Citrus Heights Sentinel

Albert Fox: candidate statement for 2018 Citrus Heights City Council race
Keeping our neighborhoods and schools safe from crime, boosting efforts to deal with our growing homeless problem, keeping our city’s finances sound to protect taxpayers and increasing efforts to deal with the rapidly changing business or local retailing…

Steve Miller: candidate statement for 2018 Citrus Heights City Council race
It is an honor to serve on your City Council for over twelve years. During my tenure, we started our Citrus Heights Police Department and built our 911 Call Center, Community Center and City Hall. We have done…

Jeannie Bruins: candidate statement for 2018 Citrus Heights City Council race
My leadership in Citrus Heights hails back to 1996, when I co-chaired the effort to bring cityhood to Citrus Heights, resulting in a greatly improved quality of life for our citizens and a stronger business environment for our…

Citrus Heights council votes 4-1 to move forward with mandatory rental inspections
Sentinel staff report– The Citrus Heights City Council voted 4-1 on Thursday in favor of moving forward with plans for a new $500,000 mandatory inspection program for the city’s 15,000 rental homes and apartments, despite the lone objection…

‘Crime Time’ TV special sheds more light on Golden State Killer suspect’s life
By Alec Pronk– A two-hour special aired on a popular cable TV channel last week offering dozens of fresh interviews and more details on the apparent “double-life” of the Golden State Killer suspect, Joseph DeAngelo, who lived in…

Filing deadline extended for Citrus Heights Water District election
Sentinel staff report– Those seeking a seat on the Citrus Heights Water District’s three-member governing board now has until Aug. 15 to file to run for the Division 3 position, Sacramento County elections officials announced late Friday. Although…

Man who shot Citrus Heights teen in head sentenced to 50 years to life
Sentinel staff report– Mario Andreas Contreras was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 50 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a Citrus Heights teen in the head, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news…

Citrus Heights News Briefs: Hot August Bites, obituary, housing prices, spraying
Latest local news briefs include a report on Hot August Bites at Rusch Park, an update on aerial and ground spraying efforts to curb the threat of West Nile virus activity, the passing of a longtime Citrus Heights…

Pedestrian, 22, killed after being hit by truck on Antelope Road
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights police blocked off a section of Antelope Road between Sunrise Boulevard and Mariposa Avenue Thursday night after a truck fatally hit a pedestrian who was “kneeling in the roadway.” In a news release…

Only two have filed so far in Citrus Heights Water District election
Sentinel staff report– The race for two seats on the Citrus Heights Water District’s governing board may not end up on the ballot this November, if no one else files to run. With a quickly approaching deadline to…