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• Man shot by police after drawing weapon at US Capitol

  28-03-2016 23:49
  
  Capitol Police officers say a man was shot by police after drawing a weapon at a U.S. Capitol checkpoint. He was taken to the hospital, where he underwent surgery.
  
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• UPDATE: Man Shot In Fairfield Lowe’s Wanted In Shooting Of Boy In Concord

  28-03-2016 23:45
  
  3:45 p.m. UPDATE: Concord Police say the suspect from the Fairfield Lowe’s was wanted for the shooting of an 8-year-old boy that happened on Friday.
  Investigators say James Jarrad allegedly shot the boy on Friday on the 2900 block of La Salle Avenue.What prompted Monday’s shooting at the Fairfield Lowe’s is still unknown.
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  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) – Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting at a Lowe’s store in Fairfield.
  The shooting happened Mon
  
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• 5 dead, 15 sick in Sacramento Co. from Norco overdose

  28-03-2016 23:45
  
  Five people have died and 15 more have become sick in the past five days in Sacramento County as a result of overdoses related to Norco painkillers bought on the street, health officials said Monday.
  
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• Fairfield police investigate officer-involved shooting

  28-03-2016 23:43
  
  Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting Monday near a Lowe's Home Improvement store in Fairfield.
  
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• Gov. Brown praises state's minumum wage increase

  28-03-2016 22:34
  
  Gov. Jerry Brown is hailing as a matter of economic justice a proposal to make California the first state to raise the minimum wage to $15.
  
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• Spring Storm Dumps Half-Foot Of Snow In Reno

  28-03-2016 22:31
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A winter storm warning remains in effect until early Wednesday for much of north-central and northeast Nevada ahead of a weather system that dumped more than a half-foot of heavy snow around Reno and Sparks the day after Easter.
  The warning in effect until 5 a.m. Wednesday includes Battle Mountain, Elko, Carlin and Wells, along with parts of Lander, Eureka and Elko counties stretching to the Utah line.
  @CBSSacramento A photo I took in Reno.
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• 'Ebola meth'? Police joke nets at least 1 drug arrest

  28-03-2016 22:18
  
  A Facebook post that claims illegal drugs, like meth, could be contaminated with Ebola led to at least one arrest.
  
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• Key report calls for higher pay for CSU faculty

  28-03-2016 22:01
  
  A key report released Monday calls on California State University to give faculty members the pay raises they've requested as the two sides prepare for a five-day strike if they can't reach an agreement.
  
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• Gov. Brown discusses deal to increase minimum wage

  28-03-2016 22:00
  
  Gov. Jerry Brown and other California leaders are discussing for the first time what his office is calling a "landmark deal" to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour.
  
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• Shooter caught at US Capitol, injuries unclear

  28-03-2016 21:56
  
  A gunman was taken into custody after firing shots in the U.S. Capitol complex on Monday, Capitol officials said.
  
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• Governor Brown Praises Plan To Increase Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour

  28-03-2016 21:15
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A political deal to raise California’s minimum wage to a nation-leading $15 an hour could help some workers cope with the state’s crushing cost of living but also deprive other low-wage earners of jobs altogether, economists said Monday as Gov. Jerry Brown and other leaders touted what would be a landmark agreement.
  California’s economy is larger than that of most countries, with a wide diversity of earners. While newly minted millionaires g
  
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• Gov. Brown To Outline Tentative Agreement On $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage Today

  28-03-2016 21:15
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown and other California leaders are discussing for the first time what his office is calling a “landmark deal” to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.
  The Democratic governor plans to outline on Monday a tentative agreement he reached with labor unions to boost the state’s minimum wage from $10.
  The increase would give California by far the largest statewide minimum wage.
  Democratic state Sen. Mark Leno of San Franci
  
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• Inmate escapes conservation camp in El Dorado County

  28-03-2016 20:21
  
  Law enforcement officials are looking for an inmate who walked away from a conservation camp in El Dorado County.
  
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• USGS: Risk Of Quakes Due To Disposal Of Wastewater From Oil, Gas Drilling Jumps Dramatically In California

  28-03-2016 20:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal scientists say the chance of damaging earthquakes hitting east of the Rockies has increased significantly, much of it a man-made byproduct of drilling for energy.
  Oklahoma now has a 1 in 8 chance of damaging quakes in 2016, surpassing California as the state with the highest probability. In a first-of-its-kind effort, U.S. Geological Survey Monday released a map for damaging quakes in the current year.USGS seismologists said 7 million people live in areas where th
  
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• Man Accused Of Hitting 2 People Along I-80 Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter, DUI

  28-03-2016 18:45
  
  SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities confirm the man who hit and killed a woman on Interstate 80 over the weekend was driving drunk.
  On Saturday night, Marc Crawley, 46, of Suisun City, lost control of his car and hit  two people standing on the shoulder of the freeway near the Highway 12 exit where their car had broken down, according to a statement from the Solano County Sheriff’s Department.
  All three of the people involved were taken to North Bay Medical Center. One of the vi
  
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• Cauley-Stein scores 21 points, Kings beat Mavs 133-111

  28-03-2016 17:56
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Slumping Dallas is in jeopardy of missing the playoffs. In the locker room, the lingering question is: Do the Mavericks care enough to do anything about it?
  Rookie Willie Cauley-Stein followed a breakout offensive performance with 21 points and DeMarcus Cousins had 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Sacramento Kings over the Mavericks 133-111 on Sunday.
  The Mavericks have dropped three straight and 10 of 12. They are ninth in the Western Conference and trail Ho
  
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• Cold Shooting Dooms Elk Grove, While Chino Hills BALL Out Sleep Train Arena To Win State Title

  28-03-2016 17:45
  The Ball Brothers: Lonzo Ball, left, LiAngelo Ball, center, and LaMelo, right, combined for 47 points, 17 rebounds, and 12 steals to help Chino Hills win the California Boys’ Open Division 70-50 over De La Salle. The trio averaged 66 points per game this season. (OBSERVER Photo by Antonio R. Harvey)
  NORTH NATOMAS — De La Salle played the slow-down game with Chino Hills in the first half of the CIF Boys’ Open Division state championships on March 26. The strategy didn’t wo
  
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• 2 women assaulted while hiking near Lake Berryessa

  28-03-2016 16:57
  
  Solano County sheriff's deputies are looking for an armed man involved in an assault and robbery of two women who were hiking on a trail near Lake Berryessa, officers said.
  
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• FORECAST: Rain, Snow In The Sierra, Slight Chance Of Showers In Valley

  28-03-2016 16:27
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Northern California is on the back edge of an area of low pressure that’s circulating showers, both rain and snow, through the foothills and Sierra.
  There’s a slight chance a shower could clip the eastern edge of the valley on Monday, but it will stay sunny for the most part.
  Foothills are seeing scattered showers, and light snow is falling mainly along the I-80 corridor up at the Donner summit.Around one to two inches will fall at lake level today in Tahoe
  
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• Child found in home of barricaded man in north Sac

  28-03-2016 16:07
  
  An hours-long standoff in a north Sacramento neighborhood ended Monday morning when a man was taken into custody and a 1-year-old child was found inside the home, police said.
  
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• SWAT Standoff In Sacramento Ends In Arrest

  28-03-2016 15:33
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Officers have arrested a suspect at the center of an hours-long standoff involving an armed man and an infant.
  Around 4:30 a.m., police were alerted to a possible domestic violence situation at a duplex on Alamos Avenue and Perktel Street in North Sacramento. When officers arrived, they learned a male suspect in the home who was believed to be armed, refused to come out. He had a 1-year-old child with him.
  The female victim says around midnight she and the suspect got
  
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• Police: Man swings rabbit by ears, sets it on fire

  28-03-2016 15:21
  
  A man was arrested for swinging a rabbit by its ears and lighting it on fire in Ventura County, Santa Paula police said.
  
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• Carjacking pursuit suspect attempts escape in LAPD car

  28-03-2016 08:35
  
  A female carjacker attempted to steal a police cruiser in Simi Valley after leading Los Angeles officers on a high-speed chase Sunday.
  
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• Proposed Minimum Wage Increase To $15 Gives Workers Hope

  28-03-2016 07:25
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s almost been a year since Sheila Fitzpatrick last worked.
  She was diagnosed with leukemia in 2015 and had to quit her job.
  With the proposed minimum wage increase, Sheila has a new sense of hope.
  “We just need to get caught up with the cost of living, I think it’s due.”
  Esmeralda Medina is concerned a minimum wage hike won’t solve any problems, and says “The living cost is going to go up, everything is going to go up and it&rsquo
  
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• New poll shows Trump leading GOP race in California

  28-03-2016 05:17
  
  A new poll conducted by USC Dornsife and the Los Angeles Times shows a dramatic shift in the political winds in California, with Donald Trump now leading the Republican pack.
  
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• Pipe bomb explodes in Anaheim; no injuries reported

  28-03-2016 02:28
  
  A pipe bomb has exploded in a Southern California alley, causing minor damage and no injuries.
  
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• Woman accused of stealing a vehicle in Sacramento

  28-03-2016 01:44
  
  A woman was arrested for stealing a car after authorities received a Police Observation Device, or POD, alert Sunday, the Sacramento Police Department said.
  
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• Officials: 2-alarm fire at Vallejo warehouse suspicious

  28-03-2016 01:40
  
  Fire officials are investigating a Sunday morning two-alarm fire at an abandoned warehouse on Vallejo's North Mare Island as suspicious.
  
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• Santa Paula PD: Man swings rabbit by ears, sets on fire

  28-03-2016 00:59
  
  A man was arrested for swinging a rabbit by the its ears in the air and then allegedly lighting it on fire in Ventura County, Santa Paula police said.
  
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• Residents In Rocklin Are Uncomfortable With Sexual Assaults In Park

  28-03-2016 00:01
  
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — The City of Rocklin is on high alert, after two separate sexual assaults in the last 48 hours.
  In both cases, a man reportedly inappropriately grabbed two young girls from behind and then fled the area.
  Tim Allin coaches baseball at Twin Oaks Park in Rocklin, and says the assaults are alarming.  “I’m uncomfortable to say the least”, Allin says.  The park is usually crowded through the evening, and people continue to stay out as late as eleven P
  
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