Citrus Heights News

Citrus Heights police officers will be running a DUI and driver's license checkpoint Saturday on Madison Avenue, a police spokesman said.

The city of Citrus Heights is taking a page from Sacramento's book in its efforts to transform a blighted stretch of Sayonara Drive into a better place to live.

In the end, no records were broken. But for a few minutes late Sunday afternoon, zombies stomped out the steps of a familiar dance in a courtyard between shops at the Marketplace at Birdcage, welcoming Halloween early.

Citrus Heights police are looking for the assailant who shot into a vehicle carrying several people on Interstate 80 on Wednesday.

Citrus Heights police have arrested a suspect in the burglary of Grand Oaks Elementary School and the burglary of a residence, according to a Police Department news release.

A Citrus Heights structure fire produced "raining fire" Thursday afternoon, hampering efforts to fight a structure blaze.

Investigators for the Citrus Heights Police Department said they have identified the men who allegedly tried to get two 12-year-old girls to enter their van near the Sunrise Mall "late" Thursday evening.

Two men already convicted of murdering a young man in 2004 now stand accused of killing another just three months before.

Sacramento Regional Fire dispatchers and two residents, saved the life a 4-year-old boy who nearly drowned in a community pool at approximately 3:45 p.m. today at the Creekside Estates Mobile Home Park on the 6000 block of Greenback Lane, officials said.

A Citrus Heights resident and his friend were robbed at gun and knifepoint by two masked men, who entered his home on the 7300 block of Huntington Square Lane at about 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Citrus Heights police have arrested three men who were allegedly involved in a shooting on July 4 that injured two other men.

Citrus Heights police are investigating a shooting near Sunrise Mall.

A 25-year-old man was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail this morning after striking a person with his car following a bar fight and then fleeing from officers, according to Citrus Heights police.

The tight economy has not stopped Citrus Heights' 10th annual Red, White and Blue Parade. The free event is one of the area's most popular parades.

The victim of Thursday night's hit-and-run killing has been identified as Dennis Wurster, 53, of Citrus Heights, the Sacramento County Coroner's Office said.

The victim of Thursday night's hit-and-run killing has been identified as Dennis Wurster, 53, of Citrus Heights, the Sacramento County Coroner's Office said.

Officers from the Citrus Heights Police and the El Dorado County Sheriff's departments will don aprons as "celebrity" waiters in separate events this month to benefit the Special Olympics of Northern California, according to news releases.

Citrus Heights and Sacramento police have arrested four young men, including two juveniles, for being allegedly involved in at least one of a series of home invasion robberies in Citrus Heights, authorities said.

Complimentary massages; vision screenings; and lots of medical, housing, and other informational exhibits will be part of the 2nd annual Senior Health Fair in Citrus Heights on Saturday, according to a news release.

A Citrus Heights man has died of injuries received in a motorcycle crash in Roseville, according to the Roseville Police Department.

A Citrus Heights man has died of injuries received in a motorcycle crash in Roseville, according to the Roseville Police Department.

To the Citrus Heights police officers, it was a fixed-up bike. To the 7-year-old girl they gave it to, it was "Blue Angel."

The Citrus Heights Police Department arrested a man who led officers on a foot chase through the city Wednesday afternoon, police said.

To the Citrus Heights police officers, it was a fixed up bike. To the 7-year-old girl they gave it to, it was "Blue Angel."

Three drivers were arrested on suspicion of DUI and one driver was arrested for an outstanding warrant during a recent DUI/driver's license checkpoint conducted by the Citrus Heights Police Department, according to information released today.

The Roseville and Citrus Heights police departments are conducting DUI and driver's license checkpoints tonight in separate operations, according to both departments.

Entries are being sought for one of the most popular parades in the Sacramento area – the annual Red, White and Blue Parade in Citrus Heights.

Entries are being sought for one of the most popular parades in the Sacramento area - the annual Red, White and Blue Parade in Citrus Heights.

A 44-year-old Sacramento woman died Monday night after she allowed her car to cross into oncoming traffic and collide with another vehicle, according to a California Highway Patrol news release.

Citrus Heights police are seeking a man who robbed a Metro PCS store clerk at gunpoint Friday afternoon.

Authorities on Tuesday recovered the last body of the three suburban Sacramento teens believed to have drowned in the Feather River.

Another longtime Sacramento retailer is closing. Organize It, a fixture on Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights for 21 years, will go out of business April 5.

Valentina Pristupa prays for a miracle, that authorities will find her 18-year-old son and his two friends alive.

Citrus Heights police are looking for a man who assaulted and tried to rob a Black Angus restaurant employee Saturday night.

Sutter County authorities resumed their search today for three Sacramento area teenage boys believed to have plunged into the Feather River after losing control of their vehicle. Today was the fourth day of the search.

Sutter County authorities halted their search at dusk Saturday on the Feather River for three missing Sacramento-area teenagers who were believed to have plunged into the water late Wednesday night after losing control of their vehicle.

Three men are facing felony charges today for allegedly assaulting and robbing a man in Citrus Heights last month.

Worker layoffs, furloughs and revenue shortfall have arrived for many Sacramento jurisdictions, but the city of Citrus Heights, with its penchant for frugality, isn't one of them.

Citrus Heights Police Friday morning arrested two people for the shooting of a woman at a recycling center.

Citrus Heights Police are investigating a shooting and robbery outside a bowling alley Thursday morning on Auburn Boulevard, according to dispatchers.

Seven years after Heather Lee Ann Hibbs was found beaten to death, her mother is still waiting for answers.

A Citrus Heights man was killed and a woman injured when they were hit by a vehicle early Tuesday morning while crossing Sunrise Boulevard, police said.

A pedestrian was killed early Tuesday morning as he was crossing Sunrise Boulevard in Citrus Heights.

To help small businesses in the down economy, the city of Citrus Heights is considering amending its laws to allow people to work out of their homes.

The Capitol Pops Concert Band, a fixture in the region for nearly 12 years, is not exactly homeless, but it could be by summer.

Far more police officers killed themselves with a firearm last year than were gunned down by criminals, according to research developed by a Citrus Heights-based support group.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Citrus Heights man for receipt and possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday.

A Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District captain was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of using the Internet to exchange child pornography, Citrus Heights police said.

A Citrus Heights man is facing criminal charges after he was caught hiding in a camper down the street from a home he had allegedly burglarized.