Citrus Heights Chamber of Commerce welcomes new executive director
By Sara Beth Williams– Sheri Merrick has been selected as the new executive director of the Citrus Heights Chamber of Commerce, following the chamber’s prior director stepping down in January…
Nearby city eyes Citrus Heights’ neighborhood model
By Mike Hazlip– Several hundred residents on Monday attended a community potluck at the Citrus Heights Community Center, which featured a speaker from Rancho Cordova who praised the city’s neighborhood model for community engagement…
LETTER: Cannabis stores will bring shootings, stabbings, robberies
By Bill Bird, Citrus Heights– Do you want more crime in Citrus Heights? Urge your City Council to support and allow stores that sell marijuana or dope. Your prayers will be answered. These places are crime magnets…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: sales tax, cheating, arrest, obituary
Latest local news briefs include updates on the proposed transportation sales tax measure and accusations of cheating at Stones Casino, along with the local obituary of a 92-year-old resident and more. STA to hold vote on transportation tax…
Citrus Heights Police Activities League organizing first-ever cornhole fundraiser
Space is still available to register for an upcoming cornhole tournament at the Community Center, hosted by the Citrus Heights Police Activity League in partnership with the California Cornhole Association.
Citrus Heights News Briefs: coffee, homeless camp, sexual assault
Latest local news briefs include an update on a former Junior Mavericks coach accused of rape, Citrus Heights police cleaning up a homeless camp near Walmart, and an upcoming Coffee with a Cop event.
Guest Opinion: California’s homeless crisis and Citrus Heights’ local response
Guest column submitted by Police Chief Ron Lawrence–The growing California homeless population is alarming. Communities across our state have experienced unprecedented increases in homelessness, with some metropolitan cities reaching epidemic proportions. While homelessness was a main theme of…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: fire video, diving, obituary
Latest local news briefs include video highlights from Metro Fire’s 2019 year in review, a Citrus Heights diver being featured on ABC 10, and an obituary of a 61-year-old local resident. Metro Fire shares video highlights from 2019Metro…
Classic car shop brings life back to historic Citrus Heights building
Route 40 Classics, a new classic car restoration and repair shop, has opened in the site of one of Citrus Heights’ historic commercial landmarks: the former Angelo Orsi Olive Oil Company at 6008 Auburn Blvd., on the southern…
2020 burn fundraiser in Citrus Heights broke all-time record
This month’s annual “Fill the Boot for Burns” fundraiser at the Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane raised an all-time record of $184,861 over the course of four days, according to the Firefighters Burn Institute.
New Citrus Heights history display set up inside Sunrise Mall
As Sunrise Mall struggles to survive, one vacant storefront has been re-purposed by the Citrus Heights Historical Society.
Guest Column: Help is on the way for police responding to mental health crisis calls
Guest opinion column by County Supervisor Sue Frost– The discussion around the ever-growing homeless crisis often gets linked to the issue of mental illness, and rightfully so.
