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By Mike Hazlip— Sacramento County’s 2022 Point-In-Time (PIT) count tallying the number of people living on the streets of Citrus Heights and across the county was released over the summer, but advocates say the numbers reported are far too low. According to the report, there were 9,287 individuals in Sacramento[Read More…]
Sentinel staff report–
The City Council on Thursday gave staff direction to further pursue consideration of expanding the city’s borders to include four areas located just outside the city limits of Citrus Heights.
Sentinel staff report–
Board members for the Sunrise MarketPlace business improvement district during their September meeting could not come to a consensus on whether to support or oppose the city’s proposed ban on new auto-oriented uses in the Sunrise-Greenback commercial corridor.
By Phillip Pesola–
A public hearing will be held Wednesday at City Hall in Citrus Heights regarding a proposed zoning code amendment that would ban new gas stations and other auto-focused businesses within the Sunrise MarketPlace business district.
Sentinel staff report–
Homeless encampments, litter, and shrubs along Antelope Road at Interstate 80 were cleaned up on Wednesday by Caltrans crews in partnership with the City of Citrus Heights and the California Highway Patrol.
By Sara Beth Williams–
The annual Sunday Funday is set to return to Rusch Community Park on Sunday, Sept. 25 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, just in time for Citrus Heights’ 25-year anniversary of cityhood.
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—
Twenty-five years after becoming a city, the City of Citrus Heights is again looking into expanding the borders of the city to include one or more areas of unincorporated Sacramento County that were left out of the city limits in the incorporation effort of the late 1990s.
