FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAY 6, 2013 – A man drowned after falling off his boat into the Sacramento River on April 28. West Sacramento firefighters received a call that the victim fell overboard at about 3:48 p.m. He had apparently been trying to tie his boat up to a downed tree limb [...]
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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 ONLINE — APRIL 29, 2013 – “Mommy & Me” is a periodic play date for kids at the Raley Field. There’s one on schedule for this Wednesday, 10 a.m. to noon. Kids six and under are invited, along with their parents. There will be bounce houses, base-running, pictures with Dinger, snacks and [...]
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FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 10, 2013 – The Sacramento Gold semi-pro soccer team hosted the Oakland CD Aguiluchos at River City High School’s playing field on Saturday, April 6. The Gold took the 3-0 win in West Sacramento. Copyright News-Ledger 2013
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 10, 2013 – Fresh on the heels of an accident in which a West Sacramento woman drove her car into the river and drowned while phoning for help on March 13, dispatchers on the 911 system handled a more recent report of a car going into the Sacramento River. The [...]
FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 20, 2013 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor After going many decades without a local brewery in West Sacramento, 2013 looks like a good year for beer: Sacramento’s Rubicon Brewery continues to assemble its new production facility near Ikea. It will start producing styles perhaps including its “Monkey Knife Fight [...]
NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE – With baseball season getting underway, we just received this missive from the front office of the Sacramento River Cats here in West Sacramento. No doubt, there’s a degree of “tongue in cheek” going on here. The press release follows: “You’ve been warned: the moniker ‘River Cats’ is comprised of two words, with [...]
