Tag Archives: Selma

The Selma City Council is torn between choosing a district map the community supports or picking one that keeps members from running against each other. At Monday night’s regular meeting, the council cast votes on a map created by the company it hired, the National Demographics Corporation (or NDC), and …

The Selma City Council wants to change the way people vote for council members by creating districts versus at-large voting. But mapping those districts is a complicated process and community and council members have different ideas on how to make it fair. The first set of district maps that were …

Over the last 200 days of legislative session, freshman Congressman TJ Cox has brought the House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raul Grijalva to the San Joaquin Valley for a water tour, co-sponsored Valley Fever legislation , and thrown his support behind a number of Democratic party agenda items. Last …

Fresno Police announced Monday that they arrested the man who threatened a popular LGBTQ nightclub in Fresno. Twenty-eight-year-old Jose Lechuga from Selma was arrested and booked by Fresno Police last Thursday. Chief Jerry Dyer said Lechuga used a fake Facebook account under the name, “Maga Shooter” to threaten that the …

As summer winds down, and school picks back up, local theater groups are starting to plan their next seasons with which to entertain the Valley. The Selma Arts Center just announced its upcoming season, while celebrating its fifth year in action. We spoke with Nicolette C. Anderson, the Coordinator for …

Red, white and blue filled the sky for Selma’s annual Independence Day celebration. The city holds the event, now in its 26th year, every year on the 3rd of July. The fireworks show attracted about 3,000 people. Juanita Cantu said she comes every year from Madera to catch the show. "Oh my …

The best of local bbq goes head to head this weekend, all to benefit a Selma soccer team.

Selma firefighters were busy this afternoon putting out a raging house fire. It happened after one o’clock this afternoon in the neighborhood of Sylvia and North. Video was sent in to us by Cody Chadwick. You can see flames shooting from the attic and smoke billowing out from the air …

The streets of Selma were shut down for a colorful celebration. Yesterday was the 21st annual Selma Sikh Day Parade. Thousands came out to celebrate the beginning of the Sikh new year. Organizers say the parade has grown over the years, to nearly 8,000 people. "It feels great. Every year …