🌱 Patch AM: How Citrus Heights police say they stopped a burglary in real time

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• How Citrus Heights police say they stopped a burglary in real time

Today's riddle: My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 38 degrees.
• Wednesday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 57, low: 39.
• Thursday: Fog in the a.m.; mostly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Citrus Heights Police seize illegal 'machine gun', during vehicle burglary (citrusheightssentinel.com) — Citrus Heights police say they stopped an in-progress vehicle burglary over the weekend, arresting an 18-year-old and seizing an illegally modified handgun capable of automatic fire. Officers also found a 50-round drum magazine, and the suspect, who is on probation and barred from owning guns, was briefly jailed before being released, according to county records.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday January 14

• River Open Enrollment 2026-27 Parent Information Meeting
  Golden Valley Charter School- River School , 9601 Lake Natoma Dr , Orangevale
  9:00 am
• WATERCOLOR WEDNESDAYS- STACKING STONES
  The Crafted Canvas , 9906 Fair Oaks Blvd , Fair Oaks
  3:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• Family Storytime
  North Highlands-Antelope Library , 4235 Antelope Rd , Antelope
  10:00 am
• Tai Chi Sacramento Class
  4238 Main St , Fair Oaks
  5:00 pm
• MANDALA DOT MAGNET WORKSHOP
  The Crafted Canvas , 9906 Fair Oaks Blvd , Fair Oaks
  6:00 pm
• Unity in the Community Run Walk
  Wild Runners , 10149 Fair Oaks Blvd , Fair Oaks
  6:00 pm
• Baby Storytime
  11601 Fair Oaks Blvd , Fair Oaks
  6:30 pm
• You Front the Band Karaoke
  The Boardwalk , 9426 Greenback Ln , Orangevale
  7:00 pm

Friday January 16

• Teen Art Lab
  North Highlands-Antelope Library , 4235 Antelope Rd , Antelope
  3:30 pm

Saturday January 17

• Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Family Nature Walk — Sacramento Audubon Society
  Effie Yeaw Nature Center , 2850 San Lorenzo Way , Carmichael
  9:00 am
• Adult Book Group
  North Highlands-Antelope Library , 4235 Antelope Rd , Antelope
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: Pet Reunited
  Rec, a cat who went missing in Lincoln, CA, has been safely reunited with their family after 5 hours, 5 minutes. Message from Owner: "His name is… (Nextdoor Oak Creek)
• FOUND FOUND FOUND.
  My great neibors found him by the creek. So relieved (Nextdoor Park Oaks)

• Brookdale Senior Living posted a job opening for Part Time Housekeeper in Citrus Heights. Apply here.
• STXZ posted a job opening for Private Lacrosse Coach in Fair Oaks. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Citrus Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Carmichael

• Andrej Stojakovic: 5 facts on the Illinois basketball forward (thetelegraph.com)

Folsom

• El Dorado Hills firefighters honored for 25 years of service (folsomtimes.com)
• Copper wire vandals disrupt SacRT Gold Line; no estimate on reopening, say officials (sacbee.com)
• Computacenter : announces acquisition of AgreeYa Solutions Inc (‘AgreeYa') (marketscreener.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I took its bike away.
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