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Best Lights in Citrus Heights contest for 2025 now accepting nominations

The city’s 2025 “Best Lights in Citrus Heights” contest is now accepting nominations through Dec. 8.

A map showing the road closures affecting Citrus Heights.

Road closures in Citrus Heights for the 2025 California International Marathon

Several key road closures will be in effect during the upcoming annual California International Marathon, which is set to take place this Sunday, Dec. 8. 

Sunrise Christian Food Ministry volunteers

Citrus Heights charity among 5 beneficiaries of new ‘Giving Machine’

A new vending machine selling items that will benefit families and individuals in need has officially opened at the Westfield Galleria Mall in Roseville, with a Citrus Heights–based organization as one of five nonprofits participating…

A rendering from the Sunrise Tomorrow Specific Plan

Guest Column: The false promise of zoning

By Mark Dempsey– Zoning is a series of (necessarily) false promises, made in (unnecessarily) unclear zoning codes, at least as California’s local governments practice it now…

April 2025: What’s happening in Citrus Heights this month?

Spring is in full swing this April, with Kiwanis’ annual Easter egg hunt, a plant sale, a fundraising event for an amphitheater, a prom dress drive…

city scoop 2023, Greenback

Voting for this summer’s City Scoop locations is underway

Voting for locations is now currently open for the third annual City Scoop ice cream social summer series…

Sunrise Christian Food Ministry volunteers

Citrus Heights food bank to close temporarily

The Sunrise Christian Food Ministry will be temporarily closed for two weeks, according to the food closet’s director…

The interior of a home on Twin Oaks Ave. which burned down on March 15, 2025. // Sac Metro Fire

Citrus Heights family of six unsure of future after house fire

Nahtima Wyant, her boyfriend Gary Hurd, and their four children and two dogs, were all recently displaced in a housefire…

Riley Goode from Sylvan Middle School

Citrus Heights teacher in the running for America’s Favorite Teacher

A local middle school teacher is in the running for a national competition with a grand prize offering of $25,000 and a trip to Hawaii…

Citrus Heights Arts, city, collaborate to expand public art opportunities

Citrus Heights Arts, in collaboration with the City of Citrus Heights, has several new and returning programs and initiatives planned for 2025, including an Art in City Hall Exhibit…

Ghostbusters of Sacramento at the Weekend Blender

Comic-Con event sparks life at Sunrise Mall amid store closures

A returning Comic-Con brought much-needed traffic to Sunrise Mall over last weekend…

Guest Opinion: Addressing homelessness through unified action

When I took office, tackling the homelessness crisis was my top priority. As a member of the Folsom City Council, I witnessed firsthand how fragmented and uncoordinated the response was between…