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• Former California State Senator Ron Calderon Gets 3.5 Years For Bribery

  21-10-2016 23:13
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former California state Sen. Ron Calderon was sentenced Friday to 3½ years in prison in a corruption scandal in which he acknowledged taking bribes in exchange for his influence in Sacramento.
  U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder imposed the sentence in Los Angeles after listening to Calderon emotionally ask to remain under house arrest or “at least get me home to my family sooner.”
  Federal prosecutors had asked for a 5-year prison term in a blis
  
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• Proposition 64 Supporters Launch Grassroots Effort For Legal Pot Push

  21-10-2016 22:04
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Candidates for political office aren’t the only one’s campaigning. Interest groups for prop 64, which would legalize recreational marijuana, are launching a grassroots effort to get their message out.
  “How do you educate and intoxicated mind. This is a bad idea for California.”
  Bishop Ron Allen with the International Faith Coalition and dozens of other faith and community leaders rallied today to spread their message about marijuana legalization
  
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• California Death Penalty Propositions Aim To Fix Broken System In Different Ways

  21-10-2016 19:45
  
  SACRAMENTO- On Nov. 8 California voters have a chance to change the course of history when it comes to capital punishment. Is California ready to get rid of the death penalty? Or is the solution to speed up the process leading to executions? Both options are on next month’s ballot.
  Supporters of both Proposition 62 and Proposition 66 agree that the system is broken, that it doesn’t bode well for victims families or the state.
  CBS13 takes a closer look at Prop 66 and why so many famil
  
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• Sacramento Girl Hit By SUV On Her Way To School

  21-10-2016 18:14
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A young girl on a bicycle was hit by a vehicle on her way to school on Friday.
  The crash happened at a shopping center near Howe Elementary School.
  The 10-year-old girl was hit by an SUV. According to the California Highway Patrol, the SUV driver was looking one way, and the girl was approaching from the other direction.
  The girl was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
  The driver stayed at the scene.
  
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• Attorney general leads criminal probe of Wells Fargo bank

  21-10-2016 17:45
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general is conducting a criminal investigation into whether employees at San Francisco-based Wells Fargo bank stole customers’ identities in the sales practices scandal that rocked the bank and cost its CEO his job, documents released Wednesday show.
  A search warrant and supporting affidavit released by the state Department of Justice show that agents sought evidence related to allegations that bank employees created up to 2 milli
  
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• Donors pour record $458 million into California initiatives

  21-10-2016 17:42
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Political donors have spent a record $458 million on 17 statewide November ballot initiatives in California, beating the state’s own record for the most spent on propositions appearing on state ballots in a single year, campaign reports filed Thursday show.
  The fundraising has soared at least $20 million past California’s previous record, when $438 million was spent on the campaigns for and against 21 measures on 2008 ballots. With inflation, fundraisi
  
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• 50 years later, Black Panthers look back at party’s founding

  21-10-2016 17:37
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Black Panthers emerged from this gritty Northern California city 50 years ago, declaring to a nation in turmoil a new party dedicated to defending African-Americans against police brutality and protecting the right of a downtrodden people to determine their own future.
  In the group’s short life, it launched an ambitious breakfast program for children and opened free health clinics to screen for sickle-cell anemia. At the same time, party members scared mai
  
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• Ex-California state senator faces 5 years for taking bribes

  21-10-2016 17:32
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charged in a corruption scandal that could have sent him to prison for three lifetimes, former Sen. Ron Calderon dropped his entrapment defense, pleaded guilty and admitted taking bribes in exchange for his influence in Sacramento.
  As he faces sentencing Friday, though, prosecutors say Calderon is not taking responsibility for his actions and has presented a “whimsical and revisionist view of his conduct” in an effort to serve no time behind bars for graft th
  
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• Downtown Sacramento Ice Rink Readying For Nov. 4 Opening

  21-10-2016 17:20
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s 10 days until Halloween, so that means it’s time to build an ice rink.
  While temperatures are expected to hit 80 in Sacramento on Friday, preparations are underway for a holiday tradition in Downtown Sacramento.
  Check out the preparations that go into it, and get ready for the Nov. 4 opening.
  https://twitter.com/DowntownIceRink/status/788138975311515650/video/1
  
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• Michael Brown’s Father Delivers Talk At Sac State

  21-10-2016 07:23
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Michael Brown Sr., the father of a black Missouri teen shot and killed by a Ferguson officer, was in Sacramento Thursday night.
  Now an activist, Brown Sr. spoke to students and others on the Sacramento State campus all through the non-profit he started in his son’s memory.
  His lecture, titled “Chosen for Change – a Father’s Perspective,” is motivated to help others who have been affected by police brutality.
  “We are not the enemy,&rd
  
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• Vacaville Officer Using Stickers For School Outreach – And Students Are Loving It

  21-10-2016 07:21
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) – A police officer is going above and beyond the call of duty for his students.
  “This is the last sticker,” Officer Dale Hougg told a group of middle schoolers on Thursday.
  Hougg has been on the force for 18 years, but it’s his first on campus. For him, the stickers are a way to forge bonds and keep his students learning.
  “Being a new officer, it’s awkward. The kids don’t know you,” he said.
  So on his first day of school, he start
  
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• Does Wet Start To Season Bode Well For California’s Drought?

  21-10-2016 07:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – We are far from out of the woods when it comes to California’s historic drought.
  But forecasters gave a glimmer of hope with the first winter weather prediction of the season.
  The forecast doesn’t bode well for seeing major drought relief and actually may expand the drought a bit in the southeast. But while we have equal chances of wetter or dryer precipitation in California, the state has had a pretty good start to rainfall in October.
  An atmospheric river
  
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• Pair Accused Of Forcing Sacramento County Girl Into Prostitution

  21-10-2016 05:16
  
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) – Detectives have arrested two young adults on suspicion of human trafficking in Sacramento County.
  The Citrus Heights Police Department says they’ve been investigating the case since September. Police say an underage girl ran away from home to be with a man she just met.
  Detectives say the girl was soon forced into being a prostitute and was being sold for sex on the internet.
  The girl was rescued after detectives found her in a Sacramento County hotel room. A
  
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• Child, 11, Found Shot In Stockton; Police Investigating

  21-10-2016 02:35
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Police in Stockton are investigating after a child was found shot late Thursday afternoon.
  The scene is along the 8900 block of Ledgewood Avenue.
  Officers were called to the scene around 5 p.m. and found a child with a gunshot wound, police say. Officers also found a gun underneath the child.
  Police believe the child to be 11. The child has been transported and is said to be suffering from life-threatening injuries.
  At this point, it is not known if the wound is sel
  
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• Amateur MMA Fighter Wanted For Attacking Driver

  21-10-2016 02:20
  
  MADERA (CBS13) – Police in Madera are looking for a man who attacked another man after an accident.
  The incident happened back on Sept. 14. The altercation was all caught on surveillance camera.
  In the video, the suspect’s car can be seen with noticeable front-end damage. Both drivers can be seen talking.Eventually, the situation escalates when the other driver pulls out his cellphone to try and call police. The suspect then punches the driver, knocking him to the ground. The suspect
  
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• Police: Men Robbed, Shot At Stockton Taco Truck

  21-10-2016 01:52
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Police are looking for two men who robbed and shot at a parked taco truck.
  It happened Wednesday around 7 p.m. on the corner of Hammer Lane and Holman Road.
  Workers say the two armed men approached the truck and demanded money.
  They say one of the men grabbed the cash register, while the other one fired shots into the truck before running away.
  “In this situation, the suspects took it to a whole other level because they were armed and then one of the suspects fired
  
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• New Boy At School Has Trouble Making Friends, Police Officers Eat Lunch With Him

  21-10-2016 00:29
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A new boy at school who was having trouble making friends met four new buddies, thanks to the Sacramento Police Department.
  Police say they met the 9-year-old boy last week during a call. Officer Glynn was told by the boy that he was new the school and was having trouble adjusting, leading him to not want to go.
  The boy said he would like it if the officers met him at the school.
  So, on Wednesday, four Sacramento police officers – Glynn, Lundgren, Penny and Linds
  
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