Citrus Heights Sentinel
Citrus Heights Water District seeks applicants for new 17-member advisory board
By Hazel Ford– Care about local water issues? The Citrus Heights Water District is forming a volunteer advisory committee made up of local customers to help develop long-term plans for the future of the water district. A district…
Sunday Funday event at Rusch Park to feature inflatables, pony rides, tours
The 21st annual Sunday Funday event is scheduled for Sept. 24 at Rusch Park, promising free activities like inflatables and pony rides for kids, as well as vendor booths and free tours of the historic Rusch Home. The…
DUI checkpoint to be held in Citrus Heights this weekend, police announce
Another DUI and drivers license checkpoint will be conducted this Friday and Saturday in Citrus Heights, police said in a news release issued this week. The checkpoint will be held at “an undisclosed location” in the city between…
Citrus Heights PD: most-wanted lists are ‘working quite well’
Since August, Citrus Heights police have begun regularly publishing names and photos of most-wanted suspects sought by law enforcement — and so far police say that effort has proved successful. “The CHPD most-wanted list is working quite well,”…
Bank robbery: Citrus Heights police release images of suspect
Updated Sept. 20, 11:11 a.m.– Police released several images this week of a suspect who allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo Bank in Citrus Heights and made off with an “undisclosed amount of money.” Authorities said in a news…
Developer gets green light for more restaurants along Auburn Blvd
Planning commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a developer’s plan designed to help improve traffic flow and allow up to 28,000 square feet of restaurants in a new shopping area planned for the long-vacant pads in front of Costco…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: housing, cops & coffee, city award, dropped charges
Latest local news briefs include Citrus Heights winning an award for its homeless navigator program, felony charges dropped against a suspect who was severely burned during an arrest in June, police hosting a “Coffee with a Cop” event…
2017 Citrus Heights police logs: burglaries, roommate trouble, golf clubs
Latest police logs include several burglaries, another indecent exposure report of a man flashing his female neighbor, a suspicious man with a golf club outside a 7-Eleven store, and an altercation outside the WIC office on Greenback Lane.…
Circus Vargas to bring big top entertainment back to Sunrise Mall
The big top is returning to Citrus Heights, with new performances and entertainment scheduled for Sept. 21-25 at Sunrise Mall. A massive tent for the circus will be set up in the mall parking lot, made of 90,000…
Citrus Heights marching band unveils dinosaur made of old instruments
By Hazel Ford– A community marching band in Citrus Heights has added a giant dinosaur to its formation. “Brassie the Brassaurous” is over seven feet tall and 18 feet long, and is a tyrannosaurus-shaped statue made from 45…
