FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER NEWSPAPER – A new peace officers memorial at the old courthouse building, 725 Court Street in Woodland, will honor all those officers who fell in the line of duty while working for law enforcement agencies in Yolo County, including the sheriff’s department and West Sacramento Police Department. West Sacramento has lost one [...]
Apr 112013
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — April 11, 2013 – West Sacramento police say they’re investigating the death of a truck driver Wednesday morning at a business on the 3000-block of Evergreen Avenue. Police, firefighters and CHP officers responded to the scene at about 11 a.m. on April 10. “They found a semi-tractor, which appeared to have crashed [...]
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAR 4, 2013 A man walking on train tracks in West Sacramento was struck and killed by a San Jose-bound Amtrak train Sunday afternoon, reports the West Sacramento Police Department. The accident occurred at about 1:50 p.m., about 300 yards east of Harbor Boulevard. “The engineer saw the victim walking along the [...]
Dec 222012
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — DEC 22, 2012 – A Sacramento man died in a car-versus-bicycle accident this morning on West Capitol Avenue in West Sacramento. According to Lieutenant Tod Sockman of the West Sacramento Police Department, both the cyclist from Sacramento and the car that struck him were going eastbound along the 2000-block of West Capitol [...]
Nov 302012
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — NOV 30, 2012 – A PG&E employee was killed in a traffic accident early this morning in West Sacramento. Sgt. Nathan Steele of the West Sacramento Police Department said police responded to the collision at about 1:52 a.m. at Lake Washington Boulevard and Southport Parkway in West Sacramento. “Officers arrived on scene [...]
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 29, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Donors have come up with $4,200 in reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever bound and killed a small dog in West Sacramento last month. A probation officer working with a yard maintenance crew found [...]
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — JULY 30, 2012 – Law enforcement officials are looking for help from the public after a Chihuahua-mix dog was found in West Sacramento, apparently tortured and killed. A probation officer working with a yard maintenance crew found the dog on Thursday afternoon at 1720 Merkley Avenue, near Westacre Road. “The dog’s legs [...]
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