020

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's belief that California schools will remain closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson said Wednesday he's not willing to give up hope yet. Nelson's comment came in a 6-minute video u...

Did You Get Strange Seeds in the Mail? 'Don't Plant Them,' Says Ag Commission

Bay Area Planners Approve 60% Work From Home Mandate After Tense Debate

Trump Won’t Commit to Peaceful Transfer of Power if He Loses

No Fall Cool Down Yet. Triple Digit Valley Heat Expected to Return Next Week.

Large Crowds at SJ River Park Led to COVID Outbreak, Supervisor Says

Valley Petroleum Distributor Questions Governor’s Plan To Phase Out Gas Powered Cars

Stanford Report: Smoke From Wildfires Killed 1,200 People, Likely Many More

‘Make a Reservation’: Local Restaurants Poised for Dine In Restart Next Week

In Moscow, a Woman Devotes Her Life to Saving Dogs

Nearly 500 Pilot Whales Stranded in Australia; 380 Dead

Mars Drops Uncle Ben’s, Reveals New Name for Rice Brand

Unmasked: NFL Fines Coaches, Teams for Not Covering Faces

Walters: Legislature Fails on Police Reform Promises

Walters: California’s Job Numbers Aren’t Good

Is Mike Pompeo Preparing an October Surprise?

Walters: Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Bite the Dust Again

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Rank-and-File Union Members Snub Biden for Trump

Trump Won’t Commit to Peaceful Transfer of Power if He Loses

Here’s How Key Swing States Are Leaning in the Presidential Race — and How They’re Weathering the Recession

Cindy McCain Endorses Biden for President in Rebuke of Trump

Madera High Student Tests Positive for COVID-19, School Shutters Athletics

Madera Unified: ‘We’re Not Madera County School Board, and We Don’t Condone Racism’

Derek Carr to 2020 Grads: Don’t Miss Out on Alternative Ceremonies

School Meal Updates for Fresno And Madera Unifieds During COVID-19 Closures

Madera Unified Chief: Goal Is For 100% Of Kids Online During COVID-19 Closures

Fresno Unified Chief Still Hopes Schools Will Reopen Before Summer

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