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• Cold Temperatures Across California Bring Freeze Watches

  27-11-2015 17:54
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Widespread freeze warnings and watches are in effect in California.
  The National Weather Service says the situation early Friday is due to a cold air mass affecting wind-protected areas.
  Freeze warnings were issued for much of the San Joaquin Valley and interior valleys north of San Francisco Bay.
  Freeze watches are in effect from the northern San Joaquin Valley up through the Sacramento Valley.
  An advisory for winter-like weather is also in effect for the mountains of
  
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• As many African-American see it, there are 2 Ben Carsons

  27-11-2015 17:18
  Dr. Ben Carson
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ayauna King-Baker loved Ben Carson’s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it. So when Carson showed up in town to sign copies of his new book, King-Baker dragged the giggly 13-year-old along to the bookstore so they could both meet him.
  To King-Baker, Carson’s “up-by-your bootstraps” life story makes him a genuine celebrity worth emulating in the African-American community. But
  
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• Two dead, two hurt in Sacramento restaurant shooting

  27-11-2015 16:21
  
  Two men were killed and two others were hurt after a gunfight broke out early Friday morning at a South Sacramento restaurant, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.
  
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• Investing in the Education of Students of Color Benefits All Americans

  27-11-2015 16:09
  “Ensuring that all students in U.S. schools have a proper and rigorous education is essential to eliminating the skills gap that looms on the horizon,” says Hagler (not pictured). (Stock Photo/AMG)
  (NNPA) – As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, it is vitally important that the updated law address the significant achievement gaps that plague the nation’s most underserved populations: students of color and low-income s
  
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• Movie Review: Creed

  27-11-2015 16:03
  Michael B. Jordan stars in “Creed.” (Courtesy Photo/Warner Bros.)
  (NNPA) -“Why would you pick a fighter’s life if you didn’t have to,” asks the old, retired ex-boxer Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). He would know. The life, it ain’t easy. Yet as he stares into the eyes of Apollo Creed’s son Adonis (Michael B. Jordan), somewhere inside he knows the answer. His reservations and the young man’s unbridled fighting spirit are the push-and-pull t
  
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• 2 Dead, 2 Hurt In Shooting Outside South Sacramento Cafe

  27-11-2015 16:00
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Shots rang out at a café early Friday morning, killing two people and sending two others to the hospital.
  The scene is on Florin Road, near Power Inn Road. Deputies say they responded to the scene around 1 a.m. and found that four people had been shot.
  Two people have died, while the two others have been sent to the hospital. One of the injured reportedly has life threatening injuries.
  Witnesses told deputies that the shooting looks to have stemmed from some sor
  
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• 2 Dead, 2 Hurt In Shooting At South Sacramento Cafe

  27-11-2015 16:00
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Shots rang out at a café early Friday morning, killing two people and sending two others to the hospital.
  The scene is on Florin Road, near Power Inn Road. Deputies say they responded to the scene around 1 a.m. and found that four people had been shot.
  Two people have died, while the two others have been sent to the hospital. One of the injured reportedly has life threatening injuries.
  Witnesses told deputies that the shooting looks to have stemmed from some sor
  
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• Volunteers Bring Thanksgiving Cheer To Butte Fire Victims

  27-11-2015 08:32
  
  SAN ANDREAS (CBS13) — A small army of volunteers helped people affected by the massive Butte Fire by preparing a Thanksgiving meal.
  The food was donated for those who may have nothing more than community spirit.
  “Today’s just about trying to feed everybody that’s lost something, or they don’t have anywhere to go, or they’re just homeless,” Shawn Robertson said.
  Chuck Swisher and his family helped coordinate the free Thanksgiving meal at the San Andreas S
  
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• Kids’ Tower Of Niceness Spreads Kindness To Those In Need

  27-11-2015 08:29
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A boy has taken it upon himself to create a community of kindness aimed at helping those in need.
  His name is River Sharp. The 7-year-old and his 9-year-old brother Ryder started something called Tower of Niceness. It’s just the kind of thing two kids would come up with.
  About three weeks ago, they had the idea to help out those in need.
  “I spread the word, tell your friends, tell your family, don’t forget to donate,” said Ryder.
  In just a few s
  
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• California Demands Fixes For 16,000 More Cars As Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Widens

  27-11-2015 05:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – California air quality regulators on Wednesday demanded a recall of up to 16,000 additional Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche diesels as the Volkswagen emissions scandal widened.
  The notice from the California Air Resources Board came less than a week after state and federal regulators disclosed that Volkswagen Group automakers installed software to cheat emissions tests on more diesels than initially thought.
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Re
  
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• Proposal would give retail workers double pay on Thanksgiving

  27-11-2015 04:13
  
  If major retailers want to open their doors on Thanksgiving Day, they should pay workers more to work on the holiday. That's the message behind a bill that will be reintroduced in the California legislature next year.
  
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• Proposed Bill Would Require Large Stores To Pay Employees Double for Thanksgiving

  27-11-2015 03:58
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A California Assemblywoman is pushing legislation that protects workers on Thanksgiving.
  Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez says more retailers are choosing profits over people on Thanksgiving. She says the legislature should get involved to help workers making the sacrifice.
  The Double Pay On The Holiday Act failed last year, but she says her new proposed bill requires only big retailers—those with more than 500 employees—to pay double time only on Thanksgiving
  
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• Raley's stores recalls celery, onions linked to E. Coli

  27-11-2015 03:26
  
  A California farm is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E.coli in Costco chicken salad that has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
  
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• Woman Battling Cancer Struggling To Rebuild After Denair Tornado

  27-11-2015 03:04
  
  DENAIR (CBS13) — A woman battling cancer and her three children survived a rare tornado in Denair, but the same couldn’t be said for their home.
  Stanislaus County officials say the house is structurally unsafe after a giant tree fell in one of the girls’ bedrooms.
  There’s nothing cooking inside Beckee Bailey’s oven on Thanksgiving. She’s not even in her own home.
  GOFUNDME: Help out Beckee Bailey and her family.
  “When you’re sick, it’s hard to
  
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• Taylor Farms Celery Products Recalled After Link To Costco E. Coli Outbreak

  27-11-2015 02:34
  
  TRACY (CBS13) — A Tracy farm has been linked to an E. Coli outbreak at Costco stores.
  Taylor Farms Pacific of Tracy recalled celery products linked to the outbreak on Thursday.
  The link was made after the Montana Department of Public Health found a celery and onion diced blend tested positive for E. coli 0157:H7. That sample was the same product used in a Costco rotisserie chicken salad that has been linked to a multi-state outbreak.
  It’s important to note th
  
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• Los Angeles Weighs Using License Plate Numbers To Send Prostitution Warnings

  27-11-2015 01:55
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles City Hall proposal to send “john letters” to the owners of cars seen in areas known for prostitution has drawn criticism from a California civil liberties group.
  The City Council voted Wednesday to have the city attorney’s office analyze the proposal to use license numbers to determine who owns the vehicles.
  The letters would be written to discourage those who were soliciting prostitutes from returning to the area while posing no harm to t
  
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• NorCal skiers give thanks for snow

  27-11-2015 01:50
  
  Skiers and snowboarders gave thanks Thursday for an early-season storm that dumped fresh powder on Tahoe-area resorts then cleared out just in time for the holiday.
  
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• Sex Offender Headed To California Passed Airport Security With Stolen Boarding Pass

  27-11-2015 00:16
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A sex offender with a stolen boarding pass got through airport security in Salt Lake City and checked in at a gate for a flight to California before he was caught earlier this month, authorities have disclosed.
  Michael Salata, 61, was arrested on Nov. 5 after boarding the Southwest Airlines flight, according to jail records obtained Thursday.
  He had grabbed a boarding pass that a woman accidentally left at a check-in kiosk and used it to get through a Transportation S
  
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