West Sacramento News

Kit Miyamoto of Sacramento has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the state Seismic Safety Commission.

A Yolo County jury on Wednesday convicted a West Sacramento resident and 25-year employee of The Sacramento Bee of workers' compensation insurance fraud.

The top producer of Japanese-blend seasonings in the world, Nippon Shokken, broke ground on its first U.S. plant Thursday.

New Partnership Guidance Workbook to be Released California State Parks' Director Ruth Coleman announced Wednesday, Feb.

Monsoon, the new Indian eatery in Midtown, doesn't live up to its evocative and artful website.

Gov. Jerry Brown is allowing murderers to be paroled from California prisons at a far greater pace than his immediate predecessors, a development that raised alarm Wednesday with victims' rights groups.

Your favorite Chinese restaurant has relocated to West Sacramento and Nord Avenue, right next door to Safeway.

West Sacramento will see the creation of at least 100 new jobs as Nippon Shokken U.S.A. builds its first American production plant in the city.

The state is offering five public workshops to help partner organizations that may want to operate some of the 70 state parks originally slated for closure this year.

Gov. Jerry Brown's appointee to head the department that oversees banking, financial and consumer regulations in California led a trade association that fought against tighter lending restrictions before the subprime mortgage crisis exploded and was an executive with Washington Mutual when the now-failed bank was among the most aggressive marketers ... (more)

Japanese food manufacturer Nippon Shokken USA Inc. will break ground Thursday on its new 70,000- square-foot headquarters facility in West Sacramento.

In December, Francesca Wright of the Davis Consultant Network stood once again before the First 5 Yolo Children's and Families Commission and told them her research validates the positive and important effect First 5 Yolo dollars have on children 0 to 5 years of age.

For Sharon Sargeant, that meant downing an energy drink. She planned to stay up until midnight getting ready for her annual Super Bowl party.

The Fire Commission of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation selected the new chief, most recently a division chief for the West Sacramento Fire Department, from more than 110 applicants from across the board.

The Port of West Sacramento has opened a nearly 5,000-foot rail track extension linking the port and a Cemex cement/aggregate import facility.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District repaired a 2,000-foot stretch of slumping levee separating highway 80 from the Yolo Bypass, adding a gravel drain to help eliminate moisture that was weakening the levee's foundation.

Workshops are held to help eligible residents get earned income tax credit, Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, announced at Woodland Community College Saturday.

A chase that began about 6 p.m. in West Sacramento ended more than 90 minutes later near Stockton when the driver of a stolen box truck finally surrendered to California Highway Patrol officers.

Multiple agencies followed a stolen truck on Interstate 5 from West Sacramento into San Joaquin County.

Outside a farm stand west of Davis, from left, Marisa Alcorta, Sasha Klein, Emma Torbert and Aubrey White work at the farm known as the Cloverleaf at Bridgeway Farms.