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• Black bear rides for 65 miles in trash truck to dump

  23-12-2015 23:53
  
  A black bear crawled inside a trash compactor and took the ride of its life on a garbage truck, traveling about 65 miles to a dump in the Central Valley where it briefly ran free.
  
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• California Senate Raises Employees’ Pay 1 Year After Layoffs

  23-12-2015 23:50
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California state Senate is giving all its employees pay raises just one year after laying off several dozen employees due to financial problems, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
  The raises for about 1,000 employees are possible because of last year’s “prudent and necessary cuts,” according to the memo to employees from Senate Secretary Daniel Alvarez.
  They include a 4 percent cost-of-living increase for employees who are
  
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• Modesto Man Arrested For Deadly Shooting In Riverbank

  23-12-2015 22:57
  
  RIVERBANK (CBS13) – Authorities have arrested a Modesto man after a deadly shooting in Riverbank.
  The incident happened late Tuesday night. According to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called to the 2600 block of Topeka Street a little after 11:30 p.m. due to a reported shooting.
  At the scene, a 31-year-old man was found lying the roadway with a gunshot wound.
  Medics soon pronounced the man dead.
  Investigators interviewed witnesses and discovered that the sh
  
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• Student, 29, accused of sex with minor in college dorm

  23-12-2015 22:41
  
  A 29-year-old student at Columbia College in Sonora was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl in the college's on-campus dorms, officers said Wednesday.
  
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• Pilot killed in Castro Valley crash was Rocklin man

  23-12-2015 21:27
  
  The pilot of a plane that crashed Tuesday in Alameda County was a Rocklin man, a family friend has confirmed with KCRA.
  
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• Truck driver indicted in crash that hurt comic Tracy Morgan

  23-12-2015 21:07
  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a truck driver accused of crashing into a limo van last year on the New Jersey Turnpike, injuring comedian Tracy Morgan and killing one of his comic friends.
  The grand jury charged Kevin Roper with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree aggravated assault in the June 2014 crash.
  Roper’s attorney, David Glassman, was in court Tuesday arguing to have the initial charges of ve
  
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• Modesto man arrested in Riverbank shooting death

  23-12-2015 20:31
  
  A Modesto man was arrested in connection with a shooting death in Riverbank, deputies said Wednesday.
  
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• Babysitter accused in child's death: I adored baby boy

  23-12-2015 20:18
  
  A Fairfield babysitter accused in the death of an 18-month-old said she adored the child she had took care of the last 4 months.
  
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• LYNNIS WOODS: How To Set Up Your Day In A Positive Way

  23-12-2015 19:46
  OPINION – I have found that it is very important for me to set my day in a positive way. I have a routine that I have been doing for the last five years that has made such a difference in my life.  While it has involved a time sacrifice, it has ultimately been worth it when I think about what I have gained — a sense of peace, optimism and joy!
  Here are a few suggestions  to start your day in a positive way.  All of these may not work for you but if you can incorpo
  
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• Southwest plane makes successful emergency landing in Oakland

  23-12-2015 19:16
  
  A passenger plane that departed Oakland bound for Chicago made a successful emergency landing back at the Oakland International Airport after issues were reported with the plane's landing gear, FAA officials said.
  
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• Southwest Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing In Oakland

  23-12-2015 18:28
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (CBS13/AP) – A Southwest Airlines flight made what appeared to be a normal landing after circling for several hours over the Stockton area due to a possible landing gear problems.
  TV helicopter video showed Southwest flight 2547 landing at Oakland International Airport with a puff of smoke from its tires.
  The Chicago-bound flight took off from Oakland about 6 a.m. and landed just over four hours later. There were 139 passengers on the plane. No injuries were reported b
  
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• Flight From Oakland Circles Over Stockton Area After Encountering Landing Gear Issue

  23-12-2015 18:28
  
  10:17 a.m. UPDATE: The plane has landed safely back at Oakland International Airport.Previous story below.
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – A Soutwest Airlines flight from Oakland is circling above the Stockton and Manteca area after encountering mechanical issues.
  Flight 2547 was on its way to Chicago Midway International Airport with 139 passengers on board when the captain decided to turn back. The jet is reportedly encountering gear issues.
  The plane, which took off just a little after 6:13 a.m
  
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• Man sought in attempted sexual assault in Elk Grove

  23-12-2015 18:00
  
  Elk Grove police are asking for help finding a man accused in an attempted sexual assault of a 64-year-old woman.
  
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• Police Searching For Man Who Tried To Sexually Assault Elk Grove Woman

  23-12-2015 17:13
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Police are asking for help in finding the man who tried to sexually assault a 64-year-old woman.
  The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 8. According to the Elk Grove Police Department, a woman was walking near Alpinesprings Way and Meadowsprings Drive when a man walked up behind her and pushed her to the ground.
  The man, believed to be only about 18 to 20 years old, then tried to pull off her leggings.
  Police say the woman screamed once she saw the man tryi
  
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• Planning to travel? Wednesday's weather will cooperate

  23-12-2015 17:11
  
  Planning to travel to a family or friend's house for Christmas? Wednesday's weather will be nice for driving in Northern California before another storm moves in Christmas Eve.
  
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• U.S. Strategic Command: Fireball Was Russian Rocket Debris

  23-12-2015 16:19
  
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – Military officials say a streak of light seen burning across the sky by people in three Western states was debris from a Russian rocket re-entering the atmosphere.
  U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn says the fireball seen over Arizona, Nevada and California in Tuesday’s night sky was an SL-4 rocket body booster from Russia that was launched Monday.
  Dozens of people took to social media to share videos and photos and marvel at the white fireball flyi
  
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• Investigators: Baby Shaken To Death In Fairfield, Babysitter Arrested

  23-12-2015 16:10
  
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) – Authorities have arrested a babysitter after an investigation into the death of a 18-month-old baby boy.
  Fairfield Police Department detectives and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations have been looking into the incident since last week. The baby was taken to the hospital at Travis Air Force Base on Dec. 17 after it was having difficulty breathing.
  Doctors had to put the baby on a ventilator. The baby was later taken to the UC Davis Medical Center, b
  
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• Driver killed after car wraps around pole in Sacramento

  23-12-2015 16:07
  
  A driver was killed early Wednesday when he lost control of his vehicle, causing it to slam into a freeway sign along Watt Avenue in Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  
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• Fairfield babysitter accused of shaking baby to death

  23-12-2015 16:05
  
  A Fairfield babysitter was arrested in the death of an 18-month-old baby boy, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Snowboarder Reported Missing In Castle Peak Area

  23-12-2015 15:44
  
  8:05 a.m. UPDATE: The snowboarder has been found safe, sheriff’s officials say.
  Previous story below:
  NEVADA COUNTY (CBS13) – Search crews are out looking for a snowboarder who went missing late Tuesday night.
  The Nevada County Sheriff’s Department says the snowboarder was reported missing around 11 p.m. He was last seen in the Castle Peak area, northeast of Soda Springs.
  Crews have been out since 4 a.m. Wednesday looking for the snowboarder.
  The snowboarder was believed to be
  
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• Man Killed In Crash Near I-80 On-Ramp In North Highlands

  23-12-2015 15:26
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – A man was killed after losing control of his car near a freeway on-ramp.
  The scene was on Watt Avenue near the Interstate 80 on-ramp. California Highway Patrol says that, just before 2 a.m., a man in a car speeding south on Watt somehow lost control of his car.
  CHP says the driver was likely killed instantly when his car wrapped around a pole marking the freeway entrance.
  Witnesses told CHP that the driver was going really fast down the roadway.
  Investigators are
  
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• Wet Storms Making Positive Impact On California Drought

  23-12-2015 09:30
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Storms have consistently rolled through our region recently, but the question we’ve gotten over and over is are they really making a dent on our drought?
  This is the winter Bill Proffit has been waiting for.While the slopes are covered in white, the floor in his shop is covered with traffic from customers looking to buy or rent gear for the slopes.
  “We started in 1979, so year 36 we’re just completing right now,” he said.
  SEE ALSO: CBS13 Weather
  
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• Gang members arrested in connection to Ceres homicide

  23-12-2015 09:20
  
  Several gang members were arrested Monday and Tuesday in connection to the Dec. 26, 2014 homicide of a Ceres man.
  
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• Teen wakes from 3-week coma after being shot in head

  23-12-2015 09:14
  
  A teen regained consciousness three weeks after she was shot in the head during a drive-by in West Sacramento.
  
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• Sacramento To Be One Of The Country’s Hottest Housing Markets In 2016?

  23-12-2015 09:07
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – There’s a forecasted boom in the Sacramento housing market.The Sacramento region is being named as one the top 10 hottest real estate markets for 2016.
  What can home buyers and sellers expect next year? Realtors say they had a very busy 2015 and now say it’s a great time to buy. And despite this being a holiday week, they say houses get sold every day of the year.”
  Sacramento may be experiencing a renaissance with the construction of the new Kings are
  
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• 6 quakes hit south of Reno within 40 minutes

  23-12-2015 09:05
  
  Several “weak” to "light" earthquakes hit about 6.2 miles southeast of Reno Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Falling boulder smashes truck; driver lives

  23-12-2015 09:03
  
  A rock slide along Highway 50 caused a massive boulder to land on the front end of a pickup truck, nearly killing the driver.
  
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• Body found among plane wreckage in Alameda Co.

  23-12-2015 08:28
  
  A small plane that disappeared Tuesday while traveling to Oakland was found crashed hours later, and a body has been found among the wreckage, the Alameda County Fire Department said.
  
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• Teenager wakes from 3-week coma after being shot in head

  23-12-2015 08:25
  
  A teen has regained consciousness after she was shot in the head during a drive-by in West Sacramento two months ago.
  
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• More People Buying Guns This Holiday Season

  23-12-2015 08:16
  
  GLENDALE, Calif. (CBS) – Since the San Bernardino mass shooting, a gun store owner says he’s seen an increase in the purchase of guns.
  “I’d say about 20 percent of our customers are new gun owners,” explains Jeff Bregman, who owns a store in Glendale.
  And some of those new guns are wrapped up as holiday presents.
  But be warned: anyone gifted a gun for Christmas will have to go through a background check.
  In California, every time a gun changes hands, even if as a ho
  
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• Pilot Of Small Plane In Castro Valley Crash Remembered

  23-12-2015 06:56
  
  CASTRO VALLEY (CBS13) – A Rocklin man died today in a small plane crash, and now his family and friends are stunned, wondering what went wrong.
  The exact cause of the crash is a mystery. The single-engine Piper took off from Lincoln Tuesday morning headed to Oakland. But it went down in the hills near Castro Valley around noon.
  John Sacco took off at 10:50 a.m. for what was supposed to be a 46-minute flight to Oakland, but sadly he lost contact with air traffic control around 11:30, just 1
  
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• Rain, snow coming back to Valley, Sierra

  23-12-2015 06:52
  
  The next big storm coming to the Valley and Sierra will be Thursday, bringing steady rain to the Valley and lots of snow in the Sierra.
  
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• Thieves Target Hoverboards At Sacramento Store

  23-12-2015 06:30
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A local businessman hopes cameras will help lead to an arrest.
  It may be this season’s hottest holiday gift: the hoverboard. Doug Stabler has seen a huge demand for these gadgets at his ATV store on Auburn Boulevard, but he never expected to be the victim of a hoverboard heist.
  “You can see them walking in they all came in hoodies,” said Doug Stabler, owner of ATV Wholesale Outlet.
  The store’s surveillance cameras captured video of three suspect
  
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• Rain triggers minor flooding in Butte Fire burn zone

  23-12-2015 04:50
  
  This week's rain storm knocked down trees and caused minor flooding on the Butte Fire burn zone in Calaveras County.
  
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• Streak of light seen over Northern California

  23-12-2015 04:48
  
  A strange streak of light was seen flying over Northern California Tuesday night.
  
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• Brazen hoverboard heist caught on camera

  23-12-2015 04:36
  
  Surveillance video captured a band of thieves storming into a Sacramento store and grabbing $1,000 worth of hoverboards.
  
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• Gang members arrested in connection to homicide of Ceres man

  23-12-2015 04:23
  
  Several gang members were arrested Monday and Tuesday in connection to the Dec. 26, 2014 homicide of a Ceres man.
  
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• Slushy mess from recent storm causes problems in Sierra

  23-12-2015 04:09
  
  Snow and rain created slippery roadways and problems for drivers in the Sierra Tuesday.
  
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• Bright Object Streaks Across Western Sky

  23-12-2015 03:36
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Photos and videos of a bright object seen flying across the night sky above several states caused a commotion on Tuesday night.
  It’s unknown exactly what the object is, but it was bright enough to be seen by people in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
  One theory is that the object is a fireball, or very bright meteor, which can be as bright as the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky. The Ursids meteor shower, with occurs in late December, is expected t
  
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• Bright Object In The Sky Over Western States Piece Of Russian Rocket

  23-12-2015 03:36
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A bright object seen flying across the night sky above several states Tuesday night was piece of a Russian rocket.
  The object is a stage of the Soyuz rocket that launched Monday, carrying the Progress spacecraft to the International Space Station. According to Aerospace.org, the piece was estimated to fall back to earth at 5:48 UTC, which is 9:48 p.m. Pacific time.
  U.S. Strategic Command spokesperson Julie Ziegemhorn issued this statement:
  “U.S. Strategic Co
  
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• Police Uncover Stolen Mail, Drugs, Credit Cards Gun During Bust In Stockton

  23-12-2015 03:30
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Authorities recovered stolen items during a bust today, but say they found more than just mail.
  Officers searched a home on Bonaire Circle near West Lane in Stockton this morning. There, they found mail from Stockton, Manteca and Brentwood in the East Bay. They also found narcotics and prescription drugs, a handgun, a credit card reader, credit cards, and evidence of shredded documents, according to a Stockton Police Department statement.
  Police arrested two sisters in t
  
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• Police Take Part In Active Shooter Training At School In Stockton

  23-12-2015 02:42
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Local law enforcement officials are getting ready for an emergency at a Stockton high school.
  While students are on break, agencies are training for an active shooter.
  “Normally in these active-shooter situations, you may see a SWAT team show up however when only have two officers you have to make do with what you have,” said Jim Bock, a San Joaquin Delta College Police Department spokesperson.
  It can happen anywhere, at any time, an active shooter targeting
  
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• Boulder caused traffic back-up on Hwy. 50

  23-12-2015 02:34
  
  A large boulder caused major back-ups on Highway 50 near Lake Roads Monday
  
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• Mudslide on Hwy. 70 in Plumas County cleared

  23-12-2015 02:02
  
  A mudslide on Highway 70 in Plumas County was cleared, and the roadway was reopened to traffic Tuesday afternoon, according to Caltrans.
  
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• Fire officials: Pilot in Alameda Co. plane crash presumed dead

  23-12-2015 02:02
  
  Alameda County Fire officials said they have found the wreckage of the plane from Lincoln.
  
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• Fire Chief In El Dorado County Resigns After Arrest On Suspicion Of DUI

  23-12-2015 00:42
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – A local fire chief who was arrested for DUI on last week has resigned.
  Deputies arrested an El Dorado County fire chief last week after an incident involving his neighbor.
  Around 1:50 p.m. on Friday, El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies were called out to investigate a reported dispute between neighbors in the town of Greenwood. The person who called 911 said their neighbor, Garden Valley fire chief William Dekker, threatened to shoot him over a loose dog, a
  
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• California aquarium welcomes birth of baby sea otter

  23-12-2015 00:39
  
  There's another reason to rejoice this holiday season: the birth of a wild sea pup at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
  
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