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• 2 caught in Sac after trying to hit CHP officers with SUV

  10-12-2015 23:13
  
  Two people were detained Thursday in Sacramento after allegedly trying to hit several California Highway Patrol officers with a stolen SUV before running away, officers said.
  
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• Portion of NB I-5 in Sac reopens after deadly big rig crash

  10-12-2015 22:36
  
  Two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 near Seamus Avenue in Sacramento are back open after a deadly crash involving a big rig, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  
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• 92-year-old woman found shot dead in Marysville home

  10-12-2015 21:52
  
  A 92-year-old woman was found shot to death in her Marysville home, police said Thursday.
  
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• Driver in stolen vehicle rams CHP car; search underway

  10-12-2015 20:42
  
  A search is underway Thursday in Sacramento County for a man who rammed a California Highway Patrol vehicle with a stolen car before running away, officers said.
  
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• 3 suspicious Christmas packages in Roseville deemed safe

  10-12-2015 20:24
  
  Three suspicious packages found in the Roseville town square were deemed to be safe, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• Suspect In Officer-Involved Shooting Arrested; 2 Others In Custody

  10-12-2015 19:57
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Authorities have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with an officer-involved shooting in Sacramento County.
  The incident happened Thursday morning near Madison Avenue and College Oak Drive.
  Please avoid the area of 4700 block of Maddison Ave due to police activity in the area.
  — Shane Diller (@ShaneDiller) December 10, 2015A CHP officer was reportedly trying to stop a suspect car at the La Quinta Inn when the driver backed up and struck an officer’s ve
  
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• CHP Officer Shoots At Suspect During Traffic Stop

  10-12-2015 19:57
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating after an officer-involved shooting in Sacramento County.
  The scene is near Madison Avenue and College Oak Drive.
  Please avoid the area of 4700 block of Maddison Ave due to police activity in the area.
  — Shane Diller (@ShaneDiller) December 10, 2015California Highway Patrol says they were trying to stop a suspect car at the La Quinta Inn in the area when the driver tried to back up his car towards officers. An officer than opened
  
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• Gun buyer, San Bernardino gunmen possibly planned plot

  10-12-2015 19:35
  
  The gunman who killed his co-workers in San Bernardino, California, and the friend who bought the assault rifles used in the shooting were related through marriage and may have plotted an attack together three years ago.
  
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• El Niño Remains Strong; Wet California Winter Expected

  10-12-2015 19:21
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) – This year’s El Niño is staying unusually strong, and forecasters say it’s still expected to bring a wet winter to drought-stricken California.
  In an update Thursday, Mike Halpert of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told reporters the odds favor some significant winter storms in California.
  New blog post! Just how powerful is the current #ElNiño? https://t.co/WkxyVTRg80 pic.twitter.com/u5rMZnLfc9
  — NOAA Climate.gov
  
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• Suspicious Packages Investigated At Roseville Town Square

  10-12-2015 18:49
  
  11:15 a.m. Update: Police say the suspicious packages have been found to be harmless. Vernon Street Town Square has been reopened.
  Previous story below:
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating suspicious packages at the Vernon Street Town Square.
  According to the Roseville Police Department, a person called them Thursday morning after they noticed a new present under the city’s Christmas tree.
  The caller says the present was not there yesterday, raising their suspicion
  
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• Suspicious Package Investigated At Roseville Town Square

  10-12-2015 18:49
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating a suspicious package at Town Square.
  According to the Roseville Police Department, a person called them Thursday morning after they noticed a new present under the city’s Christmas tree.
  The caller says the present was not there yesterday, raising their suspicions.
  Police and an explosive ordinance disposal team are checking out the suspicious package.
  
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• Deputies investigate possible homicide at south Sac home

  10-12-2015 18:43
  
  Deputies are investigating the circumstances surrounding a woman who was found dead in her home as a result of apparent trauma, Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said Thursday.
  
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• Rain lets up in Valley; snow to pick up in Sierra

  10-12-2015 18:39
  
  Much of the rain has let up across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys as the gusty winds hang around, but the Sierra is just beginning to see fresh powder falling.
  
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• Lockdowns lifted at 2 Vacaville schools

  10-12-2015 18:30
  
  All lockdowns were lifted Thursday at two Vacaville schools, police said.
  
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• Detectives Investigating After Woman Found Dead In South Sacramento Home

  10-12-2015 18:28
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Detectives are investigating a possible homicide after a woman was found dead in her mobile home.
  Deputies were called to the 7400 block of Gem Street early Wednesday afternoon to investigate a suspicious dead body. At the scene, deputies discovered the body of a woman who had apparently suffered major trauma.
  Investigators say one of the witnesses who reported the suspicious circumstance to authorities noticed that the front door of the woman’s home was a
  
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• Senate Democratic leader Reid: Scalia used ‘racist’ rhetoric

  10-12-2015 17:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Thursday blasted Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for uttering what he called “racist ideas” from the bench of the nation’s highest court.
  Scalia on Wednesday suggested it’s possible that some Black students would benefit from being at a “slower-track school” instead of the University of Texas’ flagship campus in Austin, where Scalia said some of those students are “being pushed ahe
  
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• NB I-5 in Sacramento shut down due to deadly big rig crash

  10-12-2015 17:31
  
  All northbound lanes and one southbound lane of Interstate 5 near Seamus Avenue in Sacramento are shut down due to a deadly crash involving a big rig, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  
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• Police: Man arrested for assaulting teen at Placer HS

  10-12-2015 17:21
  
  An Auburn man was arrested Wednesday for physically assaulting his 15-year-old stepson at Placer High School Monday, the Auburn Police Department said.
  
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• Police: Man Attempted To Assault 2 Women Near Downtown Sacramento

  10-12-2015 16:36
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A man is behind bars accused of trying to sexually assault two women near downtown Sacramento.
  Police say the man approached both women on 12th and E streets around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. One woman says she was walking to her car from work when the suspect came up and groped her. She then ran back to her office and called police.
  The second woman, a resident of the neighborhood, reported she was also groped by the same man.
  Sacramento police responded to the scene and us
  
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• Deadly Big Rig Crash Blocks All Northbound Lanes On I-5 In Sacramento

  10-12-2015 16:26
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – All northbound lanes are blocked on Interstate 5 just south of Seamas Avenue due to a fatal big rig crash.
  The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on Thursday.
  A FedEx truck was involved in the crash.
  Breaking:CHP confirms they fatality on NB I-5 near Seamas Ave is from another vehicle, not the driver of the Big Rig pic.twitter.com/1aZFruOMTD
  — Sean Bennett (@tvseanb) December 10, 2015Investigators believe the big rig was heading south when it crashed through t
  
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• Storm That Packs Some Serious Snow Predicted For Tahoe Peaks

  10-12-2015 16:12
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It’s shaping up as the biggest snowstorm to hit the central Sierra in two years.
  Amid a serious drought, the central Sierra will finally experience a normal winter snow event.
  The National Weather Service expects 2 to 3 feet of snow will fall on the highest peaks overlooking Lake Tahoe. At lake level, near Tahoe City, forecasters predict 8 to 16 inches of snow.
  In the Sacramento Valley, forecasters are predicting a quarter-inch to half-inch of rain, with somewhat
  
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• Police: Man arrested for assaulting teen at high school

  10-12-2015 09:24
  
  An Auburn man was arrested Wednesday for physically assaulting his 15-year-old stepson at Placer High School Monday, said the Auburn Police Department.
  
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• Cellphone Video Shows Confrontation Between State Worker, Two Muslim Men Praying In Park

  10-12-2015 09:14
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A cellphone video of a confrontation between a state worker and two Muslim men praying in a park has sparked a hate crime investigation.
  The cellphone video shows the alleged verbal attack.
  “But the people you tortured are going to be in eternity in Heaven. You are very deceived by Satan,” said a state worker identified as Denise Slader. “Your mind has been taken over, brainwashed, and you have nothing but hate.”
  A park employee soon comes into
  
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• Sac PD search for suspect in 'bias-related' assault

  10-12-2015 09:03
  
  Sacramento police are searching for a suspect in connection to a "bias-related" assault that happened more than two weeks ago in downtown Sacramento.
  
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• 7 tips for parents about teens on social media

  10-12-2015 08:53
  
  A social media expert spoke to dozens of parents at an El Dorado Hills middle school Wednesday night, offering them tips on how to help their children navigate social media.
  
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• Elk Grove Mom: UPS Mistakenly Delivered Gun To My 15-Year-Old Son

  10-12-2015 08:35
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — A UPS package delivered to the wrong home was much more than a Christmas surprise to an Elk Grove family.
  A woman says the UPS driver left a package that contained a gun with her 15-year-old son.
  Austin Fairbanks says he thought the tablet he’d been asking for was finally being delivered, and panicked when he realized what was really inside.
  “I was kind of scared. I was like I’m sorry mom, but I don’t want to get in any trouble, but there was a g
  
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• Sacramento Police Searching For Suspect In Robbery, Shooting

  10-12-2015 08:22
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting that wounded a woman that may have been a drug deal gone wrong.
  Carmen Amezcua was left shaken by what she saw outside her home on Wednesday morning.
  “I heard really loud ones, heard her screaming,” she said. “She was right here, on her hands and knees, but she couldn’t breathe.”
  She says the sound of gunfire woke her up just before 11 a.m. on the 900 block of W Street that resident
  
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• Elk Grove Apple Campus Expansion Could Be Sign Of Things To Come For Tech In Sacramento

  10-12-2015 08:13
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — Major changes at the Apple campus could help bring thousands of jobs to Elk Grove.
  The campus, which has been around since 1992, handles warehousing, distribution and a customer call support facility.
  “What this expansion says about Elk Grove as a marketplace or other companies is huge; the largest company in the world is essentially doubling down on Elk Grove,” said economic development director Darrell Doan.
  While he can’t comment on what specific jo
  
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• Van that helps homeless stolen from North Highlands

  10-12-2015 07:55
  
  A brazen crime at a Walmart parking lot in North Highlands is putting the brakes on programs for Sacramento nonprofit Cottage Housing.
  
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• Heads up folks, Sacramento parking fees increase Thursday

  10-12-2015 07:25
  
  Parking in downtown Sacramento is about to get pricier. Starting Thursday, hourly parking rates will increase by 50 cents.
  
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• Rain, snow to hit NorCal Thursday

  10-12-2015 06:55
  
  The wettest storm system in months will be moving into Northern California late Wednesday evening into Thursday morning, according to the KCRA Weather team.
  
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• Hwy. 99 near Galt reopens after fiery big rig crash

  10-12-2015 05:39
  
  Southbound Highway 99 near Galt reopened hours after a fiery big rig crash shut down the road Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Sac PD searching for 'bias-related' suspect

  10-12-2015 05:09
  
  The Sacramento Police Department is searching for a man in connection to a "biased-related" assault that happened on Sunday, Nov. 22, near the 1900 block of K Street.
  
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• Auburn man arrested for assaulting teen at high school

  10-12-2015 04:03
  
  An Auburn man was arrested Wednesday for physically assaulting his 15-year-old stepson at Placer High School Monday, said the Auburn Police Department.
  
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• Officials: Trees killed by drought at risk of falling

  10-12-2015 03:40
  
  An approaching winter storm could topple some of the millions of trees in the Sierra Nevada killed by drought, officials said.
  
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• Judge Allows More Drivers To Join Uber Lawsuit Over Whether They Were Employees

  10-12-2015 03:31
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge Wednesday increased the number of drivers eligible to join a lawsuit against ride-hailing company Uber alleging they were incorrectly classified as independent contractors when they were actually employees.
  U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco certified an additional class of California drivers in the suit. Shannon Liss-Riordan, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said the ruling would allow “many thousands more Uber drivers to be co
  
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• Granite Bay Flight Instructor Hoping To Cash In On Rising Drone Sales With Training Courses

  10-12-2015 03:16
  
  GRANITE BAY (CBS13) — A business owner is hoping to cash in on the drone craze this holiday season by launching training for how to fly the unmanned aircraft safely.
  Barry Morris is a licensed pilot and instructor from Granite Bay who loves just about anything that flies. He and his business partners launched Drone University USA in the last year.
  Sales of unmanned aircraft are expected to move up 53 percent year-over-year to $105 million by the end of the year’s holiday season.
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• The Riggs Report: Trump and terrorism

  10-12-2015 03:01
  
  I was in San Bernardino earlier this week, and the sense of sadness from last week's mass shooting there was palpable.
  
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• Muhammad Ali takes shot at Trump, 'Islamic Jihadists'

  10-12-2015 01:49
  
  In a statement to NBC News, Muhammad Ali called out "so called Islamic Jihadists” and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
  
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• Service resumes after incident involving light rail train and car in Sacramento

  10-12-2015 01:39
  
  Regular services has resumed after an incident involving a light rail train and a car happened near Seventh and H streets in downtown Sacramento on Wednesday.
  
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