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• Man Who Hit Kevin Johnson With Pie Will Remain Behind Bars For Now

  23-09-2016 23:28
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The man who hit Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson in the face with a pie will remain behind bars, a judge ruled on Friday.
  Sean Thompson’s bail will remain at $100,000.
  The judge also included a protection order to keep Thompson away from Johnson, despite the fact Thompson remains behind bars.
  Thompson’s lawyers argued he’s not a danger to society and he should be released on his own recognizance.
  Thompson's attorney says he is "not a danger to society"
  
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• Police investigate home invasion in West Sacramento

  23-09-2016 23:08
  
  Police are interviewing a homeowner after an overnight home invasion.
  
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• Several downtown roads to close for weekend events

  23-09-2016 23:06
  
  Several downtown roads will be closed this weekend for the Farm-to-Fork festival and a closed event at the Golden 1 Center.
  
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• Incoming Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Endorses Marijuana Legalization Measure

  23-09-2016 22:22
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Incoming Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has endorsed California’s push for legalizing marijuana in the state.
  “I will be voting for Proposition 64 in November and encourage others to do the same,” he said.
  Steinberg announced his support for Proposition 64 on Friday, saying the state “needs a smarter and more honest approach to marijuana policy.” He says the state needs more regulation and prevention than criminalization.
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• Georgia woman shoots back at home invaders

  23-09-2016 22:00
  
  Police in Georgia have released video from a home invasion that left one suspect dead and two on the run.
  
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• Governor Brown Signs Bill Banning Surprise Medical Bills

  23-09-2016 21:17
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown is approving legislation that seeks to stop surprise medical bills from doctors not covered by a patient’s health plan.
  Brown said Friday he’s signed AB72 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Alameda.
  Unions and patient advocacy groups say patients shouldn’t face massive bills if they visit a hospital that accepts their insurance but are treated by a doctor who doesn’t. Unexpected bills commonly come from radiologists, pathologists,
  
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• Police: Naked Donald Trump statue stolen in Miami

  23-09-2016 17:54
  
  Police in South Florida say they have a "person of interest" in the theft of a naked Donald Trump statue.
  
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• Carpool Fail: CA man's 'passenger' was a mannequin

  23-09-2016 17:49
  
  A California driver has been cited for using a mannequin - not a real person - to drive in the carpool lane.
  
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• Police: Oroville Man Shot Arrows At Dog Park, Terrorized Gas Station With Compound Bow

  23-09-2016 17:46
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — A man was arrested after police say he shot at someone at a dog park with a compound bow and later terrorized customers and employees at a gas station.
  John Wilkeson, 51, of Oroville was arrested at around 2 a.m. on Friday morning after officers spotted him at another gas station.
  Officers say Wilkeson shot at someone with an arrow at the dog park at Riverbend Park on Wednesday sometime after 5 p.m. That came shortly after someone reported a suspicious person a
  
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• Deputies shoot, kill suspect in Fair Oaks

  23-09-2016 17:16
  
  Sacramento County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspect Friday morning in a Fair Oaks neighborhood after the man was involved in two home-invasions, officers said.
  
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• Officer-involved shooting investigated in Fair Oaks

  23-09-2016 15:38
  
  Sacramento County sheriff's deputies are investigating an officer-involved shooting near a busy Fair Oaks intersection.
  
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• Suspect Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting In Fair Oaks Neighborhood

  23-09-2016 15:34
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A suspect has been killed in an officer-involved shooting in Sacramento County.
  The shooting happened on Piedra Way, north of Madison Avenue.
  Sac County Sheriff investigating an officer involved shooting on Piedra Way pic.twitter.com/G1UTUuAkgS
  — Sean Bennett (@tvseanb) September 23, 2016One person has been confirmed shot at the scene. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
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• Officer-Involved Shooting Wounds 1 In Fair Oaks Neighborhood

  23-09-2016 15:34
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A person has been shot in an officer-involved shooting in Sacramento County.
  The shooting happened on Piedra Way, north of Madison Avenue.
  Sac County Sheriff investigating an officer involved shooting on Piedra Way pic.twitter.com/G1UTUuAkgS
  — Sean Bennett (@tvseanb) September 23, 2016One person has been confirmed shot at the scene. The condition of the suspect is unknown.
   
  
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• West Sacramento Woman Opens Fire After Hearing Possible Burglar

  23-09-2016 15:26
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A woman opened fire after she says she heard a burglar in her home early Friday morning.
  Law enforcement swarmed the scene looking for a possible home invasion suspect, but no suspect was found inside the home.
  Neighbors said it wouldn’t be the first time if someone had broken into a home, saying the neighborhood’s proximity to the river attracts transients.
   
   
  
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• South Sacramento Woman Violently Robbed At Her Own Front Door

  23-09-2016 08:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A violent robbery in South Sacramento was caught on camera. Now the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help identifying the suspects. They believe it may be connected to a series of crimes targeting the Asian community.
  “First thing, I think about my kids inside the house so I just let them go,” said the victim, who asked to remain anonymous.
  The robbery happened in August outside of the victim’s home on Dolphinfish
  
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• Video highlights Sac crime trend targeting Asian Americans

  23-09-2016 08:40
  
  A startling surveillance video shows the latest robbery targeting Asian-Americans in south Sacramento.
  
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• Pie Thrower Stand By His Actions, Photos Emerge Of Scuffle With Mayor Johnson

  23-09-2016 08:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – New pictures are being released of the attack on Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson during Wednesday night’s charity dinner.
  Sacramento Magazine released four photos showing the confrontation and the aftermath.
  PHOTOS Of Kevin Johnson Being Hit By A Pie (From Sac Mag)
  One photo shows just moments after suspect Sean Thompson admittedly threw the pie in Mayor Johnson’s face. You can see him with his hand on Thompson’s back.
  Another photo shows a plain-cloth
  
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• Prosecutors: ‘Sextortion’ Cases Targeting Young Women At Alarming Rate

  23-09-2016 07:49
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It’s extortion with a cruel twist. Prosecutors now use the word “sextortion” to describe a type of crime targeting young women at an alarming rate.
  Now Sacramento’s District Attorney has opened its first cyber unit to focus on sextortion cases and others like it.
  It was a secret Aria Barker was too afraid to tell anyone.
  “He was threatening to send them to my mom, to my entire family that he could find on Facebook,” Barker said.
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• Police: Man threw urine on CA McDonald's employee

  23-09-2016 07:28
  
  Police need help finding a man they say threw urine on a Southern California McDonald's employee after an argument about his order.
  
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• Teen Brothers Honored For Putting Out Fire Before It Could Consume Neighborhood

  23-09-2016 07:15
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – When danger strikes, most people buckle under pressure. But two Citrus Heights brothers ran toward that danger and knocked down a fire before it could consume their neighborhood.
  “They absolutely went above and beyond anyone’s call of duty. Above what a neighbor would do. [They] put themselves in danger to save somebody else,” said Capt. Michelle Eidam with the Sacramento Metro Fire Department.
  Back in August, 14-year-old Max Minlikayev and his
  
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• Witnesses: Johnson defended self after being hit with pie

  23-09-2016 06:38
  
  Attendees who witnessed Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson get hit in the face with a pie during a charity dinner are telling their side of the story.
  
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• Sacramento's Farm-to-Fork movement gets global stage

  23-09-2016 06:18
  
  Industry experts from the agriculture and food industries are coming together in downtown Sacramento.
  
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• CA elementary school student tests positive for leprosy

  23-09-2016 05:39
  
  A California elementary school student has been found to have leprosy, public health officials said Thursday.
  
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• CHP officer injured in hit-and-run crash is walking again

  23-09-2016 04:50
  
  Five months after being injured in a hit-and-run crash, California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Ericson is walking on the road to recovery.
  
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• California college students vandalize dorms with swastikas

  23-09-2016 04:46
  
  Two students at a Northern California university scrawled swastikas and other hate speech in residence halls, the campus president said Thursday.
  
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• Man Who Hit Mayor With Pie Says He Was Tired Of Not Being Heard

  23-09-2016 04:29
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The fundraising event for Seeds of Hope quickly turned into a brawl Wednesday night, with Mayor Kevin Johnson taking a pie to the face.
  The suspect tells us not only did he do it, but he would do it again.
  “Grabbed [Johnson] and threw a pie at him, and in doing that Kevin just reached right around went the momentum and threw him to the ground,” Bobbin Mulvaney said.
  Mulvaney had a front row seat.
  “He did not wait to have a second, he was brave and he
  
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• West Sacramento Teachers Say They’re Prepared To Strike

  23-09-2016 03:46
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Dozens of teachers around West Sacramento are taking a stand against the Washington Unified School District.
  Teachers claim they aren’t being paid fair wages.
  On Thursday, teachers crowded the entrance to West Sacramento City Hall, demanding higher wages.
  Stephen McNeil is a veteran of the school district; he has been teaching in West Sacramento for 33 years.
  “I love the community, I raised my kids here, so I’m here to stay,” said McNeil.
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• 2 shot while driving in south Stockton

  23-09-2016 03:38
  
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• Road To Recovery Tough For CHP Officer Hurt In Hit-And-Run

  23-09-2016 03:35
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A patrol officer for more than 17 years, California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Ericson is recovering from a hit-and-run crash that almost took his life.
  “I have a shattered pelvis, two shattered hips, my left hip was also dislocated, my right arm was shattered, my upper right arm was shattered, my left wrist was broken plus I had some internal injuries,” Ericson said.
  Hospitalized since he was hit April 7, he was released from the hospital in June.
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• Second suspect in year-old Vallejo homicide arrested

  23-09-2016 02:58
  
  The second suspect wanted in the 2015 murder of a Vallejo woman was arrested Thursday morning.
  
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• Modesto PD: Suspects arrested in teen's shooting death

  23-09-2016 02:32
  
  Two people were arrested in connection to the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl, the Modesto Police Department said Thursday.
  
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• 2 shot while driving on I-5 in Stockton

  23-09-2016 02:27
  
  Two people were shot Thursday afternoon while driving on southbound Interstate 5 in Stockton, police said.
  
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• 2 Men Arrested In Murder Of 13-Year-Old Modesto Girl

  23-09-2016 01:56
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Detectives have arrested two men in connection to the shooting death of a 13-year-old girl in south Modesto.
  Modesto police say the shooting happened back on May 30. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Pelton Avenue to investigate a reported shooting and found that a teen girl had been shot. She was later pronounced dead.
  The girl was later identified as 13-year-old Brisa Covarrubias. Another teen, a 15-year-old boy, was also found hit by gunfire in the incident.
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• High Sierra Dusted With Snow On First Day Of Fall

  23-09-2016 00:41
  
  DONNER SUMMIT (CBS13) – It’s the first official day of fall and snow is already falling in the Sierra.
  As seen in a video posted by Boreal Mountain Resort, light snow began to fall on Thursday afternoon.California Highway Patrol also reported that a mixture of snow and rain began to fall over Donner Summit.Of course, this time of year will see big fluctuations in weather, so don’t get your snow boots on just yet.
  
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• Sexual Harassment Among Employees Common At National Parks, Panel Told

  23-09-2016 00:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Sexual harassment, bullying and other misconduct are rampant among employees at national parks across the country, including at iconic sites such as Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, a congressional committee was told Thursday.
  At Yosemite, at least 18 employees have come forward with allegations of harassment or other misconduct so severe that a recent report labeled working conditions at the park “toxic.”
  At Yellowstone, officials are investigating
  
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