Citrus Heights Sentinel

Rotating winter shelter for Citrus Heights homeless to begin Jan. 1
By Mike Hazlip— An eight-week winter shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Citrus Heights is set to begin on Sunday, Jan. 1, organizers say.

Citrus Heights police arrest 5 after Christmas Eve theft from Old Navy
Sentinel staff report– The Citrus Heights Police Department said officers were able to stop five suspects after they allegedly stole more than $6,000 in merchandise.

Citrus Heights coffee drive-thru closes amid plans for new Starbucks
By Mike Hazlip— The Java Detour coffee drive-thru on Auburn Boulevard near Interstate 80 has shuttered its doors, as plans for a new Starbucks to be built on the site await review.

Citrus Heights News Briefs: public hearing, lawsuit, obituary, school closures
Latest local news briefs include a local restaurant being sued for failure to pay rent, an obituary for a local resident who passed away of lung cancer, a public hearing regarding housing density and more.

Citrus Heights considering new sales tax to boost budget by $12M per year
The Citrus Heights City Council on Thursday will vote on whether to place a local sales tax measure on the November ballot to address budget shortfalls and bring in an estimated $12 million in additional tax revenue per…

Citrus Heights pastor joins other churches in ignoring ban on indoor worship
Churches in Citrus Heights and across California are responding in different ways to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest health order which includes a ban on indoor worship services to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Metro Fire: Citrus Heights residents can expect to see smoke from live fire training
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and citizens of Citrus Heights will be seeing smoke this week as firefighters conduct a live fire training at Bayside Church.

Citrus Heights gas station opens new ‘Dog Wash’
While most drop by a gas station for a fill up and maybe a car wash, Pastor’s Gas Station in Citrus Heights is now offering a dog wash option.

Two major collisions, one fatal, shut down Citrus Heights roadways
Two major collisions Friday night kept Citrus Heights police busy, including a head-on collision on Greenback Lane that shut down both directions of the roadway and another collision on Auburn Boulevard that left one man dead.

Fire behind Citrus Heights Dollar Tree displaces six residents
What began as a vegetation fire along a fence line behind Dollar Tree at Auburn Boulevard and Greenback Lane quickly spread to nearby cypress trees damaging residential buildings in the Creekside community of Citrus Heights Friday morning.

COVID-19: Citrus Heights businesses received millions in PPP loans. See the list
A wide-ranging list of more than 500 Citrus Heights businesses received funds through the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program, according to data released this month by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Small Business Administration.

Plan to transform Sunrise Mall ‘well ahead’ of schedule. Here’s what’s next
The plan to completely transform Sunrise Mall into a 21st Century Main Street with housing, indoor-outdoor dining, event venues and up to 25 acres of green space, continues to move forward and is gathering support along the way.




