Business is booming for Citrus Heights costume rental shop
By Hazel Ford– Seven years ago, Dawn Cornsilk never would have pictured herself running a costume shop. Far from a life dream, sewing was just a hobby — if that. Now the proud owner of the Costume Junction,…
Sunrise Mall to get new 2,500-seat stadium for outdoor concerts, events
Sentinel staff report– Citrus Heights will soon have a new venue for outdoor events and concerts, following the unanimous approval of a $300,000 grant by the city council on Thursday to pay for a new 2,500-seat “pop-up” stadium…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: $13M sale, home prices, tax audit
Latest local news briefs include an update on home sale price trends in Citrus Heights, the Grocery Outlet shopping plaza at Greenback Lane and Auburn Boulevard selling for $13 million, a local tax audit-defense firm moving out of…
Annual Pumpkin Farm attraction in Citrus Heights to open Oct. 1
The 12-acre Pumpkin Farm on Old Auburn Road will open again this October for its month-long “farm experience,” annually featuring corn maze activities, farm animals, a 30-foot tower slide, and more. The Pumpkin Farm is located at 7736…
Citrus Heights coffee shop window smashed again; homeless suspected
The owner of Java Cherry, a popular local coffee house on Van Maren Lane in Citrus Heights, says her storefront window was smashed early Wednesday morning — the third time in the past five years. “I just showed…
Community Voices: ideas abound for new restaurants on Auburn Blvd
Following a developer winning approval from the Citrus Heights Planning Commission earlier this month to add more restaurant tenants in front of Costco and Walmart on Auburn Boulevard, over 100 comments from Sentinel readers on Facebook poured in…
Developer gets green light for more restaurants along Auburn Blvd
Planning commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a developer’s plan designed to help improve traffic flow and allow up to 28,000 square feet of restaurants in a new shopping area planned for the long-vacant pads in front of Costco…
Public hearings set for 3 development proposals in Citrus Heights
Planning commissioners in Citrus Heights are scheduled to hold three separate public hearings this coming Wednesday, with proposals including a plan to allow additional restaurants on Auburn Boulevard, a subdivision proposal at the new Capital Nursery Plaza, and…
Sutter Health to open new walk-in care clinic in Citrus Heights
Sutter Health is planning to open a walk-in clinic with same-day service in the new shopping center at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Madison Avenue later this year, a company executive confirmed on Thursday. Most major insurance…
New drone video shows walls go up on Citrus Heights medical building
It took less than 48 hours for a heavy duty crane and a team of construction workers to lift massive, three-story concrete walls into place for the new Dignity Health medical building on Greenback Lane last weekend– and…
