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• $450 Million: Record Money Flowing In California For Ballot Propositions

  20-10-2016 21:08
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Political donors have spent a record $450 million to support and oppose 17 November ballot initiatives in California, beating the state’s own record for the most spent on propositions in a single year, campaign reports filed Thursday show.
  The fundraising has soared at least $12 million past California’s previous record, when $438 million was spent on the campaigns for and against 21 measures on the ballot in 2008.
  No other state has come close to thos
  
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• Farm To Fuel: Sacramento State Using Waste As Resource

  20-10-2016 08:37
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sac State is using waste as a resource through a program that’s a first of it’s kind in the Cal State University system.
  The program takes farm to fork to now farm to fuel. It falls in line perfectly with Gov. Jerry Brown’s push to decrease California’s carbon food print.
  The university is taking wasted food scraps from the campuses dining commons to help fuel their campus shuttles.
  At the dining commons, on average, each student wastes about 3
  
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• Family Of UC Davis Researcher Killed In Ethiopia Now Raising Money For Fellow Researcher

  20-10-2016 08:11
  
  DAVIS (CBS13) – Family of a researcher killed in Ethiopia is trying to raise money to continue her legacy.
  Sharon Gray set out on a journey around the world to help Ethiopian researchers to farm and help women there to have sustainable lives.
  “It was our first time in Africa and we were really enjoying exploring the country and its beauty,” said Siohban Brady, who was Sharon’s partner.
  “Ultimately empower them and their children and to not have them suffer painful a
  
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• Numbers Game: Seasonal River Cats Employees Told They Can’t Work For Other Venues

  20-10-2016 07:57
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It’s a game-changer for Sacramento River Cats seasonal employees.
  A new policy bans the hiring of employees who also work for the Sacramento Kings or the Sacramento Republic, blaming scheduling conflicts.
  “We’ve started to see it more and more,” said Robert Barsanti with the River Cats. “It eventually got to a point where we felt like we had to do something,”
  One employee working two jobs is now strike three.
  “We are imple
  
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• Family Calls On Sacramento Triple Homicide Suspect To Turn Himself In

  20-10-2016 07:11
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A family is trying to find comfort in the face of tremendous grief after the murder of three of their family members.
  The victims’ family members spoke out for the first time on Wednesday as Sacramento police continue their search for the 52-year-old suspect Jerod Watson. They said they are refusing to let hate fester in their hearts and are instead praying for Watson to do the right thing.
  “We would like to say that we don’t hate you, we’re not
  
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• CHP Academy’s Cook Honored For 50 Years On The Job

  20-10-2016 05:39
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Richard Lomax has been working in the California Highway Patrol kitchen for more than five decades – and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
  “This is the food prep area. This is where all the cooking and everything is done,” Lomax said.
  Lomax gives us a tour. It’s where every cadet hoping to get a badge pinned on gets chow, and where Richard as a 19-year-old employee got his start.
  It was 1966.
  “I started out as a food service wo
  
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• Modesto Teen Arrested, Accused Of Damaging Police Patrol Car

  20-10-2016 02:04
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – A Modesto teen has been arrested after he allegedly vandalized a police patrol car.
  The incident happened at Davis High School last Wednesday. Modesto police say an officer was at the school investigating a separate incident that day.
  When the officer got back to the patrol car, significant damage to the hood was discovered.
  This Wednesday, a 17-year-old student at Davis High was identified as the suspect in the vandalism. Officers arrested the teen and he is now facing c
  
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• Handcuffed Suspect Escapes CHP Custody, Again

  20-10-2016 00:34
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Officers with the California Highway Patrol’s North Sacramento office are looking for a suspect who escaped their custody Tuesday night, according to officials.
  Officers detained and handcuffed the suspect after a vehicle pursuit that ended in Citrus Heights around 10 p.m. At some point after being handcuffed the suspect escaped the scene and fled near the area of Old Auburn Road and Antelope Road.
  Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputies and Citrus Height
  
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• Deputies: Man Runs After Traffic Stop, Leaves Behind Young Child

  20-10-2016 00:30
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities are looking for man who ran away from a traffic stop, leaving behind a toddler.
  The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office says Matthew Nevieux has two felony warrants out for his arrest. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office says deputies tried to pull Nevieux over recently.
  Nevieux allegedly bailed, however, and left behind a 1-year-old child in the car.
  Photo of Matthew Nevieux provided by the El Dorado County
  
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