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• CHP: Crashes shut down EB I-80 near Boreal

  22-04-2016 23:37
  
  Multiple crashes have shut down Interstate 80 near Boreal Friday afternoon.
  
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• 2 Bay Area AMC Theatres will show Prince's 'Purple Rain'

  22-04-2016 23:13
  
  Following the untimely death of pop superstar Prince, AMC Theatres has announced it will show "Purple Rain" beginning Saturday at select theaters around the country, including a couple in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  
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• 12th fentanyl death reported in Sacramento County

  22-04-2016 22:55
  
  The death toll related to disguised fentanyl tablets continues to rise in Sacramento County as health officials confirmed a twelfth person died from an overdose of the pills bought on the street.
  
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• Missing Bay Area woman's body found in shallow grave

  22-04-2016 22:37
  
  The body of a 47-year-old San Francisco Bay Area woman reported missing last week was found in a shallow grave, and police have arrested a man in connection to the slaying.
  
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• Snow blankets Sierra as rain increases in NorCal

  22-04-2016 21:30
  
  Thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon as rain has begun to move into the Sacramento Valley, with snow expected to fall in the Sierra.
  
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• Bills Restricting Tobacco Use Move To Gov. Brown

  22-04-2016 20:39
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California lawmakers are sending six bills to restrict tobacco use to the governor after a delay of more than six weeks.
  The bills sent Friday include a proposal to raise California’s legal age for smoking, dipping, chewing and vaping tobacco from 18 to 21.
  Democratic legislative leaders wielded rarely used house rules to hold onto the bills after lawmakers passed them in March.
  Big Tobacco has threatened to target the changes at the ballot box if they are s
  
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• Bills restricting tobacco use head to Gov. Brown's desk

  22-04-2016 20:36
  
  California lawmakers are sending six bills to restrict tobacco use to the governor after a delay of more than six weeks.
  
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• Couple Arrested After Buying Couch With Fraudulent Check

  22-04-2016 18:53
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – A Sacramento couple was arrested after police say they used a fraudulent check to buy a couch.
  The incident dates back to March. Police say the couple, 28-year-old Trevor Lichnock-Gembe and 29-year-old Shellby Leeann Moore, bought a large sectional couch from a furniture store in Roseville and used a check to pay for it.
  A few days later, the bank alerted the retailer that the check was fraudulent.
  The retailer tried numerous times to collect a legitimate payment,
  
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• T-storms possible Friday as rain, snow move into NorCal

  22-04-2016 15:45
  
  Thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon as rain has begun to move into the Sacramento Valley, with snow expected to fall in the Sierra.
  
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• Northern California Mountains To Get More Snow

  22-04-2016 15:28
  
  TRUCKEE (AP) – A late-season storm is expected to bring more snow to the southern Cascade range and the northern Sierra Nevada.
  The National Weather Service says Friday’s system could impact travel through Donner and Carson passes and near Lassen National Park. Snow should taper off by late evening.
  Forecasters say up to 4 inches of snow will accumulate along Interstate 80 and Highway 50. Higher peaks could get 7 inches to 11 inches and Lassen can expect up to 16 inches.
  Elsewhere, t
  
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• St Louis, Sacramento among leading MLS expansion candidates

  22-04-2016 15:19
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber called St. Louis and Sacramento, California, “front-runners” for the next round of expansion, which could occur as soon as 2020.
  He said other candidates, in priority order, were Detroit; San Diego; San Antonio and Austin, Texas; and Cincinnati.
  “What held us back in St. Louis for 20 years is we never had a viable stadium,” Garber said Thursday during a meeting with the Associated Press Sports Editors. &ldq
  
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• Stockton Courthouse Fails Inspection Over Hallway Fire Standards

  22-04-2016 08:42
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — It’s been in the making for years, and now there’s another setback for the opening of Stockton’s new courthouse.
  The project failed a recent inspection by the state fire marshal, who deemed that part of the construction was not up to fire safety standards.
  The 13-story building is about 80 percent, so to hear there is a delay is disappointing to a lot of people, but what was found inside has to be fixed for safety.
  “It was devastating to me it was
  
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• Ruhstaller Blames Bureaucracy For Solano County Shutting Down Farm

  22-04-2016 08:39
  
  SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) — A popular local craft brewer is blasting Solano County officials for allowing bureaucracy to close down his business.
  It’s a brewer’s oasis now in crisis.
  “We pour a lot of heart and soul in it,” said J-E Paino. “We’re in the grind of the bureaucracy, which is a lawyer driven enterprise.”
  Customers at the Ruhstaller brewery farm and yard are now being turned away over permit problems.
  Paino is part of the team that revived t
  
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• Sacramento Mother Grateful Strangers Saved Children From Carjacker

  22-04-2016 08:24
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A mother tried to fight off an alleged carjacker who tried to steal her car with her kids in it.
  “My daughter is going to fall out of the car or I’m not going to see them,” Tara Rodriguez told CBS13. “This is going to be the last time I see my kids,” she thought.
  Rodriguez said she walked into the store and when she turned around a man was speeding off with her 5 and 6 year old strapped in the back seat.
  “I was all, ‘Take the c
  
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• Sacramento Homebuyers Seeing Stiff Competition, Going Past Asking Price

  22-04-2016 08:15
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento area is experiencing a rise in housing prices seen in other parts of the country, forcing buyers into bidding wars and paying over the asking price.
  Bruce Hohenhaus is looking to buy a house in one of his favorite Sacramento neighborhoods.
  “I was hoping to buy something close to downtown in the Sacramento area,” he said.
  But he says he knows it’s a sellers market.
  “I’ve seen things come on the market in within a day or two i
  
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• Sacramento, St Louis among leading MLS expansion candidates

  22-04-2016 07:47
  
  Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber called St. Louis and Sacramento, California, "front-runners" for the next round of expansion, which could occur as soon as 2020.
  
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• Vacaville schools consider changing school start times

  22-04-2016 07:32
  
  Leaders at Vacaville Unified Schools are rethinking start times because of research that shows students perform better based on their biological clock.
  
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• Uber settlement keeps drivers as contractors in CA, MA

  22-04-2016 06:26
  
  Uber has agreed to pay up to $100 million to settle a pair of major class-action lawsuits in two states that will keep its drivers independent contractors instead of employees.
  
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• California loosens water cutbacks in drought

  22-04-2016 06:00
  
  California will deliver more water this year than it has for each of the last three, as spring storms have nearly filled the state's major reservoirs, officials said Thursday.
  
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• Lawmaker accused of domestic violence refuses to take leave

  22-04-2016 04:50
  
  A California Assemblymember accused of domestic violence rejected calls from fellow legislators Thursday to take a leave of absence.
  
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• Volkswagen owners will get a choice: a buyback or repairs

  22-04-2016 03:29
  
  The owners of nearly half a million polluting Volkswagens in the U.S. will have the option of selling them back to the company or getting them repaired at VW's expense.
  
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• 'Purple Rain' provides green for NorCal retailers

  22-04-2016 03:24
  
  Fans stormed Sacramento music stores Thursday after hearing the news that legendary music icon Prince died.
  
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• High-Speed Rail Officials Put Off Vote To Calm Upset Over Announced Start

  22-04-2016 03:21
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The board that oversees California’s high-speed rail system put off a vote Thursday on a revised business plan to give state officials more time to assuage lawmakers and citizens upset by the recent decision to first send the train to Northern California rather than the Los Angeles area.
  Officials proposed changes to the latest business plan at a meeting in San Jose where the board was expected to adopt the $64 billion business plan, which calls for the bull
  
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• CHP officer hurt in hit-and-run still in critical condition

  22-04-2016 03:04
  
  The California Highway Patrol officer who was run over by a suspect on Interstate 80 two weeks ago is still in critical condition, CHP said.
  
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• Will C Wood High Prom Tickets Sell Out, But There’s Still Hope

  22-04-2016 03:02
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) — There are concerns high-school students may not be going to senior prom next month after a lack of tickets.
  Seniors had a week to buy prom tickets, and when they weren’t selling out, the school let juniors buy them. Now some seniors are having a change of heart.
  Carina James is frustrated her daughter might not experience the rite-of-passage many high-schoolers experience.
  “These kids work hard, some work hard to get their dresses and tuxedos, and you tell t
  
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• Big rig crashes on Hwy. 50 near Rancho Cordova

  22-04-2016 02:52
  
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• Police: Suspected drunken driver slams into home

  22-04-2016 02:34
  
  Waterford police said a suspected drunken driver was arrested over the weekend after crashing into the side of a home.
  
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• Sacramento police: Man steals vehicle with kids inside

  22-04-2016 02:00
  
  A man was arrested Thursday for stealing vehicle with two children in the back seat, the Sacramento Police Department said.
  
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• Calif. lawmaker accused of domestic violence refuses to take leave

  22-04-2016 01:56
  
  A California Assembly member accused of domestic violence rejected calls from fellow legislators Thursday to take a leave of absence.
  
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• I-5 lanes clear near Woodland after crash

  22-04-2016 01:23
  
  Northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Woodland have reopened after a Thursday afternoon crash.
  
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• Police investigate drive-by shooting in Modesto

  22-04-2016 01:15
  
  A person was wounded in a drive-by shooting Thursday afternoon in a west Modesto neighborhood.
  
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• Commissioner On Expansion: ‘Sacramento Is MLS Ready’

  22-04-2016 01:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber called Sacramento and St. Louis “front-runners” for the next round of expansion, which could occur as soon as 2020.
  He said other candidates, in priority order, were Detroit; San Diego; San Antonio and Austin, Texas; and Cincinnati.
  “What held us back in St. Louis for 20 years is we never had a viable stadium,” Garber said Thursday during a meeting with the Associated Press Sports Editors. “Now we&rsq
  
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• Trash fire extinguished in south Sacramento

  22-04-2016 00:48
  
  Sacramento firefighters extinguished a large trash fire at the transfer station near Florin-Perkins and Fruitridge roads Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Caught on camera: Surfer watches shark leap from ocean

  22-04-2016 00:25
  
  A surfer catching some waves off the Southern California coast captured a once-in-a-lifetime sight of a shark jumping out of the water.
  
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