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• Deirdre's Diary: Playing Favorites

  09-08-2016 23:48
  
  You know how, as a parent, you're not supposed to have favorites? Well, that’s not true when covering the Olympics. And, here are a few of my favorites so far.
  
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• Skydiving Instructor Killed Over Weekend Identified

  09-08-2016 23:34
  
  ACAMPO (AP) – Authorities have released the name of the skydiving instructor killed over the weekend during a tandem jump in Northern California.
  The instructor, 25-year-old Yong Kwon, was found Saturday with his hand on the lever for a backup parachute but it was never pulled.
  Also killed was 18-year-old Tyler Turner. Turner made the jump with three friends who landed safely.
  Their bodies were found in a Lodi-area vineyard after someone reported that the skydivers hit the ground without a
  
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• Deputies: Student threatens peer with stolen gun

  09-08-2016 23:19
  
  El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies arrested a high school student after finding a stolen firearm and drugs in the car he was driving, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Linda Katehi resigns as chancellor of UC Davis

  09-08-2016 22:47
  
  Linda Katehi has resigned as UC Davis' chancellor after she was placed on administrative leave during an investigation into her conduct while at the university, the University of California Office of the President announced Tuesday.
  
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• UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi Resigns

  09-08-2016 22:02
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi has announced her resignation.
  Katehi made the resignation public Tuesday via a letter, which reads, in part:
  “…at this time, and for the benefit of our campus and my family, I have decided to resign my position as Chancellor and to assume my role as a tenured faculty member with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and with the Interdisciplinary Program of Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies.&rdq
  
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• Parks promised to poor CA areas unbuilt years later

  09-08-2016 21:52
  
  A decade after California voters were promised $400 million worth of parks in some of the state's poorest neighborhoods, fewer than half of the 126 parks that received the money have been built.
  
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• Last Push For Children To Get Immunizations Before School Starts

  09-08-2016 21:16
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Lines, lines and more lines formed in Sacramento’s Oak Park for free school immunizations.
  “I think it’s great, you can see by the turnout,” said Teresa Montijo, a grandmother.
  Parents and grandparents like Montijo want that weight off they’re shoulders.
  “It’s just a relief, like you get it out of the way, you know that they’re ready for school, everyone wants they’re kids to be ready for school,” Montijo said
  
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• Nashville Joins Cities Seeking Major League Soccer Team

  09-08-2016 20:59
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Some Nashville investors and supporters are making a push for Music City to be among the communities awarded expansion franchises by Major League Soccer.
  Bill Hagerty, a former state commissioner of economic and community development, and Will Alexander, the son of U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, are spearheading the effort called the Nashville MLS Organizing Committee. It includes a bipartisan group of former politicians and leaders of Nashville-area companies.
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• Sandwich worker accused of drugging officer's drink

  09-08-2016 20:05
  
  A Utah sandwich shop employee has been arrested on accusations he put methamphetamine and THC into the drink of a uniformed police officer.
  
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• Pups In Prison: Mule Creek Inmates Help Train Service Dogs

  09-08-2016 19:07
  
  IONE (CBS13) – Behind these cement walls and metal gates you’ll find what you’d expect.
  “I was 17 years old. I did a strong arm robbery. I got 13 years and eight months. I have 19 months left,” said inmate Eric Ardoin.
  Here in Facility A, a maximum security space at Mule Creek Prison in Ione, are some of the toughest guys around.
  “I’m in prison for manslaughter. I’ve been in prison for like 10 years now,” inmate Maurice said.
  But there’
  
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• Police: Girl, 11, killed by dad after 1st day of school

  09-08-2016 19:04
  
  Police in Tennessee say the father of an 11-year-old girl who was fatally shot in a suburb north of Nashville has been arrested.
  
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• New e-cigarette rules frustrate Sac vaping businesses

  09-08-2016 17:52
  
  A closing sale sign is taped to the door of the Electric Cigarette Lounge on K Street.
  
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• Body found with signs of trauma in Sacramento

  09-08-2016 17:05
  
  A body found Tuesday morning in Sacramento has prompted a suspicious death investigation, police said.
  
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• I-80 reopens after deadly big rig crash near Colfax

  09-08-2016 16:59
  
  All lanes of Interstate 80 reopened Monday after a deadly big rig crash and fire near Colfax prompted the closure of one eastbound lane, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Wildlife Officer Kills South Lake Tahoe-Area Break-In Bear

  09-08-2016 16:21
  
  STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — Nevada wildlife officers have killed a female bear that had been blamed for home break-ins in the South Lake Tahoe area.
  Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy said Monday the 2-year-old female was shot dead July 28 following a confrontation with a homeowner near Stateline.
  Healy says the bear had been captured and fitted with a tracking collar in early May after she was found trying to raid trash bins.
  The collar showed she kept returning to residential
  
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• Debate over Cannabis Bill, Continues as Election Day Approaches

  09-08-2016 15:40
  (CBM) – With the vote on whether to allow Californians to spark one up legally three months away, a number of lawmen have spoken out against an initiative that if given a thumbs up by voters, would make recreational use of marijuana legal.
  Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s President Tom Dominguez told the media last month that Proposition 64 is bad public policy.
  “It is a danger to our youth and the communities we have been sworn to serve,” Dominguez said addi
  
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• Body Found On Del Paso Boulevard, Police Investigating

  09-08-2016 15:34
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Police are investigating after a body was found in a roadway Thursday morning.
  The scene is on Del Paso Boulevard, near Northgate Boulevard.
  Sacramento police say they do not know the circumstances that led to the body ending up on the roadway. No indication has been given of how the person died.
  Few details about the person has been released.
  Part of Del Paso Road is blocked for the investigation.
  
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• Suspect Armed With A Gun Shot, Killed By Officer In Citrus Heights

  09-08-2016 15:27
  
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) – Police say a neighborhood is now safe after one person was killed in an officer-involved shooting.
  The incident started just after 10 p.m. Monday on Grenola Way when officers responded to the area after a suspect was reported to be armed with a gun.
  Shortly after officers arrived on scene, an officer-involved shooting occurred.
  The suspect was shot and pronounced dead at the scene.
  No officers were hurt in the shooting.
  Neighbors were told to shelter in place durin
  
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• Citrus Heights police shoot, kill man in neighborhood

  09-08-2016 15:18
  
  Police investigate an officer-involved shooting Monday evening in a Citrus Heights neighborhood, where a man was killed.
  
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• Man shot, killed in officer-involved shooting

  09-08-2016 09:19
  
  Police investigate an officer-involved shooting Monday evening in a Citrus Heights neighborhood, where a man was killed.
  
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• Pro-Silva Protesters Interrupt Mayoral Candidate’s City Hall Speech

  09-08-2016 08:57
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Protesters interrupt a scheduled speech by Stockton council members in Monday.
  City Councilman Michael Tubbs planned the news conference, the first public comments by Tubbs since Mayor Silva’s arrest.
  “We have a lot of work to do to move this community forward,” said Tubbs.
  “The vast majority of the council is still focused on doing peoples business,” he continued.
  Before long, Mayor Silva supporters drowned out Tubbs remarks by changing &ld
  
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• North Highlands Man Sends Colorful Message Over Safety Concerns

  09-08-2016 08:43
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – At the Fairway Estates mobile home park there’s one that’s not alike.
  “I’m expressing myself rather than getting angry,” said James Forcione who has lived there since 1998.
  After being threatened in front of his home by a stranger, Forcione decided to take a stand, invoking his First Amendment right and putting brightly colored cut outs on the side of his mobile home. They read, “I’m protecting my life and Liberty” a
  
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• Death Brings Rotten Stench To Stockton Waterways

  09-08-2016 08:31
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — There’s a pretty bad stench in Stockton and a lot of people are complaining about it.
  The water looks disgusting, but the smell may be even worse.
  “I walk by, just walking to the movies and it makes me lose my lunch,” said Larry Shelton.
  The culprit behind the smell is cyanobacteria. Many of us have seen the blue-green algae in water-stricken lake and streams, but it’s not a true algae. Cyanobacteria look the same, but when it dies, the decay can
  
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• Groups demand more power for Sacramento Police Commission

  09-08-2016 08:22
  
  Black Lives Matter and other groups demand changes to city laws in order to give Sacramento's Police Commission more authority over the department.
  
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• New e-cigarette rules frustrates Sac vaping businesses

  09-08-2016 08:12
  
  A closing sale sign is taped to the door of the Electric Cigarette Lounge on K Street.
  
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• Sacramento Activists Looking For Change In Police Relations

  09-08-2016 07:21
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Community activists in Sacramento are speaking out to change community relations with police. They believe black lives remain at risk in the city. On Monday night, they spoke before the city’s community police commission board to voice their concerns.
  “I, as well as almost every other black man in Sacramento has been stopped by law enforcement on more than one occasion,” said Sacramento attorney Mark Harris.
  He said solving the issue has to start with
  
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• Jerk With A Smirk: Police Searching For Man Exposing Himself In Land Park

  09-08-2016 07:09
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Women in Sacramento’s Land Park neighborhood are coming forward to report a man exposing himself to them from a vehicle and pleasuring himself in the process.
  The suspect’s alleged victims ranging in age from 4 to 80 years old.
  “When I realized what he was doing it scared me,” Land Park resident Janice Winn said.
  Janice Winn was with her 80-year-old mom on Riverside Boulevard when the man pulled into their driveway and waited for them
  
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• Technical glitch causes UC Davis financial aid delays

  09-08-2016 06:36
  
  UC Davis will be back session in a few weeks, but some students are already on campus trying to figure out how to pay for school because a computer glitch created a backlog of financial aid problems.
  
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• Roadway reopens after deadly big rig crash near Colfax

  09-08-2016 06:07
  
  The roadway was reopened after a deadly big rig crash Monday on eastbound Interstate 80 near Colfax prompted the closure of one land, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Delta College staff, students mourn star pitcher’s death

  09-08-2016 05:29
  
  Friends, family and members of the San Joaquin Delta Community College baseball team in Stockton are mourning the death of their star pitcher, who was killed over the weekend while playing “Pokemon GO.”
  
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• Community reacts to Yuba City mall shooting, suicide

  09-08-2016 03:52
  
  The Yuba Sutter Mall was shut down on Monday, for the second day in a row, following a shooting there on Sunday.
  
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• Police: Burglar With Sombrero Raiding Unlocked Cars In Folsom

  09-08-2016 02:47
  
  FOLSOM (CBS13) — Folsom Police are looking for a burglary suspect with a sombrero they say is targeting residents’ vehicles.
  Surveillance video shows the suspect opening up an unlocked car door and grabbing what was inside. Investigators say the sombrero helped haul away the illicitly gained goods.
  People in the quiet Folsom neighborhood of Steeplechase Drive say they don’t feel safe anymore.
  “I don’t want them to come and break into my house you know,” said R
  
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• CHP: One person killed after big rig crash near Colfax

  09-08-2016 01:06
  
  One person was killed after a big rig crash sparked a brush fire on eastbound Interstate 80 near Colfax Monday, the California Highway Patrol said.
  
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