FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 15, 2012 – EDITOR’S NOTE: The News-Ledger recently got to wondering whether West Sacramento ought to take another stab at coming up with its own annual festival to celebrate. So we posted the following question on our Facebook web page, and received the suggestions below: “All right: [...]
Aug 182012
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 8, 2012 – West Sacramento will get another “minor league” sports team: The Mountain Lions of the United Football League announced Friday they will begin playing their home games at Raley Field, current home of the River Cats baseball team. The field will be reconfigured for American [...]
Aug 152012
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER – You’re invited to drop off a little of the red stuff during a City of West Sacramento blood drive on Wednesday, Aug. 15, at city hall. A Sacramento BloodSource mobile coach will be in the parking lot at 1110 West Capitol Avenue from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for [...]
Aug 142012
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 8, 2012 – The first challenger has “pulled papers” to enter the West Sacramento Council race — and it’s a face that’s new to local politics, if not new to the public eye. Oleg Maskaev, a former WBC heavyweight boxing champion who lives in Southport, West Sacramento, has [...]
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — AUG 15, 2012 – Need a place to chill out during this heat wave? Do you know somebody — perhaps an elderly person — who has trouble staying cool at his or her home when it gets hot out? There are three West Sacramento “cooling stations” available, reports city spokesperson Art Schroeder. [...]
Aug 132012
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — AUG 13, 2012 – With tomorrow’s temperature expected to reach about 112 degrees, contributing to bad air quality, a regional “Spare the Air” day has been declared. Among other things, this means some local bus service will be offered free. Here’s the full text of a press release from YoloBus in Yolo [...]
Aug 132012
FROM THE WEST SACRAMENTO NEWS-LEDGER — AUG 8, 2012 – A proposal to take the News-Ledger into the distant future — with ambitious plans and true local control. With this edition of the News-Ledger, we begin our 49th year of service to West Sacramento. Milestones like this always cause me to reflect. I’ve been the [...]
