ArtBeat: Summer music, arts festival returning to Citrus Heights
Citrus Heights Arts has announced the return of a summer music and arts festival to the Marketplace and Birdcage…
Volunteers honor veteran gravestones with flags, crosses at Sylvan Cemetery
Beneath the shade of Cypress trees, several veterans walked up and down each row of grave sites at Sylvan Cemetery on Thursday morning, placing white wooden crosses and American flags at the head of each military veteran’s gravestone…
Citrus Heights reveals new City Scoop locations for 2024 ice cream socials
The city of Citrus Heights recently announced three new locations for the annual City Scoop ice cream social community gatherings…
Citrus Heights theatre says donors have helped cover rent during virus shutdown
Theatre in the Heights, a small venue for local theatrical performances in Citrus Heights, has been closed since March 17 when coronavirus mitigation efforts led to the statewide closure of businesses deemed non-essential.
Single moms get an early Mother’s Day in Citrus Heights
A local nonprofit organization held a drive-thru dinner and flower distribution on Saturday as a way to brighten the lives of single moms for Mother’s Day amid COVID-19 shelter-in-place restrictions.
Fifth COVID-related death reported in Citrus Heights as businesses prepare to reopen
Sacramento County health officials this week reported a fifth death in Citrus Heights associated with COVID-19, along with seven new confirmed cases of the disease over the past week.
Citrus Heights News Briefs: obituary, coronavirus, arrest
Latest local news briefs include a Citrus Heights couple being arrested on their honeymoon in Hawaii, an obituary of a local resident, and a local salon owner considering reopening despite COVID-19 restrictions.
Art masterpieces popping up in unusual spots around Citrus Heights
In recent months, nearly two dozen green utility boxes in a heavily trafficked business district in Citrus Heights have been transformed to display works of art.
Guest Opinion: Some healthy advice for both leaders and protesters
To the protesters against public health restrictions: You object to the stay-at-home, social distance, business curtailment measures and public event cancellations as infringements on your liberty.
Guest Opinion: San Juan Water District shouldn’t delay move to district elections
Rate payers from the Citrus Heights and Fair Oaks Water districts represent over 60% of the San Juan Water District’s wholesale water service connections; however, four of the San Juan Water District Board’s five..
60th COVID case confirmed in Citrus Heights, as county extends shelter order
Sacramento County health officials extended a stay-at-home health order on Wednesday, in a continued effort “to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the maximum extent possible.”
Guest Opinion: Fatal crash sheds light on need to reconsider LED street lighting
Guest opinion submitted by Mark Baker– In February, I met with the Citrus Heights staff about the dangerous glare at the intersection of Auburn Boulevard and Greenback Lane.
