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• Dad arrested in Vallejo house fire that killed son

  25-05-2016 23:55
  
  The man wanted in connection to a Vallejo house fire that killed his 5-year-old son turned himself in late Wednesday morning to Richmond police, a police lieutenant said.
  
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• Lawmakers approve audit of disabled parking in California

  25-05-2016 22:38
  
  State lawmakers are directing the state auditor to assess potential fraud in the program that gives out parking permits for the disabled.
  
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• Rescue Dogs Learning Lifesaving Skills Through Play

  25-05-2016 21:07
  
  SQUAW VALLEY (CBS13) – Last week, search and rescued dogs were used to help look for missing hiker Cody Michael and his dog Bauer. Today we got an inside look at the training to get these dogs prepared to save lives.
  It looks like playtime, but Watson is actually learning important skills. High atop the Sierras, a new generation of search-and-rescue dogs is being trained.
  “We play tag, we play chase, we go through lots of treats to learn the basic commands,” said ski patrolman
  
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• 2nd Amazon Fulfillment Center Planned For Tracy

  25-05-2016 21:01
  
  TRACY (CBS13) – Amazon is planning to open a second fulfillment center in Tracy, bringing with it many more new jobs.
  The online shopping company announced its plans on Wednesday. Amazon says it will also be opening a fulfillment center in Eastvale along with its second Tracy location.
  Both new centers will be about one million square feet in size.
  “We are very proud that Amazon has found a home and continues to grow here in Tracy,” said Michael Maciel, Mayor of Tracy, in a rel
  
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• Chiropractors target CA painkiller problem with proposed law

  25-05-2016 20:25
  
  California chiropractors are sponsoring a bill that they said could affect ongoing issues associated with prescription painkillers.
  
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• Investigators look into cause of Elk Grove house fire

  25-05-2016 20:02
  
  Two people were taken to a hospital Wednesday morning after flames ripped through an Elk Grove home, crews said.
  
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• Amazon announces 2nd packing center, more jobs in Tracy

  25-05-2016 19:02
  
  Amazon announced Wednesday that it will open a second fulfillment center in Tracy, which will bring hundreds of new jobs to the area.
  
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• SCOTUS: Prosecutors excluded Blacks from Jury; overturns all-white jury verdict

  25-05-2016 18:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court upended the conviction and death sentence of a Black Georgia man Monday because prosecutors violated the Constitution by excluding African-Americans from the all-white jury that determined his fate.
  The 7-1 ruling in favor of death row inmate Timothy Tyrone Foster came in a case in which defense lawyers obtained strikingly frank notes from prosecutors detailing efforts to keep African-Americans off of Foster’s jury. The decision broke no new groun
  
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• CHP investigates latest Bay Area highway shooting

  25-05-2016 17:22
  
  A driver was injured late Tuesday night in a shooting on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway, adding to the more than 20 similar incidents in about six months, the California Highway Patrol.
  
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• Person killed in crash involving motorcycle in Winters

  25-05-2016 16:14
  
  A person was killed Tuesday night in a crash involving a motorcycle and a van in Winters, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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• 2 People Suffer Minor Injuries After Garage Fire In Elk Grove

  25-05-2016 16:09
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Firefighters say two people were transported for smoke inhalation after their garage caught fire Wednesday morning.
  The scene is along Moonlight Way in Elk Grove.
  Crews got to the scene a little after 5:30 a.m. Neighbors reported seeing massive flames coming from the garage.
  Firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to the rest of the home. However, much of the home did suffer smoke damage.
  A fire investigator has just arrived to Moonlight Way in Elk Grov
  
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• New bridge connects Curtis Park to Sac City College

  25-05-2016 16:05
  
  Many pedestrians are excited about the new foot bridge that connects Curtis Park Village and Sacramento City College.
  
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• Man Seen Entering Girls’ Restroom At Placerville Park, Registered Sex Offender Arrested

  25-05-2016 15:59
  
  PLACERVILLE (CBS13) – The Placerville Police Department has arrested a known sex offender after they say he was seen at a park watching young school girls.
  Police say 62-year-old Kenneth Tincher was at Rotary Park on Tuesday not wearing a shirt and looking at young girls on a field trip going in and out of a bathroom.
  Witnesses say they saw Tincher go inside of the girls’ bathroom at one point.
  Officers later stopped Tincher at Lumsden Park and arrested him. He had last registered as
  
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• 2 hurt in Elk Grove house fire deemed suspicious

  25-05-2016 15:48
  
  Two people were taken to a hospital Wednesday morning after flames ripped through an Elk Grove home in a fire which has been deemed suspicious, crews said.
  
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• Driver Rescued After Crashing Into Canal In Fairfield

  25-05-2016 15:43
  
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) – Emergency crews pull a trapped driver from a van filled with water in a canal.
  Fairfield firefighters and Vacaville police smashed the windows of the van and pulled out the driver along Peabody Road, south of Putah Creek.
  Rescuers say the water was up to his neck when they arrived.
  The driver says he doesn’t remember anything.
  “God’s got a plan for me I guess,” Bradley Anderson, the rescued driver, said.
  Authorities say the driver is diabetic and
  
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• Ceres Police Patrol Car Involved In Crash

  25-05-2016 15:41
  
  CERES (CBS13) – Police are investigating after a crash involving one of their own cars.
  It happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Mitchell and Fowler roads in Ceres.
  A driver claims the officer ran into him.
  We’re still working to get more details from the police department.
  
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• New bridge connects Curtis Park and Sacramento City College

  25-05-2016 15:18
  
  A new pedestrian bridge connecting Curtis Park Village and Sacramento City College is set to open Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Bears return to Tahoe after winter hibernation

  25-05-2016 08:37
  
  As the Sierra snowpack melts, bears are coming out of hibernation and once again scouring through Lake Tahoe’s neighborhoods in search of food.
  
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• Sacramento Preparing For Golden 1 Center Parking Surge

  25-05-2016 08:24
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Golden 1 Center opens in 130 days, and a new app revealed by the City of Sacramento is hoping to make parking easy.
  Gearing up for the grand opening of Golden 1 Center, the Kings’ new downtown home court has evolved from a vision to an actual view.
  Sacramento Kings President Chris Granger told the Sacramento City Council he is zero percent concerned about opening up on time.
  “We continue to hit or exceed all of our goals,” he said.
  With the clock
  
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• Officer Ready To Patrol Stockton School Where He Was Shot As A Child

  25-05-2016 08:21
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Decades after a student was wounded in one of the worst shootings in California history, he’s ready to protect those same hallways for the Stockton school district.
  Rob Young was only 6 years old when he was hit in the chest during the 1989 Cleveland Elementary School shooting. The now-33-year-old is now preparing for a big promotion as a sergeant assigned to protect that same school.
  Before Newtown, Virginia Tech and Columbine, there was Cleveland elementary. A St
  
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• Sacramento Man, 1-Year-Old Daughter Reported Missing

  25-05-2016 08:13
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A 23-year-old and his 1-year-old daughter are missing.
  Family tells CBS13 he left Antioch heading back to Sacramento Sunday night, but never made it.
  “He said, ‘I’m on my way to Sacramento, I’m on my way home,’ and he just has vanished,” said Karla Jackson, Kyler’s mother.
  Kyler Jackson’s family said he would not just disappear.
  “I put them in the car, I kissed my kids goodbye, and I said I love you to him and that
  
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• 1 person dies in crash involving motorcycle, van in Winters

  25-05-2016 08:11
  
  A person has died in a crash involving a motorcycle and a van Tuesday night in Winters, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Student Questioned After School Threats At Ponderosa High

  25-05-2016 08:08
  
  SHINGLE SPRINGS — Parents of students at Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs say they are furious at the way school officials handled a shooting threat on campus.
  CBS 13 obtained an email that was sent out by school officials to students and parents Tuesday morning addressing last week’s shooting threat.
  The email states a student allegedly threatened to pull a fire alarm at the school and then shoot students as they gathered out in the field.
  The incident happened last week, ac
  
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• Crash Victims Surprised They Made It Out Of Head-On Crash Alive

  25-05-2016 08:07
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – A head-on collision on Highway 49 left eight people seriously injured. It happened just after 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. One of the passengers talked to CBS 13 and said she’s grateful to be alive.
  “I can’t believe that we survived!” said Anna Horton, who was a passenger in the converted school bus.
  She and her band mate Joel Ludford were on their way to San Luis Obispo. Handmade Moments, their musical duo, had a show to play on Monday.
  “We&rsqu
  
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• Reverse Osmosis Provides Drought-Friendly Way To Clean Pools

  25-05-2016 08:03
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California’s lingering drought is forcing local homeowners to get creative when it comes to keeping water in their swimming pools fresh and clean.
  Many are no longer draining their backyard oasis, instead opting for a reverse osmosis.
  Jump into Joe Asaro’s backyard pool and you’ll see something most people have never seen—a way to fill a swimming pool with clean water without having to drain it.
  When his pool cleaning company Swim Chem told him
  
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• Cleanup Underway at Shasta Lake After Fraternity Visit

  25-05-2016 07:44
  
  LAKE SHASTA (CBS13) — A once picturesque vacation spot was thrashed allegedly by students from the University of Oregon.
  The school has launched an investigation into what happened at Shasta Lake over the weekend.
  The mess isn’t just against the school’s code of conduct, but it could come with some far reaching legal implications. It’s illegal to abandon property in a national forest, and now the hunt is on to find out who did it.
  The typically pristine summer hot spot wa
  
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• Poll: African-American Voters Feel Democratic Party Takes Them for Granted

  25-05-2016 07:05
  (CBM) – A recent poll revealed many Black voters in California strongly identify with the Democratic Party, although 58 percent feel the establishment takes them for granted.
  Commissioned by the African American Voter Registration, Education and Participation (AAVREP) Project, The California African American Policy Priorities Survey sampled 800 potential African-American voters in Los Angeles, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.
  The May 5-17 poll was conducted by telephone. Pol
  
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• Sacramento Man, Daughter Go Missing On Drive Back From Antioch

  25-05-2016 06:52
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The search is on tonight for a missing Sacramento man and his 1-year-old daughter.
  Family members believe the two left Antioch heading to Sacramento on Sunday night, but they never made it.
  Sacramento man & daughter missing. Last seen in Antioch driving home. At 10 @CBSSacramento family pleas for help pic.twitter.com/m6zu7wyM8M
  — JENN MCGRAW CBS13 (@NewsMcGraw) May 25, 2016CBS13’s Jennifer McGraw will have the latest at 10.
  
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• Lawmakers reject proposal to keep near-deaths of kids secret

  25-05-2016 05:45
  
  Children’s advocates say California state officials have been trying to severely limit the public’s right to know about children who have nearly died as a result of abuse or neglect while under supervision of Child Protective Services.
  
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• Sex offender who eluded police arrested in Stockton home

  25-05-2016 05:19
  
  A sex offender who had been eluding police was arrested after they received an anonymous tip Sunday, Stockton police said in a Facebook post.
  
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• Sex offender accused of annoying girls at Placerville park

  25-05-2016 04:27
  
  A man who is a registered sex offender was arrested for annoying young girls at a Placerville park Tuesday, the Placerville Police Department said.
  
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• Assemblyman Ian Calderon Backs Prop. 50 Initiative Inspired By Uncle’s Charges

  25-05-2016 03:39
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A California lawmaker is contributing to a ballot measure that stemmed from allegations of bribery against his uncle.
  Assemblyman Ian Calderon has given about $40,000 from his ballot measure committee to support a measure aimed at withdrawing lawmakers’ pay.
  The Whittier Democrat’s uncle, Ron Calderon, was serving in the state Senate when he and two other senators were suspended amid felony accusations in 2014. Another uncle, former Assemblyman Tom Cal
  
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• Infant fatally shot in St. Louis; police search for gunman

  25-05-2016 03:27
  
  An 8-month-old boy is dead after a shooting in north St. Louis, and police are searching for the father who is the suspected gunman.
  
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• August date set in suit over California primary deadline

  25-05-2016 03:12
  
  A federal judge has set an Aug. 18 hearing date in a lawsuit filed by a Bernie Sanders supporter seeking to extend California's voter registration deadline ahead of the primary election, meaning the plaintiffs likely won't get a hearing before the state's June 7 primary.
  
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• VIDEO: Deputies scare off family of bears at Tahoe home

  25-05-2016 02:44
  
  As the Sierra snowpack melts, bears are coming out of hibernation and once again scouring through Lake Tahoe’s neighborhoods in search of food.
  
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• Despite dramatic rise, Folsom Lake not expected to fill

  25-05-2016 02:32
  
  Despite its dramatic rise from a record-low level last fall, water managers now predict Folsom Lake will not fill to capacity this year.
  
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• Milagro Centre gets cooking with new tenant

  25-05-2016 02:05
  
  The new Milagro Centre on Fair Oaks Boulevard is showing signs that it will be open this summer with several local restaurants.
  
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• Amtrak Train Bound For Sacramento Hits SUV, Kills Woman, Child

  25-05-2016 01:58
  
  SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) – Fire officials say a woman and child are dead after an Amtrak train collided with an SUV in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  Television news footage of the crash scene in San Leandro showed the front of the SUV crushed beneath the train. Alameda County fire spokeswoman Aisha Knowles says firefighters responded to the scene around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a train crash with people trapped in the vehicle.
  They confirmed the two deaths when they arrived at the s
  
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• Why you can't camp at these El Dorado forest sites

  25-05-2016 01:53
  
  Memorial Day weekend plans are changing for dozens of families because of a pair of nesting bald eagles.
  
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• Photos of Lake Shasta shore trashed by OU frat go viral

  25-05-2016 01:27
  
  A Facebook post showing trash littering the beach on Slaughterhouse Island on Lake Shasta is going viral.
  
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• Boy trapped under car rescued by fire crews in Sac

  25-05-2016 01:09
  
  A 13-year-old boy bicyclist was rescued by crews after being trapped under a car in Sacramento neighborhood, the Sacramento Fire Department said in a tweet.
  
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• Stockton Police Arrest Sex Offender Hiding In Kitchen Cabinet

  25-05-2016 00:54
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Stockton Police arrested a sex offender hiding in a kitchen cabinet after an anonymous tip on Tuesday.
  Ronald Lamar Harris, 49, was found in a home on the 2300 block of East Church Street.
  Police say he was found hiding in a kitchen cabinet and taken into custody without incident.
  He was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on a $200,000 felony warrant.
  
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• California June Primary Lawsuit Won’t Be Heard Until August

  25-05-2016 00:23
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge has set an Aug. 18 hearing date in a lawsuit filed by a Bernie Sanders supporter seeking to extend California’s voter registration deadline ahead of the primary election, meaning the plaintiffs won’t get a hearing before the state’s June 7 primary.
  Attorney William Simpich argued in the filing that the process for unaffiliated voters to get a presidential primary ballot – particularly those seeking to cast ballots in the Dem
  
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