ASA’S TREE  I keep a walnut on my desk. It is no ordinary walnut; it is an extraordinary walnut. What makes it extraordinary is the tree...

Thank you Linda Balakin Boerlin for sharing this great photo of her dad and his buddies...The Bryte Boys were Al Beebe, George Kristoff, ...

Thank you Cathy Shumaker Perrigo for sending this great old photo...According to Larry Freitas, it was called the Sw...

"Erected to the memory of Leonidas Taylor, born in the City of Philadelphia on the 3rd of July, 1832. He grew to ma...

OHLSON, John Algoth June 21, 1915 - November 23, 2012 John Algoth Ohlson, 97, died peacefully in his West Sacramento home on November 23, 2...

"Growing up in Broderick" by Frank Norton https://west-sacramento.blogspot.com/2022/07/growing-up-in-broderick-california.html My...

How exciting it was in Sacramento this morning as everyone eagerly waited to catch a glimpse of the space shuttle Endeavour as she (SacB...

The high point of the San Pedro Association Festa activities this afternoon was the honoring of the past Festival Queens. Thank you Charis...

According to Ronald J. Ramos, the VFW Hall in Bryte was built by Jordan "Pappy" Ramos originally as the Bryte Theater. It showed o...

The Broderick Branch Post Office is located at 900 Sacramento Avenue in the shopping center anchored by Arteagas Market. Due to budget cuts,...

We always enjoy shopping for fresh produce at Arteaga's Market at 940 Sacramento Avenue. Artega's Market is family owned and operat...

The picture frames are all straight in heaven today. Adele 'Della' Beltrami lived from May 14, 1919 to February 8, 2012, her entire ...

Rose Orchard was the name of the Reed family home and pear orchard in Bryte, CA . It was named for Hayward Reed's wife, Rose Mather Re...

Thank you Thomas Michael Bertsch for sharing these great old photos. Tom, retired Captain with Cal-Fire, is the youngest son of the late Amb...

Top photo is the VFW post building in 1960. Lower shows the original structure under construction in 1948. Bottom photo is Bill Haskins...

One of our earliest accounts of the Sacramento River is from Spanish sea captain Gabriel Moraga, who sailed up the river in 1808. This Sacr...

We went to visit our good friends Carolyn and Tom Sisson last week and as usual I became mesmerized by all of Carolyn's treasures. Triv...

These photos show all that remains of the old I Street Market in the old Broderick area. Many of our family and friends worked for the Fong...

Andy, a local mixologist, grew up in Long Island and shared his memories of attending the largest music concert in history- Woodstock Festi...

Members of the U.S.S. Whitney Pearl Harbor Survivors Association were gathered in San Diego last spring their annual convention. We met the...