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Events: contests, concerts & camping coming to Rusch Park

Want to know which Citrus Heights community events are scheduled for 2015? From food, fun and music; to camping, pet contests and scooter competitions, Rusch Park likely has an event you’ll be interested in this year. Summer Food…

Half Price Books to open new Citrus Heights store on June 25

Updated Apr. 3, 7:50 a.m.– Citrus Heights will be getting a new bookstore on Greenback Lane this summer, with Half Price Books planning to open its first Sacramento-region store in the Citrus Town Center. “We’ve long heard from…

Tree, Japanese Maple. Photo by Luke Otterstad

City seeks to set ‘greening’ goals, develop ‘urban forest’ plan

It’s called the Citrus Heights Urban Greening Strategy (CHUGS), and it’s a project to incorporate “urban greening” principles into City regulations and operations. The strategy includes development of a 25-year Urban Forest Master Plan to guide the management…

Citrus heights police armed robbery suspect photos

Citrus Heights PD seeks public’s help to ID armed robbery suspect

Citrus Heights police released photos this week in an effort to help identify a suspect in an armed robbery police say took place on March 14 at a business near Antelope Road on Tupelo Drive. Around 9:50 a.m.,…

Front view of proposed new city hall off Fountain Square Drive in Citrus Heights.

Council votes 5-0 for new city hall & MOB; lawsuit threatened

Updated Mar. 27, 2:26 p.m. — Citrus Heights council members voted unanimously Thursday night to approve a long-debated $53 million proposal to tear down and relocate the City’s existing hall and replace it with a three-story medical office…

32-year-old William Patrick Hendrickson

Police make arrest in 3rd Citrus Heights homicide in March

Citrus Heights police said a 32-year-old man has been arrested after turning himself in Thursday morning, following the death of a woman police said had severe assault-related injuries — making it the third homicide in the city this…

Little Free Library in Citrus Heights. Photo by Luke Otterstad

20 ‘Little Free Libraries’ coming to Citrus Heights

Nearly two dozen birdhouse-sized neighborhood lending libraries will be popping up around Citrus Heights in April, thanks to a community vision to promote reading and the collaborative efforts of the Citrus Heights Rotary Club, the City’s History and…

Citrus Heights Marching Band Spaghetti Fundraiser

Sold-out weekend fundraiser benefits Citrus Heights marching band

With horns blasting and drums beating, Citrus Heights Community Marching Band members treated a sold-out audience to an evening of music, food and raffle prizes for their 6th annual Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser in the Community Center, Saturday. The…

Citrus Heights Police Chief Chris Boyd, police interceptor SUV. Photo credit: Luke Otterstad

Boyd recalls challenge, ‘honor’ of leading Cal Police Chiefs Assoc.

Citrus Heights Police Chief Christopher Boyd recently finished a one-year term as president of an association representing 334 police chiefs across California, calling it an honor and major highlight of his career — as well as a challenge.…

Allen Franks. Citrus Heights Police Department

Police make arrest in 2nd Citrus Heights homicide this month

Police said an arrest has been made for the murder of a 46-year-old Citrus Heights woman who was found unresponsive in her home on Monday, according to a news release from the Citrus Heights Police Department. Police said…