
Meet Manuel Salazar, candidate for Citrus Heights Council District 4
Note: As part of The Sentinel’s 2022 coverage of local elections, we have asked a series of seven identical questions to each of the candidates running for a seat on the Citrus Heights City Council. The questions are…

Meet Porsche Middleton, candidate for Citrus Heights Council District 5
Note: As part of The Sentinel’s 2022 coverage of local elections, we have asked a series of seven identical questions to each of the candidates running for a seat on the Citrus Heights City Council. The questions are…

Meet Natalee Price, candidate for Citrus Heights Council District 5
Note: As part of The Sentinel’s 2022 coverage of local elections, we have asked a series of seven identical questions to each of the candidates running for a seat on the Citrus Heights City Council. The questions are…

Sept. 30 is officially Henry Tingle Day in Citrus Heights. Here’s why
Sentinel staff report– Friday is “Henry Tingle Day” in Citrus Heights, following a formal vote by the City Council in 2016 to make Sept. 30 a day to honor former City Manager Henry Tingle who led the city…

Latest count shows just 89 homeless people in Citrus Heights. Is it accurate?
By Mike Hazlip— Sacramento County’s 2022 Point-In-Time (PIT) count tallying the number of people living on the streets of Citrus Heights and across the county was released over the summer, but advocates say the numbers reported are far…

City to further assess potential annexation of four areas into Citrus Heights
Sentinel staff report– The City Council on Thursday gave staff direction to further pursue consideration of expanding the city’s borders to include four areas located just outside the city limits of Citrus Heights.

SMP board split over proposed ban on gas stations, car washes
Sentinel staff report– Board members for the Sunrise MarketPlace business improvement district during their September meeting could not come to a consensus on whether to support or oppose the city’s proposed ban on new auto-oriented uses in the…

Planning Commission to hold public hearing on car wash, gas station ban
By Phillip Pesola– A public hearing will be held Wednesday at City Hall in Citrus Heights regarding a proposed zoning code amendment that would ban new gas stations and other auto-focused businesses within the Sunrise MarketPlace business district.

‘Just disgusting.’ Homeless camp, litter cleaned up along Citrus Heights on-ramp
Sentinel staff report– Homeless encampments, litter, and shrubs along Antelope Road at Interstate 80 were cleaned up on Wednesday by Caltrans crews in partnership with the City of Citrus Heights and the California Highway Patrol.

Sunday Funday to bring live music, family fun to Rusch Park this weekend
By Sara Beth Williams– The annual Sunday Funday is set to return to Rusch Community Park on Sunday, Sept. 25 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, just in time for Citrus Heights’ 25-year anniversary of cityhood.