New Sacramento City College Center in West Sacramento

The building under construction across the street from West Sacramento's City Hall (at the corner of West Capitol and Merkley Ave.) will be the new home for the West Sacramento Center Los Rios Community College District Branch.

Theme Day: Favorite Photo of the Year

I am amazed at how many visitors arrive at our blog each day to see these photos of Barbie and her friends. We have even received emails asking if these dolls are for sale. So, although these might not be "my" favorite" photos.....they are truly the most popular on this blog.

The City Daily PhotoBloggers have selected "Best Photo of the Year" as the Theme for January 1st.

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Sacramento Speed Stackers

 The Sacramento Speed Stackers Club demonstrated their expertise and skills at the West Sacramento Moose Kid's Holiday party. These kids are absolutley amazing! For information about Speed Stacking see this website: http://www.speedstacks.com/howTo.php

Mulege: Children's Christmas Party

The most traditional style of Piñata looks a bit like Sputnik,
with seven points each with streamers.

We baked 120 cupcakes for the party.

Santa and his helper arrive on a quad-runner.

Each child got a toy from Santa, one cupcake, a bag of candy
and a cup of soda.

Many thanks to Cathy for sending these great photos of
holiday festivities in the village of Mulege, Baja Sur Mexico.

Holiday Festivities Baja Style

In Mulege Mexico, the vaquero's dress up their horses and parade through town and back up to the mission. This year it started right down the road from us, so we had a great view!

Thanks to Cathy in Baja Mexico for sending these photos.

Nugget Market Holiday Display

Thanks to Florene Kunder for this great shot of Nugget Market's Holiday Display.

Holiday in Fort Bragg

Florene sent this photo of the Museium in Fort Bragg, CA elegantly decorated for the
holiday season.

The Sari: Traditional Indian Dress

Several employees of the Riverbend Senior Care Facility in West Sacramento wore their beautiful Saris, all made in India, to their annual holiday party hosted by West Sacramento Moose Lodge.

60,000 Christmas Lights at Trinity Presbyterian Church

Trinity Presbyterian Church on Park Boulevard in West Sacramento has 60,000 Christmas Lights on every night until January 6th, 2009. Tune your car radio into 88.7 FM and you will see a synchronized ballet of lights dancing to the beat of the Christmas Carols playing.

See more Holiday Lights in West Sacramento here.

The State Capitol Holiday Lights

Our group from West Sacramento visited the State Capitol grounds to see the holiday lights.

Snoopy Vs The Red Baron

Snoopy, the World War I Flying Ace, is in position on Brenda Way and stands ready to defend Santa Claus from attack by the Red Baron.

West Sacramento's Christmas Basket Project

Helena Helmond's volunteer crew were busy sorting and delivering food baskets and toys to families needing assistance from the West Sacramento Christmas Basket Project this weekend. Debbie, Tom and I delivered fresh rigatoni, salad and french bread (donated by the West Sacramento Women of Moose) so the crew could enjoy a hot lunch.

In 2008, Hanukkah begins at sundown on December 21st

Thank you to Prof. Phil Kass and daughter Lauren Kass for sharing these photos of their family Menorahs. Lauren says "the metal one was my Great Grandparents' and the stone one is from Israel"!

Trivia: Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar.The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the Menorah or Hanukiah, one light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night.

UC Davis: Equine Athletic Performance Laboratory

The Claire Giannini Hoffman Equine Athletic Performance Laboratory (EAPL) at UC Davis, completed in 2005, includes an equine exercise clinic with a treadmill for Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) patient examinations.

Trivia: Claire Giannini Hoffman was the first woman to serve on the boards of Bank of America and Sears, Roebuck & Company. In 1949 Mrs. Hoffman became a director of the Bank of America, succeeding her father, A.P. Giannini (Amadeo Giannini). A.P. Giannini was the founder of the Bank of Italy, later renamed Bank of America, and of the Banca d'America e d'Italia in San Francisco, in 1904. The bank was established to serve working class citizens of the area, especially Italians living in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood. The bank survived the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 and was one of the first to offer loans to businesses to help rebuild the city.