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MADERA - At about 8:00 Thursday morning, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding a vehicle collision and an associated shooting on Avenue 7 between Road 24 and Road 25. CHP had initially received the call of a vehicle collision. When they arrived on scene, they found a female occupant of one of the vehicles had been shot, and that the suspect had crashed his vehicle and fled the scene.

Sheriff’s Deputies along with CHP Officers including H40, established a perimeter around the location of the incident. Several other agencies were called to assist including Fresno Sheriff’s Office K9 units, Madera PD officers from their Special Investigations Unit, and the Madera County DA’s Office investigators.

MADERA - Gourmet deli sandwiches can now be found on Madera's West-side as the latest Deli Delicious opened it's doors Thursday morning on Howard Road. With bread baked daily and trip-tip and chicken cooked on site, employees spent most of the morning preparing those and other fresh ingredients for the premier deli sandwiches they would serve to their guests.

 

The Howard Road location shares the same franchisee as Madera's other location on West Cleveland Avenue. Hari and Surinder Randhawa. The Randhawa's opened that as their first location in 2014 which was soon followed by another in Merced in January of 2015. With their son Jasdeep overseeing the operation of all their locations, the family run business is looking for other locations to offer Deli Delicious award winning sandwiches in the future.

FRESNO - In the early morning hours on May 13 approximately 90 students from Olmos Elementary School gathered at the school campus. They were meeting at 3 a.m. to take a field trip of unimaginable proportions for some. These 6th grade students were taking their trip to Disneyland.

This adventure was a product of amazing hard work and fundraising efforts from the students, their parents, the staff at Olmos Elementary, members of the community, and members of the Fresno Police Department. This opportunity was provided to every 6th grade student at Olmos Elementary.

ANAHEIM, CA - Both parks at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim were over run by Stallions from the Madera South High School Music Department last week. The concert choir and jazz band were invited to participate in the Disney Performing Arts concerts which are a part of the Disney Youth Programs.

These year-round programs give schools from all over the country a chance to perform on the main stages at both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure for the park's guests. Following their performances the groups take part in a workshop backstage at Disneyland.

MADERA - Friday afternoon around 1:30pm  the city of Madera experienced a strong wind storm that moved through the area.  Winds from the storm reached speeds of 37 mph according to the National Weather Service at the Madera Airport.

The Madera Police Department received about forty calls regarding wind damage and/or power outages from the storm.  There were approximately four temporary power outages caused by downed power lines.

MADERA - A little after noon Monday, a sink hole opened up on Schnoor Avenue just north of West Fourth Street near Howard Road. At first Madera Police observed a two foot hole that grew into a 20 foot by 20 foot hole within minutes. Once Madera maintenance workers were able to get a good look at the damage they could see the dirt underneath the road surface had eroded over fifty feet to the south of the initial damage.

The main sewer trunk that stretches from Cleveland Avenue to the Madera sewer facility had ruptured at the spot of the damage. It is not known at this time how long the soil has been eroding from beneath the road but officials think the main damage may have come from this last weekend's heavy rains.