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• Nearly 700 pot plants found in 2 Placer County homes

  26-05-2016 23:56
  
  Nearly 700 marijuana plants were confiscated at two homes in Placer County, and four people were arrested in connection with the grows, deputies said Thursday.
  
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• Accomplice Of Southern California’s ‘Freeway Killer’ Slain In Prison

  26-05-2016 23:12
  
  IONE, Calif. (AP) — An accomplice of the so-called Freeway Killer who terrorized Southern California 36 years ago has been killed in prison, officials said Thursday.
  Gregory Miley, 54, was attacked by another inmate in a Mule Creek State Prison exercise yard Monday evening, said state corrections department spokesman Joe Orlando.
  He was sent back to his cell after an examination at the prison’s medical facility, but became unconscious about 90 minutes later. Orlando said Miley died a
  
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• California Senate Backs Nail Salon Tipping Bill

  26-05-2016 23:02
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Nail salons that accept credits cards would be required to accept tips from the cards under legislation a bill approved in the California Legislature.
  The state Senate backed SB896 in a 27-4 vote on Thursday, sending it to the Assembly.
  Republican Sen. Janet Nguyen of Fountain Valley says customers increasingly rely on credit cards and don’t have cash available for a tip. Nguyen says her bill would help thousands of women who work hard for low wages.
  Four De
  
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• Amber Alert issued for Vallejo teen seen being dragged

  26-05-2016 22:23
  
  An Amber Alert has been issued Thursday for a 15-year-old girl, who was last seen being dragged by a 19-year-old man over a Vallejo freeway, deputies said.
  
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• Amber Alert Issued For Abducted Vallejo Teen

  26-05-2016 22:20
  
  VALLEJO (CBS13) — CHP has issued an Amber Alert in connection with the abduction of a Vallejo teen.
  Solano County Sheriff’s investigators are looking for a teenager seen yelling for help as a man pulled her away. Pearl Pinson, 15, was last seen on Wednesday morning at the I-780 pedestrian overcrossing in Vallejo with blood on her face.Witnesses identified Fernando Castro, 19, as the one pulling her while he held a gun. He’s being called a person of interest as police look for h
  
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• Family of missing Sac dad, daughter search for answers

  26-05-2016 21:27
  
  Family members of a missing father and his 1-year-old daughter continue to search for answers as to the whereabouts of the pair, who were last seen leaving Antioch headed for Sacramento.
  
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• NorCal inmate dies after attack by fellow inmate

  26-05-2016 20:57
  
  An inmate at Mule Creek State Prison died two days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate, prison officials said Thursday.
  
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• Fairfield student accused of bringing gun to school

  26-05-2016 20:04
  
  A student was arrested after he brought a gun onto the campus of his high school in Fairfield, according to police.
  
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• Ripon To Play Host To Film Production

  26-05-2016 19:59
  
  RIPON (CBS13) – A little bit of Hollywood is coming to a small San Joaquin County city.
  The city of Ripon will be playing host to a film production next week. According to the Ripon Police Department, the city granted an unidentified company a filming permit for May 29 to June 6.
  Ripon residents might encounter some minor traffic delays as the filming schedule will involving driving scenes at varying hours all throughout the day and night, police say.
  Officials have not identified exa
  
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• Crews Contain Small Diesel Fuel Spill At South Lake Tahoe

  26-05-2016 19:04
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Cleanup crews at Lake Tahoe say they’ve contained another small diesel fuel spill at the Tahoe Keys lagoon at the south end of the lake.
  Lake Tahoe News reports the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association in South Lake Tahoe first reported the spill to the California Office of Emergency Services at about 4 p.m. Wednesday.
  Association workers immediately placed booms in the water to keep the fuel from spreading. They estimated the spill at about 4 gallon
  
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• Sacramento home significantly damaged in fire

  26-05-2016 16:51
  
  Firefighters extinguished a blaze Wednesday afternoon that damaged a home in Sacramento.
  
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• Sac Co. Fair kicks off with big trucks, fun food and a tiger

  26-05-2016 16:45
  
  The glare of a watchful tiger symbolized the return of the 57th Sacramento County Fair at Cal Expo which open Thursday.
  
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• Trump reaches number of delegates to clinch nomination

  26-05-2016 16:24
  
  Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and sets the stage for a bitter fall campaign.
  
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• Missing teen last seen being dragged by man in Vallejo

  26-05-2016 15:54
  
  Officers are asking for the public's help finding a 15-year-old girl was reported missing Wednesday morning from Vallejo and was last seen being dragged by a 19-year-old man, deputies said.
  
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• Sacramento, Stockton Among Best Summer Destinations For Budget Travelers

  26-05-2016 15:47
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Sacramento and Stockton beat out San Francisco and San Diego for 2016’s “Best Summer Travel Destinations,” according to one site.
  WalletHub, a personal finance site, ranked US cities based on travel costs, local costs, attractions and weather.
  Stockton residents agree their waterfront, food scene and steady stream of events would keep tourists busy.
  “There is actually, like, a surprising amount to do in Stockton,” said Stockton resident Chri
  
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• Sacramento County fair to kick off with bulls, bites and big trucks

  26-05-2016 15:22
  
  The 57th Sacramento County Fair opens at 10 a.m.
  
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• Calaveras HS drops mascot amid naming controversy

  26-05-2016 11:09
  
  With a mascot many Native Americans find offensive, Calaveras High School is being forced to change the mascot it’s identified with for decades.
  
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• Tree mortality skyrockets in 2016 wildfire season

  26-05-2016 09:11
  
  Despite the rain and snow, California is experiencing unprecedented levels of tree mortality.
  
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• Call Kurtis: Why Am I Still Paying For My Dead Cat’s Wellness Plan?

  26-05-2016 09:10
  
  LINCOLN (CBS13) — A lot of people think wellness plans are pet insurance, but there is a difference. Depending on what you have, you may have to keep paying even after your pet dies.
  Diana Mallory’s feline companion Holly lived a happy 21 years.
  “She had a wonderful life, she was a good girl,” she said.
  But Diana noticed in the last six months Holly had difficulty walking stopped eating and had several health issues.
  Diana couldn’t see Holly suffer and made the pain
  
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• Thieves snatches $3K lamp from Lodi gallery

  26-05-2016 09:08
  
  The owners of the School Street Gallery in Lodi arrived Tuesday morning to find their front window shattered by a walking cane.
  
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• Attorney In Bizarre Vallejo Kidnapping Case Worried Justice Isn’t Being Served

  26-05-2016 08:41
  
  VALLEJO (CBS13) — A bizarre kidnapping case that Vallejo Police first called a hoax is taking another surprising turn as the victims believe more kidnappers could be going free as the lone defendant gets a deal they say covers up missteps in the investigation.
  Aaron Quinn’s attorney Dan Russo is livid.
  “My guy feels like he died and went to hell,” he said. “It’s too much time; it’s been a year since the crime.”
  Russo says his client was tied up and
  
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• Real Estate Company Letting People Try Before They Buy A New Home

  26-05-2016 08:37
  
  AUBURN (CBS13) — With tight real estate inventory and hot competition, many buyers are making quick purchases to think about whether the home is the best fit for them.
  Now, a real-estate startup is borrowing the concept of test drives and applying it to homes.
  It’s that feeling of walking into a brand-new house and unlocking a new chapter in your life.
  But Lori Smith isn’t unpacking for good.
  “It’s a big commitment when you feel like you’re entering your last
  
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• More Accidents In Interstate 80 Project Bring Concern For Memorial Day Weekend

  26-05-2016 08:33
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New numbers are emerging on just how many drivers have crashed along a major construction zone on Interstate 80.
  Since the start of the year, there have been 97 crashes along the westbound stretch, at a rate of nearly 20 accidents a month.
  The work along I-80 in Sacramento might be moving forward, but more and more, drivers aren’t moving at all. Accidents are up along the 10-mile stretch of the Across The Top project.
  It’s a huge project that involves crews
  
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• This Is Your Home On Drugs: How Unused Medication Becomes Electricity

  26-05-2016 08:28
  
  STANISLAUS COUNTY (CBS13) — There’s a chance Californians are using prescription drugs to boost something in their lives—the power in their homes.
  It may look like a typical trash truck, but what’s being disposed of inside is anything but typical. Millions of pills are collected in a matter of hours at prescription drug take back events.
  The medication unloaded at places like the Covanta Energy plant in Tulsa are used to create power. The San Francisco Drug Enforceme
  
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• Spears Found At Bullfight Near Turlock Prompt Investigation

  26-05-2016 08:23
  
  STEVINSON (CBS13) — An alleged bloodless bullfight near Turlock is under investigation after investigators confiscated dozens of spiked spears.
  Bullfights are legal in California, but they’re supposed to be bloodless.
  Sheriff’s deputies got a tip that bullfighters at an arena in Stevinson were planning to use sharp spears on the bulls on Monday night. The event was rented out to a church from Turlock.
  The sheriff showed off dozens of banderas confiscated by deputies. The bander
  
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• Missing Vallejo Teen Last Seen Being Pulled By Man With Gun

  26-05-2016 08:17
  
  VALLEJO (CBS13) — Solano County Sheriff’s investigators are looking for a teenager seen yelling for help as a man pulled her away.
  Pearl Pinson was last seen on Wednesday morning at the I780 pedestrian overcrossing in Vallejo with blood on her face.Witnesses identified Fernando Castro, 19, as the one pulling her while he held a gun. He’s being called a person of interest as police look for help finding them both.
  
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• Family Concerned Police Aren’t Doing Enough To Find Missing Man, Daughter

  26-05-2016 08:14
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Concerns are growing as the days pass and Kyler and his daughter Kaylee Jackson are still missing.
  “Today hit me like a ton of bricks, I don’t know where my son is. I don’t know where my grandbaby is,” said Karla Jackson, Kyler’s mother.
  Three days and still no sign of the two. Karla knows something is terribly wrong and wants more help from police.
  Here’s the steps investigators have taken so far.
  Karla called Sacramento Police
  
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• Calaveras High drops mascot amid naming controversy

  26-05-2016 08:14
  
  With a mascot many Native Americans find offensive, Calaveras High School is being forced to change the mascot it’s identified with for decades.
  
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• Solano County Sweep Targets Parolees

  26-05-2016 08:10
  
  SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) — A massive sweep targeting non-violent offenders wrapped up on Wednesday night where police, sheriff’s deputies and the FBI came together in Solano County.
  This type of massive sweep doesn’t happen often, but the random searches help law enforcement be proactive and potentially stop a crime before it happens.
  “We’re doing compliance checks to make sure they’re not in possession of anything they’re not supposed to be,” sa
  
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• Folsom Prison Inmates Find Calm In Crocheting Gifts For Those In Need

  26-05-2016 08:06
  
  FOLSOM PRISON (CBS13) — Chances are when you’re thinking of doing hard time in prison, you’re not thinking of inmates taking up crocheting.
  But at Folsom Prison, many doing life sentences are making their lives behind bars worthwhile in a most unusual way.
  As the dark clouds hover and the cell block door slams shut, you’re instantly reminded the granite walls of Folsom Prison are as cold as they are uninviting.
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• OU frat under investigation for trash left at Lake Shasta

  26-05-2016 08:05
  
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• Sacramento College Students Turning To Sugar Daddies To Pay For School

  26-05-2016 07:44
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Many college students are using a new, unconventional way to pay for school.
  Instead of taking up a part-time job, more students, particularly women, are using sugar daddies to supplement their income and pay for college tuition and fees.
  SeekingArrangement.com says getting a sugar daddy is a way students are able to graduate debt free.
  There is no doubt the trend is raising more than a few eyebrows, but it’s also raising some serious cash for these students. But
  
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• Search continues for missing Sac father, daughter

  26-05-2016 07:00
  
  The family of 23-year-old Kyler and his 1-year old daughter Kaylee want to know the whereabouts of the pair and bring them home.
  
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• River City Brewing Finding Success In Carmichael After Leaving Downtown Sacramento

  26-05-2016 06:50
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New beginnings are creating new problems for an old establishment that moved out ahead of the Sacramento Kings arena opening.The owners of River City Brewing Company, a Downtown Sacramento staple for more than 20 years, say they were pushed out when the Golden 1 Center moved in.When they moved to Carmichael on Fair Oaks Boulevard, they weren’t sure what was going to happen until they opened to the public on Monday. They got so much business, they ran out of food.
  
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• University of Oregon investigating trash at Lake Shasta

  26-05-2016 05:09
  
  The University of Oregon is investigating whether other campus fraternities and sororities were responsible for a half-mile-wide swath of trash left behind at a Lake Shasta.
  
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• Expert: Millennials can't find stamps, don't mail in ballots

  26-05-2016 04:29
  
  There was a barrage of incoming ballots Wednesday at the Sacramento County elections office.
  
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• Suspicious package in Citrus Heights rendered safe

  26-05-2016 04:28
  
  A suspicious package found near a Citrus Heights Sacramento Metro Fire Station was rendered safe Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• 800 PG&E customers without gas in south Sacramento

  26-05-2016 04:09
  
  About 800 PG&E customers are without gas service after a construction company cut a gas line in south Sacramento, PG&E officials said.
  
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• Sacramento County Sex Offender Arrested After Watching Children At Park

  26-05-2016 04:03
  
  PLACERVILLE (CBS13) — A Sacramento County man is behind bars after parents caught him watching their children in a Placerville park on Tuesday afternoon. Placerville Police have identified him as 62-year-old Kenneth Tincher, a registered sex offender.
  “Yeah, that’s horrible,” said Jim Ladowski, a father of two who takes his kids to Rotary Park. “I mean you definitely don’t want anybody like that around our kids at all.”
  Around 3 p.m. on Tuesday
  
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• Grand Jury Rips San Joaquin County Homelessness Coordination Efforts

  26-05-2016 03:58
  
  SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (CBS13) — San Joaquin County officials are under fire after a civil grand jury says there’s no strategy to deal with a growing homelessness problem.
  The grand jury says communication between government and private agencies trying to address the issue is virtually nonexistent. There are many agencies that try to help, but there is no leadership to focus all the parties involved.
  “Many government agencies and organizations are not talking to each other and end
  
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• Student accused of possessing handgun on campus

  26-05-2016 03:00
  
  A student was arrested for bringing a handgun on campus in Fairfield, the Travis Unified School District officials said in a press release.
  
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• Teen girl reported missing from Vallejo

  26-05-2016 02:43
  
  A 15-year-old girl was reported missing Wednesday morning from Vallejo, and deputies are searching for a 19-year-old suspect.
  
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• Fire At Modesto Planned Parenthood Deemed Suspicious

  26-05-2016 02:39
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Investigators are calling a fire at that has closed a Modesto Planned Parenthood indefinitely suspicious.Modesto fire and police believe the fire early Wednesday morning was a case of arson.When firefighters arrived, they found a broken glass door on the south side of the building. The alarm was sounding and the sprinkler system had been triggered.Soot from the fire is still visible on the door frame and the wall above it.A spokesperson for the clinic says some of their e
  
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• Torso found under Bay Bridge by construction crew

  26-05-2016 01:41
  
  A headless human torso was discovered under the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
  
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• Suspicious package shuts down a Citrus Heights road

  26-05-2016 01:18
  
  A suspicious package shut down a street in Citrus Height Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze at Brady Court home

  26-05-2016 01:13
  
  Sacramento firefighters are battling a house fire near Brady Court.
  
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• House votes to send Delta water to Central Valley

  26-05-2016 00:07
  
  Wading into a longstanding California water war, the House Wednesday endorsed a Republican plan to shift more water to San Joaquin Valley farmers and cut the flow for threatened fish and growers in another part of the state.
  
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