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• Former Oakland Raiders player sentenced for murders

  22-01-2016 23:34
  
  A former Oakland Raiders defensive end was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the deaths of three men.
  
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• Feds: California Reservoirs Half Full Despite El Niño Storms

  22-01-2016 22:10
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – The recent onslaught of El Niño  storms only slightly increased the levels of California reservoirs that stand at half of historic depths for this time of year, federal officials said Friday while releasing an initial water outlook for 2016.
  Heavy rainfall has soaked into a landscape that has been parched by four years of drought, and the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada has grown but hasn’t started to melt off and replenish the critically low reservoir
  
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• KCRA 3 News 4PM newscast to launch; new times for 'Harvey', 'Oz'

  22-01-2016 21:31
  
  The launch of KCRA 3 News at 4 p.m. will change the afternoon lineup, moving "Steve Harvey" and "The Dr. Oz Show" back an hour.
  
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• 2 more arrests made in Turlock Sikh temple brawl

  22-01-2016 21:03
  
  Two more arrests have been made in connection to a brawl that broke out inside a Turlock Sikh Temple.
  
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• 2 Women Arrested In Connection To Turlock Sikh Temple Brawl

  22-01-2016 20:58
  
  TURLOCK (CBS13) – Two women have been arrested in the ongoing investigation into a brawl at the Turlock Sikh temple.
  The Turlock Police Department announced Friday that 47-year-old Manjit Kaur Johal and 45-year-old Anjit Kaur Bagri were arrested for their part in the brawl. According to investigators, the two women confronted two victims outside the temple’s restrooms and then attacked them.
  Further, investigators say Anjit stole personal property from one of the victims during the a
  
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• Sacramento air travelers delayed by East Coast storm

  22-01-2016 18:36
  
  Some Sacramento air travelers will have to spend a little extra time here because of a major winter storm that has shut done airports in the northeastern U.S.
  
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• First Wave Of Dual-Front Storm Hits Northern California

  22-01-2016 17:38
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first wave of a dual-front storm has hit the San Francisco Bay Area, but it’s not packing the punch that was expected.
  The San Francisco Chronicle reports Friday that the rain began Thursday night in the North Bay and, by early Friday, drizzle, heavy mist and showers had made roadways slippery, though rainfall totals in most places were relatively paltry.
  A little more than an inch of rain had fallen in the far northern reaches of Sonoma County and the mounta
  
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• Gov. Jerry Brown Urges Fiscal Caution in State of the State Address

  22-01-2016 17:32
  (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown urged fiscal caution Thursday in his State of the State address, calling for lawmakers to beef up California’s rainy day fund and pay for long-delayed infrastructure repairs instead of pursuing expensive new programs.
  As he did in his budget proposal last week, Brown sought funding for health care and transportation initiatives he previously proposed rather than push for new social programs supported by many of his fellow Democrats. Republicans have opposed hi
  
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• Police sergeant hurt in I-80 crash in Roseville

  22-01-2016 17:20
  
  A Twin Rivers police sergeant was hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 in Roseville, according to officials.
  
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• AUBRY STONE: Unfair Solar Policy Needs Review

  22-01-2016 17:11
  OPINION – All across California’s African American communities, issues of equality and fairness should not only be thought of as civil rights issues, but also as economic issues. Every day, families and small businesses must bear the impact that poorly crafted policies or outright indifferences have had on their ability to economically thrive and succeed.
  For these reasons and many like it, it is important that the California Black Chamber speak truth to power and challenge head-on t
  
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• Showers, winds accompany Friday morning commuters

  22-01-2016 17:04
  
  Friday morning commuters are being accompanied by scattered showers up and down the Valley as well as some breezy conditions for the final day of the work week.
  
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• Kings Continue To Roll, Beat Atlanta For Fourth Straight Victory

  22-01-2016 16:58
  Sacramento Kings guard Rajon Rondo, left, congratulates rookie Willie Cauley-Stein, right, for helping the team claim its fourth-consecutive victory. The Kings beat the Atlanta Hawks 91-88 on Jan. 21, 2015. (OBSERVER photo by Antonio R. Harvey)
  NORTH NATOMAS — It was a battle right down to the wire, but the Sacramento Kings hung on to beat the Atlanta Hawks 91-88 on Jan. 21 for their longest winning streak of the season.
  After coming off three straight victories on the road, the Kings notc
  
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• Metro Fire Crews Rescue Dozens Of Animals In One Day

  22-01-2016 16:23
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – Sacramento Metro Fire says it set a new record, rescuing 39 animals within 24 hours.
  Most of those came from a home in North Highlands Thursday, where firefighters saved 14 dogs, four cats and two birds.
  Metro Fire says they were able to do this because crews are equipped with a variety of oxygen masks ranging in sizes to fit a Great Dane to a small cat.
  Firefighters would like the public to remember that in the case of a fire, your own safety should be first prio
  
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• California debates resuming executions with 1 drug

  22-01-2016 16:23
  
  Californians face a watershed year as they prepare to decide whether to resume executions that stopped a decade ago or end them entirely.
  
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• Sacramento Featured In Sundance Opening Night Film

  22-01-2016 16:09
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – There is no joy in watching Molly Shannon die for 97 minutes, especially in a movie that’s not really her story.
  That’s not a spoiler. Her character’s death is the opening frame of “Other People,” the feature directorial debut of Chris Kelly, who has written for “Saturday Night Live” and “Broad City.” The film, which follows a family across the year their mother is dying of cancer, opened the Sundance Film Festiva
  
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• California To Soon Decide If It Will Resume Executions

  22-01-2016 15:36
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Californians face a watershed year as they prepare to decide whether to resume executions that stopped a decade ago or end them entirely.
  While advocates jockey to put both choices before voters this fall, officials overseeing the 746 condemned inmates on the nation’s largest death row are pushing ahead with plans to use a single lethal drug to meet legal requirements amid a nationwide shortage of execution drugs.
  Supporters said at a public hearing on Frida
  
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• California Eyes 1-Drug Executions Amid Debate

  22-01-2016 15:36
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Californians face a watershed year as they prepare to decide whether to resume executions that stopped a decade ago or end them entirely.
  While advocates jockey to put both choices before voters this fall, officials overseeing the 746 condemned inmates on the nation’s largest death row are pushing ahead with plans to use a single lethal drug to meet legal requirements amid a nationwide shortage of execution drugs.
  They will hold a public hearing Friday on th
  
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• Pedestrian hit by vehicle in north Stockton

  22-01-2016 08:47
  
  A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle Thursday night in a commercial area of north Stockton.
  
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• Snowboarder Who Caused Avalanche At Sugar Bowl Insists He Did Nothing Wrong

  22-01-2016 08:32
  
  SUGAR BOWL (CBS13) — A man who could face charges for causing an avalanche at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort insists he did nothing wrong, though the sheriff’s department disagrees.
  Christian Mares’ helmet camera was rolling as a mass of snow pulled him downhill for almost a minute, burying the 29-year-old pro skier in snow.
  The video went viral, but what Mares didn’t expect was for his survival skills to catch the attention of resort owners and law enforcement.
  “I put mysel
  
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• Friends look for 'closure' at vigil for Del Oro senior

  22-01-2016 08:29
  
  Hundreds were at Del Oro High School Thursday night to attend a vigil for a senior who died in a car crash over the weekend.
  
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• Teen Struck By Suspected DUI Driver In Antelope May Be Paralyzed

  22-01-2016 08:28
  
  ANTELOPE (CBS13) — The suspect accused of hitting a teenager while evading police in Antelope made his first court appearance on felony DUI charges on Thursday.
  Jermain Williams, 32, of Carmichael did not enter a plea.
  The crash left Daniel Comer, 13, with multiple broken bones and possibly permanently paralyzed.
  Billy Cooley heard the crash that wrecked his parked cars and sent his grandson flying through the air.
  “He was hit from this point and landed 50 feet over in the other peop
  
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• 5 things to know about California's low gas prices

  22-01-2016 08:19
  
  While low gas prices are clearly good news for drivers, it’s having a negative impact on California’s oil and gas industry.
  
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• Army Corps Of Engineers Keeping Close Eye On Folsom Dam After Cofferdam Leak

  22-01-2016 08:17
  
  FOLSOM LAKE (CBS13) — More than 24 hours after a leak forced construction crews to evacuate the Folsom Lake spillway, the Army Corps of Engineers is watching for more problems with another storm ready to roll in.
  Crews were able to stabilize the cofferdam on Wednesday, which is part of the $900 million auxiliary spillway project at Folsom Dam, but there is still some seepage.
  Engineers say the next 24 to 48 hours are critical, and they still don’t know what caused Wednesday’s l
  
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• Carmichael condo fire under investigation

  22-01-2016 07:27
  
  An unoccupied condo caught fire Thursday night in Carmichael. The Sacramento Metro Fire Department said the cause of the fire is unknown and arson investigators were called to the scene.
  
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• Two People, Dog Injured After Pit Bulls Escape During Carmichael Apartment Fire

  22-01-2016 06:34
  
  CARMICHAEL (CBS13) — Two people and a dog were injured after two pit bulls escaped from a home during an apartment fire on Thursday.
  Fire officials say when crews tried to enter an apartment on the 6200 block of Coyle Avenue, two pit bulls escaped from the home, and at one point attacked a neighbor dog and then attacked a neighbor.
  The dog that was bit was taken to a local veterinarian, while the neighbor was evaluated by fire crews.
  The homeowner and owner of the dogs came home
  
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• Disney Recalls Darth Vader Onesies As Force Causes Choking Hazard

  22-01-2016 05:56
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Disney is announcing a recall of a Darth Vader onesie, because of a possible choking hazard.
  The garments were sold in 3M, 6M, 12M, 18M and 24M at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, as well as on Disney cruise ships between February and November.
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the snaps that secure the bottom of the onesie could detach and pose a choking hazard to young children.
  No choking incidents have been reported
  Parents can request a refund on the ga
  
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• 2 waves of wet weather to hit NorCal

  22-01-2016 04:52
  
  After a mostly dry Thursday, the first of two waves of wet weather will arrive overnight.
  
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• 17 dogs rescued from North Highlands house fire

  22-01-2016 04:50
  
  Crews rescued 17 dogs from a North Highlands house fire Thursday night.
  
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• Food Network Star Guy Fieri Stops In Modesto, Stockton Restaurants For Show

  22-01-2016 04:00
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Several Modesto and Stockton restaurants served a Food Network star over the past few days.
  Three Modesto food spots were interviewed for a Food Network show by Guy Fieri, but they can’t talk about it. The Commonwealth even posted on Facebook that it was closing for a “super-secret mission”
  But people figured out it was for “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”
  Fieri was spotted in Stockton, taking his red Camaro to the Green Papaya food truck where
  
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• Victim's family says CHP partly to blame for pursuit crash

  22-01-2016 03:57
  
  The family of a teenaged boy hurt in a car crash in Antelope this week says a California Highway Patrol sergeant who was pursing the car is partly to blame.
  
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• Gov. Jerry Brown, Lawmakers Worried Over Looming Pension Problems

  22-01-2016 03:56
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Gov. Jerry Brown warned that the state workers’ retirement system is in trouble during his State of the State address on Thursday.
  Brown focused on a laundry list of challenges and accomplishments during his address.
  “We raised our minimum wage to $10 dollars an hour and that’s 80 percent higher than the federal minimum,” he said.
  Touting his climate change initiative and the state’s budget surplus, the one issue that has lawmakers concern
  
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• Natomas Woman Fears String Of Recent Crimes May Be Related

  22-01-2016 03:50
  
  By Kelly Ryan
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — Residents in a north Natomas neighborhood are keeping a close watch after a recent string of crimes ranging from burglary to assault.
  Tracy doesn’t want her last name used, but the Natomas resident wants to warn others around her about a series of crimes she thinks are related. She bought her condo in Hampden Village in June.
  “It’s quiet, I felt safe here. We all feel safe here,” she said.
  But then, she became a victim of crime and al
  
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• Police: 1 person shot in south Sacramento

  22-01-2016 03:23
  
  Police are investigating a shooting Thursday that sent one person to the hospital.
  
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• Federal judge sentences Granite Bay man to prison for fraud

  22-01-2016 01:40
  
  A Granite Bay man is sentenced to four years and three months in prison Thursday for defrauding 13 individuals and a corporate investor, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner said in a news release.
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Oak Park Shooting

  22-01-2016 01:39
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A person has been wounded in a shooting in Oak Park, Sacramento Police said on Thursday.
  At least one person was struck by a bullet on the 32oo block of San Diego Way. The victim was taken to the hospital, but is expected to survive.
  Witnesses reported seeing a fight, and at one point someone with a gun opened fire toward a driveway.
  A suspect has been arrested in the shooting.
  Tune in to the CBS13 News at 10 for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• 1 Shot In South Sacramento

  22-01-2016 01:39
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A person has been wounded in a shooting in South Sacramento, Sacramento Police said on Thursday.
  At least one person was struck by a bullet on the 32oo block of San Diego Way. Their condition is unknown.
  Tune in to the CBS13 News at 5 for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• Sacramento Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins Not Named An All-Star Starter

  22-01-2016 01:33
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The NBA announced its All-Star Game starting rosters on Thursday, and DeMarcus Cousins was not on the list.
  The Sacramento Kings faced the top vote-getter on Wednesday night as Kobe Bryant was named to the All-Star Game in his 20th and final season. Bryant has struggled in his farewell season, with the worst shooting performance for an All-Star starter more than 60 years.
  Joining Bryant for the Western Conference will be:
  Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
  Russell W
  
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• Minor quake hits south of Lathrop

  22-01-2016 01:26
  
  A minor earthquake hit Lathrop Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  
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• Magnitude-2.7 Earthquake Hits Near Lathrop

  22-01-2016 00:38
  
  LATHROP (CBS13) — A small earthquake rumbled in the Lathrop area on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  The magnitude-2.7 temblor his just southwest of Lathrop at around 1 p.m. on Thursday.
  No damage was reported.
  
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