Five crash crash in 'state streets'

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 6, 2013 – West Sacramento firefighters responded on Jan. 24 to a five-car accident at the intersection of Alameda Street and Virginia Avenue. One injury was reported — the patient was taken away by ambulance — and “damage was done to several trees, yards and vehicles,” reports the Fire Department. [...]

State audit says West Sacramento's handling of redevelopment property was clean & legal

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 14, 2012 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor West Sacramento has become the first California city to be certified by the state controller with a clean bill of health for the manner in which the city “wound down” its redevelopment agency assets. When the state abolished redevelopment agencies in a [...]

Elena Villegas lobbies the governor

 FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — OCT 10, 2012 – West Sacramento’s Elena Villegas (second from right) was part of a group that met with Governor Jerry Brown on Sept. 29 to promote keeping the state’s community colleges affordable to students. Brown is pictured at the left front. Villegas is a community college student active [...]

Endeavor passes over Tower Bridge

 NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — SEPT 21, 2012 – The space shuttle Endeavor kept its appointment with the Sacramento area this morning, passing over the Tower Bridge area as part of a tour that will put it in a museum in Los Angeles. This shot was snapped by the News-Ledger’s Eric Harding — who actually got the [...]

FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — SEPT 19, 2012 – Find yourself someplace with a clear view of the sky on Friday – preferably near the state capitol building in Sacramento – and you will get a treat. The retired space shuttle Endeavor is due to make a pass over Sacramento’s capitol building, riding piggyback [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 29, 2012 – A West Sacramento man went to jail Sunday night after allegedly vandalizing California’s state capitol building, the treasurer’s office and Sacramento city hall.   According to the San Jose Mercury News, the suspect is 21-year old Michael Dopkins, who allegedly threw rocks and concrete at several sides of the [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – First 5 Yolo – a local agency funded with tobacco tax money – believes it is on track to distribute $2.5 million in additional money to Yolo organizations that support kids up to age five and their families over the next three years. The money was held up after the passage [...]

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