Citrus Heights Sentinel

Citrus Heights Police Logs: prostitute, wheelchair collision, donuts
Latest police logs include trouble with a transient helping himself to complimentary coffee and donuts at a car dealership, shoplifters making off with over $600 in goods from Walgreens, a young prostitute reported in front of Stones Casino,…

Citrus Heights neighborhood evacuated after gas line break erupts in flames
Sentinel staff report– Residents on a small court near C-Bar-C Park were evacuated Thursday morning after a gas line break sent flames shooting into the air, within several yards of two homes on Amsell Court…

Q&A: when will the roads be repaved in Citrus Heights?
Sentinel staff report– Complaints about the poor condition of roads in Citrus Heights are often voiced by residents and have also been noted by the city’s mayor and council members at a recent forum. So what’s the plan…

Supervisor Frost: How we’re cracking down on repeat offenders
Guest opinion column by County Supervisor Sue Frost– In 2014 California passed Proposition 47, which reduced the classification of many nonviolent property and drug crimes from a felony to a misdemeanor. This policy resulted in a surge of…

State’s first Ziggi’s Coffee drive-thru planned for Citrus Heights
By Carole Hawkins– Colorado-based Ziggi’s Coffee, whose signature items are sustainably sourced coffee and handcrafted hot and frozen drinks, announced its first California franchise will open in Citrus Heights. New franchise owners Claude and Aurora Jones are currently…

Citrus Heights nonprofit has a plan to help local homeless students
Sentinel staff report– On Sept. 29, the Citrus Heights Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) will help host a free event aimed at helping the estimated 800 K-12 students in Citrus Heights who lack permanent stable housing.

Realtor’s Corner: this property in Citrus Heights just sold for $700k
By Klint Sheridan– Last month a residential property on Watson Way in Citrus Heights sold for $700,000 — that’s more than twice the price of the average home sale in the city…

Historic church to celebrate 100 years in Citrus Heights
By Hayden LePore– Tracing its roots back to the early 1900s, the Friends Church has been an established presence in Citrus Heights — first meeting at the old Sylvan School house on Sylvan Road, before constructing a still-standing…

Citrus Heights News Briefs: dead body, gas tax, guns, fire
Latest news briefs in Citrus Heights include a dead body being found inside a Citrus Heights home on Thursday, flames engulfing a garage on the outskirts of town, a local gun shop winning a lawsuit against the state,…

Citrus Heights Police Logs: grand theft, shoplifting, graffiti, video games
Latest police logs include reports of a Craigslist car purchase gone awry, videogamers playing too loudly in a garage, a vehicle stolen for the third time from an apartment complex, and a rash of graffiti incidents and homeless-related reports…