
Citrus Heights ‘fixer’ damaged in winter storms listed for sale
A Citrus Heights home with partially completed repairs after being damaged in a series of storms in January is on the market for $429,000…

Sunday Funday to bring food, fun to Rusch Park this weekend
The annual Sunday Funday event will return to Rusch Community Park on Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m…

Citrus Heights News Briefs: Leatherby’s, home sales, 100th birthday
Latest local news briefs include a Sock Hop at Leatherby’s, an update on latest home sales, and a report from a birthday party held to celebrate a local World War Two veteran’s 100th year of life…

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…

Citrus Heights Pumpkin Farmer’s legacy lives on after his death
Sentinel staff report– The 14-acre Pumpkin Farm on Old Auburn Road opened for its 44th season on Tuesday, but for the first time without the memorable farmer who launched the local attraction in 1974. Leonard Shymoniak, the 76-year-old…

2018 ‘Battle of the Bands & BBQ’ event in Citrus Heights to help vets
Sentinel staff report– Live music along with all-you-can-eat barbecue and beverages will once again be served up outside the Rusch Home in Citrus Heights for the annual “Battle of the Bands & BBQ” fundraiser, set for Oct. 6th.

Citrus Heights Letters: repaving, politics, burgers, new veterans hall?
Latest letters from Sentinel readers discuss road repaving in Citrus Heights, burgers on Auburn Boulevard, criticism of an endorsement made by the mayor, and future potential for the property on Sunrise Boulevard formerly slated to become an ARCO…




