Fire crews were dispatched yet again to the field areas behind Costco and Walmart in Citrus Heights on Wednesday, responding to a grass and brush fire that was later determined by officials to have been "intentionally set." At least seven fires have started in the area over the past six weeks and two 19-year-old suspects were arrested on June 12 in connection with at least one of the fires.
Fire Captain Andrew Whaley said the latest fire on June 29 was contained to a...
Calling it a "decade of difference," the Citrus Heights Police Department (CHPD) celebrated its 10th birthday during a public ceremony at the Community Center this week. The Department officially went live 10 years ago on June 26, 2006, replacing the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in providing police services to Citrus Heights.
Mayor Jeannie Bruins, who spoke on behalf of the city council at the ceremony, praised the Department for helping lower crime and said the council had voted to form CHPD because the cost of hiring the Sheriff's Department "became prohibitive over time...
Citrus Heights police said they are searching for a driver allegedly involved in a hit-and-run collision with a pedestrian that occurred at the intersection of Greenback Lane and Birdcage Street on Sunday.
Police said officers received a report of the collision around 12:07 a.m. on June 19, where "witnesses reported seeing a westbound vehicle on Greenback strike a pedestrian who was crossing Greenback against a red pedestrian crossing...