FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 9, 2011 By Steve Marschke, News-Ledger Editor Just where are all those dirt-hauling trucks going? Michael Bessette, West Sacramento’s flood protection manager, told the News-Ledger that a lot of them are probably hauling fill to several local levee improvement projects. “There are currently three levee project sites under construction right [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 2, 2011 – River City High School’s Alana Csaposs has received a “letter of commendation” from the National Merit Scholarship Program. According to the school, she is among the 50,000 highest-testing students from over 1.5 million nationwide who took the PSAT last year. That test is a precursor to the SAT test [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 9, 2011 – On Friday, River City High School played its final football game of the regular season at home against the Union Mine Diamondbacks. Both the junior varsity and varsity games were very close, with Union Mine edging out River City J.V. by two points and edging out the [...]
The Yolo County Children’s Alliance will bring back the annual “Community Giveaway Day” on Sat., Nov. 19, from 8 a.m. “until supplies run out” at Westfield Village Elementary School, 508 Poplar Avenue. West Sacramento residents are invited to show up and receive some free household goods, clothes, food, toys and more (bring proof of [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 9, 2011 By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The first West Sacramento Veterans Day Parade is scheduled for this Friday afternoon through West Sacramento’s Park Boulevard area – and organizer Debbie Reynolds of the Eskaton Wilson Manor says there will be a lot for viewers to see. “There is a grand total of [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 9, 2011 – Southport will soon have a couple more fast food restaurants, and these will come with drive-through lanes. Both are planned for the Lowe’s shopping center on the 2200-block of Lake Washington Boulevard, west of Jefferson. First in line is a Taco Bell, said David Tilley, Senior Planner for [...]


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