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• 5 things to know about weekend weather in NorCal

  13-11-2015 23:55
  
  For the third weekend in a row, it will be a tale of two days in Northern California with sunny and clear conditions Saturday and rain clouds moving in Sunday. Here are five things you need to know for this weekend.
  
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• Multiple Attacks, Fatalities In Paris; Hostages Reported

  13-11-2015 23:02
  
  PARIS (CBS13/AP) — An official in Francois Hollande’s office told The Associated Press that the French president is meeting with top security officials in the Interior Ministry.
  The official gave no other details. The official was not authorized to be publicly named.
  Two police officials say at least 11 people have been killed in shootouts and other violence around Paris.
  Police have reported shootouts in at least two restaurants in Paris. At least two explosions have been heard near
  
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• Crews extinguish grass fire near Winters

  13-11-2015 22:32
  
  Firefighters extinguished a grass fire Friday near Winters that was threatening structures in the area, according to officials.
  
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• Sacramento woman killed in single-vehicle crash

  13-11-2015 22:21
  
  A Sacramento woman was killed early Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash on an onramp to Highway 50 in Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  
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• LYNNIS WOODS: Staying Balanced-Mind, Body & Spirit

  13-11-2015 21:46
  OPINION – There are so many techniques, opinions, and practices that are subscribed to when it comes to the topic of keeping the body balanced. Most of them have some relevance and the majority of them will work for some people. I have come to realize after working with so many people that everyone is truly different. What might work for you may not be as effective for someone else. That is not to say that one person is in better or worse shape than the other, quite the contrary. It really
  
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• Sacramento City School District Hosts Employment Recruitment Fair

  13-11-2015 21:36
  SACRAMENTO – Sacramento City Unified School District’s Human Resource Department is hosting a Classified Recruitment Fair from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14 at the Serna Center, 5735 47th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824.
  SCUSD is one of the largest employers in Sacramento, with a workforce of about 4,200. The Classified Recruitment Fair will be one-stop shopping for those seeking employment in non-teaching positions: Candidates will be interviewed on the
  
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• Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame Voting Ends Soon

  13-11-2015 21:22
  SACRAMENTO – Sacramento area sports fans only have a few days left before the voting period ends to elect the newest inductees for this year’s class of the Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame.  Voting ends this Sunday, November 15th at midnight.  Votes are cast on the Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame official website at www.sacsportshof.com.
  Fans have the opportunity to decide who gets elected as part of the class of the 2016.  Fans vote for their top five who are on the nomi
  
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• Sacramento Woman Charged With Putting Baby In Microwave Convicted Of Murder

  13-11-2015 21:08
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A Sacramento mom accused of killing her own baby by putting her in a microwave has been convicted of murder.
  Ka Yang killed her two-month-old daughter, Mirabelle Thao-Lo, back in 2011.
  Investigators say the baby suffered burns to 80 percent of her body – some burns as deep as her internal organs.
  Yang claims she had a seizure and blacked out the day she killed her daughter.
  The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office says Yang will be sentenced at a la
  
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• Boy, 12, finds human skull, bones at Folsom Lake

  13-11-2015 21:04
  
  A 12-year-old El Dorado Hills boy was running along the edge of Folsom Lake with two friends when he noticed human remains, including a skull and other bones.
  
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• Large Pot Grow Raided In Manteca, $8M Worth Of Plants Discovered

  13-11-2015 18:32
  
  MANTECA (CBS13) – Police raided a large scale marijuana growing operation in Manteca that was set to be harvested.
  According to the Manteca Police Department, detectives were tipped off by an anonymous informant that there could be large marijuana grow at a warehouse near Highway 99.
  Wednesday, officers showed up at the Dupont Circle warehouse and served a search warrant.
  Police say nearly 600 mature pot plants – with a street value of about $8.4 million – was discovered. A Sto
  
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• Sacramento burglar caught on surveillance arrested

  13-11-2015 18:23
  
  A suspected burglar caught on surveillance video leaving a Sacramento business was arrested, and police attribute his capture to help from the community, officers said Friday.
  
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• Crews prepare to implode old Bay Bridge pier

  13-11-2015 17:52
  
  In just six seconds, a section of the old Bay Bridge will be no more as crews prepare to implode one pier of the bridge on Saturday.
  
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• Police: Human Skeletal Remains Found At Folsom Lake

  13-11-2015 17:39
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating after skeletal remains were found at Folsom Lake.
  The remains were found Thursday night. According to California State Parks Police, the area where the bones were found is the historical town of Red Banks – an area that was once underwater.
  Police say the bones are believed to be human.
  A coroner from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office has been called to the scene to determine if the bones are new or old.
  
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• Experts investigate skeletal remains at Folsom Lake

  13-11-2015 17:36
  
  Experts are heading to Folsom Lake to investigate skeletal remains found along the water's edge.
  
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• In-N-Out Burger Sues Start-Up Delivery Service

  13-11-2015 16:38
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It’s heating up in the In-N-Out kitchen.
  The San Jose Mercury News reports the fast food chain is filing a lawsuit against “DoorDash,” claiming the start-up delivery service is violating trademark laws.
  In-N-Out says DoorDash is delivering their food and using its logo on their website.
  “DoorDash is using our food and trademarks in a way that implies we have some kind of partnership or agreement with them, when that is not the case,” an In
  
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• Search for gunman in Rio Linda neighborhood ends

  13-11-2015 15:52
  
  A shooting in a Rio Linda neighborhood Thursday night led to a nearly 4-hour search with no suspect taken into custody.
  
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• Food Challenge Tests When Children Outgrow Food Allergy

  13-11-2015 15:41
  A Food Challenge confirmed that Joy Haire outgrew a dairy allergy that put ice cream, milk, cheese and all food that included dairy products off her menu for the first five years. (Courtesy of St. Louis American)
  (NNPA) – Starting kindergarten marked new beginnings for Joy Haire and her parents, Will and Lisa Haire. Just before the school year started, through a Food Challenge, Joy’s doctor determined she outgrew the serious and potentially life-threatening dairy allergy that su
  
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• Search On For Rio Linda Shooting Suspect

  13-11-2015 15:10
  
  RIO LINDA (CBS13) – Deputies in Rio Linda are looking for a man who allegedly walked into a family’s home and shot at them.
  It happened late Thursday night along Rinetti Way, just northeast of Westside Elementary School.
  According to a homeowner, the suspect walked into their house through an unlocked door and appeared to be under the influence.
  The homeowners chased the suspect out of the home, and that’s when the suspect turned around and shot at them.
  “It’s just
  
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• Black students around US complain of casual, everyday racism

  13-11-2015 15:06
  Teenage boy and American flag
  BOSTON (AP) — It’s not always the slurs and the other out-and-out acts of racism. It’s the casual, everyday slights and insensitivities.
  Sheryce Holloway is tired of white people at Virginia Commonwealth University asking if they can touch her hair or if she knows the latest dance move. At Chicago’s Loyola University, Dominick Hall says groups of white guys stop talking when he walks by, and people grip their bags a little tighter. And Katian
  
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• Veterans: NorCal VA provides poor care, has long waits

  13-11-2015 11:24
  
  Citing problems with wait times and inadequate medical care, veterans served by the Northern California Veterans Affairs Health Care System were given the opportunity to voice their concerns.
  
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• Shooting leads to search in Rio Linda neighborhood

  13-11-2015 09:48
  
  A shooting in a Rio Linda neighborhood Thursday night led to a nearly 4-hour search with no suspect taken into custody.
  
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• How dirty are Sacramento RT trains, stations?

  13-11-2015 09:04
  
  The city, the Sacramento Kings and Regional Transit are hoping thousands of people will use light rail to get to the new downtown arena -- but will the dirt scare keep them away?
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: Why Wasn’t $50K Reward Paid in Councilman Matt Garcia’s Murder?

  13-11-2015 08:55
  
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — It’s been seven years since the youngest city councilman in Fairfield history was gunned down. He was killed less than a year into his term after running on a platform of stopping youth violence. A role model for Fairfield’s kids was gone.
  “He was like an older brother to me,” said a crying teenager grieving at the time.
  “He was all about a change and now it can’t happen,” said Jessie Amaya who was mugged and murdered
  
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• Dozens Of Women File Lawsuit Over Suspected Birth Control Mixup

  13-11-2015 08:41
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Dozens of women say a birth control mixup led them to unwanted pregnancies.
  The lawsuit lists 113 women, three from Northern California, who claim a drug company distributed defective birth control pills, resulting in unwanted pregnancies.
  The company, Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, recalled eight different kinds of contraceptives, or millions of packets, in 2011 after discovering that rows of pills may have been placed upside down. Women not paying attention would have ta
  
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• Turlock Police Warning Women To Be On Guard Following Spate Of Assaults

  13-11-2015 08:28
  
  TURLOCK (CBS13) — Police are warning women to be on high alert after a series of attacks.
  The latest attack happened on Wednesday night in the 2800 block of Alta Vista Ave.
  Police say some of the attacks are sexual assaults and they’re warning women to pay extra attention to their surroundings.
  The attacks have happened mostly in neighborhoods in the northwest and southeast parts of town. Five assaults, some sexual in nature, all involved women on foot, usually late at night.
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• Website Helps Reunite People With Stolen Property

  13-11-2015 08:24
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — His father was his hero and a rock ‘n’ roll singer who once had a Top 40 song. His dad gave him a guitar that he treasured until someone stole it.
  “It’s my dad’s guitar. he carried it on his back to school every day in junior high,” Darren Kicker said. “This is the most important thing my dad ever gave me, and this guitar is him.”
  The treasured 1952 Telecaster guitar was stolen 20 years ago. But he has confidence he can f
  
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• Deputies search for shooting suspect in Rio Linda neighborhood

  13-11-2015 08:22
  
  Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a shooting suspect in a Rio Linda neighborhood.
  
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• Granite Bay Grandma Gets Procter & Gamble To Pull Mee Maw Ad

  13-11-2015 08:18
  
  GRANITE BAY (CBS13) — A Granite Bay woman has been successful in getting a multibillion-dollar company to remove what she calls an offensive newspaper ad.
  CBS13 first brought you the story on Monday night of Randee Reidy, 67, and her fight with Procter & Gamble.
  She was offended by a Gain laundry detergent ad she says disparages the smell of “Mee Maw.”
  She started a grassroots campaign, sending a letter to the editor of The Sacramento Bee. She’s started an email and p
  
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• Sacramento’s Oak Park Neighborhood Seeing Revitalization

  13-11-2015 08:16
  
  By Kelly Ryan
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood was once one of the most popular neighborhoods in Sacramento with local shops and businesses within walking distance from homes.
  Then Oak Park experienced a downturn as many businesses and homeowners left. Now the neighborhood south and east of Downtown Sacramento is experiencing a revitalization.
  An old building will soon house a new space, home to a new taqueria run by Dave Shnetz and his Bay Area restaurateur br
  
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• Sacramento works to find housing options for homeless veterans

  13-11-2015 06:34
  
  Sacramento is stepping up efforts to find housing for all homeless veterans by the end of the year.
  
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• WATCH: Elderly man has close call with train

  13-11-2015 06:01
  
  Surveillance video from an Brazil train crossing shows an elderly man getting up close to a passing train.
  
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• Police: 5 women attacked in Turlock; attacker still at large

  13-11-2015 05:18
  
  Turlock police are looking for a man in connection to the assaults of five women over the past two months.
  
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• Bera: New reservoir would help keep Folsom full

  13-11-2015 05:13
  
  A proposed reservoir project in western Colusa County would help keep more water in Folsom Lake, Rep. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove said Thursday.
  
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• Big rig spills groceries on I-5 near Yolo Bypass

  13-11-2015 05:02
  
  A big rig spill on Interstate 5 near the Yolo Bypass backed up traffic for nearly three hours Thursday.
  
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• Tribe Hopes To Change Landscape Of Galt With Proposed Casino

  13-11-2015 03:39
  
  GALT (CBS13) — A tribe hoping to build a new casino and hotel south of Elk Grove is facing a lot of red tape.
  The Wilton Rancheria wants to transform Galt’s landscape from a small farm town to a bustling gambling getaway.
  There’s a lot of chatter going on in Galt about 282 acres of empty farmland off of Highway 99 just south of Elk Grove.
  “If we were to have a casino it’s just going to cause more problems,” said Galt resident Jennifer Wilson.
  “For the mo
  
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• Rep. Ami Bera Tours Folsom Lake While Touting Support For Sites Reservoir Plan

  13-11-2015 03:07
  
  FOLSOM LAKE (CBS13) — Rep. Ami Bera toured the low levels at Folsom Lake, walking through areas that should be underwater.
  “You can see the pictures and so forth but when you’re actually standing in the lake and seeing how low the water level is it really is dramatic,” he said.
  Recent rain has provided a little leeway, but it’s clear there’s still a long way to go.
  “We may have a very wet winter but if we don’t have dramatic snowfall and so forth w
  
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• High Number Of Laser Strikes In One Night Has Pilots Uneasy

  13-11-2015 02:45
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a series of laser strikes on aircraft across the country, including a possible strike at Sacramento International Airport.
  The exact details of that reported laser strike have not been made available yet, but for pilots these little beams of light are a huge concern.
  It was a busy night for law enforcement and air traffic control across the nation, with more than 20 pilots reporting laser pointers aimed at their cockp
  
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• Cement truck crashes on Hwy. 49 near Calaveras/Tuolumne county line

  13-11-2015 02:45
  
  A cement truck crash closed Highway 49 near the Calaveras and Tuolumne county line for several hours Thursday, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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• I-5 lanes closed near Yolo Bypass due to big rig spill

  13-11-2015 02:27
  
  A section of northbound Interstate 5 before the Yolo Bypass is closed due to a big rig spill.
  
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• Cement truck crash blocks Hwy. 49 Calaveras/Tuolumne county line

  13-11-2015 01:30
  
  A cement truck crash Thursday afternoon closed both directions of Highway 49, near the Calaveras and Tuolumne county line, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Sunrise Mall temporarily evacuated due to fire

  13-11-2015 01:27
  
  A mall in Citrus Heights was evacuated Thursday for 30 minutes after a fire ignited in a bathroom, the Sacramento Metro Fire Department said.
  
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• Man accused of killing mother, brother in El Dorado Co. home

  13-11-2015 00:03
  
  A man was arrested early Thursday morning in connection to the deaths of his mother and brother, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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