This has been a big year for Sacramento and especially for South Sacramento, where development projects flourished and neighborhoods saw improvements on nearly every corner. “No one hears about South Sacramento unless there’s been a murder or a shooting,” said City Councilwoman Bonnie Pannell, who represents south area neighborhoods in District 8. “We have so much more going on, though.” Pannell has represented one of the two southern-most districts of the city since 1998, and in those 12 years she has been behind projects ranging from neighborhood beautification to housing to commercial development. “There was nothing at Freeport and Meadowview when I came on (to council),” Pannell sai

Consumnes River College hosted the First Annual Banana Festival on August 13, 14 and 15. This was a festival celebrating everything having to do with bananas. It was geared towards families and had lots of banana related food and entertainment concentrating on community and healthy eating. A food court was set up to sell delicious international food many specializing in banana recipes. The event was set up to entertain all ages. A kid zone was stationed on one end of the Consumnes River College football field and at the another end an entertainment stage was situated. Many entertainers performed during the 3 day event. In the middle of the field there were many local non-profit and commun