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• CHP: Person Dies After Fight At Sacramento DMV Office Parking Lot

  26-02-2016 23:37
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Authorities say a person has died after a fight outside of the Broadway DMV office.
  Officer Michael Bradley with California Highway Patrol says the incident happened just before 12:30 p.m.
  Bradley says some sort of fight happened in the parking lot at the office near Broadway and Stockton Boulevard. Someone was knocked unconscious.
  That person later died.
  DMV says the office has been closed for the rest of the day.
  
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• Passengers applaud as boy removed from plane over allergies

  26-02-2016 23:24
  
  An Arizona boy who was removed from a plane after having an allergic reaction to dogs onboard was visiting the Pacific Northwest as part of a bucket-list trip for his terminal father.
  
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• Tahoe-Area Church’s Virgin Mary Statue Vandalized

  26-02-2016 22:33
  
  KINGS BEACH (CBS13) – Detectives are investigating after a church’s statue of the Virgin Mary was vandalized.
  The vandalism took place at the Our Lady of the Lake Church in Kings Beach on Feb. 14. At some point after 7:30 p.m., Placer County Sheriff’s detectives say, someone broke off the head and fingers of a Virgin Mary statue at the church. A plaque was also defaced.
  Whoever vandalized the statue left the statue’s fingers at the scene, but the head has not been found.
  
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• I-5 lane in Sac close Friday for emergency repairs

  26-02-2016 20:47
  
  One lane of Interstate 5 in Sacramento closed Friday morning for emergency roadwork and won't reopen until the evening.
  
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• Inmate firefigher hit by rock battling Malibu fire dies

  26-02-2016 20:42
  
  California corrections officials say an inmate firefighter has died a day after she was struck by a large rock while battling a small brush fire in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu.
  
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• Deirdre's Diary: Thou Shalt Not Smile

  26-02-2016 20:05
  
  Hearst Olympic Team starts credentialing process for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
  
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• Driver In Deadly Davis Crash To Be Charged With Murder

  26-02-2016 19:18
  
  WOODLAND (CBS13) – The driver involved in a deadly crash in Davis will be facing a charge of murder, prosecutors revealed.
  Yolo County District Attorney Jeff W. Reisig’s office released their criminal complaint against Steven Hendrix on Friday, showing that they plan on filing murder, vehicular manslaughter, DUI and child endangerment charges.
  Prosecutors will argue that Hendrix willfully killed 71-year-old Cynthia Jonasen with malice aforethought in the Feb. 24 crash. Jona
  
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• Once-missing Butte County girl, 10, found safe

  26-02-2016 19:09
  
  A search is underway for a 10-year-old girl who went missing from her home in the Butte County town of Paradise, officials said Friday.
  
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• Film Review: Race

  26-02-2016 16:00
  Stephan James stars in “Race.” (Focus Features)
  (NNPA) – “On the track, there is no Black and White, just fast and slow. For those 10 seconds you are free,” says Jesse Owens (Stephan James) in this very moving and inspiring bio/sports movie that captures the essence of this legendary athlete’s life, challenges and achievements. Race is a history lesson, personal profile and a crowd pleaser.
  Before you see this movie, you might wonder why they didn’t
  
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• Fake Priest Gets Jail For Swindling Parishioners

  26-02-2016 15:59
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS13/AP) — A man has been sentenced to a year in Los Angeles County jail for swindling parishioners while posing as a Roman Catholic priest.
  The district attorney’s office says 59-year-old Erwin Mena pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft.
  The swindle involved selling tickets to the visit of Pope Francis to the United States last year. Prosecutors say Mena never made the arrangements. In addition to jail time, he was ordered Wednesday to pay about $53,000 in restitu
  
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• Expect Delays On I-5 Due To Emergency Repair

  26-02-2016 15:49
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Drivers who normally take northbound Interstate 5 into Sacramento may have to make some adjustments to their Friday commute.
  Head here for up-to-the-minute roadway conditions
  Caltrans says the No. 1 lane of northbound I-5 between Meadowview and Florin roads will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. – the No. 1 lane being the one closest to the median.
  Contractors will be doing pavement repair work that they say has to be done during the day when it’s warmer.
  
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• Winfrey joins Essence to celebrate Black women in Hollywood

  26-02-2016 15:48
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Oscar host Chris Rock, producer Reginald Hudlin and film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs took an afternoon off from Academy Awards preparations to celebrate Black women in Hollywood.
  Rock, Hudlin and Boone Isaacs were among the guests at Essence magazine’s ninth annual awards luncheon Thursday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Rock and Boone Isaacs didn’t speak publicly; Hudlin took the stage to present an award to legendary entertainer Debbie A
  
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• Clinton gives blunt talk on race where Obama trod lightly

  26-02-2016 15:41
  Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a visit to the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church in Flint Michigan. (Barbara Kinney/Hillary for America)
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Stefanie Brown James, the director of African-American outreach for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, thought that the changes must have been typos.
  The statement she’d written for the president honoring Black History Month had been immediately returned with every instance of the
  
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• ANITA JOHNSON: The History Of Black-Owned Banks

  26-02-2016 15:25
  OPINION – I recently attended the Operation Hope Forum, where I made great connections. More importantly I learned a great deal. One of the greatest things I learned was how the Freedman’s Savings and Trust played a major role to African American soldiers that fought in the Civil War and later to African Americans between the years 1865-1875.I found a number of African Americans are not familiar with one of the first banks targeted to serve African American soldiers, and the African
  
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• Thieves break through brick wall, steal rocks in Auburn

  26-02-2016 15:18
  
  An Auburn business owner of a rock, mineral and gem shop has found himself the victim of multiple rock robberies.
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: How Did My Face End Up On A Hair Dye Box?

  26-02-2016 09:18
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Several years after being photographed as a favor to her hairstylist, Amber Brown was surprised to see her photo on a hair dye box.
  “I just couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I look and I was like, is that me?”
  Brown says she was 16-years-old when she posed for the professional photo for her hairstylist.She has no idea how her face ended up on the box of Ideal Beauty Goods, Light brown hair dye.“You stole my face,” she said. &ldq
  
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• Seattle Offers Sacramento A Possible Solution To Homeless Problem

  26-02-2016 09:06
  
  SEATTLE (CBS13) — Sacramento is seeking Seattle’s help with the homeless as councilmembers, city attorneys and Sacramento Police officers will see how it is dealing with its own homeless crisis.
  One of Seattle’s solutions has been to set up homeless encampments inside its own city boundaries.
  Underneath the gray Seattle skies where the cranes are putting up new big buildings, the rush-hour drive south on Interstate 99 may not show it. But step onto the streets and like man
  
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• Special Needs Students Get Chance To Shine On Basketball Court In Rocklin

  26-02-2016 08:59
  
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — It’s a first-of-its-kind basketball game that drew a packed house on Thursday.
  Students from Rocklin and Whitney high schools with special needs and those without came together to play in the first unified game in the region.
  The stage was set and Whitney High School was packed with two rival teams ready to face off.
  “Just to see them be successful in some type of athletic event is great thing,” said Rocklin PE instructor Chris Purde.
  Meet Rocklin High s
  
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• Butte Fire Burn Scar Getting Help From Above With Soil Erosion Problems

  26-02-2016 08:54
  
  CALAVERAS COUNTY (CBS13) — A post-fire project is providing erosion control to burn scars from 2015’s Butte Fire.
  The Bureau of Land Management began dispersing thousands of yards of wood mulch between Calaveras and Amador counties on Thursday.
  “What we’re doing is putting these wood shreds on the ground on slopes that are between 40 and 60 percent slopes and trying to keep the soil where it’s at,” said Jerry Martinez.
  It’s covering 1,400 acres with wood
  
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• Plane crash lands at Cameron Park airport

  26-02-2016 08:49
  
  A plane crash landed at the Cameron Airpark Thursday morning, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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• Davis Nightclub At Center Of Deadly Stabbing Has Alcohol License Suspended

  26-02-2016 08:49
  
  DAVIS (CBS13) — A popular Davis bar had its alcohol license suspended months after a young man was stabbed to death during a bar fight.
  Officials say police reported to the bar dozens of times even before the stabbing and call the suspension a slap on the wrist.
  Ket-Mo-Ree in Davis is still a popular place for Thai food, but the town hasn’t forgotten about the bar fight that took the live of a young man celebrating his birthday.
  “I told my girls I’m going to Ket-Mo-Ree, g
  
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• Another North Sacramento Shooting Has Police Frustrated

  26-02-2016 08:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A busy Interstate 80 overpass was closed while Sacramento Police investigated a shooting that left a man in critical condition.
  The shooting happened just after 4 p.m. on Norwood Avenue near the Interstate 80 ramp.
  The big challenge in the investigation is tracking down witnesses and surveillance video.
  “In the middle of the day!” said Jill VanWinkle, who works nearby. “Don’t know what to expect anymore.”
  It was just after 4 p.m. when Sacr
  
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• Lead Found In School Drinking Fountain Has Districts Reviewing How They Check Water

  26-02-2016 08:42
  
  By Kelly Ryan
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Drinking fountains at a Sonoma County school were shut down after school officials found high levels of lead.
  Parents of Healdsburg Elementary School students were notified of the issue linked to aging pipes.
  The worries over the infrastructure issues extend well beyond Sonoma County. In the Sacramento Unified School District, officials say they rely on the expertise of city water officials to make sure the quality of the school water isn’t compromi
  
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• Nuke test: Missile is the message -- Pentagon hopes

  26-02-2016 08:24
  
  An unarmed Minuteman 3 nuclear missile has roared out of its underground silo on the California coastline and soared over the Pacific.
  
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• Mystery object shatters Carmichael mom’s SUV window

  26-02-2016 08:04
  
  While driving kids home after school Tuesday, a Carmichael mom said the back window of her SUV was blown out by a mystery object.
  
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• Thieves break through brick wall, steal rocks

  26-02-2016 07:55
  
  An Auburn business owner of a rock, mineral and gem shop has found himself the victim of multiple rock robberies.
  
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• Police search for at-risk woman reported missing in Sac

  26-02-2016 07:27
  
  An at-risk woman was reported missing in Sacramento, police said Thursday.
  
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• Man wounded in north Sacramento overpass shooting

  26-02-2016 06:56
  
  A man was wounded Thursday in a shooting on a north Sacramento overpass, Sacramento police said.
  
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• Standoff over at Kansas shooting suspect's home

  26-02-2016 06:55
  
  Authorities have ended a standoff at the home of a man suspected of killing three people and injuring 14 others in south-central Kansas.
  
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• California Incumbents Still Scrambling For Endorsements At Democratic Convention

  26-02-2016 06:05
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Democrats are meeting this weekend to strategize, hear from top party officials and a few will be jockeying for the party’s critical endorsement ahead of this year’s elections.
  A handful of incumbents face a reckoning from fellow Democrats who are upset with positions they have taken.
  Among them is Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown of San Bernardino.
  She faces an unexpected challenge from the left this year as political fallout for her moderate vot
  
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• ‘Unicorn’ on run in Madera County captured by CHP

  26-02-2016 05:28
  
  A unicorn that was running through traffic in Madera County Wednesday evening was captured by California Highway Patrol officers.
  
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• Butte County Sheriff’s Deputy May Have Fallen Asleep At Wheel Before Crashing Patrol SUV

  26-02-2016 05:22
  
  CHICO (CBS13) — A Butte County Sheriff’s deputy may have fallen asleep at the wheel before a crash on Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.
  Tracy Panuke, 44, was involved in a solo crash when her marked sheriff’s SUV missed at turn going westbound on Highway 32 at around 5 a.m. on Thrusday.
  The CHP says the vehicle traveled through several bushes before hitting a tree that caused major damage to the vehicle.
  Panuke sustained moderate injuries in the cr
  
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• Battle heats up over teacher tenure law in California

  26-02-2016 05:06
  
  Last hired - first fired. Those are the rules in California when it comes to layoffs under teacher tenure. But, after a judge ruled the system was unconstitutional, teachers are fighting back in the California Court of Appeals.
  
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• Police: Man accused of DUI in deadly Davis crash

  26-02-2016 04:07
  
  A driver suspected of being under the influence of drugs during a deadly car crash Wednesday in Davis was scheduled to be sentenced to a prison term in April.
  
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• City Officials Not Sure How To Fix Months-long Leak On Roseville Road

  26-02-2016 03:41
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — Taxpayer money has been flowing down the drain in Roseville, but city officials admit they don’t know how to plug the leak.
  The water is still running near the intersection of Sunrise Avenue and Coloma Way. A metal plate covers the water, but every time a car goes over it, it pops in the air. It continues to drain about half a block down the road before dumping into a drain.
  “With the water crisis I want something done,” said Roseville resident William
  
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• Here's what's changing in the new SAT

  26-02-2016 03:29
  
  The SAT is getting a major face-lift, undergoing the biggest changes in 10 years.
  
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• Modesto Hospital: Despite Nearly 100 Layoffs, More Medical Staff Will Be Added

  26-02-2016 03:26
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Modesto’s Memorial hospital is planning to lay off nearly 100 people by the end of April.
  Hospital employees were told on Monday that dozens would be laid off and several others could have their hours reduced this spring.
  Memorial Medical Center blames financial reasons for laying off 96 employees from staff at its hospital, offices and education center. The layoffs are for support positions such as food service, janitorial and security staff.
  Businesses near the ho
  
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• Sheriff: 'As many' as 3-4 dead, 20 hurt in Kansas attacks

  26-02-2016 02:32
  
  Authorities say they have responded to a shooting at a business that makes lawn mower products in south-central Kansas.
  
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• Police: Driver In Deadly Davis Crash Was Speeding, Intoxicated

  26-02-2016 02:18
  
  DAVIS (CBS13) — A 32-year-old man has been arrested in a suspected DUI crash that claimed the life of a 71-year-old woman.
  Steven Hendrix is behind bars as Davis Police investigate the crash on Second Street in Davis.
  “The information we have is that he was driving at an extremely high rate of speed and he was driving very erratically,” said Davis Police Lt. Tom Waltz.
  Cynthia Jonasen, 71, was coming from the opposite direction. As she turned east from Cantill to Second, Hendri
  
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• Police investigate shooting in north Sacramento

  26-02-2016 01:51
  
  Police are investigating a shooting on a north Sacramento overpass.
  
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• Emergency Road Repairs Will Close 1 Lane Of Northbound I-5 Into Sacramento On Friday

  26-02-2016 00:26
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — If you take Interstate 5 northbound to get into Sacrametno, plan ahead for your Friday commute.
  Caltrans has announced an emergency closure of the No. 1 lane on northbound Interstate 5 between Meadowview and Florin roads on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The No. 1 lane is the one closest to the median.A contractor will be performing emergency pavement repair in the area that must be done during the day when it’s warmer.
  
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