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• Elk Grove Dutch Bros. Employee Rushes To Help Shooting Victim

  01-11-2016 20:45
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – A shooting on a Sacramento freeway sent a driver to the hospital, and some quick thinking by a Good Samaritan helped the victim as emergency responders were arriving on scene.
  The white sedan had its back window blown out from a gunshot. It pulled into the Dutch Bros. coffee shop on Elk Grove Boulevard for help.
  Stephanie Shaffer – Employee, Dutch Bros 18:47
  “We saw a car pull up on the cameras,” said Dutch Bros. employee Stephanie Shaffer. “We d
  
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• Man Arrested In Stockton In Savage Beating Of SF Homeless Man

  01-11-2016 19:54
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police have arrested two men in the fatal beating of a 67-year-old San Francisco homeless man two years ago.
  At the time, police spokesman Albie Esparza said the man, later identified as Tai Lam, was “savagely” beaten. He was found in a sleeping bag in an alcove in the city’s Central District.Police say there was no clear motive in the attack, which was caught on surveillance cameras. He died of multiple blunt force injuries at San Francisco General H
  
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• Woodland Mother Convicted In Baby’s Death Asks For New Trial

  01-11-2016 18:36
  
  WOODLAND (CBS13) – The defense of a Woodland mother convicted in the death of her baby has filed a motion for a new trial.
  Samantha Green was in Yolo County Superior Court on Tuesday to be sentenced in the case of Baby Justice. She was convicted of second-degree murder in September for the three-week-old’s death.
  A hearing on the defense’s motion for a new trial will be held on Dec. 9. If the motion is denied, then Green will instead be sentenced that day.
  Baby Justice was foun
  
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• Prop. 65 And 67: Will Californians Vote To Ditch Plastic Bag Ban?

  01-11-2016 17:48
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – There are two propositions on the upcoming ballot that involve where we put our groceries.
  Proposition 67 would ratify an earlier Senate bill that bans retailers in California from handing out plastic bags. It also allows them to collect a 10-cent per bag fee to cover the cost of paper bags.
  A “Yes” vote would keep the plastic bag ban in place. A “No” vote would get rid of it.
  In addition, a “Yes” vote on Proposition 67 specifies rev
  
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• Is Social Media A Key To Living A Longer Life?

  01-11-2016 16:42
  
  SAN DIEGO (CBS13) – A new UC San Diego study found that social media can help you live longer.
  The study was based on 12 million social media profiles that Facebook made available to the researchers, along with records from California’s Department of Health.
  Researchers found that “people with more friends online are less likely to die than their disconnected counterparts.” The risk of dying in a given year was about 12 percent less for Facebook users compared to non-user
  
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• Covered California Open Enrollment Begins Amid Rising Rates

  01-11-2016 16:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – Tuesday marks the beginning of open enrollment for Covered California. Several changes are in store this year, and they include rising rates.
  In the past two years, enrollees on the health insurance exchange have seen slight increases, but this one will have more of an impact.
  This year’s average premium hike is a little more than 13 percent for the state’s 1.4 million enrollees.
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• Northern California Logs Unusually Wet October

  01-11-2016 15:46
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Amid a wet start to California’s rainy season, and some mending of Californians’ backsliding ways on water conservation, the advice of the state’s drought czar: Relax and enjoy the rain. For now.
  “Celebrate and be happy about it. These last few years…I practically kiss each raindrop,” said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman of the state Water Resources Control Board. The board will release Californians’ latest monthly water-use figure
  
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• Car Shot At On Highway 99, Stops At Dutch Bros Parking Lot For Help

  01-11-2016 14:37
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Police are investigating a shooting that happened along Highway 99 early Tuesday morning.
  Sacramento police say the vehicle was shot at while on southbound Highway 99 around 2 a.m. A passenger inside was hit, but the driver was not.
  The driver managed to get off the freeway and stopped at the Dutch Bros. location in Elk Grove off of Elk Grove Boulevard to call for help. Police taped off part of the parking lot for the investigation.
  Investigators believe the driver and
  
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• San Joaquin County’s Only Trauma Center Still Has To Turn Away Patients

  01-11-2016 07:43
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — The only trauma center in San Joaquin County is still having to turn away major medical trauma patients after being temporarily restricted to accept such cases
  For the past month, AMR, the counties ambulance service, has had to travel far distances to transport trauma patients to hospitals outside the county. AMR says this puts a strain on meeting response time goals in some parts of the county.
  “It’s extremely stressful to travel long distance For traum
  
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• Police: Hospital Patient Steals Ambulance, Leads Sacramento Cops On Chase

  01-11-2016 07:31
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento police say a hospital patient stole an ambulance and led them on a chase.
  Kenneth Javier, 22, is accused of stealing the ambulance from Sutter Hospital early Sunday morning.
  Police say the chase ended when Javier lost control and crashed on Highway 99, near Elverta Road.
  “Somebody just stole a medic ambulance, southbound 29th, I don’t have a visual on them.”
  Sacramento police tailed Javier Sunday morning, after receiving reports he was
  
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• Call Kurtis: What Happens When Your Tree Removal Company Doesn’t Cut It?

  01-11-2016 07:24
  
  WHEATLAND (CBS13) – A Wheatland family is worried about the 45-foot tall tree in their front yard that leans right over their bedrooms.
  “It’s gonna fall on the house,” said the Ross’ 4-year old son, Brendan.
  Lilly and Alex Ross took action and hired a tree removal company off of the website Thumbtack, but they say the company abandoned the job.
  “That’s just sheisty,” said husband and father Alex.
  Thumbtack’s website says, “Hire with Con
  
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• Downtown Sacramento Will Be Home To Market 5-ONE-5, A Farm-To-Fork Offshoot Of Raley’s

  01-11-2016 06:54
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s another sign downtown Sacramento is not just a place for work and nightlife, but a place more people now call home.
  The downtown grid is now getting a grocery store, as Raley’s plans to open a new brand of grocery store called Market 5-One-5.
  The first location will be on 10th and R streets.
  Brook Yarnell lives across the street.
  “I mean it’s an really exciting time to be here. They’re putting in more restaurants and shops and ba
  
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• The Claw Is Back For Your Leaves In Sacramento

  01-11-2016 06:18
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s Claw season in Sacramento
  Monday marked the first day of the city’s leaf collection.
  Leaf pile pickups will happen about every couple of weeks, with all city streets getting at least one leaf collection between now and Nov. 10.
  The claw will be out rain or shine and runs through the end of January.
  
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• Massive Rock Fall Closes Highway In Yosemite National Park

  01-11-2016 06:15
  
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CBS13) — A massive rock fall closed part of Highway 140 through Yosemite National Park on Monday.
  The National Park Service released photos of the fall from near the Cascades picnic area.
  Crews used dynamite to clear the rocks and say the highway should reopen sometime on Tuesday.
  It’s unclear whether weather caused the slide.
  
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• Slick Roads Bring Danger For Trick-Or-Treaters

  01-11-2016 06:11
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) — Rain caused slick and potentially dangerous conditions for thousands of people trick or treating Monday night.
  The mad dash for candy filled buckets quickly turned into dodging puddles and a search for cover for hundreds in Vacaville.
  “Now we are in the rain. We got a few more minutes because we started at four o’clock so I’m doing really good and then we are out of here,” said Hope Carter who was spending Halloween with her son.
  Hundreds of peop
  
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• Pedestrian Dies In Roseville Crash

  01-11-2016 04:16
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — A man has died after being struck by a vehicle on Monday in Roseville.
  Roseville Police say a man was struck on Washington Boulevard on Monday evening.
  The driver stayed after the crash. The man who was struck died in the crash.
  The crash closed Washington Boulevard between Grove and Elefa streets.
  
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• El Dorado County Deputies Save Elderly Woman After Rain Caves In Roof

  01-11-2016 02:45
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – Deputies rescued an 80-year-old woman from her caved in home and set her up in a motel.
  “They didn’t think they would be able to repair it but they said, ‘We’ll find you a place to sleep,'” Valerie Streight said.
  It happened Friday night after heavy rainfall.
  “It was 1:30 in the morning and there was this terrible crash and I thought oh my gosh someone’s knocked the window out,” she said.
  That crashing sound was act
  
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• Reports Of Strangers Following Children Have Pocket Parents On Alert

  01-11-2016 02:40
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Parents in the Pocket area are on alert after several reports of different cars following students as they walk to Matsuyama Elementary school. The latest incident led one mother to get the police involved.
  “The way the world is today, I don’t trust anything that goes on,” said Wendie Adversalo, whose 9-year-old grandsons attend Matsuyama. “I have heard some stories around the school here.”
  It all started two weeks ago, when the schoo
  
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• Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One: Across The Top Project Delayed, Again

  01-11-2016 02:15
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Drivers hoping for an end to the Across The Top Project will once again be disappointed, as Caltrans says it will not meet its Friday goal.
  Work began on the project to widen 10 miles of Interstate 80 from the Yolo County line to Watt Avenue in 2011, and it was supposed to be done by late 2014.
  But a series of problems have been working against the project, including rain. Optimism had the project pegged for completion this summer, but a two-mile section
  
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• Sacramento Kings DeMarcus Cousins Fined $25,000 For Throwing Mouthpiece, Entering Stands

  01-11-2016 00:23
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The NBA has fined DeMarcus Cousins $25,000 for throwing his mouthpiece into the stands, then going into the stands to retrieve it.
  The odd moment happened toward the end of the Sacramento Kings 106-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday. Cousins attempted to draw an offensive foul on a layup, but was instead charged with a blocking foul.
  His reaction showed off some of the amenities of the Golden 1 Center, including an aisle leading up from the baseli
  
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