2017 Community Camp Out to again fill Rusch Park with tents
Called “one of the best family events” in the city each year by organizers, Citrus Heights’ annual Community Camp Out is scheduled to once again take over Rusch Park with an activity-filled overnight event this July 22 and…
CHPD: new survey shows significant drop in homeless-related calls in Citrus Heights
The results of a Citrus Heights Police Department annual survey on homelessness are in: the homeless population has dropped in Citrus Heights and the number of homeless-related calls for service have dropped significantly as well. During the department’s…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: local politics, attempted murder, campaign announcements
Latest local news briefs include an upcoming July 4 DUI enforcement effort, a Citrus Heights planning commissioner confirming plans to run for school board, Councilman Bret Daniels announcing his latest bid for county sheriff, and the arrest of…
Community voices: readers react to plan for new barrier fence at Auburn/Greenback
Plans to install new barrier fencing to reduce pedestrian-involved collisions near Auburn Boulevard and Greenback Lane drew mixed responses from readers over the past week. Here’s what readers have been saying in letters to the editor and on…
Thousands fill Sunrise Blvd for annual Red, White & Blue Parade
Colorful banners, balloons and marching bands took over Sunrise Boulevard Saturday morning as thousands lined the street for Citrus Heights’ 18th annual Red, White and Blue Parade. With morning temperatures in the mid-seventies, the parade kicked off just…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: heat, power outage, medical building, click-it tickets
Latest local news briefs include drone footage of construction progress on the new medical building on Greenback Lane, a massive power outage that hit the area on Wednesday, an update on the cooling center in Citrus Heights, local…
City pursues barrier fence to reduce pedestrian collisions near Greenback/Auburn
Following three pedestrian-related collisions near the intersection of Greenback Lane and Auburn Boulevard last year, the City of Citrus Heights is moving forward with plans to install barrier fencing to help keep people from running across the street.…
Supervisor Frost: cutting Citrus Heights polling locations was a bad idea
On June 6, Sacramento County voted to fundamentally change the way we vote in all of our future elections. Previously, you had the choice to either mail in an absentee ballot, or to go physically vote at one…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: cooling center, blood drive, free state fair tickets, affordable housing
Latest local news briefs include the city announcing a temporary cooling center inside the Citrus Heights Community Center in anticipation of an expected temperature spike in the area, an upcoming blood drive across from Sunrise Mall offering free…
Two eyesores in Citrus Heights finally being fixed up after local church buys property
A pair of vacant homes with boarded up windows, peeling exterior paint, and an overgrown yard. The sight has plagued a heavily-trafficked section of Old Auburn Road near Sylvan Corners for too long, but things are changing since…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: DUI arrests, 29 minutes, BBQ chicken, missing man
Latest local news briefs include a Citrus Heights Hawaiian cafe offering a lifetime eating pass for $1,000, a local officer being awarded for making 66 DUI arrests in 2016, an at-risk man with schizophrenia reported missing, and the…
Citrus Heights’ Red, White & Blue parade set for June 24
The sidewalks along Sunrise Boulevard will once again be lined with parade-watchers as the city’s 2017 Red, White & Blue Parade takes place on June 24. The Saturday parade is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and will…
