This month’s update features:

🏆 Chip-In Hall of Fame nominations announced, recognizing residents who go above and beyond in service, kindness, and community pride.

🌎 Earth Day volunteer opportunity (April 22) — help beautify City Hall grounds with planting and cleanup.

🙌 Event Center Volunteer Open House (April 28) — get a behind-the-scenes look and learn how to get involved.

🍩 Honey Donuts named 2026 Legacy Business of Distinction, celebrating nearly 30 years as a Citrus Heights staple.

📸 “Postcards from Citrus Heights” photo contest launching soon, highlighting the beauty of our urban forest and local spaces.

🤝 Big Day of Service (May 16) is approaching — volunteer sign-ups open April 15.

📣 Mayor’s April message continues this year’s theme of Service, recognizing the everyday contributions that help keep Citrus Heights strong.

There’s a lot happening across the city this month — from volunteer opportunities and community recognition to upcoming events and ways to get involved locally.

If you like staying informed about what’s happening in Citrus Heights, this month’s newsletter is definitely worth a look.

If you find it useful, feel free to share it with a neighbor — staying connected helps strengthen our community.

You can view the full newsletter and other local updates here:

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This month’s update features:

📣 Mayor Jayna Karpinski-Cornett’s March message, reflecting on this year’s theme of Servic and how everyday acts of care, volunteereism, and community involvement help make Citrus Heights stronger.

🛣 Gateway Activation Project Community Meeting coming up March 5 — a chance to learn about planned multimodal improvements along Old Auburn Road and Wachtel Way and provide input on the project.

📣 Nominations now open for the 2026 Chip-In Hall of Fame Award, recognizing Citrus Heights residents and volunteers who go above and beyond to improve our community through service, beautification, and neighborhood pride.

🏠 Applications open for the final Habitat for Humanity homes in Citrus Heights. Qualified first-time homebuyers can apply for the affordable homeownership program.

➤ REACH Community Potluck Dinner (March 9) — a community gathering celebrating connection, conversation, and neighborhood engagement.

There’s a lot happening across our city — from neighborhood gatherings and community programs to infrastructure improvements and opportunities to support local businesses.

If you enjoy staying informed about city projects, neighborhood updates, and community events, this month’s newsletter includes a lot of useful information.

If you find it helpful, please share it with a neighbor or someone in your area — keeping each other informed strengthens our community.

You can view the City Newsletter and other Citrus Heights updates here:

BirdcageHeights.com News Page

This month’s update features:

📣 Update: A Message From Ash Feeney: A Message on Community Beautification has been updated on the news page.

🌟 A wrap-up of Neighborhood Area Awareness Month, highlighting the great ways neighbors connected and built community throughout January.

📣 A Gateway Activation Project community meeting coming up in March — great chance to learn about planned improvements along Old Auburn Road and Wachtel Way.

🏠 Open applications for the final Habitat for Humanity homes in Citrus Heights.

💘 A Love Local Valentine’s Guide with local ideas for supporting our small businesses this month.

🏆 A reminder about the Legacy Business Award deadline and other community events.

There’s a lot happening across our city — from neighborhood gatherings to opportunities to support local homes, jobs, and businesses. If you enjoy staying informed about city projects, safety reminders, city council activities, and events that matter to neighbors, this month’s newsletter is full of good information.

If you find it helpful, please share it with a neighbor or someone in your area — keeping each other informed strengthens our community.

You can view the City Newsletter, City Council Agenda, and other Citrus Heights updates here:
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Economic indicators I watch are all in the red. Banks are hanging on by a thread. They have already started limiting withdrawals of cash - not all banks however.

The stock market may start dropping tomorrow. It may be so bad they halt trading.

My wife and I just made a big Costco run yesterday. Had our gas and diesel farm tanks filled this week too (we are at our other home in Colorado). Not really interested in going to town if things start to get weird.

Politics are really out of control with Israel prepping for an imminent attack on Iran. Civil unrest here in the US is a factor too. Anything can upset the cart. Too many things seem to be going critical.

I am only posting this today in hopes someone might read this and then say to themselves "He may be wrong but it wouldn't hurt to top off our food supplies just in case. Maybe hit the ATM for a bit of cash just in case. Maybe fill the gas tank too."

Now if you are invested in the stock market, you might just want to watch that opening bell tomorrow morning at 8:30. You may find things interesting.

We shall see...

Hi neighbors — the Citrus Heights City Newsletter and City Council Agenda have been refreshed for January. This month highlights Neighborhood Area Awareness Month, along with community safety reminders, upcoming city items, and what’s on the next City Council agenda.

If you find it helpful, please share it with a neighbor or someone in your area.

You can find the City Newsletter, City Council Agenda, and other Citrus Heights updates on BirdcageHeights.com’s Citrus Heights News page.

Appears after neglected maintenance (04/07/2025):

First off I said to go see Stephanie who is on the board and is in charge of the pool and would most likely divvy out pool water to residents if they were in need. "Can we just drink that?" they asked and I said you could but it would have lots of chlorine and would probably taste like duck.

Any water you drink from the pool or take from the creek MUST be filtered first - coffee filters can work and are made for filtering. Water from the creek will clog the filter quickly so you might want to filter twice. The filter will remove particulates and most bacteria but viruses pass through so the water should be boiled at a roaring boil for one minute minimum. This kills viruses and bacterium but does not handle heavy metals or things like pesticides (no pesticides in pool water).

You can also treat filtered water chemically with eight drops of UNSCENTED bleach per gallon of water. It has to stand for thirty minutes after you stir in the bleach. You should still smell a tiny bit of bleach but don't worry. You can stir the water or just wait a bit longer and it will dissipate.

If you REALLY want to be safe and are very patient, you can distill the water and that will give you perfectly clean water to drink. A very simple but slow method is to just put a pot of water on low heat - no boiling. Then put a mug, bowl, or cup in the center of the pot (the water level must be below the edge of the container you use). Then take your lid for that pot and put it upside down on the pot. Steam will rise, collect on the inverted lid, and then roll down and drop into your mug or whatever container you use. When fairly full, you can drink that water in the container. It will be hot but just swap in another mug and wait a few minutes. It will not taste normal as it does not have any minerals like you are used to. You can stir in a bit of salt, Himalayan if you have it. It will taste better. Just remember this is a SLOW process, just use it for drinking. Wash with the chlorinated water.

Now hopefully you have set aside emergency food and water so drink your stored water first. This is just what to do should that water run out. If you go and buy unscented bleach now you are golden but bleach degrades over time so get new jug after a year. If you buy by the gallon just use it normally and get another before that jug is empty.

Do NOT rely on a Britta filter. It is just activated charcoal but it will remove chlorine taste from your chemically treated water. You can buy personal water filters like a Life Straw or Sawyer filter from Amazon if you want to drink water right away but still filter the water first through a coffee filter so you don't clog the filter right away.

You can survive for two to three weeks without food but only three days without water.

I hope this helps...just in case.