Citrus Heights Sentinel

Thousands fill Sunrise Blvd for annual Red, White & Blue Parade
Colorful banners, balloons and marching bands took over Sunrise Boulevard Saturday morning as thousands lined the street for Citrus Heights’ 18th annual Red, White and Blue Parade. With morning temperatures in the mid-seventies, the parade kicked off just…

Citrus Heights News Briefs: heat, power outage, medical building, click-it tickets
Latest local news briefs include drone footage of construction progress on the new medical building on Greenback Lane, a massive power outage that hit the area on Wednesday, an update on the cooling center in Citrus Heights, local…

City pursues barrier fence to reduce pedestrian collisions near Greenback/Auburn
Following three pedestrian-related collisions near the intersection of Greenback Lane and Auburn Boulevard last year, the City of Citrus Heights is moving forward with plans to install barrier fencing to help keep people from running across the street.…

Supervisor Frost: cutting Citrus Heights polling locations was a bad idea
On June 6, Sacramento County voted to fundamentally change the way we vote in all of our future elections. Previously, you had the choice to either mail in an absentee ballot, or to go physically vote at one…

Food Review: Kabab N Tikka offers Pakistani-Indian flavor in Citrus Heights
Back-set from Greenback Lane in a largely unnoticed strip mall near San Juan High School, the front window of “Kabab N Tikka” is decorated with pictures of various ethnic dishes that diners will find offered inside. Entering the…

All-organic production facility in Citrus Heights now supplying Whole Foods
Thousands of cars pass by it every day on Greenback Lane, although drivers likely haven’t given thought to what goes on inside the 8,500-square-feet building located next to Bubba’s Car Wash. Hawaii-based Life Foods, Inc. opened its all-organic…

2017 Citrus Heights Police Logs: domestic violence, grand theft, tire slashing
Latest Citrus Heights police logs include a $3,000 theft at Walgreens, transients harassing boys at an LDS church camp, a woman allegedly trying to assault her boyfriend with a hammer, and an arrest of a knife-wielding assault suspect.…

Citrus Heights News Briefs: cooling center, blood drive, free state fair tickets, affordable housing
Latest local news briefs include the city announcing a temporary cooling center inside the Citrus Heights Community Center in anticipation of an expected temperature spike in the area, an upcoming blood drive across from Sunrise Mall offering free…

Two eyesores in Citrus Heights finally being fixed up after local church buys property
A pair of vacant homes with boarded up windows, peeling exterior paint, and an overgrown yard. The sight has plagued a heavily-trafficked section of Old Auburn Road near Sylvan Corners for too long, but things are changing since…

House fire at Sunrise/Oak closes lanes, causes over $100k in damage
Several lanes of traffic at Sunrise Boulevard and Oak Avenue in Citrus Heights were partially blocked off around noon Thursday as emergency crews responded to the scene of a house fire on the west side of the intersection.…




