Pocket 4th of July Parade

The parade starts at 10am on Wednesday, July 4th and runs down Windbridge Drive from Lisbon School to Garcia Bend Park. After the parade there will be an awards ceremony and local business fair at Garcia Bend Park.

For more information, call the Pocket News at 916-429-9901.

Parade entry deadline is June 29th and entry forms are available from The Pocket News at 2709 Riverside Blvd (429-9901) or czazueta@cityofsacramento.org (808-8545).

To volunteer to help out with the parade Contact Pastor Mike Higley at: volunteer@pocketparade.org

Pocket Canal Clean-up Day – Apr. 21st at 9am

Here’s the announcement, it looks like it is 9am-12pm and meeting at Portuguese Park…

Saturday, April 21st starting at 9am join Councilmember Darrell Fong and Parks Commissioner Araceli Mercado for a Canal Clean up day. If you are interested in attending, please contact Araceli at (916) 600-8466 or aramercado4@gmail.com. The weather forecast for this Saturday is 87 degrees and sunny. Make sure to bring your hat and sunscreen. Our City Park's Department will provide tools and equipment for the clean up.

Here’s a Pocket Canal Parkway photo of mine from several days ago…
Pocket Canal Parkway

Christmas Lights

There are lots of Christmas and holiday lights and decorations throughout the Pocket. Here’s a photo of one place on Little River Way. It really needs to be seen in person though, as the lights are set to music.