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• Macy’s Announces Dozens Of Store Closures, Including Country Club Plaza Location

  06-01-2016 23:43
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Macy’s has announced that it’s store at Country Club Plaza will be closing in early 2016.
  The 165,000 square feet Sacramento store is among 40 store closures the company announced on Wednesday.
  Lagging sales in 2015 has been cited as the major factor for the store closures.
  “In light of our disappointing 2015 sales and earnings performance, we are making adjustments to become more efficient and productive in our operations,” said Macy&
  
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• Storm Drops Another Foot Of Snow Around Tahoe; Many Crashes

  06-01-2016 21:56
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) – The latest storm to hit the Sierra dropped a foot of snow on ski resorts around Lake Tahoe, with a couple of inches in the valleys and freezing fog that caused dozens of crashes on slippery roads from Reno to Fallon.
  A winter weather advisory remains in effect through Thursday morning along the Sierra’s eastern front. The National Weather Service predicts 4 to 8 inches of snow at lower elevations and as much as 16 inches above 7,000 feet.
  Fresh powder still piling u
  
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• CHP investigates deadly crash in El Dorado Hills

  06-01-2016 21:38
  
  The California Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash in El Dorado Hills that has a road shut down, officers said.
  
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• Nevada County house fire leads to discovery of body

  06-01-2016 21:35
  
  A body was discovered after crews extinguished a fire at a Nevada County home, officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Man dead after Ceres officer-involved shooting

  06-01-2016 21:06
  
  An officer-involved shooting Tuesday night left one man dead in Stanislaus County, the Ceres Police Department said.
  
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• Police: Man Shot And Killed By Two Officers In Ceres

  06-01-2016 20:48
  
  CERES (CBS13) – Police are investigating after officers shot and killed a suspect in Ceres on Wednesday night.
  The scene was at an apartment complex along the 2600 block of Don Pedro Road. According to the Ceres Police Department, two officers were investigating a report of illegal drug activity when they encountered a suspicious man.
  Officers say the man took off running, sparking a chase.
  It was during the chase that officers say they saw the man reach for his waist area as if
  
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• Friend of San Bernardino attackers pleads not guilty

  06-01-2016 20:42
  
  The man who bought the rifles used in the San Bernardino attack pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges in a federal indictment accusing him of conspiring with one of the shooters and to provide material support to terrorists.
  
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• Yuba County sheriff's deputy arrested in $2M pot bust

  06-01-2016 20:36
  
  A Yuba County sheriff's deputy and two other California men were arrested after a major marijuana bust in York County, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Raiders apply to move to Los Angeles area

  06-01-2016 19:12
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The Oakland Raiders have officially filed an application to relocate the franchise to the Los Angeles area.
  The Raiders filed the papers Monday night to go back to Los Angeles for the second time. The team left Oakland following the 1981 season before returning from Los Angeles in 1995.
  Owner Mark Davis wants to partner with the division rival San Diego Chargers to build a stadium in Carson. The Chargers and St. Louis Rams also filed a relocation application Monday n
  
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• Powerball Jackpot Climbs To $500 Million

  06-01-2016 18:52
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) – The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $500 million – one of the largest in the game’s history.
  The pot was already at $450 million on Wednesday.
  Here are more details about the big lottery payoff.
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  HOW DOES THE JACKPOT RANK?
  The jackpot would be the sixth-largest ever in North America. It’s been growing since the last Powerball jackpot winner on Nov. 4 and will keep climbing if no one wins the big prize on Wednesday. If there isn’t a jackpo
  
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• Heavy morning rain tapers to showers Wednesday

  06-01-2016 18:36
  
  Heavy rain in the Valley kicked off Wednesday morning with strong winds around the region, but that is beginning to taper to scattered showers as the afternoon approaches.
  
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• Fire Damages Storage Room At Modesto-Area Middle School

  06-01-2016 17:39
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Firefighters extinguished a fire at a Modesto-area middle school late Tuesday night.
  The scene was at Hanshaw Middle School. According to the Modesto Fire Department, crews were called out to the scene just after 11 p.m. due to a reported fire.
  Once at the school, firefighters found that a storage room near the gym was on fire.
  Crews were able to contain the fire to the storage room, but some smoke did manage to drift into the gym.
  The storage room held plastic foam floor
  
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• Car Crashes Into Kid’s Bedroom, No One Hurt

  06-01-2016 16:43
  
  CARMICHAEL (CBS13) – A family escaped unscathed after a car crashed into an apartment Wednesday morning.
  The scene is near Fair Oaks Boulevard and El Camino Avenue.
  California Highway Patrol says a driver coming from a nearby McDonald’s and lost control of her car, crashing into the Shelfield Apartments.
  Car into apartment by FairOaks and El Camino @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento @GoodDayTraffic @LauraSkirdeWx pic.twitter.com/5eiYFKv7BC
  — David Grashoff (@CameraGuyDave1) Januar
  
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• 8-Year-Old Girl Hurt After Falling From Chairlift

  06-01-2016 16:30
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) – A young Northern California girl is recovering from her injuries after falling from a chairlift at Squaw Valley Resort in the Lake Tahoe area.
  The 8-year-old girl, who had been wearing a helmet, was taken to a Reno hospital after the Saturday incident near Tahoe City, California. She reportedly suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. An update on her condition was not immediately known.
  Resort officials said in a statement that ski patrollers had responded and a
  
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• 4.5-magnitude quake rattles Southern California

  06-01-2016 16:04
  
  An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook the inland region of Southern California on Wednesday morning.
  
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• New El Niño Storm Moves Into California

  06-01-2016 15:57
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) – The thousand-mile coast of California is covered in warnings, watches and advisories for rain, flooding and high surf as another El Niño storm moves in from the Pacific.
  The system Wednesday will pack colder temperatures, stronger winds and heavier rainfall than the two previous storms that have battered the state since the weekend.
  WEATHER ALERTS: high winds in the valley, flash flood concern for wildfire burn scars, more snow in the mountains! pic.twit
  
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• Sacramento creates task force for homeless

  06-01-2016 08:43
  
  Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson created a homeless task force in response to complaints about the way the city and police are handling a homeless protest and camp outside of city hall.
  
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• Modesto Police Release Sketch Of Man They Say Posed As Cop, Assaulted Woman

  06-01-2016 07:40
  
  By Abbott Dutton
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Modesto Police have released a sketch in hopes of finding a suspect they say impersonated a police officer and assaulted a woman.
  The alleged assault happened around 3 a.m. on Nov. 26. The woman’s car was acting up, so she pulled over on G Street. That’s when she says the man approached and told her he was a cop. He threatened to arrest her and then jumped in the passenger seat.
  Modesto Police spokeswoman Heather Graves says the woman then dro
  
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• California Could Review Complicated And Costly Traffic Ticket Fee Structure

  06-01-2016 07:34
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California is taking a new look at the high fees tacked onto traffic tickets and other criminal violations, wondering if the money could be better spent.
  A new report by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office is recommending a fundamental change in the way criminal fines and fees are collected in California.
  Currently, a $35 fine for running a stop sign actually costs $283 once surcharges and fees are added on. That fine has gone up $83 in the last 10 years.
  
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• Fresh Snow Brings Dangers Of Sledding Along Highway 108

  06-01-2016 07:30
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Fresh snow is bringing snow lovers to the mountains, but the California Highway Patrol says sledders are causing trouble on a stretch of Highway 108.
  Officers say visitors park illegally along a 12-mile stretch of the highway, putting families in harm’s way.
  The spot offers the closest snow for people in Modesto, and it’s been in high demand. More than 100 tickets were issued by the CHP last weekend because people’s parking created a dangerous situation.
  
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• Snowpack Driving Economy All The Way Down To The Sierra Foothills

  06-01-2016 07:24
  
  AUBURN (CBS13) — Business isn’t just booming in the high Sierra, but also in the foothills and just about anywhere it’s been snowing.
  The heavy Sierra snowpack is giving the drought-stricken slice of the gold country in Auburn a nice shade of green. Money is finally falling into the parched hands of business owners just a short drive from the snow-covered mountains.
  Restaurants, hotels and snowboard shops are seeing more business. The Placer County Visitors Bureau sold 10 snowp
  
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• More rain starts in NorCal just before morning commute

  06-01-2016 06:25
  
  The third wave of wet weather will move through Northern California early Wednesday morning.
  
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• Charges weighed in fatal dog mauling of boy

  06-01-2016 03:53
  
  Authorities are weighing whether to seek criminal charges against a woman whose pit bull dogs mauled to death her 9-year-old brother in Linda over the weekend.
  
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• Call Kurtis: CVS and Dollar Tree Stores Also Erroneously Charged 10 Cents Over Bag Ban Confusion

  06-01-2016 03:38
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) —  More viewers are coming forward saying they are finding stores located in Sacramento County now charging 10-cents for shopping bags, even though the plastic bag ban is a City of Sacramento ordinance.
  After reporting about a Walgreens store located outside city limits on Arden Way, viewers wrote me saying the CVS store on Elkhorn and a Dollar Tree on Stockton Boulevard also charged the 10-cents.
  We confirmed both locations have Sacramento addresses, bu
  
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• Sacramento Schools Program Puts Focus On Sexting, Cyberbullying On Social Media

  06-01-2016 03:24
  
  By Kelly Ryan
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A first of its kind social-media program was unveiled in Sacramento at Hiram Johnson High School on Tuesday.
  The freshmen were part of a discussion on topics like sexting and cyberbullying, online strangers and stalkers.
  Tuesday was Day 1 of a new interactive education program developed by the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office with help from Sacramento schools, the police and sheriff’s departments.
  In our scenario with one young lad
  
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• Sacramento Police Department search for 2 pharmacy thieves

  06-01-2016 02:57
  
  The Sacramento Police Department are searching for two men accused of robbing a Natomas Walgreens pharmacy, officers said Tuesday.
  
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• Rain, snow winds down in Northern California

  06-01-2016 02:50
  
  The Valley will see occasional rain continue Tuesday into the early evening hours.
  
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• Teen Accused Of Beating Lodi Woman With Baseball Bat At Dog Park

  06-01-2016 02:41
  
  6 p.m. UPDATE: Her family has a promising update
  https://twitter.com/LeighMartinezTV/status/68455364309432729
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  LODI (CBS13) — A Lodi woman underwent brain surgery after a brutal attack at a dog park left her in a coma.
  A 17-year-old girl has been arrested in the baseball bat beating of Jacqueline Pickett, 22, on Monday at Beckman Dog Park
  Pickett’s mother knew something was wrong when Jacqueline’s boyfriend called, saying she hadn’t returned ho
  
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• Proposed bill would ban powdered alcohol in California

  06-01-2016 02:17
  
  A bill introduced in the California State Senate would ban powered alcohol, which is also known as Palcohol.
  
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• Sheriff: Pollock Pines Man Put Up Fight After New Year’s Day Pursuit

  06-01-2016 01:27
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — A Pollock Pines man was arrested after trying to elude police on a New Year’s Day pursuit.
  Ryan Maurer, 40 is accused of leading a pursuit from Sacramento County to El Dorado County at the Cameron Park Drive onramp on Highway 50.
  El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies say after they set up a perimeter, a deputy spotted a man matching the description of the suspect walking out of the bushes and ordered him to stop. The man ignored him, prompting the
  
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• Police: Teen hit woman with baseball bat in Lodi park

  06-01-2016 00:35
  
  A teenage girl was arrested Monday for beating a woman with a baseball bat, the Lodi Police Department said.
  
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• California Assemblywoman Calls For Tax-Free Tampons

  06-01-2016 00:32
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An Assemblywoman wants to cut taxes for millions of California women by exempting feminine hygiene products from taxation.
  Referred to as an end to the “tampon tax,” Assembly Bill 1561 would provide exemptions on taxes from the purchase, storage and usage of sanitary napkins and tampons.
  READ THE BILL: Assembly Bill 1561
  Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia estimates women in California pay more than $20 million a year on feminine hygiene produ
  
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