Citrus Heights Sentinel

Citrus Heights police plan Thursday-night DUI checkpoint
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights police will hold a DUI checkpoint on Thursday night, as part of a nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign…

Police investigate armed assault on Sayonara Drive
By Mike Hazlip— Citrus Heights police are investigating an assault with a deadly weapon that reportedly occurred Tuesday night on Sayonara Drive…

Citrus Heights council meeting cancelled for Aug. 24
The Citrus Heights City Council will not meet for their regularly scheduled second council meeting in August, according to an announcement made earlier this month and also posted on the city’s website…

LETTER: Fireworks were like a war zone in Citrus Heights
By Violet Ables, Citrus Heights– On July the 2nd, 3rd, and the 4th, I called Citrus Heights Police on the illegal fireworks being set in a residential area behind Grand Oaks Shopping Center.

Another million-dollar home hits the market in Citrus Heights. Will it sell?
Sentinel staff report– In March of this year, Citrus Heights officially joined the “seven figure club,” with that month marking the first time a residential property had sold over the million-dollar mark within the city limits, according to…

Citrus Heights police make arrests, seize fireworks on July 4 weekend
By Mike Hazlip— Citrus Heights police were kept busy over the Fourth of July weekend, receiving more than 500 reports about fireworks. A heavy police presence could be seen in the 7700 block of Sun Hill Drive on…

What’s the plan for the new Toys R Us at Sunrise Mall?
By Mike Hazlip— The Macy’s store at Sunrise Mall is preparing to feature a new Toys R Us store-within-a-store concept this fall.

Driver arrested after crashing into Citrus Heights Rite Aid building
Sentinel staff report– The Fourth of July began with a bang outside the Citrus Heights Rite Aid building at Auburn Boulevard and Van Maren Lane, when a vehicle crashed into the side of the building.

Police conduct high-risk stop of stolen vehicle near Sylvan Corners
By Mike Hazlip— Heavy police activity and a circling helicopter could be seen near Sylvan Corners over the Fourth of July weekend as police conducted a high-risk stop of a stolen vehicle.

Citrus Heights News Briefs: drugs in the mail, kids eat free, obituary
Latest local news briefs include discovery of a parcel with drugs that was shipped from Citrus Heights to a remote island state, Applebee’s offering for kids to eat free on July 4, and an obituary for a 74-year-old…

Collision involving motorcyclist shuts down Old Auburn Road
Sentinel staff report– A section of Old Auburn Road near Sunrise Boulevard was shut down in both directions Saturday evening after a motorcyclist collided with a vehicle, resulting in life-threatening injuries.

Is Amazon Fresh coming to Citrus Heights?
By Mike Hazlip— Demolition has begun on the center section of the Sunrise Village shopping center to make way for a new 38,000-square-foot unnamed grocery store to occupy the space, but rumor has it that the grocer is…




