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• Paper Please: California Voters Approve Plastic Bag Ban

  10-11-2016 23:15
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California’s ban on single-use plastic carryout bags will stay in effect after voters narrowly approved the policy, according to preliminary results Thursday.
  Plastic bag industry supporters placed Proposition 67 on Tuesday’s ballot hoping there wouldn’t be enough voter support to keep a ban approved by the state Legislature two years ago. The measure was approved by 52 percent of voters.
  Environmental groups and other critics say the issue was put on
  
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• Weak La Nina Arrives, May Last Through Winter

  10-11-2016 18:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – Government weather forecasters say La Nina is here.
  La Nina, the flip side of El Nino, is the cooling of the central Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns worldwide.
  Mike Halpert of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday he expects La Nina conditions to be weak and short-lived.Weak #LaNina in place, likely to remain through winter @NWSCPC https://t.co/xOMLiq9i1w pic.twitter.com/f5k9RmzO33
  — NWS (@NWS) November 10, 2016
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• 3 Bats Found At UC Davis Test Positive For Rabies

  10-11-2016 17:18
  
  DAVIS (CBS13) – Health officials in Yolo County are warning people to stay away from bats after three found recently tested positive for rabies.
  A total of seven bats were found on the UC Davis campus the past few weeks, the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office says. Health officials tested four of the bats and found that three of them had the rabies virus.
  UC Davis officials say the bats were found near Valley Hall in the Health Sciences District.
  The school says they’re now trying to
  
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• Suspect’s Car Catches Fire While Leading Deputies On Chase

  10-11-2016 16:26
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – A man is in custody after his car caught fire during a chase with sheriff’s deputies.
  According to Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies, the chase started after 2 a.m. in the area of Watt Avenue and Elkhorn Boulevard.
  When the chase made its way up west 2nd Street in Rio Linda, neighbors say they heard a “boom” and the suspect’s Toyota caught fire.
  The suspect was taken into custody shortly after.
  At this time, deputies are investig
  
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• Flags Stolen From West Sacramento VFW Post – Again

  10-11-2016 15:53
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A West Sacramento center for veterans has been hit by thieves three times now.
  Someone is stealing flags from outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars post. And Tuesday night it happened again.
  The thieves have been breaking the locks on the poles, and then yanking the flags down.
  Altogether, five flags have been stolen.
  “They took the POW flag, the second time they took the American and POW flag, and this is the third time they took both of them again,” s
  
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• Analysis: Trump’s victory a reversal of fortune for Obama

  10-11-2016 15:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — He warned that Donald Trump was dangerous, a nuclear hair-trigger, proud to get away with sexual assault. And now it falls to President Barack Obama to reassure America that it can survive four years of President Trump.
  The impulsive billionaire’s improbable victory sets in motion a remarkable reversal of fortune for Obama. He had planned to coast through his final months while ushering in a simpatico Hillary Clinton, but will instead spend his time presiding over a
  
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• ‘Not my president:’ Trump denounced in protests across US

  10-11-2016 15:35
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day after Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, campaign divisions appeared to widen as many thousands of demonstrators — some with signs with messages declaring “NOT MY PRESIDENT” — flooded streets across the country to protest his surprise triumph.
  From New England to heartland cities like Kansas City and along the West Coast, demonstrators bore flags and effigies of the president-elect, disrupting traffic and declaring that they r
  
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• Appeals Court Revives Suit Against Yolo County Sheriff

  10-11-2016 15:23
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal appeals court has revived a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto.
  The Sacramento Bee reports that the court said Wednesday that a federal judge in Sacramento made a mistake when he dismissed the suit two years ago.
  Veteran correctional sergeant Victoria Zetwick says in the suit that Prieto embraced her and kissed her on the cheek more than 100 times between 1998 and 2012. Zetwick, who is now retired, says Prieto did the s
  
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• Protesters Take To Streets Of Sacramento After Donald Trump Win

  10-11-2016 09:14
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Donald Trump’s presidential win is sparking protests across the country from New York to Chicago to the streets of downtown Sacramento.
  “Listen to this message, “people united will never be divided,” said Jamier Sale of Answer Coalition. “You can go to each of these people and they will tell you Trump is a racist, and does not represent them.”
  The crowd marched from Fifth and I streets to the Capitol and the federal court h
  
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• Call Kurtis: Customers Lose Insurance In Costco Credit Card Switch

  10-11-2016 09:07
  
  CAMERON PARK (CBS13) — Longtime Costco customers Cheryl and Vic Matkovich have been paying for an important insurance policy through their Costco American Express as extra protection over the last 12 years.
  They say their American Express Accident Guard Insurance is important in case something happens when they’re away.
  If they die in an accident, the policy they’ve paid $21 a month for through Costco AmEx would cut their grown kids each a check for $150,000.
  “Parents alw
  
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• Donald Trump Election Means Change For The Supreme Court

  10-11-2016 08:59
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Donald Trump will be appointing at least one new justice to the Supreme Court when he takes office.
  His election victory is leading some to focus on the judicial branch.
  “The Supreme Court is really my primary concern right now,” Sacramento’s Diana Camacho said.
  Camacho didn’t vote for Trump. She is now hoping for his success.
  “And hope that he can be the best president that he can be, for everyone,” Camacho said.
  She is adjusting to
  
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• Family Mourns Inderkum High School Student Gunned Down In Garage

  10-11-2016 08:29
  
  NATOMAS (CBS13) – Police are investigating the murder of a high-school student gunned down in his garage.
  It happened Tuesday night at his home on Kandinsky Way.
  Family says Gurnoor Singh Nahal was coming home from work when he was shot. They don’t suspect anything was taken and can’t understand why.
  “We cannot imagine it. We are lost,” said his uncle, Tejinderjit Singh.
  Outpouring of emotion from the boy’s grandmother who found him lying in the garage. She sa
  
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• Speed Limit Lifted As Folsom Lake Levels Rise Above 400 Feet

  10-11-2016 08:17
  
  FOLSOM LAKE (CBS13) — There was a little more action on Folsom Lake on Wednesday as motorboats were allowed to pick up speed once again on the water.
  It’s been almost three months since the California Department of Parks and Recreation imposed a 5-mile-per-hour speed restriction for boaters on Folsom Lake. The lake level was too low to safely boat at higher speeds.
  Alex Vitner frequents the lake and said, “I come frequently and it used to be a wide river, now it’s sl
  
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• Prop. 64: You Can Smoke Pot In Your Home, But When Can You Buy It?

  10-11-2016 08:09
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS) — Recreational marijuana is legal in California, but what does that really mean in the immediate? Now that Prop 64 has passed, the work to regulate, police and prosecute cannabis begins.
  “We were thankful that it passed,” said Kimberly Cargile the Director at Therapeutic Alternatives, a medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento.
  Business was busy on Wednesday.
  “We’ve had a number of phone calls and we’ve been fielding phone calls all day,&rdq
  
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• Michael Tubbs Becomes Stockton’s Youngest Mayor After Topping Anthony Silva

  10-11-2016 07:47
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – After a long election night, Stockton has a new mayor- elect.
  Michael Tubbs defeated current Mayor Anthony Silva with 70 percent of the vote. At 26 years old, he’s the youngest mayor the city has ever seen.
  “I’m overwhelmed but also feel just gratitude for the community for believing in me to work with them to make the changes we all want to see in Stockton,” Tubbs said.
  The Stanford graduate also makes history as the first black mayor of Sto
  
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• Law Enforcement Upset After California’s Proposition 57 Passes

  10-11-2016 07:37
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Proposition 57 will release non-violent felons to ease overcrowding, but what many voters may not know is that some violent felonies are being reclassified as nonviolent.
  Law enforcement says Prop. 57 was misleading, and deceived voters into thinking lower-level offenders would be the ones to get out of prison on parole – it turns out Prop. 57 is re-classifying violent felonies to release violent offenders.
  “It’s a travesty; it’s a traves
  
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• California Drought Puts Renewed Focus On Dry Grape Growing For Wineries

  10-11-2016 05:22
  
  AMADOR COUNTY (CBS13) — California’s drought is forcing farmers across the state to squeeze the most out of every last drop of water, but what if it was possible to grow a bountiful crop with no water at all?
  One local winery is doing just that, with a centuries-old technique enjoying a renaissance in parched California.A soft breeze is blowing through Amador County, where the birds are chirping, the flags are flying and the wine is flowing at Andis Wines.
  For winemaker Mark McKenna,
  
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• With Election Day Over, How Are Votes Counted In California?

  10-11-2016 01:35
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Voters in California are bound to have questions about the millions of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 election. Some people may wonder why they had to fill out a provisional ballot or when results will be final. Others may wonder how to verify that their ballots were indeed counted.
  Here are answers to some questions about counting ballots:
  HOW MANY BALLOTS MIGHT BE OUTSTANDING AFTER TUESDAY?
  The secretary of state’s office reported Wednesday that counties have alrea
  
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