FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – A new West Sacramento exhibit opening Thursday, March 7, honors the area’s first residents, the Native Americans who lived in what later became West Sacramento. Visit the “Our Journey, the First Families” exhibit from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the community center, 1075 West Capitol Avenue. Sponsored by the [...]
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – The West Sacramento Historical Society is offering a field trip to the historic town of Winters in western Yolo County on Sept. 22. To prepare, there will be two orientation sessions: 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 18 at River Bend Manor, 664 Cummins Way, and 6 p.m. on Sept. 20 [...]
GUEST COMMENTARY FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 9, 2012 – By Glen Holstein Tuleyome Organization Fifteen thousand years ago what became California had no Delta and was in a very different world in which much of North America and Europe were covered by vast continental ice sheets. By then people occupied most of the eastern [...]
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – The West Sacramento Community Center presents historian William Petite, with entertaining stories about famous people from Sacramento’s past – including Jean Harlow (“The Marilyn Monroe of her day”), Joe DiMaggio, Wyatt Earp, and more. Light refreshments. The event is planned for 2 p.m. on Nov. 16 at the center, 1075 West [...]
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