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Parks district seeks volunteers to help prep for new playground at Rusch Park

Volunteers are needed to participate in Rusch Park Family Volunteer Day Saturday, Nov. 9 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout the park to get ready for the installation of new playground equipment.

Citrus Heights nonprofit to host spaghetti feed fundraiser to help homeless

The Citrus Heights Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) will host its 4th Annual Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser on Nov. 8 at the Citrus Heights Community Center, in an effort to help fund the nonprofit’s various local programs and rotating…

Strategic Plan, Citrus Heights

City leaders set new development, public safety objectives for Citrus Heights

Want to know what objectives the City of Citrus Heights will be working to accomplish over the next six months?

Carnival

2019 Fall Carnival returns to Sunrise Mall

The Sunrise Mall parking lot will again be transformed into an outdoor carnival, as Brass Ring Amusements brings its annual Fall Carnival to town beginning Friday and continuing through Nov. 3 this year…

Police Lights, SUV. Photo credit: Luke Otterstad

Citrus Heights PD announces upcoming DUI checkpoint

Another DUI and drivers license checkpoint will be conducted this weekend in Citrus Heights, police said in a news release on Monday…

prescription drugs, take back day

Free prescription drug disposal to be offered by Citrus Heights police on Oct. 26

On Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Citrus Heights Police Department will participate in the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) “Drug Take Back Day” giving the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and…

Public hearing set for low-income senior housing project in Citrus Heights

Sentinel staff report–Citrus Heights planning commissioners will hold a public hearing on Wednesday regarding a developer’s proposal to demolish a single-family home and build more than 100 units of low-income senior housing on a five-acre property off Fair…

Citrus Heights Historical Society uncovers history of once-popular inn

The corner of Auburn Boulevard and Greenback Lane, now the site of several gas stations and convenience stores, was once the scene of a popular 1920s restaurant, inn and service station known as the Florida Inn…

Citrus Heights News Briefs: theft suspect, Halloween mask, obituary

Latest local news briefs include police releasing photos of a theft suspect who stole an elderly woman’s purse, a man with a “creepy” Halloween mask prompting a phone call to police, and the death of a San Juan…

LETTER: Sunrise Mall needs a high rise hotel, entertainment options

I believe we should have a Hilton hotel or a high rise hotel that can hold tourists by the top right side of the mall or the bottom right side…