🌱 Patch AM: How community tips helped crack the Citrus Heights band room burglary

Good morning Citrus Heights! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How community tips helped crack the Citrus Heights band room burglary
• Why a Sonoma County burglary suspect ended up arrested in Citrus Heights

Also on today's calendar: Coast Guard Auxiliary Offers the "Boat America Safety Class".

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Rather cloudy and hot, temps: high: 101, low: 70.
• Thursday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 104 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Police nab Citrus Heights musical instrument thieves after seeking community help (sacbee.com) — Mesa Verde High School's band program in Citrus Heights is getting justice after police, aided by community tips, arrested two suspects accused of stealing more than $5,000 in instruments from the campus band room. Citrus Heights officers used social media, license plate reader alerts, and a trip to Anderson to track down the pair and recover additional evidence.
   

• Healdsburg jewelry store burglary suspect arrested near Sacramento (nbcbayarea.com) — A man wanted in a downtown Healdsburg jewelry store burglary was arrested in Citrus Heights after fleeing from a suspect vehicle, with help from the Citrus Heights Police Department. Local officers assisted Healdsburg police in the Sept. 1 capture, uncovering evidence in the suspect's car and learning he had multiple outstanding felony warrants nationwide.
   

📸 Around Citrus Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Coast Guard Auxiliary Offers the "Boat America Safety Class" →
  Park Delta Bay, 922 W Brannan Island Rd, Isleton
  7:45 am

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Other local events

Wednesday September 9
• We Prosper Together Catalyst Summit 2026 →
  Citrus Heights Event Center, 6300 Fountain Square Dr, Citrus Heights
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• Aeries Parent Portal & Data Confirmation Support
  Twin Rivers Unified School Distict Madison Elementary School, 5241 Harrison St, North Highlands, C
  8:00 am
• Getting Started: Drop-in Application and Enrollment Support
  Sierra College Outreach Online
  12:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball @ Cavitt vs Spring View
  Willma Cavitt Junior High Granite Bay, CA 95746
  4:00 pm
• Boys Flag Football @ Cavitt vs Chilton
  Willma Cavitt Junior High Granite Bay, CA 95746
  4:00 pm
• Girls Tennis vs Christian Brothers
  Rio Americano High Rio Americano Tennis Courts
  4:00 pm
• Boys FFB @ Olympus
  Robert C. Cooley Middle Roseville, CA 95747
  4:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball v. Antelope Crossing
  Olympus Junior High Roseville, CA 95661
  4:00 pm
• Water Polo @ Ponderosa
  Rio Americano High Ponderosa High School
  4:00 pm
• Boys Flag Football v. Cooley
  Olympus Junior High Roseville, CA 95661
  4:00 pm
• Boys Flag Football @ Glen Edwards
  George a. Buljan Middle Roseville, CA 95678
  4:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball vs Christian Brothers
  Rio Americano High Rio Americano Large Gym
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please share & repost to help reunite this stray dog!
  Found on September 6, 2026 in Roseville, CA 95678 near King rd Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact the finder, view… (Nextdoor Northwest)

• Public Storage posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Citrus Heights. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Pharmacy Sales Associate in Orangevale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Citrus Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Carmichael

• Ben Simmons 'Excited' To Resume NBA Career With Kings (hoopsrumors.com)

Folsom

• Passport to Paradise – Historic Folsom Shopping Night (natomasmessenger.com)
• Prep Rally: The most intriguing high school football games this week (latimes.com)
• California's largest state worker union to hold a strike authorization vote (sacbee.com)

Ok Citrus Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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