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• Train Hits, Kills Pedestrian In Sacramento

  29-12-2015 22:30
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A pedestrian has died after she was hit by a train in Sacramento on Tuesday.
  The Union Pacific train hit the woman in her 60s as she was crossing the tracks along Power Inn and Fruitridge roads, according to a Sacramento Fire Department spokesperson.The stopped, blocking roads in the area.UPDATE: UP train blocking all traffic at 14th Ave, Power Inn, and Fruitridge crossings. @SacPolice talking to crews pic.twitter.com/qIqHyjG6B1
  — SacFire PIO (@SacFirePIO) Decemb
  
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• Southbound I-5 lanes in Sacramento temporarily closed

  29-12-2015 21:29
  
  Caltrans temporarily closes lanes Tuesday on southbound Interstate 5 at Seamas Avenue for skid testing, causing a traffic backup on the freeway during the morning commute.
  
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• Police Identify Woman Seen On Video Throwing Dog

  29-12-2015 20:18
  
  FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Police in Northern California have identified a woman seen throwing a pug onto the asphalt in a video that has been shared tens of thousands of times on social media over the last 10 days.The San Francisco Chronicle reports Tuesday that the Solano County Animal Services department was asking for the public’s help finding the woman, identified as Brandi Chin.Officer Francisco Piedra says a video posted to Facebook Dec.19 shows Chin lugging her dog, Benny, by t
  
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• Police: Fairfield woman recorded tossing dog identified

  29-12-2015 19:30
  
  Fairfield Police Department have identified a woman seen throwing a pug onto the asphalt in a video that has been shared tens of thousands of times on social media.
  
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• Elephant Seal Found Along Bay Area Highway Still Trying To Reach Land

  29-12-2015 19:23
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildlife experts and law enforcement officials are working to keep a determined elephant seal off a Northern California highway that it has repeatedly tried to cross, snarling traffic in the area.
  California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Andrew Barclay said Monday callers first reported the 500-pound mammal was trying to climb the divider wall of Highway 37 near Sears Point in Sonoma.
  Here's what 5 feet of progress looks like. @CBSSF #TolayTheSeal pic.twitter.com/iK
  
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• 1,100 customers still without heat in Discovery Bay area

  29-12-2015 18:55
  
  Roughly 1,100 customers are still without gas and heat in the communities of Discovery Bay and Byron in Contra Costa County, PG&E officials said Tuesday morning.
  
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• Woman Pulled From Burning Car By Anonymous ‘Hero’

  29-12-2015 18:30
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) – A driver is being called a “true hero” by police after he or she pulled a woman to safety shortly after a fiery crash in Vacaville on Monday night.
  Just before 7 p.m., a woman was driving her vehicle on Leisure Town Road near Vanden Road when, she collided with another vehicle, which resulted in her vehicle rolling over and catching fire, according to Vacaville Police Department statement.
  The rescuer sprang into action and got the woman out of the car.
  
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• Merced County deputy shoots, kills woman with knife

  29-12-2015 18:20
  
  A Northern California sheriff's deputy shot and killed a woman charging at him with a knife, officials said.
  
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• Fire official: Small plane crashes into building in Alaska

  29-12-2015 17:14
  
  Authorities say a small plane crashed into a commercial building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, setting it ablaze.
  
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• Portions Of SB I-5 In Sacramento Closing Temporarily On Tuesday

  29-12-2015 16:35
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A stretch of Interstate 5 in Sacramento, which has proven to be dangerous in recent weeks, will be shut down once again. Not because of a deadly accident, but to prevent another one.
  A CHP investigation in South Sacramento could impact your morning commute.
  Caltrans is temporarily closing lanes on southbound Interstation 5 today near Seamas Avenue for skid testing, which examines how long it takes vehicles to stop under different conditions.
  The right two lanes will be
  
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• Portions Of SB I-5 Closing Temporarily In Sacramento For Safety Testing

  29-12-2015 16:35
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A stretch of Interstate 5 in Sacramento, which has proven to be dangerous in recent weeks, will be shut down once again. Not because of a deadly accident, but to prevent another one.
  A CHP investigation in South Sacramento could impact your morning commute.
  Caltrans is temporarily closing lanes on southbound Interstation 5 today near Seamas Avenue for skid testing, which examines how long it takes vehicles to stop under different conditions.
  The right two lanes will be
  
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• Health law reporting extension issued for employers

  29-12-2015 16:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Monday gave employers an extension of critical reporting requirements, as it seeks to manage some of the most complicated parts of the federal health care law.
  Employers had previously faced deadlines in February and March to report 2015 health insurance information to their employees, and also to the IRS.
  If they need more time, employers can now have until March 31 to get information to their workers and until June 30 in certain cases to get d
  
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• San Francisco’s housing shortage threatens African Americans

  29-12-2015 16:27
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tired of paying nearly $4,000 a month for a one-bedroom in San Francisco’s popular South of Market district, two newlyweds last year bought a townhouse in a budding development along the city’s rough-edged southeastern bay-front.
  Friends warned Eyitejumade and Jinglin Sogbesan that the historically Black Bayview-Hunters Point was a dangerous place. But Eyitejumade Sogbesan, 39, a Nigeria native and former investment banker, ignored them.
  A $500,000 two-bed
  
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• Ohio grand jury doesn’t indict officers in shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice

  29-12-2015 16:21
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Officials are urging calm as they brace for expected protests after a grand jury voted not to indict a white Cleveland police officer for fatally shooting a 12-year-old black boy who was carrying what turned out to be a pellet gun.
  Small groups of protesters gathered Monday outside the Cuyahoga County Justice Center and at the recreation center where Tamir Rice was shot by then-rookie patrolman Timothy Loehmann in November 2014. The size of those protests likely was reduce
  
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• Stockton police: 3 women punch motel clerk, steal cash

  29-12-2015 15:50
  
  Three people are wanted by Stockton police after they punched a motel clerk and stole money when they were denied a refund, police said Tuesday.
  
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• I-5 lanes in Sacramento to temporarily close Tuesday

  29-12-2015 15:00
  
  Caltrans will temporarily close lanes Tuesday morning on southbound Interstate 5 at Seamas Avenue for skid testing.
  
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• Businesses Prepare To Absorb Cost Of California’s Minimum Wage Increase

  29-12-2015 09:25
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — As California’s minimum wage rises to $10 an hour on Jan. 1, business owners are looking for ways to absorb the cost.
  Dave Leatherby is still serving ice cream to his loyal customers decades after he opened Leatherby’s, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps.
  “Somebody who’s never owned a business, a politician thinks, ‘Gosh let’s just pay someone a fair wage, it’ll be passed on to the public’&m
  
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• Why Are There So Many Birds Swarming The Skies In Natomas?

  29-12-2015 09:11
  
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — Thousands of birds are swarming together in a lava-like flow in the skies over Natomas.
  UC Davis avian ecologist Dr. Robert Meese has the answer to what’s flying overhead.
  “The events themselves are called murmurations, and they’re far more common in Europe than they are here in North America,” he said.
  The beautiful phenomenon caught our attention at dusk in Natomas over the weekend. Meese says the swath is made up of three or four different speci
  
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• Parents Scramble As Citrus Heights School Suddenly Shuts Down Over Christmas Break

  29-12-2015 08:43
  
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) — Parents are scrambling after a school announced it will be shutting down before it was supposed to return from Christmas break.
  The joy of the holiday season has turned into a jolt for dozens of families who received a surprise email on Sunday from the founder of West Pioneer Academy in Citrus Heights.
  “Dear WPA families, It is with great sadness that I am emailing you to inform you that we are forced to close the school operations effective December 31, 2015
  
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• Old-school film meets modern-day movie fans at Tower Theater

  29-12-2015 07:44
  
  Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie, “The Hateful Eight,” is drawing a crowd at Sacramento's Tower Theater because it is being shown on 70 mm film.
  
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• 6 Mercedes stolen from Rocklin dealership

  29-12-2015 06:16
  
  Police said thieves stole six vehicles early Monday from a Rocklin Mercedes-Benz dealership.
  
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• Southbound I-5 lanes in Sac to be temporarily closed

  29-12-2015 05:56
  
  Caltrans will temporarily close lanes Tuesday morning on southbound Interstate 5 at Seamas Avenue for skid testing.
  
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• Black Lives Matter protesters demand answers from Sac Co. sheriff

  29-12-2015 04:52
  
  Black Lives Matter protesters demanded answers from Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones on Monday about the October police shooting of an armed Carmichael man.
  
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• Sacramento Only Receives Half Of Normal Rainfall Through First Six Months Of Rain Year

  29-12-2015 04:40
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — With no rain in the forecast until 2016, Sacramento will finish with only just over half of the normal rainfall for December.
  Through Dec. 25, Sacramento received 1.85 inches of rain according to the National Weather Service. A brief overnight rain added roughly .03 inches to that total. That would leave Sacramento at 1.88 inches in a month where it should be getting 3.48 inches.
  Since the rainfall year began in July, Sacramento has finished below average every month o
  
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• Tracy Islamic Leaders Fear Firebombing Of Center Was A Hate Crime

  29-12-2015 04:14
  
  TRACY (CBS13) — A molotov cocktail thrown at the door of a mosque is raising concerns whether the act was intended as a threat and a possible hate crime.
  It wasn’t until the sun was up on Saturday that the president of Tracy’s Islamic Center saw what happened to the door the night before. Mosque leaders say until the suspect is caught, they’re left to wonder if they were the target of a hate crime.
  Sarah Abdulla says she loves her hometown of Tracy.
  “I’m just
  
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• Pedestrian hit by taxi in downtown Sacramento

  29-12-2015 04:01
  
  A pedestrian was hit by a taxi cab in downtown Sacramento Monday evening.
  
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• Shocking Video Of Suspected Fairfield Animal Abuse Sparks International Outrage

  29-12-2015 04:00
  
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Fairfield Police are looking for witnesses in the case of possible animal abuse caught on camera after video of a woman throwing a dog to the ground surfaced.
  Dog lovers at a park in Solano County can’t believe what happened in the video—a woman appears to be holding a small dog by the neck, then tosses it across the pavement. After the horrific act, a man walks into frame, scoops up the little dog and walks toward the woman accused of animal abuse. Within s
  
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• Black Lives Matter protestors demand answers from Sheriff Jones

  29-12-2015 03:45
  
  Black Lives Matter protesters demanded answers from Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones on Monday about the October police shooting of an armed Carmichael man.
  
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• 2 men stranded overnight in wilderness before being rescued

  29-12-2015 03:33
  
  Two Diamond Springs men were rescued Sunday after spending a cold night in the snow at Ebbetts Pass, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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• 4 Mercedes worth $240k stolen in Rocklin

  29-12-2015 02:47
  
  A Mercedes-Benz dealership in Rocklin says thieves stolen four cars, worth about $240,000, early Monday.
  
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• Person hit by taxi in Sacramento

  29-12-2015 02:18
  
  A pedestrian was hit by a taxi cab in downtown Sacramento Monday evening.
  
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• Elephant seal repeatedly tries to cross NorCal highway

  29-12-2015 02:09
  
  Wildlife experts and law enforcement officials are working to keep a determined elephant seal off a Northern California highway.
  
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• Sacramento’s Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect January 1

  29-12-2015 01:34
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Starting January 1, there will be a new change at Sacramento grocery stores: plastic bags are banned.
  B.Y.O.B. in Sacramento now also stands for bring your own bag. Come Friday you’ll have to remember to bring something with you to the store before you can get our without an extra cost.
  When we spotted shopper Nannette Ganwellus leaving the Nugget Market, she was awash in plastic bags, but she was aware of the upcoming bag ban and was prepared.
  “Yeah it&rsq
  
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• Year In Review: The Top 100 News Stories Of 2015 On CBS Sacramento, 100-76

  29-12-2015 01:00
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — As the new year approaches, we’re taking a look back at the most popular stories on CBS Sacramento in 2015.
  You can find all of our 2015 In Review content here.
  100. Colusa County Town Mourns Mother, 2 Daughters Killed In Wrong-Way Driver Crash
  Officers say the family couldn’t escape the path of an out-of-control driver going the wrong-way on Interstate 505.
   
  99. Raccoon Disease Has 3-Year-Old Boy In Fight Of His Life
  The 3-year-old con
  
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• Suspect detained in Galt standoff

  29-12-2015 00:31
  
  Police detained a suspect Monday afternoon after a standoff in a southwest Galt neighborhood, the Galt Police Department said.
  
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• Man robs Marysville credit union with 'aerosol type can'

  29-12-2015 00:16
  
  Investigators are searching for a man in connection to a bank robbery at the Sierra Central Credit Union.
  
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• Teen Shot While Driving With Mother In Stockton

  29-12-2015 00:06
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – A Stockton teen is in serious condition after she was shot while driving in a car on Sunday.
  Around 3 p.m. on Sunday, a 17-year-old girl was driving with her mother on Holman Road, near Hammer Lane, when the suspect pulled up and fired shots into car, hitting the girl, according to a police statement.
  The girl was transported to a local hospital for treatment where she remains in serious condition.
  Police have not released a description of the suspect or said whether the
  
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