Citrus Heights Sentinel

Citrus Heights council votes 5-0 to oppose AB 392 use-of-force bill
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights City Council members, with some reservations and caveats, voted unanimously on Thursday to officially oppose controversial statewide legislation known as AB 392 that seeks to narrow the circumstances for when police officers can…

Meet the Citrus Heights ‘Snack Man’ who’s doing his part to help homeless
By Thomas J. Sullivan– It’s 8:45 a.m. on a recent Monday, and Alfred “Snack Man” Sanchez is busy loading up backpacks and getting his motorized scooter ready to make his early morning rounds…

Police Chief: Crime at lowest level since Citrus Heights PD was formed
Sentinel staff report–Citrus Heights Police Chief Ron Lawrence told the City Council in an April 11 annual report that crime has dropped to its lowest level since the police department was formed in 2006. The chief’s latest report…

Plans submitted for new Boston’s Pizza at old Logan’s on Sunrise Blvd
Interior demolition has already begun at the former Logan’s Roadhouse restaurant in Citrus Heights, after plans were submitted to the city last month to convert the building into a Boston’s Pizza restaurant and sports bar…

Citrus Heights Police Department now has ‘Safer Exchange’ zones
Sentinel staff report– Looking for a public place with 24 hour video surveillance for your next Craigslist or OfferUp transaction? The Citrus Heights Police Department wants you to know there are now spots in their parking lot marked…

Citrus Heights Police Logs: arson, grand theft, carpet cleaner
Latest local police logs include reports of a resident’s boat being lit on fire after midnight, grand theft at Old Navy, and a homeless woman reportedly assaulting a pedestrian…

Citrus Heights News Briefs: traffic safety, DUI, ‘Prince Bush’
Latest local news briefs include a CBS 13 story on traffic safety outside Citrus Heights schools, the flowering ‘Prince Bush’ in the news again, and a 21-year-old Citrus Heights woman being charged with DUI and involuntary manslaughter after…

New Antelope Road on-ramp meter install rescheduled for this weekend
Sentinel staff report– Installation of a new on-ramp meter in Citrus Heights has once again been pushed back. ..

Citrus Heights Police Logs: April Fools, squatter, break-in
Wondering what April Fools Day was like for police in Citrus Heights? Incidents on April 1 included a driver leaving a gas station with the pump line still attached, a squatter setting up in a garage, and a…

Obituary | Mary E. Robinson: 1922-2019
Mary “Tat” Elizabeth Catherine Robinson passed peacefully on March 28, 2019, in Roseville, California. Born December 15, 1922, in Sacramento to Guy Phillip Van Maren and Iva Mae Whitsell.