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• Thurderstorm moves into Sacramento region

  04-03-2016 22:50
  
  A thunderstorm is moving into the Sacramento region Thursday afternoon, bringing plenty of rain and some lightning to the area.
  
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• Second bomb threat reported at Elk Grove's Franklin HS

  04-03-2016 21:58
  
  Officers are investigating a second bomb threat in two days made Friday against Franklin High School in Elk Grove, school officials said.
  
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• Sketch Released Of Sacramento Attempted Kidnapping Suspect

  04-03-2016 21:06
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Detectives have released a sketch of a man suspected of trying to kidnap a woman in south Sacramento.
  The incident happened late Wednesday morning. Sacramento Police say a woman was walking near the 6600 block of Cougar Drive when, a little before 11 a.m., a man drove up in a white pickup truck.
  The woman says the man first started to ask her for directions, but then pulled out a gun and demanded that she get in his truck. She was able to run away.
  Police say the truck
  
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• Arrest made in Sacramento double shooting

  04-03-2016 20:45
  
  Sacramento police arrested a man in connection with the shooting of two people, one of whom was shot in the head, officers said Friday.
  
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• Bomb threat investigated at Elk Grove school

  04-03-2016 20:23
  
  The Elk Grove Unified School District is investigating an anonymous bomb threat against Franklin High School.
  
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• Suspect Identified In Stockton I-5 Shooting, Crash

  04-03-2016 20:11
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Police have identified the suspect they arrested in connection to Thursday’s shooting that ended in a crash on Interstate 5.
  The gunfire started along the 8000 block of Montgomery Avenue and ended in a crash on I-5 near Benjamin Holt Drive.
  Stockton Police say it started as an argument between two people. Shots were fired and then two men in different cars fled the scene, driving southbound on I-5. Both crashed in different locations.
  One person was found shot
  
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• Get Ready For A Super Soaking This Weekend

  04-03-2016 19:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) – The National Weather Service says California’s withering winter dry spell will end this weekend as a series of storms move through the state.
  Scattered light showers fell around Northern California early Friday and were expected to continue on and off overnight before becoming steady and heavy through Saturday evening as a strong cold front crosses the region, the NWS San Francisco office said.
  Waves of wet weather tonight, HEAVY Saturday night, and Sunda
  
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• Whole Foods Pulls Pre-Peeled Oranges From Shelves After Online Outrage

  04-03-2016 17:52
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Facing the wrath of the internet, Whole Foods has pulled a pre-peeled orange product from their stores.
  A tweet sent out Thursday morning by Twitter user Nathalie Gordon seems to have sparked the backlash. Gordon posted a photo of the product – pre-peeled oranges packed in a plastic tub – along with the sarcastic caption “If only nature would find a way to cover these oranges so we didn’t need to waste so much plastic on them.”
  If only nat
  
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• Bill would make California 2nd state with smoking age of 21

  04-03-2016 17:28
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday revived a stalled effort to make the nation’s most populous state one of two to raise the smoking age to 21.
  The state Assembly passed a bill raising the smoking age from 18, joining Hawaii and dozens of cities around the country that have already moved to the higher limit. The Senate, which approved an earlier draft of the bill last year, is expected to decide next week whether to send it to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.
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• Rondo, Kings end 22-game skid in Dallas with 104-101 win

  04-03-2016 17:14
  DALLAS (AP) — Rajon Rondo hoped for cheers but probably knew better going into his first game in Dallas since an ugly split with the Mavericks last season.
  The Sacramento guard heard plenty of boos — almost every time he touched the ball — until the fourth quarter, when some in the crowd headed home with the Kings up by double digits on their way to ending a 22-game regular-season losing streak on Rondo’s old home floor.
  Rondo had 18 points and 12 assists, DeMarcus Cousin
  
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• 4 U.S. Senate candidates to face off in debate

  04-03-2016 16:29
  
  All four candidates vying for California’s U.S. Senate seat will face off for the first time in a debate next month.
  
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• Light showers to continue Friday; big changes ahead

  04-03-2016 16:13
  
  Light hit-and-miss showers are expected to continue through the day Friday, but by nightfall, the rain will pick up and remain heavy through the weekend.
  
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• 2 Men Arrested In Rancho Cordova For Pointing Laser At Aircraft

  04-03-2016 16:12
  
  RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in Northern California after deputies say they pointed a laser at an aircraft.
  The Sacramento Bee reports that the pilot of a California Highway Patrol aircraft led police to the men he says pointed a high-powered laser at his aircraft Sunday night.
  Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department deputies found and arrested the two men in Rancho Cordova. Sheriff’s officials cited a 2014 FBI report explaining that a powerful hand-h
  
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• Police Investigate Shooting Near East Sacramento Motel 6

  04-03-2016 15:59
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It was an intense and chaotic scene for a reverend who tried to break up a shooting in East Sacramento early Friday morning.
  People were listening to music at a nightclub on the corner near N and 30th Streets when a fight broke out somewhere on the sidewalk across the street near from the Motel 6.
  Somebody in the small group then brought out a gun and opened fire multiple times.
  While that group scattered all in different directions, Sacramento Police were called to th
  
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• Nehemiah receives $50,000 from Wells Fargo to support neighborhood projects

  04-03-2016 15:42
  SACRAMENTO – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) donated $50,000 to Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund (NCRF), headquartered in Sacramento, CA, as part of a $6 million effort with 69 neighborhood stabilization grants awarded to nonprofits through its 2015 Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Priority Markets Program. The Priority Markets Program provides grants to support large-scale neighborhood revitalization projects to further economic recovery in local communities. Since 2009, the progr
  
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• Vacant Home In Downtown Stockton Goes Up In Flames

  04-03-2016 15:33
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Fire crews are investigating what sparked a house fire in Stockton.
  The scene is along Channel Street in downtown Stockton. Crews received multiple phone calls just before 4:00 a.m. reporting that the boarded up house was on fire. When they arrived they found the house fully engulfed.
  Firefighters were able to put out the flames within about 20 minutes but are calling the damage a total loss.
  “This is part of the redevelopment coming to downtown Stockton. I th
  
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• TIANA BURSE: One Stage of Life

  04-03-2016 15:33
  (OPINION) – “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – President Barack Obama
  My motto for 2016 has been “If it’s meant to be, it’s up to me.” Meaning, it was time to raise my level of consciousness so that I can levitate my life. I will be the first to admit that my drive to create a high level of success in my own life is vastly d
  
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• Dad: Nevada Co. medical marijuana laws risk son's life

  04-03-2016 12:09
  
  New Nevada County laws limiting where you can grow medical marijuana, and how much of it, are throwing a couple into a panic -- the pair’s son relies on the medicine to survive.
  
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• High school wrestler says he got herpes at tournament

  04-03-2016 08:40
  
  A Stockton high school wrestler claims he contracted herpes during a tournament. Now, he can't play the sport he loves and must take medication for the rest of his life.
  
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• State Wrestling Tournament Will Go On Despite Mat Herpes Scare

  04-03-2016 08:33
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Organizers say a state wrestling tournament will still go on despite calls for it to be postponed after one wrestler says he got herpes from a wrestling mat.
  It started with swollen glands and dozens of sores that spread across Blake Flovin’s forehead and face. It’s halted his wrestling career, at least for now.
  “It’s heartbreaking. It’s really unnecessary for anybody to get this. They could take the precautions necessary to stop it,&rdquo
  
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• Stockton Police Searching For Motive In Interstate 5 Shooting, Crash

  04-03-2016 08:24
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A man is behind bars and another is in the hospital after a shooting in Stockton on Interstate 5.
  The gunfire started on I-5 at Montgomery Avenue and ended in a crash on I-5 near Benjamin Holt Drive.
  Stockton Police are investigating but still don’t have a motive.
  “What we saw today, it was a brazen and bold shooting that happened during daytime hours in a residential neighborhood and we’re very fortunate that no innocent bystanders got hurt,” spo
  
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• Sacramento Starts Weeding Out Fire Danger Early After Damaging Blazes

  04-03-2016 08:22
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento is cracking down on people who have overgrown weeds on their property as an early start to fighting fires before they have a chance to destroy homes.
  In 2015, several homes were damaged by fires fueled by dry brush.
  Erica LaBeff’s home still has scars from last summer’s fire. Hers is one of eight properties that suffered damage from the blaze that broke out along Jacinto Road and quickly spread through the dry brush that the owner of the vacant p
  
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• Uganda children's choir brings message of hope to NorCal

  04-03-2016 08:01
  
  A powerful performance in Northern California this week comes from children who traveled more than 14,000 miles to bring a message of strength and hope.
  
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• Hit-and-miss showers expected Friday in NorCal

  04-03-2016 07:00
  
  A few scattered showers popped up Thursday for some portions of Northern California as temperatures cooled a bit -- but heavier rain is likely for the weekend.
  
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• Man hides in SUV’s gas tank as he is smuggled into U.S.

  04-03-2016 06:51
  
  A Brazilian man was found hiding in a SUV’s gas tank when a U.S. citizen was caught trying to smuggle the man into the country.
  
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• Combination Of Coming Rain, Butte Fire Erosion Has Water Treatment Plant Concerned

  04-03-2016 03:42
  
  CALAVERAS COUNTY (CBS13) — A water treatment plant in the county says erosion from the Butte Fire has left the river water so dirty, it stopped the plant’s filters.
  The Calaveras River isn’t exactly flowing clear currently, but during rainstorms, officials at the Jenny Lind Water Treatment Plant say it’s more like rolling mud than water.
  “There was a point we could never get the turbidity under the regulations, so we just had to shut the plant down,” said plan
  
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• Nugget Markets Rises On Forbes List Of Best Companies To Work For

  04-03-2016 03:37
  
  By Kelly Ryan
  WOODLAND (CBS13) — A family-run grocery company has once again made Fortune’s list of the 100 best companies to work for in the nation.
  Nugget Markets, based in Woodland, jumped to No. 13 on the list, up from No. 26 last year.
  Some people work to live. But employees at Nugget Markets say they actually have fun on the job and their CEO says he wants to keep it that way.
  CEO Eric Stille who says the ranking is good feedback for him when it comes to his company that employ
  
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• University Of The Pacific Men’s Basketball Coaches Step Down Amid NCAA Investigation

  04-03-2016 02:48
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) – Pacific head coach Ron Verlin and assistant Dwight Young are leaving the school.
  The two coaches have been suspended since December stemming from an NCAA investigation into allegations of academic misconduct. Athletic director Ted Leland said Thursday that Verlin and Young were no longer employed by the school.
  Leland thanked interim coach Mike Burns for taking over in a challenging time. Pacific previously banned itself from postseason play and announced a reductio
  
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• Sacramento City College Student Accused Of Recording Men In Bathroom

  04-03-2016 02:42
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Investigators say several students noticed a man placing his cellphone in a bathroom stall hoping to record video.
  Sacramento City College student Jhamon Venerable, 19, was arrested and is accused of walking into a men’s restroom at on Wednesday with his cellphone in hand and allegedly secretly recording two other male students using the stalls.
  School officials say the two victims saw the phone and took action.
  “They took the cellphone and went to an
  
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• 2 men accused of pointing laser at CHP aircraft

  04-03-2016 01:42
  
  Two men were arrested for pointing a laser at a California Highway Patrol aircraft, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.
  
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• Shooting leads to crash on I-5 in Stockton

  04-03-2016 01:13
  
  One person was shot and wounded and another was hurt in a crash on Interstate 5 Thursday afternoon, the Stockton Police Department said.
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: What You Should Know Before Switching Cellphone Companies

  04-03-2016 00:57
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – You’ve seen those deals where cell carriers say “we’ll buy your phone,” or other offers say they’ll pay your early termination fees.
  Competition among cellphone companies is stiff, and some companies are making incredible offers just to get you to switch over.
  It was the Sprint ads grabbed the attention of Roseville mom Michelle Brandt. She traded in her Verizon phones and switched to Sprint.
  “They’ll buy out our contract; we&rs
  
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