Citrus Heights Sentinel

Citrus Heights city manager announces plans to retire
City Manager Henry Tingle announced this week he will be retiring from his long-held position in Citrus Heights at the end of 2016. In an email to The Sentinel, Mayor Jeannie Bruins praised the city manager for being…

Body ID’d in latest Citrus Heights shooting; 6th homicide of 2015
The Sacramento County Coroner’s office has identified 19-year-old Andrew Vanhunnik of Citrus Heights as the man who was shot to death in the parking lot of a Kingswood Drive apartment complex on Dec. 28, 2015. Lt. David Gutierrez…
Community to vote online for ‘Best of Citrus Heights’ businesses
Citrus Heights consumers will have an opportunity to cast online votes for local businesses they think deserve to win the “Best of Citrus Heights” annual award from the local Chamber of Commerce, with voting set to begin Jan.…

Citrus Heights This Month: what’s happening in January
Updated Jan. 5, 7:20 p.m.– Events around Citrus Heights this month include several crab feed fundraisers, square dance classes, cat adoptions and more. Here’s some highlights of events on schedule for January:

Citrus Heights Water District: 2015 usage dropped by 37%
Updated Jan. 5, 5:30 p.m.– Citrus Heights Water District customers reduced water use by an average of 37 percent during a six-month reporting period in 2015, according to the latest conservation data released by local water officials.

Free Christmas tree, lights recycling offered in Citrus Heights
Through Jan. 15, 2016, Citrus Heights residents can take advantage of free curbside pickup of live Christmas trees with Republic Services’ holiday “treecycling” program. According to a “Holiday Recycling Guide” flier for Citrus Heights, trees placed at the…

Escaped horse dies after being hit by car; 3 men injured
Fire officials said a horse was killed and three men were injured after an early morning vehicle-versus-animal collision occurred at the intersection of Auburn Boulevard and Hackney Way in Citrus Heights, Wednesday. The crash occurred shortly before 1…

Updated: 2 shot, 1 killed in Citrus Heights shooting
Citrus Heights police said detectives are investigating a fatal shooting at an apartment complex on Kingswood Drive near Sunrise Boulevard, Monday. The shooting occurred shortly before 2 a.m. on Dec. 28, leaving one man dead and one hospitalized…

Citrus Heights Police Beat: pursuit, shooting, DUI checkpoint results
Man shot in Greenback Estates on Christmas Eve– A Citrus Heights police sergeant said a 26-year-old man was shot multiple times on Christmas Eve by one or more unknown suspects in a vehicle, leaving him hospitalized. According to…

Video: 34 photos of Christmas light displays across Citrus Heights
Haven’t had a chance to see some of the best and brightest light displays in Citrus Heights? The Sentinel’s two-minute “Christmas lights in Citrus Heights” video highlights 34 photos of displays on various streets all over Citrus Heights,…