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1. Citrus Heights Council approves over $150K in grant funding to multiple nonprofits (citrusheightssentinel.com) — Citrus Heights has just awarded more than $150,000 in grants and in‑kind support to 11 nonprofits, backing programs that directly serve local seniors, students, unhoused residents, and families. Funding boosts groups like HART, Meals on Wheels, youth mentoring, arts, marching band, and school gardens, after demand for support far exceeded the money available.
2. Citrus Heights City Council approves annual $11M drainage, accessibility project (citrusheightssentinel.com) — Citrus Heights is moving ahead with an $11 million accessibility and drainage project that will add hundreds of curb ramps, repair sidewalks, upgrade storm drains, and improve key intersections before major resurfacing in 2026–27. Work will target areas like Greenback Lane, Auburn Boulevard near schools, and Safe Routes to School corridors, aiming to make walking and driving safer and smoother citywide.
3. APA Sacramento Valley Section Honors Urban Planners (citrusheightsmessenger.com) — Citrus Heights' Community Development Department has been honored by the APA Sacramento Valley Section with a Planning Agency Award of Merit for turning long‑term city goals into concrete actions. The regional ceremony also spotlighted major transportation and growth plans across the Sacramento area, underscoring how thoughtful planning shapes housing, mobility, and public spaces in communities like Citrus Heights.
4. Sacramento sheriff under fire for failing to adopt safeguards for autistic drivers (sacbee.com) — Citrus Heights police are among several local departments already using the Blue Envelope Program to improve traffic-stop communication with neurodivergent drivers, while Sacramento County Sheriff's Office has not adopted it. County supervisors pressed the sheriff's office on funding and urgency, noting many agencies statewide and nationally have embraced the approach to make encounters safer for disabled residents.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What was left after the explosion at the cheese factory?" — da brie (Thank you Pam W. for sending it in!)
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