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: DUI checkpoint results, turn lanes, traffic safety
Latest local news briefs include results from this weekend’s DUI checkpoint operation, turn lane extension work near Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane, and an upcoming open house to discuss a new transportation safety program…
Parks district seeks volunteers to help prep for new playground at Rusch Park
Volunteers are needed to participate in Rusch Park Family Volunteer Day Saturday, Nov. 9 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout the park to get ready for the installation of new playground equipment.
Citrus Heights nonprofit to host spaghetti feed fundraiser to help homeless
The Citrus Heights Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) will host its 4th Annual Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser on Nov. 8 at the Citrus Heights Community Center, in an effort to help fund the nonprofit’s various local programs and rotating…
2019 Fall Carnival returns to Sunrise Mall
The Sunrise Mall parking lot will again be transformed into an outdoor carnival, as Brass Ring Amusements brings its annual Fall Carnival to town beginning Friday and continuing through Nov. 3 this year…
Citrus Heights Historical Society uncovers history of once-popular inn
The corner of Auburn Boulevard and Greenback Lane, now the site of several gas stations and convenience stores, was once the scene of a popular 1920s restaurant, inn and service station known as the Florida Inn…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: theft suspect, Halloween mask, obituary
Latest local news briefs include police releasing photos of a theft suspect who stole an elderly woman’s purse, a man with a “creepy” Halloween mask prompting a phone call to police, and the death of a San Juan…
LETTER: Sunrise Mall needs a high rise hotel, entertainment options
I believe we should have a Hilton hotel or a high rise hotel that can hold tourists by the top right side of the mall or the bottom right side…
LETTER: Faded lines on Citrus Heights roadways need re-painting
I’m glad to see action being taken on city streets, however, with the onset of winter, bad weather and getting dark earlier, there is a need to…
Guest Column: Our local jails are over-stuffed and under-funded
A few years ago, Sacramento County was sued regarding confinement conditions in our two jails. Since we…
