Citrus Heights News

Pabst, the World's Ugliest Dog, shows off a look that won't see him competing any time soon in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.

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.

It's been two long years since Dawn Goehring of Gatlinburg, Tenn. came home from the World's Ugliest Dog Contest a disappointing second runner up.

An explosion rocked an apartment complex in Citrus Heights and Sacramento Metro firefighters said multiple bug bombs may be to blame.

Pabst competes in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday, June 26, 2009, in Petaluma, Calif.

A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.

Organizers of this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest in California said this year's entries include 15 aesthetically challenged canines.

It is the weekend of the Ugliest Dog. The world-famous staple of the Sonoma-Marin Fair for 21 years starts Friday at 6 p.m. at the Petaluma Fairgrounds.

Anchor Blue, a specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories for the teenage and young adult markets with 177 stores across 12 states, is closing 46 underperforming stores as part of its overall restructuring plan.

A fast food restaurant went up in flames in Citrus Heights overnight. The Carl's Jr.

A Citrus Heights apartment complex had to be evacuated over the weekend after insecticide foggers caused an explosion.

Associated Press - June 22, 2009 1:45 PM ET CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. - An explosion at an apartment complex apparently ignited by insect foggers being used to control a cockroach infestation has displaced three families.

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Too many bug bombs in a Citrus Heights apartment set off an explosion that lifted the roof and blew out windows of the building Sunday night, fire officials said.

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Nine ducklings were safely rescued Friday afternoon from a sewer drain in Citrus Heights.

It was a beautiful night at the Folsom Thursday Night Marketplace, last night, a little warm to begin with, but nice and cool as the sun started to go down.

Sacramento is now a revolutionary outpost in the fight for cleaner fuels. With the arrival of 25 bright-green and yellow ethanol fuel pumps at gas stations regionwide in recent weeks, Sacramento lays official claim to being the nation's ethanol epicenter, at least west of the Mississippi, air quality officials said.

Both directions of Antelope Road are closed west of Don Julio Boulevard because of morning traffic accident.