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Compiled by Sentinel staff-- Citrus Heights boasts many restaurants that residents have come to know and love, and The Sentinel has compiled a list of our top five must-try restaurants in the city.

By Mike Hazlip— Coinciding with the city's 25th birthday, a new book released this month details the 12-year battle to make Citrus Heights an incorporated city within Sacramento County.

By Mike Hazlip-- When Becky and Charles Hamilton built Citrus Heights Beauty College in 1969, afros, bouffants and pixy cuts were the popular styles of the day while "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies was number one on Billboard’s Hot 100.

By Mike Hazlip— The City of Citrus Heights is conducting a feasibility study to determine if under-used commercial lots along Auburn Boulevard could potentially become residential real estate.

Sentinel staff report-- The City of Citrus Heights is currently seeking bids from contractors on its 2022 Residential Street Resurfacing Project, which seeks to repave at least 17 residential streets in various parts of the city.

Sentinel staff report– Although plans to begin construction were delayed last year due to COVID-19, a city spokeswoman confirmed last week that construction of a new 2.9-mile trail through Citrus Heights is anticipated to begin this Summer.

Sentinel staff report-- An estimated 36 tons of hazardous waste and 190 tons of additional waste will be excavated and removed from an 11-acre city-owned lot at Sylvan Corners, following an environmental report documenting soil contamination at the site.