FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 15, 2013 – The Bryte & Broderick Community Action Network will hold an organizational meeting for this year’s West Sacramento Veterans Day Parade at 6 p.m. on May 20 in the local library, 1212 Merkley Avenue. Any person, business or other organization interested in supporting or assisting the parade plan [...]
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAY 1, 2013 – The Sacramento Yacht Club has announced that its annual “opening day” boat parade will be held Sunday, May 5, on the Sacramento River. Best viewing spots include the Old Sacramento waterfront and the River Walk Park in West Sacramento (near the ziggurat building and Tower Bridge). [...]
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 14, 2012 – Former sergeant Eli Plaugher of West Sacramento (waving) served in the Korean War in 1951 -1952. Sunday, he rode in the downtown Sacramento Veteran’s Day parade. With him (at left) is family friend Sgt. Tommy Wang who served two tours in Iraq. West Sacramento did not hold [...]
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 5, 2012 – (with additional photos) By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor At least two hundred people dropped in to visit the newest version of the West Sacramento Multicultural Fair at Bryte Park on Saturday. The event was sponsored for the first time this year by the Bryte & [...]
Aug 272012
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – The “West Sacramento Neighborhood Fair & Parade” return Sat., Sept. 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be food, games and vendors at this “multicultural event.” The fair will be located at Bryte Park, and the parade will begin from the park at 10 a.m. Community [...]
Apr 152012
NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 11, 2012 – A woman who has involved herself in West Sacramento’s community has earned “Woman of the Year” distinction in Mariko Yamada’s 8th Assembly District. Debbie Reynolds, 35, joined other state-wide honorees in receiving the award in a ceremony at the capitol on March 26. “I was a little bit nervous,” [...]
Nov 172011
Editor’s note: The News-Ledger covered last week’s Veterans Day Parade with an article and several photos in its Nov. 16 edition. Following are more photos from the dozens we took, along with the Nov. 16 article. NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 16, 2011 The damp skies showed some mercy, and the first try at a Veterans Day [...]
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