Historic Rusch Home finds new use as hub for homeschool enrichment academy
By Sara Beth Williams– A local sports and enrichment academy is utilizing the historic Rusch Home and Gardens in Citrus Heights as a place to teach various classes to students of local homeschooling families…
Neighbors, police come together for National Night Out
By Mike Hazlip— For more than three decades, the Woodmore Oaks Neighborhood Watch group on the border of Citrus Heights and Orangevale has been hosting its annual National Night Out event as a way to build community…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: rabbits, home sales, obituary
Latest local news briefs include top recent home sales, an update on rabbit rescue efforts near Sylvan Oaks Library, and an obituary of a 42-year resident of Citrus Heights…
Citrus Heights Howl-o-Ween Parade, festival set for Oct. 20th
By Max Burlaka– The 7th annual Howl-O-Ween parade will again make its way along Auburn Boulevard this Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. near Twin Oaks Avenue and concluding at Rusch Park. The parade will be followed by a…
Painting, wine, history to be featured at Rusch House event
Sentinel staff report– The Citrus Heights Historical Society will host an afternoon “Art in the Park” fundraising event at the Rusch Home this Saturday, featuring a painting class by an area artist, wine by the glass, and the…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: fatality update, Spooktacular, business walk
Latest local news briefs include an update in the fatal collision that took the life of a 45-year-old on Greenback Lane last week, Spooktacular drawing crowds to the Raley’s shopping center, a local business walk outreach put on…
Guest Opinion: Residents should accept responsibility for funding road repair
Guest opinion submitted by David Warren– A recent letter to the editor decried the Citrus Heights mayor’s endorsement of the Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, arguing that a nonpartisan office holder should refrain from such…
LETTER: Homeowners in Citrus Heights need to clean up their yards
The City is thinking about hiring someone to inspect rentals to help with the blight in Citrus Heights, but in my neighborhood it’s not the rentals that are the issue — it’s the homeowners that will not take…
2018 Spooktacular event set for Oct. 13 in Citrus Heights
Sentinel staff report– The 10th annual Spooktacular festivities will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Raley’s shopping plaza at Antelope Road and Interstate 80…
Guest Column: Reflections on Leonard Shymoniak, the Citrus Heights Pumpkin Farmer
By Dr. Jayna Karpinski-Costa– For those who never met or knew Leonard Shymoniak, the farmer who began the Pumpkin Farm in Citrus Heights, let me relate a few memories and my thoughts about what a great person he…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: schools, obituaries, ‘coffee with a cop’
Latest local news briefs include Citrus Heights police hosting a Coffee with a Cop event at Dutch Bros, obituaries from two local veterans and a school teacher, two upcoming school board candidate forums, and more…
Guest Column: A public ‘thank you’ to the Citrus Heights Police Dept.
By Commander Paul Reyes, American Legion Post 637– I have been a resident of Citrus Heights since WAAAYY before we became a city. I have seen this area grow and get better year after year and am very…
