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• Shelter-in-place orders lifted near East Sac gas leak

  24-02-2016 23:22
  
  Shelter-in-place orders for an East Sacramento hospital and school have been lifted, but crews are still working to cap a gas leak in the area, Sacramento fire officials said.
  
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• Suspect found guilty in Lodi DUI crash that killed family

  24-02-2016 23:11
  
  A San Joaquin County jury found a Lodi man guilty Wednesday of six counts of second-degree murder in a 2013 DUI crash that killed five family members and an unborn baby in Lodi.
  
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• Ryan Morales Guilty Of Second-Degree Murder For Lodi Crash That Killed 6

  24-02-2016 22:52
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — The man accused of causing a deadly crash that claimed the lives of six members of a Lodi family has been found guilty of second degree murder.
  The October 2013 crash killed Luis Miranda, his pregnant wife Viviana and three of his four children. Only a then-9-year-old Eden Miranda survived the devastating crash, though it was with broken legs, a punctured liver and a wound to his head.
  Wednesday, Morales was found guilty of six counts of second-degree murder an
  
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• Stockton City Council approves revitalization project

  24-02-2016 22:46
  
  Construction crews could begin work this fall on an ambitious plan to revitalize a large part of downtown Stockton, according to developers of the Open Window's Project.
  
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• Police Arrest Teen After Alleged Sex Assault At Dixon High School

  24-02-2016 22:41
  
  DIXON (CBS13) – A teenager has been arrested after an alleged sexual assault at Dixon High School.
  Dixon Police say they were notified of on Monday about a possible sexual assault that happened at Dixon High during school hours. Both police and the Dixon Unified School District immediately began an investigation.
  Tuesday, officers arrested a 16-year-old boy. He was booked at Solano County Juvenile Hall and is facing a charge of rape.
  Investigators say they believe the alleged assault
  
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• Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations In East Sacramento

  24-02-2016 21:53
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A natural gas leak has forced the evacuations of people in the area of 39th and H streets in east Sacramento.
  The Sacramento Fire Department said in a statement around 12:45 p.m. they are cordoning off the area, which is near Mercy General Hospital. The hospital and Sacred Heart School are being told to shelter in place rather than evacuate.A PG&E crew is working to cap the leak.
  The fire department urges people to avoid the area.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Green Tree Golf Club In Vacaville Closing Permanently After 5 Decades

  24-02-2016 21:47
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) – A golf course in Vacaville that has been in business for 55 years is closing its doors.
  Owners of the Green Tree Golf Club issued a statement today citing financial issues as the reason for closing the 27-hole course. They blame the lack of golfers at the course on the Americans’ overall declining interest in the game.
  “We are very saddened about the necessary closure of Green Tree Golf Club.  We care deeply about the course, its employees and the
  
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• Green Tee Golf Club In Vacaville Closing Permanently After 5 Decades

  24-02-2016 21:47
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) – A golf course in Vacaville that has been in business for 55 years is closing its doors.
  Owners of the Green Tree Golf Club issued a statement today citing financial issues as the reason for closing the 27-hole course. They blame the lack of golfers at the course on the Americans’ overall declining interest in the game.
  “We are very saddened about the necessary closure of Green Tree Golf Club.  We care deeply about the course, its employees and the
  
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• Social Media Threat Closes Small California School District

  24-02-2016 20:54
  
  WILLOWS, Calif. (AP) – Officials say they closed all four schools in a small Northern California district after receiving a threat on social media.
  Debby Beymer of the Willows Unified School District said Wednesday that the threat was received late Tuesday against Willows High School. Police called for classes to be cancelled district-wide out of concern for the safety of students and staff.
  Beymer says officers remain on campus at the high school in rural Glenn County, about 85 miles nort
  
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• Ex-California Sen. Leland Yee sentenced to prison

  24-02-2016 20:15
  
  A federal judge has sentenced former California state senator Leland Yee to five years in prison after he acknowledged in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an undercover FBI agent buy automatic weapons from the Philippines.
  
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• Ex-State Senator Leland Yee Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

  24-02-2016 20:06
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge sentenced former California state senator Leland Yee on Wednesday to five years in prison after he acknowledged in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an undercover FBI agent buy automatic weapons from the Philippines.
  Senior District Court Judge Charles Breyer called the weapons allegations against Yee – a gun control advocate -unfathomable and said it was frightening that Yee would be willing to
  
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• Ex-firefighter sentenced for sparking El Dorado Co. fire

  24-02-2016 19:38
  
  A former firefighter from Placerville who pleaded guilty to starting an 80-acre wildfire in El Dorado County has been sentenced to five years in prison.
  
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• Stockton City Council approves Open Windows Project

  24-02-2016 19:33
  
  Construction crews could begin work this fall on an ambitious plan to revitalize a large part of Downtown Stockton, according to developers of the Open Window's Project.
  
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• 4 Teens Cited For Riverbank Graffiti Spree

  24-02-2016 19:02
  
  RIVERBANK (CBS13) – Authorities say they have cited the group of suspects responsible for a vandalism spree throughout the city.
  The incidents started on Jan. 10 and stretched to Jan. 19. Riverbank Police say five different cases of businesses, homes and cars being tagged were reported in that time.
  All the graffiti was believed to have been coming from the same suspects, investigators said.
  Wednesday, police announced that four teens – three boys and one girl – had been i
  
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• Ruling raises objections to release of CA student data

  24-02-2016 18:31
  
  A recent federal court ruling ordering the release of personal data on more than 10 million California students highlights the growing amount of information schools now collect - and the loopholes that allow it to be released.
  
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• Driver shot, killed in Ripon trying to evade officers

  24-02-2016 18:09
  
  Officers shot and killed a man Tuesday afternoon after he crashed into a SUV on Highway 99 in Ripon while trying to evade officers, the Manteca Police Department said.
  
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• Proposed bill requires doctors to tell probation status

  24-02-2016 17:36
  
  State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, recently introduced a bill that would require doctors to disclose their probation status to patients.
  
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• Police: Willows schools closed due to 'viable threat'

  24-02-2016 17:16
  
  All four schools in the Willows Unified School District in Glenn County are shut down Wednesday because of a "viable" social media threat aimed at the high school, according to the Willows Police Department.
  
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• Bay Area school board OKs condoms at middle schools

  24-02-2016 16:18
  
  The San Francisco Unified School District school board unanimously approved a controversial decision to distribute condoms to middle school students.
  
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• Possible Hate Crime Investigated At Davis Amtrak Station

  24-02-2016 15:55
  
  DAVIS (CBS13) – An attack in Davis has led to a hate crime investigation.
  The incident happened late Tuesday morning. Davis Police say a man from Ethiopia was at the Davis Amtrak station when a white man approached him and started pushing him and kicking him.
  The man says the suspect called him racial slurs, including the n- word.
  Investigators believe the suspect is a white man in his mid-40s, with short brown hair and a mustache. They believe this beating was unprovoked, as the victim wa
  
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• Deputies Discover Marijuana Grow House While Responding To Break-In

  24-02-2016 15:43
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Authorities in south Sacramento are searching for suspects after an attempted burglary at a marijuana grow house early Wednesday morning.
  A substantial amount of marijuana plants were discovered after people walked right up a driveway over here and busted the front door to get inside.
  Inside the garage is where deputies found bags marijuana and pot plants.
  According to the sheriff’s department, neighbors heard some sort of banging and they called 911. That is whe
  
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• LYNNIS WOODS: 10 Ways To Embrace Midlife That Enhances Your Overall Wellness

  24-02-2016 15:21
  OPINION – As I move toward 60 (yes that is right 60 in less than two years) I find that my frame of reference has changed.  I remember thinking how things were going to get better after 50.  I remember thinking how I was going to take the world by storm at 55.  I also remember how shocked I was that life was still somewhat chaotic, full of surprises and well just plain unpredictable.
  Given that, as I get closer 60 I have some new philosophies I want to share about trans
  
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• Slain Stockton officer 'always had smile on his face'

  24-02-2016 15:08
  
  A retired Stockton police officer who was stabbed to death during an attack in a park was remembered as an "outstanding" detective and a man who always had a smile on his face.
  
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• Retired officer killed, good Samaritan hurt in park attack

  24-02-2016 15:01
  
  A retired police officer died Tuesday in an attack at a Stockton park. Police said a good Samaritan that came to his aid was also hurt.
  
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• Retired police officer killed in Stockton stabbing attack

  24-02-2016 08:50
  
  A retired police officer died Tuesday in an attack at a Stockton park while a good Samaritan who came to his aid was wounded.
  
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• Sacramento’s Ace Of Spades Will Become House Of Blues After LiveNation Acquisition

  24-02-2016 07:35
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A popular Downtown Sacramento music venue came alive on Wednesday after news that it was being bought out by music giant LiveNation.
  Ace of Spades will now be operating as the company’s newest House of Blues.
  It’s a new tune for one of Sacramento’s hottest live music venues.
  “You get pretty big bands and down there—it’s music seven nights a week, big on the weekends,” said music lover A.J. Saccacia.
  Fans say House of Blues is a
  
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• Sacramento Man Says Promise To Lower His Gas Bill Instead More Than Doubled It

  24-02-2016 07:31
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento man says an attempt to lower his utility bill backfired, more than doubling his bill.
  The 35-year-old man who doesn’t want to show his face says a representative went door-to-door claiming he was with Pacific Gas & Electric and could save him money on his bill.
  It turns out the man who showed up on John’s doorstep was with an independent gas supplier. PG&E says there are 25 that are allowed to operate in the area, but last year, it rece
  
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• Family In Mourning After Stabbing Of Retired Stockton Police Officer

  24-02-2016 07:27
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A family is left in mourning after a retired Stockton Police officer was stabbed to death on Tuesday.Police say Laurits “Pepe” Petersen, 75, was killed and a good Samaritan who tried to help stop the attack is recovering from a stab wound.His son and daughter-in-law came to see the crime scene after viewing the retired Stockton Police officer’s body at the hospital.“I was able to see him, but I couldn’t do the things I wanted to do—tou
  
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• Proposed bill requires doctors to tell probation status to patients

  24-02-2016 07:07
  
  State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, recently introduced a bill that would require doctors to disclose their probation status to patients.
  
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• Stockton’s Nate Diaz Will Fight Conor McGregor In UFC 196 After Rafael Don Anjos Drops Out

  24-02-2016 05:35
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) – Conor McGregor will fight Nate Diaz at UFC 196 on March 5 after champion Rafael Dos Anjos dropped out of their bout with a foot injury.
  UFC President Dana White announced the 170-pound matchup Tuesday night after a day of frantic shuffling.
  Dos Anjos (24-7) was forced out of the matchup after injuring his foot in training in his native Brazil. McGregor (19-2) won the 145-pound featherweight title in December, and the loquacious Irish superstar hoped to hold the 155-pound l
  
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• Restaurant scene surges in Sacramento

  24-02-2016 05:26
  
  Some entrepreneurs are acting now to cash in on the opportunity the Golden 1 Center could provide.
  
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• Police: Man wanted in connection to Davis hate crime

  24-02-2016 03:51
  
  A man is wanted for assaulting an Ethiopian man at a train station Tuesday -- an attack that the Davis Police Department is calling a hate crime.
  
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• Moderate earthquake shakes California; no reported problems

  24-02-2016 03:40
  
  A Central Valley city was hit with a 4.8-magnitude earthquake Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  
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• California Board Lowers Gas Tax By 2.2 Cents Per Gallon, Costing State $328 Million

  24-02-2016 03:26
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s tax board voted Tuesday to lower the state excise tax on gasoline by 2.2 cents per gallon as of July 1.
  Drivers in California overpaid their gas taxes last year under a complicated formula that was used to help bridge a state budget deficit in 2010, Board of Equalization Vice Chairman George Runner said. So the board voted 3-2 to lower the tax to 27.8 cents per gallon for the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2017.
  That move would reduce the amount
  
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• Police: Man Was High On Drugs During Deadly Test Drive That Killed Car Salesman

  24-02-2016 03:24
  
  ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) – Ontario police have arrested a driver they say was high on drugs when he crashed a Corvette into a tree during a test drive, killing the car salesman.
  It happened around 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.
  A police statement says witnesses saw the red Corvette being driven at a high rate of speed before the driver lost control just before the crash.
  The CarMax salesman, a 43-year-old Montclair man, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
  Police say 28-year-old Alex Demetro of Union City
  
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• Developer Hopes To Buy 12 Acres Of Downtown Stockton Properties For Renovation

  24-02-2016 03:17
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — The Stockton City Council is considering selling 12 acres of downtown properties to a private developer.
  As an example of their work, Ten Space developers renovated a building on North Sutter Street that had been vacant for 30 years and found a tenant for it, a daycare.
  “We took a lot of the historic elements the building had and we worked within those guidelines. The floors, the exposed beams, the concrete, the existing staircase,” said CEO Zac Cort.
  Ten Spa
  
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• Police: Retired officer killed, good Samaritan wounded in park attack

  24-02-2016 03:05
  
  A retired police officer died Tuesday in an attack at a Stockton park. Police said a good Samaritan that came to his aid was also hurt.
  
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• Driver shot, killed after crashing while trying to evade officers

  24-02-2016 03:04
  
  A driver was shot and killed by officers Tuesday afternoon after crashing into a SUV in Ripon, the Manteca Police Department said.
  
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• Del Paso Heights Residents Say They’re Being Shortchanged On Police, Code Enforcement

  24-02-2016 03:02
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Accused of being left in the economic dark, some residents in Sacramento’s Del Paso Heights neighborhood say they’re being shortchanged on police and code enforcement services.
  Now they want a piece of the nearly $1 billion budget pie that’s up for debate by the Sacramento City Council.
  Community leaders say they’re putting pressure on City Councilman Allen Warren because they believe it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the much-needed servic
  
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• Placer County Group Calling For Two-Year Delay On School Vaccination Requirement

  24-02-2016 02:56
  
  By Kelly Ryan
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — A heated debate over required vaccinations for schoolchildren may be about to erupt again in Placer County.
  The state’s vaccine law passed last year, but school district trustees are considering asking the state to consider a delay. Parents are required to get students vaccine ready by July.
  Elisa Rios opposes what was once Senate Bill 277. It requires students to get vaccinations to attend public schools.
  “I really think it goes against ou
  
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• Pursuit Suspect Shot To Death By Officer In Ripon

  24-02-2016 02:37
  
  Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story erroneously reported a CHP officer shot the suspect.
  RIPON (CBS13) — A pursuit ended with an officer-involved shooting that left a suspect dead in San Joaquin County on Tuesday.
  Investigators say an officer tried to pull over a vehicle at about 3:30 p.m., but the driver wouldn’t stop.
  A chase began and lead to the Jack Tone Road exit when the driver hit something in the roadway and the car rolled over. That’s when investigat
  
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• Pursuit Suspect Shot To Death By CHP Officer In Ripon

  24-02-2016 02:37
  
  RIPON (CBS13) — A pursuit ended with an officer-involved shooting that left a suspect dead in San Joaquin County on Tuesday.
  Investigators say an officer tried to pull over a vehicle at about 3:30 p.m., but the driver wouldn’t stop.
  A chase began and lead to the Jack Tone Road exit when the driver hit something in the roadway and the car rolled over. That’s when investigators say shots were fired.
  The California Highway Patrol says the suspect died from gunshot wounds on t
  
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• Former Firefighter Who Admitted Setting California Fires Out Of Boredom Gets 5 Years

  24-02-2016 02:23
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A former seasonal Cal Fire firefighter was sentenced after admitting setting dozens of wildland fires out of boredom and to impress his peers as part of a plea deal on Tuesday.
  Benjamin Cunha, 33, of Placerville was sentenced to five years on prison on arson charges after admitting to setting at least 30 wildland fires in 2006 and 2007.
  In his confession, Cunha said he set the fires out of boredom as well as to earn overtime pay and impress his peers. He also
  
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• Man Stabbed To Death Identified As Retired Stockton Police Officer

  24-02-2016 02:06
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A retired Stockton Police officer was stabbed to death on Tuesday morning.
  Stockton Police said Laurits “Pepe” Peterson was stabbed to death during a struggle on Tuesday morning in the area of Tam O Shanter and Fallbrook drives. When a male witness tried to break up the struggle, the suspect reportedly pulled out a gun and shot the witness, said Stockton Police Department spokesman Joe Silva.
  The man who was shot is expected to recover from his inju
  
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• 4.8 magnitude quake hits Central Valley

  24-02-2016 01:51
  
  A Central Valley city was hit with a 4.8-magnitude earthquake Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  
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• Case closed for woman found dead in laundry chute

  24-02-2016 01:00
  
  Police said Tuesday they have closed the case of a Citrus Heights woman found dead in a Las Vegas hotel laundry chute.
  
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• Sacramento Police Car Hits Officer, Suspect In Alley

  24-02-2016 00:38
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A suspect and an officer were struck by a responding police officer’s car at the end of a pursuit, Sacramento Police said on Tuesday.
  Police responded to a report of a domestic violence call in the area of Alder Street and Harris Avenue on Tuesday morning when the suspect took off.
  The fleeing suspect jumped fences and ended up in an alley where an officer caught up to him. The officer and suspect ended up in a struggle with each other.
  A spokesman says
  
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