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02/08/2026

First Bitwise, now the Fresno Arts Council. Another major institution faces a fraud and embezzlement investigation. Another fraud investigation rocks Fresno. What is your reaction to the news?

01/31/2026

FYI

DUI Checkpoint: Saturday, January 31, 2026-

The Clovis Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence (DUI) Checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the city on Saturday evening, January 31, 2026.

“Impaired drivers put others on the road at significant risk,” Sergeant Abby Padgett, Traffic Supervisor said. “Any prevention measures that reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roads significantly improve traffic safety.”

To report a DUI or reckless driver, call 911.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

01/22/2026

There still time! Link: https://win.newmode.net/picoca/rejecticefunding/call/en?source_code=emailen

01/19/2026

ICE activity earlier today on Willow and Shepherd. Worker detained.

Credit: Veronica_sand

01/19/2026

ICE activity was reported earlier today on Shepherd and Willow in Fresno, California. We will provide more updates when they become available.

01/18/2026

ICE enforcement operation in Stockton today. Stockton PD came out to intimidate advocates at the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) office. A Stockton PD officer tried to steal the vehicle and plate tracking logs. This comes days after Stockton passes the Compassionate Resolution.

On January 13th, in a unanimous 7–0 vote, Stockton adopted a “Compassionate City” resolution reaffirming the city’s values and its commitment to supporting residents—regardless of immigration status.

12/19/2025

Goodnight SEDA… for now 💤 ✊

12/18/2025

SHOW UP. STOP SEDA | 4:30PM | Fresno City Hall 

Can someone tell Mike that civic discourse isn’t the same as fear mongering.

Mike Karbassi Full statement:

As most folks know, I’m Mike Karbassi, city Council President with your Unfiltered audience only exclusive city council update. We have a council meeting this Thursday starting at 9:00 AM. We can talk about the agenda. It’s pretty packed, but here’s the thing. The elephant in the room is SEDA. There is a 4:30 PM hearing. Again, we moved it to the afternoon so more people can participate. At 4:30 PM hearing on the Southeast development area. You may have read about it in different publications. You may have heard some very, in my opinion, incendiary quotes about SEDA, but here’s the reality. The council is not, I want to reiterate, not on a blanket level approving the southeast development area on Thursday. That is not happening. That was never on the agenda, but unfortunately, some groups have resorted to fear mongering to get people to show up, and I think that’s very irresponsible.
Let me tell you what we are potentially doing. We’re going to have a hearing, we’re going to hear items, we’re going to hear a presentation from staff. What is being requested is that the mayor has proposed something called South SEDA. He’s proposed changes to the plan. We would give direction to the administration to go back, do their research, run the financials, and come back with a presentation on a new version. That includes what’s called South SEDA. This is a large parcel. It’ll move housing to another area of the plan. This parcel is contiguous with the city, meaning it’s adjacent to the city, and what it would do potentially is open up more jobs, potentially good industrial jobs, hopefully some med tech, which would be great. Just good paying jobs so people can afford housing, keeping people in Fresno rather than moving away to other cities, moving to Madera County and taking their tax dollars with them because that’s really what’s crippled our city and our growth for a long time, and our ability to pay for the bills to subsidize the inner city.

12/18/2025

In a statement shared on GV Wire’s Instagram, Mike Karbassi said groups were “fear mongering” to get people to show up at tonight’s(December 18th) city council meeting.

SHOW UP. STOP SEDA | 4:30PM | City Hall

Full transcript:
“As most folks know, I’m Mike Karbassi, city Council President with your Unfiltered audience only exclusive city council update. We have a council meeting this Thursday starting at 9:00 AM. We can talk about the agenda. It’s pretty packed, but here’s the thing. The elephant in the room is SEDA. There is a 4:30 PM hearing. Again, we moved it to the afternoon so more people can participate. At 4:30 PM hearing on the Southeast development area. You may have read about it in different publications. You may have heard some very, in my opinion, incendiary quotes about SEDA, but here’s the reality. The council is not, I want to reiterate, not on a blanket level approving the southeast development area on Thursday. That is not happening. That was never on the agenda, but unfortunately, some groups have resorted to fear mongering to get people to show up, and I think that’s very irresponsible.
Let me tell you what we are potentially doing. We’re going to have a hearing, we’re going to hear items, we’re going to hear a presentation from staff. What is being requested is that the mayor has proposed something called South SEDA. He’s proposed changes to the plan. We would give direction to the administration to go back, do their research, run the financials, and come back with a presentation on a new version. That includes what’s called South SEDA. This is a large parcel. It’ll move housing to another area of the plan. This parcel is contiguous with the city, meaning it’s adjacent to the city, and what it would do potentially is open up more jobs, potentially good industrial jobs, hopefully some med tech, which would be great. Just good paying jobs so people can afford housing, keeping people in Fresno rather than moving away to other cities, moving to Madera County and taking their tax dollars with them because that’s really what’s crippled our city and our growth for a long time, and our ability to pay for the bills to subsidize the inner city.”

12/18/2025

Context matters.

12/18/2025

Show up at City Hall, Thursday, December 18th, 4:30PM to STOP SEDA.This isn’t inevitable & the public is allowed to say NO!

SEDA is a developer-driven sprawl plan, revived after years of dormancy, pushed through with limited public engagement, centered (literally) on a Clovis Unified campus, and approved despite clear warnings about cost, equity, environmental impact & accountability.

12/17/2025

While we work on translating political and city planning jargon and gathering the most relevant facts about SEDA for an explainer post- share your thoughts, questions, and concerns in the comments.

For those familiar- how would you explain SEDA and its potential impact to someone with little to no knowledge about it?