Citrus Heights News Briefs: potholes, fundraiser, obituary
Date:
Like local news? Sign up for The Sentinel’s free Weekend Edition to get one email each Sunday with all local news and no spam, ever. (Click here)
About The Sentinel:
The Citrus Heights Sentinel was founded in 2014 as a reader-supported online news source, focusing on local news and events in Citrus Heights. To become a subscriber, click here.
Latest
Citrus Heights Police Logs: traffic stops, arrests, calls for service
Sentinel staff report--
The Citrus Heights Police Department on Friday released new summary statistics for the past week, showing a total of 35 arrests, 141 reports taken, and 112 traffic stops.
Citrus Heights News Briefs: schools, Sayonara, business, shoplifting
Latest local news briefs include outcomes on four significant or controversial votes held by the Citrus Heights City Council on March 23. Votes related to housing on Sayonara Drive, $1 million in business attraction funding, support for SB 316, and a vote to form an education advisory committee.
A closer look at potential mixed-use development on Auburn Blvd
By Phillip Pesola--
New design standards for residential and mixed-use development along Auburn Boulevard were presented to and unanimously supported by Citrus Heights Planning Commissioners during their meeting on Wednesday.
Popular
Citrus Heights police arrest Roseville man for child sexual assault
By Mike Hazlip—
A Roseville man was arrested Wednesday on 12 counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14, according to a police news release published Thursday...
Homicide investigation underway on Sayonara Drive
By Mike Hazlip—
A homicide investigation in Citrus Heights is underway on Sayonara Drive after a body was found inside a residence on the 7800 block of the street.
Walgreens store left with zero shopping carts after thefts
By Mike Hazlip—
A Walgreens store in Citrus Heights is in the process of replacing shopping carts that have all been stolen...
Copyright © 2022 Citrus Heights Sentinel LLC
Latest local news briefs include an update from the city manager regarding pothole fixes underway, a fundraiser for a driver killed on Auburn Boulevard raising over $8,000, and an obituary of a 74-year-old Citrus Heights resident.
City manager says current pothole fixes are temporary
Citrus Heights City Manager Ash Feeney told the City Council in an update last month that potholes are currently being filled with a temporary mix that will need to be replaced once weather warms up. Feeney said the current fixes are a “cold patch/cut back” that works in cold weather, while a permanent fix of “hot mix asphalt” will be applied beginning in February, depending on weather.
Fundraiser for driver killed in fatal Citrus Heights collision raises over $8,000
An online fundraiser in memory of Kimberli Washington, the driver killed in a Jan. 22 collision on Auburn Boulevard that also killed a pedestrian, has raised $8,120 as of Feb. 4. The GoFundMe fundraiser page says money will go toward Washington’s daughter’s college fund. (See fundraiser page)
Obituary: Wayne D. Koder (1948-2023)
Citrus Heights resident Wayne Koder passed away last month at the age of 74, according to an obituary published in the New York Daily Sentinel. Koder, a former resident of Rome, NY, moved to California and graduated high school before returning to New York and working as a therapy aid. He later opened Nature’s Apparel & Things with a friend where lived out his dream of creating art, and eventually returned to California. Koder is survived by his two daughters and four grandchildren. (See full obituary)