Citrus Heights Sentinel
California Fish Grill to open this month on Sunrise Blvd
By Thomas J. Sullivan– Drivers travelling along Sunrise Boulevard near Madison Avenue have likely seen prominent new signage and a fish mural on the building where California Fish Grill will be opening on Monday, Feb. 11. A soft…
Citrus Heights woman opens new thrift shop ministry to help homeless
By Thomas J. Sullivan– Citrus Heights is now home to a nonprofit clothing ministry called Kelsee’s Purse, thanks to the work of a young Romanian-American émigré. Ildi Ayers says she’s proud to make a modest difference in the quality…
Last-minute plea deal gives Citrus Heights Rite Aid robber 15 years to life
Sentinel staff report– The trial was set to finally begin this week for the main suspect in a 2017 Rite Aid robbery in Citrus Heights that left an 87-year-old woman dead, but prosecutors offered Kimani Eli Randolph a…
LETTER: There’s nothing ‘low-income’ about this $22 million project
The 47-unit development on Sunrise Boulevard is said to have a cost of about $22 million. That is about $468,000 per unit, which is not “low-income” housing by any standard, especially not in 95610, where the median home…
Vacant Citrus Heights gas station on Auburn Blvd to reopen soon
By Thomas J. Sullivan– A former ARCO gasoline station at the northeast corner of Auburn Boulevard and Cook Avenue in Citrus Heights is scheduled to soon reopen as a Union 76 station…
Motorcyclist hospitalized with major injuries after Citrus Heights collision
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights police closed down a section of Oak Avenue Monday afternoon following a major injury collision involving a motorcyclist and a pickup truck…
Home sales already underway in new Citrus Heights subdivision
Sentinel staff report– Although construction won’t be complete for several more months, home sales have already begun at a new housing development in Citrus Heights, located off Antelope Road…
It’s official: Pet-a-Palooza is returning to Citrus Heights in 2019
Sentinel staff report– The popular Pet-a-Palooza event will return to Rusch Park in Citrus Heights this year, after being held in William Land Park last year. With the exception of 2018, Pet-a-Palooza has annually drawn headliner performances on…
Woman caught on camera taking tip box from Citrus Heights eatery
Sentinel staff report– High resolution security video may help nab a woman accused of stealing a tip box filled with cash from a Citrus Heights restaurant on Sunrise Boulevard on Monday…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: murder trial, obituaries, police chase
Latest local news briefs include a murder trial set for the suspect accused of fatally knocking over an elderly woman during a drugstore robbery in Citrus Heights, local obituaries, a 30-mile chase originating in Citrus Heights, and input…
