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Two people are dead after being shot inside a car in Citrus Heights late Tuesday night.

Police were called to respond to reports of multiple shots fired on Birdcage Street around 11:30 p.m. and found a man …

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A “suspicious package” at Greenback and San Juan in Citrus Heights had that road shut down for hours Wednesday.

It turned out to only be a briefcase but after what happened at the Boston Marathon, it also proved …

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Gun shop managers across the Sacramento Valley say it’s the worst it has ever been.

“We’ve never had this little of ammunition in our shop before,” says Michael Horne, assistant manager of Shooters Warehouse. “Usually we have 1000′s …

Urban wildflowers, a set on Flickr.In the green-belt woods behind the house, or on a verge next to a busy street, wildflowers appear each year and make the world a prettier place. Bright orange California poppies reflect the sun as traffic speeds past;...

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Two men, allegedly seen trying to break into cars at the Sunrise Mall parking lot, led Citrus Heights police officers on a chase Saturday night.

The pursuit started around 8:30 p.m. when someone reported seeing the two at …

One third of the vegetable garden all planted: lettuce, rainbow chard, beetroot, basil, coriander/cilantro, borlotti beans, fennel, and onion sets. Covered over with net to try to discourage the turkeys from scratching everything up, but no doubt they'...

I feel I am failing miserably with the vegetable garden this year. A broken kneecap put paid to all the November and December prep work, and several months of little to no rain mean that the clay soil is like stone, despite all the compost dug in last ...

Poppies, a set on Flickr.My favourite flowers: opium, oriental, shirley, Iceland, corn poppies, Flanders poppies. All beautiful, all fragile. Like fleeting dreams.These Iceland poppies are part of the late-winter, early-spring flower beds, all around S...

Almond trees along the street are budding, ready to burst into clouds of soft white. There are sticky buds on the hydrangeas, and daffodil buds, and pointy tulip leaves nosing their way up. One hellebore already has a nodding, dusky-pink flower. The li...