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). [...]
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Dec 302012
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — DEC 19, 2012 – The boxing program is organized in collaboration with the City of West Sacramento and the Broderick and Bryte Main Event Coalition, with Tony “The Tiger” Lopez and other boxing luminaries helping out. Upcoming is the program’s third summer. “We had about 60 last year, including about [...]
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — DEC 5, 2012 – Visit the Raley’s supermarket this weekend, and volunteers from River City High School will help you brighten the holidays for a local senior citizen. The “senior gift program” is sponsored by the West Sacramento Rotary Club, reports the Rotary’s Charyl Silva. Seniors at the Eskaton Woodrow Wilson [...]
Dec 062012
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – Buy some See’s candy for the holidays and support local charity programs of the West Sacramento Kiwanis. Visit the club’s candy shack at 2050 Town Center Plaza, Suite B-160, in the Nugget center. The candy booth is staffed by volunteers from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Christmas. Among the Kiwanis [...]
Nov 092012
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 7, 2012 – The local River City Democratic Club presented West Sacramento’s John Ohlson with a plaque and a cake last month, in honor of his decades of service to the party’s work. “Others deserve it more,” Ohlson commented at the presentation. He and his late wife, Grace Ohlson, have [...]
Oct 102012
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — OCT 10, 2012 – The River City Rowing Club in West Sacramento is hosting 19 rowing clubs from throughout California for a series of 5- kilometer rowing races on Sunday, October 14, from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the River City Rowing Club in the Port of West Sacramento. The competitive races [...]
Sep 282012
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – The River City Rowing Club plans a fundraiser with a BBQ, beer garden and live music from 4-8 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 29, at the boathouse on the Port of West Sacramento. There will also be a boat dedication ceremony: at 5:30 p.m., when the club will dedicate [...]
