Citrus Heights Sentinel
Tickets on sale for Mesa Verde’s first-ever homecoming game in new stadium
By Sara Beth Williams– Mesa Verde High School will cut the ribbon for its signature stadium project on Friday, Oct. 13 at 3 p.m…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: Leatherby’s, home sales, 100th birthday
Latest local news briefs include a Sock Hop at Leatherby’s, an update on latest home sales, and a report from a birthday party held to celebrate a local World War Two veteran’s 100th year of life…
Overnight fire heavily damages Citrus Heights office building
By Mike Hazlip— The interior of a building at Greenback Lane and Dewey Drive was heavily damaged in a fire that began in the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 16…
Another business closed its doors at Sunrise Mall
By Mike Hazlip- Sunglasses Hut has pulled the shades at their Sunrise Mall location after a decline in foot traffic, though opting to still maintain a presence with a “store-in-store” concept location inside Macy’s.
$250k playground expansion planned for C-Bar-C park
By Sara Beth Williams– Construction and expansion of a new playground is being planned for C-Bar-C Park on Oak Avenue in Citrus Heights.
Heights Church, residents work together to improve Mariposa Elementary
By Sara Beth Williams– A Citrus Heights neighborhood association and a local church have partnered together to help bring a new community resource room to Mariposa Elementary.
ARCO, car wash interested in pair of vacant Citrus Heights restaurants
By Mike Hazlip— The vacant China Buffet building and former Marie Callender’s restaurant on Sunrise Boulevard are both being eyed for future use by ARCO as well as a car wash, but such auto-centered uses in that area…
Citrus Heights opens two cooling centers thru Sept. 7, amid heat wave
Sentinel staff report– Amid projections of triple-digit heat in the region, the City of Citrus Heights said Tuesday that a pair of cooling centers will temporarily open from Aug. 31 through Sept. 7, 2022.
Sunrise Mall hosting traveling circus from Sept. 1-12
Sentinel staff report– The Las Vegas-based Circus Caballero will be set up outside Sunrise Mall from Sept. 1-12, with daily showtimes except on Tuesdays.
September: Here’s 10 events happening in Citrus Heights
By Sara Beth Williams– Events are finally making a full comeback in Citrus Heights this month, with September including a traveling circus at the mall, the showing of a new play at Theatre in the Heights, Sunday Funday…
Groundbreaking ceremony held for Mesa Verde High School’s new stadium
By Sara Beth Williams– Hundreds of Mesa Verde High School students, alumni and staff gathered together on Aug. 30 along with several City Council members and school district board members for the ground breaking ceremony on Mesa Verde’s…
Citrus Heights business owner shares his story from poverty to success
By Mike Hazlip– Uddhav “Gary” Giri, longtime owner of the Valero gas station at Auburn Boulevard and Antelope Road, started out his life in a remote village in Nepal, before coming to the U.S. and working his way…
