A small crowd of community members and city leaders came together for a day of workshops, food, and tours at the newly enhanced Stock Ranch Nature Preserve -- a 47-acre park, tucked away behind the Citrus Heights Wal-Mart and Costco. "It's a beautiful, pristine, natural preserve, right here in the middle of a city," said Vice Mayor Sue Frost, who attended the event. "You wouldn't even know it's here."

Citrus Heights will be showing off its newly enhanced Stock Ranch Nature Preserve on April 12, with tours, gardening workshops, entertainment, and food. A grant...

At a special meeting tonight, the Citrus Heights city council will decide on a location for the proposal to build a new city hall. "We...

You've probably seen the logo on a website or around town. It's part of a competitive program put on by the Citrus Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce each year, designed to encourage local businesses to strive for excellence. In 2013, over 5,000 votes were cast to determine the winner in each of the 26 business categories listed by the Chamber. Awards were given out at an annual "Installation Dinner," giving winning businesses the right to use the "Best 0f Citrus Heights" logo on their website and marketing material.

20 years after a horrific genocide wiped through Rwanda, the country has made ties with churches worldwide, including a church nearly 10,000 miles away in Citrus Heights. Advent Lutheran Church of Citrus Heights is the sister congregation of the Matimba Parish, a small church founded in 2007 in eastern Rwanda. The local congregation aids its Rwandese partners through prayer and monetary support -- and even soccer balls.

"Zero tolerance" is what the Citrus Heights Police Dept. is promising, as it joins a month-long enforcement and education campaign to curb hand-held cellphone use while driving. The campaign is part of April's nationwide "Distracted Driving Awareness Month," and seeks to emphasize that phone calls and texts aren't worth the risk of getting into an accident and endangering ones self or others, according to a press release by CHPD. The National Safety Council estimates that over 275,000 cellphone-involved crashes have occurred this year, and an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study found that drivers using their phones are four times more likely to get into an injury collision.

A California state audit report is due for release on April 8, nearly a year after Child Protective Services -- accompanied by armed officers...