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• Amber Alert Update: Henry Massey, Mother Found Safe

  25-10-2016 23:42
  
  3:20 p.m. UPDATE: The baby at the center of an Amber Alert has been found.
  The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services deactivated the Amber Alert at around 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday saying 7-month-old Henry Massey has been found.
  The alert does not elaborate on the child’s condition or whether the mother was found, but Sierra County officials confirmed Massey and his mother were found safe.
  Earlier in the day, Sierra County officials said the car in the Amber Alert was found.
  
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• Man Shot, Killed By Officer In Lincoln; Was Armed With Knife, Police Say

  25-10-2016 23:02
  
  LINCOLN (CBS13) – Authorities in Lincoln are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting.
  The scene is near 3rd and G Streets in the parking lot of a McDonald’s restaurant.
  An official says the officer was approached by a man with a knife. The officer asked the man several times to drop the knife, but he wouldn’t, prompting the officer to shoot him.
  The suspect has been pronounced dead at the scene.
  Several people were inside the McDonald’s next the scene at the time
  
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• Gary Condit To Discuss Chandra Levy Case On ‘Dr. Phil’

  25-10-2016 21:35
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former congressman Gary Condit is set to discuss the 2001 disappearance and death of Washington intern Chandra Levy on the “Dr. Phil” show.
  Levy vanished 15 years ago, and her body was found the next year in Washington’s sprawling Rock Creek Park.
  Condit had been romantically linked to Levy. He was at one time a prime suspect in her death but was later cleared by police. Another man, Ingmar Guandique, was convicted in Levy’s death in 2010. He won
  
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• Computer Outages Hit DMV Offices Across The State

  25-10-2016 20:27
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Department of Motor Vehicle offices across the state are dealing with computer outages.
  The outages started Monday afternoon and took down dozens of offices. DMV says they worked through the night to rebuild the computer system, but outages are still being reported across the state.
  DMV officials have not commented on what is causing the outage.
  Offices affected by the outage in the region include Sacramento, Stockton, South Lake Tahoe, Auburn, Carmichael, Roseville, W
  
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• Northern California Spanish-Language School Hit With Anti-Immigrant Graffiti

  25-10-2016 19:09
  
  WINDSOR, Calif. (AP) — A Spanish-language school in Sonoma County has been vandalized with graffiti criticizing immigrants and referencing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that Cali Calmecac Language Academy Principal Jeanne Acuna says a custodian found the graffiti on Monday morning. The messages covered buildings, walls, doors and garbage can lids and had messages such as “build the wall higher,” and Trump’s name.
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• Avocado Prices Skyrocketing Due To Strike In Mexico

  25-10-2016 15:56
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – We all know adding guacamole costs extra but now it could cost you a small, delicious fortune.
  Due an avocado grower’s strike in Mexico, prices for the popular superfood are spiking.
  Across the country, supplies are low. What was once a $40 case of avocados is now costing businesses up to $90.
  California’s avocado season already peaked in July.
  Agriculture officials say usually 40 million pounds of avocados are imported from Mexico a week. But that num
  
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• Water Gushes For Hours After Pipe Bursts In South Sacramento

  25-10-2016 15:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – While most of the region is dealing with water falling out of the sky, one Sacramento neighborhood has water coming up out of the ground.
  The scene is near 38th Avenue and 44th Street. Crews are working to shut off a broken water main.
  The broken pipe has been spewing water for a few hours early Tuesday morning, completely drenching houses and flooding the street.
  Broken water main flooding SouthSac neighborhood @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento pic.twitter.com/C3DEzkwop0
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• Broken Water Main Results In Flooded Sacramento Neighborhood

  25-10-2016 15:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – While most of the region is dealing with water falling out of the sky, one Sacramento neighborhood has water coming up out of the ground.
  The scene is near 38th Avenue and 44th Street. Crews are working to shut off a broken water main.
  The broken pipe has been spewing water for a few hours early Tuesday morning, completely drenching houses and flooding the street.
  Broken water main flooding SouthSac neighborhood @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento pic.twitter.com/C3DEzkwop0
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• National Guard Members Feel Betrayed Over Pentagon Repayment Demands

  25-10-2016 15:27
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Thousands of CA National Guard soldiers are being asked by the Pentagon to give back money they received in bonuses.
  These bonuses of $15,000 and more were given out to soldiers as an incentive to join or re-enlist and go to war.
  It’s an issue that started nearly six years ago in 2011, but is now garnering more media attention.
  It started out as a fraud scheme, that actually landed some military members in jail, and others were reprimanded internally or removed f
  
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• Obama health plan hit by double-digit premium hikes

  25-10-2016 15:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That’s sure to stoke another “Obamacare” controversy days before a presidential election.
  Before taxpayer-provided subsidies, premiums for a midlevel benchmark plan will increase an average of 25 percent across the 39 states served by the federally run online market, accordin
  
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• Sacramento Railyards Plan Wins Approval, But Not Without School Concerns

  25-10-2016 08:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Planning Commission unanimously approved the massive Sacramento railyards plan Monday night, but not without raising some new concerns.
  Commissioners dissected the long-anticipated plan, praising but also probing into concerns over concert noise, and parking lots.
  The Sacramento Unified School District’s Chief Operating Officer testified that the district will need a new school site for hundreds of new children expected to move in.
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• Jaycee Dugard Breaks Silence, Campaigns Against California’s Proposition 57

  25-10-2016 08:04
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY – It’s a case that’s hard to forget, an 11-year-old South Lake Tahoe girl was kidnapped and held hostage for 18 years, but now she is taking to Facebook to stop a proposition on the November ballots.
  “The eligibility for parole for Philip Garrido after only 17 years is really a travesty,” said James Clinchard, then prosecutor in the Jaycee Dugard case
  He believes criminals like Garrido should be locked up forever.
  “I can’t imagine how sh
  
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• British Sacramento Kings Fan Travels Thousands Of Miles For Golden 1 Center Opening

  25-10-2016 07:38
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Kings super fan who has flown his entire family to Sacramento in search for tickets on opening night has touched down in Sacramento.
  The Kings’ season opener at the new Golden 1 Center is only three days away, and for one man from England it’s a dream three years in the making.
  Danny Williamson is from Brighton, England and says he has been a super Kings fan for more than two-decades. Williamson says he has never seen the
  
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• Placer County School Sales Send Parents Of Special-Needs Children Scrambling

  25-10-2016 07:21
  
  NEWCASTLE, Calif. (CBS 13) – Parents of special needs children in Placer County were shocked to learn their children’s special educations schools could be closing. Placer County Board of Education wants to sell the schools and find alternative locations for the students.
  “He’s far too medically fragile to be in a general education campus on a general education site,” said Robin McGuire, whose 7-year-old son attends Onorato Educational Center. “He was born with
  
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• Proposition 61: Why Is So Much Campaign Money Going To Drug Price Measure?

  25-10-2016 03:20
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Proposition 61, known as the Drug Price Relief Act, would try to cut down the cost the State of California is paying for prescription drugs.
  It would require the state to negotiate with drug companies for prices that are no more than the amounts paid for the same drugs by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Why the VA threshold?
  Because the VA pays 20 to 24 percent less for prescription meds than other government agencies.
  But there could be a catch.
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• District: Elk Grove School Bus Crash Would Have Been Worse Without Rules

  25-10-2016 02:31
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – A half-dozen people were taken to the hospital after a school bus crash in Elk Grove around 7 a.m. on Monday.
  School district officials say the injuries on the bus could have been worse if it wasn’t for safety standards.
  “I was upset of course, it’s not the kind of call you want to get,” said James Snow.
  He is the Transportation Supervisor for the Elk Grove Unified School District.
  “Just really worried that everybody was going to be OK,&rdq
  
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• Toddler Found Dead In Merced County Canal

  25-10-2016 02:07
  
  MERCED COUNTY (CBS13) — A toddler has been found dead after investigators say he wandered into a canal.
  The 2-year-old boy was found on Monday in the canal.
  Merced County Sheriff’s deputies say they boy wandered off while in the care of his grandmother. Footprints from the toddler were found leading into the water.
  
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