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• Sacramento fire crews search for child in creek

  26-08-2016 23:46
  
  Sacramento Fire Department crews are searching for a child who may have fallen into water near Morrison Creek and Mack Road.
  
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• Police: San Jose baby dies following abuse by father

  26-08-2016 20:29
  
  Authorities say a 6-week-old baby girl who was abused by her father and came to a hospital with 14 different fractures throughout her body has died.
  
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• Lanes Closed On Westbound I-80 In Sacramento Beginning Friday Night

  26-08-2016 17:57
  
  Drivers are being urged to avoid Interstate 80 in Sacramento this weekend to avoid long delays.
  The closures are part of the ongoing road work in the area called the Across the Top project.
  Interstate 80 will be reduced to one lane between W. El Camino and the Garden Highway, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. In addition, westbound onramps at Interstate 5, Truxel Road and W. El Camino Avenue will also be closed.
  All closures are expected to be lifted by 5 a.m. Meantime, drivers are urged to t
  
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• Boy Saves Up Allowance For 7 Months To Buy Police Lunch

  26-08-2016 17:07
  
  WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy in New Jersey has picked up the lunch tab for his police department.
  William Evertz Jr. saved up his allowance for seven months and went to a Subway restaurant on Wednesday to get sandwiches for officers in Winslow Township. His mother says he told her he wanted the officers to rest so they could protect the town.
  Police made the boy an honorary officer and gave him a special shirt and badges. He also got a ride home in a police car with light
  
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• NorCal dad arrested after baby found with 14 fractures

  26-08-2016 16:51
  
  Authorities say a 32-year-old father was arrested on suspicion of abusing his 6-week-old daughter after doctors found 14 different fractures throughout her body.
  
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• Man Saves 2 People From Burning Car on Highway 16

  26-08-2016 16:48
  
  A driver is being called a hero after he saved two people from a burning car on Highway 16.
  That driver ended up needing medical help himself.  But this isn’t the first time this man has stepped up during an emergency.
  A split-second decision on Highway 16 delivered results that might have given Clark Kent a run for his money.
  “He’s like, ‘call the police. We got in an accident and people are inside the car and the car is on fire. If I’m going to burn inside, I
  
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• I-80 construction expected to create widespread delays

  26-08-2016 16:26
  
  Beginning at 6 p.m., Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol will reduce westbound Interstate 80 traffic to one-lane over a 3 1/2-mile stretch from Truxel Road to the Sacramento River for the weekend as part of the 5-year old, $133 million Across the Top construction project.
  
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• Suspect Chase Ends In Crash In Citrus Heights

  26-08-2016 16:12
  
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) – A driver is under arrest after allegedly leading deputies on a high-speed chase through Sacramento County and crashing into a fence at a home.
  The chase started around 3 a.m. near Watt Avenue and Interstate 80 after the deputy noticed that a Lexus sedan had expired tags and indicated for the driver to pull over. The car pulled over and the deputy walked up to the driver’s window. At that point, the car sped off. The deputy chased the vehicle which drove
  
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• Move in day brings new students to Sacramento State

  26-08-2016 16:11
  
  More than 1,500 students will move into the residence halls at Sacramento State University as the school welcomes record enrollment.
  
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• Trump to visit Lake Tahoe area Friday

  26-08-2016 16:00
  
  Republican presidential candidate will visit Stateline Friday night.
  
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• Community to remember officer killed in crash

  26-08-2016 15:57
  
  The public is invited to attend funeral services for a Stockton police officer who was killed in a hit-and-run crash.
  
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• GOP governor: Most drug dealers arrested are Black, Hispanic

  26-08-2016 15:07
  NORTH BERWICK, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage is being accused again of making racially insensitive comments, this time by saying photos he’s collected in a binder of drug dealers arrested in the state show more than 90 percent of them are Black or Hispanic.
  The governor made the remark at a town hall in North Berwick on Wednesday, a day he also said the father of a dead Muslim U.S. Army captain is a “con artist” for criticizing GOP presidential nominee Donald T
  
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• Ken Doll Cake Orders Flooding Freeport Bakery After Photo Goes Viral

  26-08-2016 09:19
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Overwhelming support is pouring in for a Sacramento bakery after it set off a firestorm of Facebook comments over a picture of a custom cake. Freeport Bakery’s Ken Doll cake has garnered national attention and now orders for the cake are coming in fast.
  “We’ve got more coming just for this weekend, it seems like just in the last two or three hours, we’ve actually got more orders, ” says head decorator Carol Clevenger.
  Clevenger gave CBS 13
  
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• 4 California bills that aim to help women, families

  26-08-2016 09:09
  
  Though they make up just a quarter of the California's legislative seats, female lawmakers are driving some of the most talked about bills this session.
  
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• Williams Smell Concerns Residents Near Processing Plant

  26-08-2016 09:08
  
  WILLIAMS (CBS13) — When the breeze is gentle on the days when the temperature goes up; the smell fills the air in Williams.
  “It’s an odor. It’s bad,” said Frank Kennedy. He is the Williams City Administrator.
  Kennedy says he’s heard from more than 100 people about the stench stinging people’s nostrils.
  “They can’t have barbecues, they can’t sleep with the windows open at night. It’s a really bad odor. It smells as if something is
  
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• Smell Concerns Residents Near Processing Plant In Williams

  26-08-2016 09:08
  
  WILLIAMS (CBS13) — When the breeze is gentle on the days when the temperature goes up; the smell fills the air in Williams.
  “It’s an odor. It’s bad,” said Frank Kennedy. He is the Williams City Administrator.
  Kennedy says he’s heard from more than 100 people about the stench stinging people’s nostrils.
  “They can’t have barbecues, they can’t sleep with the windows open at night. It’s a really bad odor. It smells as if something is
  
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• San Joaquin County Trash Dumpers Cost Taxpayers $1 Million

  26-08-2016 08:57
  
  LODI (CBS13) – Grape grower Bill Stoke’s family has been farming the fields in San Joaquin County for three generations and now he increasingly finds himself trying to fend off a different kind of pest.
  “You have to absolutely see them in the act dumping it or there’s not much law enforcement can do or will do,” Bill said.
  He finds piles of trash on his property and along the side of the road nearly each week.
  “There are abandoned automobiles, an abandoned boa
  
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• ITT Tech banned from taking new students with federal aid

  26-08-2016 08:53
  
  The U.S. Department of Education is banning the for-profit college chain ITT Educational Services from enrolling new students who use federal financial aid.
  
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• Woodland Boxing Complex Fighting To Stay Open

  26-08-2016 08:18
  
  WOODLAND (CBS13) —  A popular boxing complex in Woodland is now fighting to stay open.
  Critics have been throwing their own punches.
  They say the run-down building is a magnet for crime.
  The Woodland Boxing Complex was known as a community cornerstone for decades, and now it’s riddled with all sorts of problems.
  “The ceiling is caving in, bathrooms are plugged up, stabbings, shootings and fights,” said Woodland City Councilman Angel Barajas.
  Barajas is behind the pus
  
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• Giants' Moore loses no-hit bid in 9th vs Dodgers

  26-08-2016 07:36
  
  Matt Moore of the San Francisco Giants lost his no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning on a soft single by Corey Seager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  
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• Suspect accused of stabbing man with steak knife

  26-08-2016 07:33
  
  A suspect used a steak knife to stab a man early Thursday morning in Stockton, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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• Family needs HELP finding Rancho Cordova woman

  26-08-2016 06:01
  
  A woman was reported missing from Rancho Cordova Thursday, police said.
  
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• Yellow Jackets Swarming In Tahoe Area

  26-08-2016 05:14
  
  TRUCKEE (CBS13) — From Truckee to Tahoe City, everyone’s buzzing about yellow jackets in the air. They’re aggressive, fast and much more active than they were last year.
  “This is the first year I remember it being this bad,” said Mary Hatton, manager of PDQ Tahoma Market.
  Many local visitors have complained about yellow jackets swarming around their homes and campsites. Angella Falco, Field Station Manager with Placer Mosquito and Vector Control, said she&rsquo
  
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• Overtime bill for farm workers stalls in CA Assembly

  26-08-2016 05:02
  
  A controversial overtime bill for California farm workers stalled on Thursday at the California Capitol.
  
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• Judge in Stanford rape case asks for move to civil cases

  26-08-2016 03:53
  
  A court says a California judge who was criticized for ordering a lenient six-month jail sentence in a rape case against a former Stanford University swimmer will no longer hear criminal matters by his own request.
  
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• Good Samaritan Saves 2 People From Burning Car After Sacramento County Crash

  26-08-2016 03:36
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A good Samaritan stopped and rescued two people from a burning car after a crash on Thursday.
  The crash happened earlier this afternoon at Jackson Highway and Eagles Next Road. The California Highway Patrol says a Honda and another sedan collided after one of the drivers ran a stop sign.
  The impact catapulted the sedan to the side of the road where it burst into flames.
  That’s when the good Samaritan jumped out of his crumpled Honda, moved h
  
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• It’s A Scam: The IRS Doesn’t Accept Payment Via iTunes Gift Cards

  26-08-2016 03:20
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The IRS does not accept payment in iTunes gift cards.
  That should be the first tip-off for Sacramento County residents that they may be the target of a scam.
  The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says it’s received multiple reports from residents saying someone claiming to be the Internal Revenue Service is demanding payment for a tax-related debt.Unlike other scams that ask for an untraceable GreenDot prepaid card, these scammers are lo
  
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• Toddler dies after being on life support for several months

  26-08-2016 02:14
  
  A Vacaville toddler who was declared brain in May was taken off life support Thursday and died.
  
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• Auditor Calls Out Caltrans For Letting Mobile Home Residents Live Rent Free

  26-08-2016 02:08
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The California auditor’s office says a mobile home park held by Caltrans is costing the state more than $300,000 in its annual whistleblower report.
  It says Caltrans failed to collect nearly $315,000 in unpaid rent and utilities from a San Joaquin Valley mobile home park, and also failed to kick out two tenants who couldn’t afford to live there and one tenant didn’t pay rent for four years.
  READ THE FULL AUDIT: August 2016 Audit
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• Kings season ticket holders get dibs on parking

  26-08-2016 01:48
  
  Sacramento Kings season ticket holders for the inaugural season at the Golden 1 Center got a glimpse Thursday of where they may be parking starting this October.
  
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• Vacaville Toddler Declared Brain Dead Taken Off Life Support

  26-08-2016 01:26
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Vacaville toddler declared brain dead has been taken off of life support after a lengthy international legal battle.
  Israel Stinson was taken off of life support following a court decision overturning a temporary restraining order placed on Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. The hospital had sought to remove the ventilator from the toddler who had been declared brain dead by three Sacramento area doctors in the spring.
  The 2-year-old stopped breathin
  
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