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• Police: Man, 57, Killed By Stray Bullet In Stockton

  11-11-2016 21:00
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Police say an innocent man was hit and killed by a stray bullet in Stockton Thursday night.
  The incident happened along the 800 block of W. Ponce De Leon Avenue. Officers responded just before 8 p.m. after a report of multiple shots being fired.
  At the scene, officers found a 57-year-old man who had been hit by a stray bullet. He was inside of a home, police say.Homicide Investigation: A 57 yr old innocent man was struck by a stray bulletlast night on Ponce De Leon. Anyo
  
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• New Flags Donated To West Sacramento VFW Targeted By Thieves

  11-11-2016 16:20
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A West Sacramento veterans group that’s been the target of thieves is getting some brand new flags.
  Someone has stolen several flags from outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Drever Street, most recently Tuesday night.
  It’s happened three times recently, with five flags stolen in all.
  On Friday, Sacramento Flag Works will donate new flags and help the group make sure they’re secure.
  The VFW says it’s also re-positioning its security
  
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• 2 Killed In Roseville Crash After Speeding Away From Deputies

  11-11-2016 16:03
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating a crash that killed two people in Roseville early Friday morning.
  The scene is near Industrial Avenue and Alantown Drive.
  Roseville police say Placer County Sheriff’s deputies had tried to pull over a car on Industrial Avenue, near Placer Corporate Drive, when the driver sped away. The car then hit the center median, ejecting the driver; the car went off the road and soon caught fire.
  Police say the driver of the car was ejected in th
  
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• City Council Unanimously Passes Sacramento Railyards Plans

  11-11-2016 15:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Sacramento city council voted unanimously to pass the long-awaited Sacramento railyards development plans.
  It is a mega project. The historic Sacramento railyards – first built for a bustling 19th-century railroad, that then sat dormant with toxic cleanups and foreclosures, turning into 21st-century eyesore – is now back on track.
  The massive dirt lot will be turned into up to 10,000 homes. Its old central shops will be turned into retail stores.
  An ele
  
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• 100 Black Men of Sacramento Hosts “Youth and the Law Forum”

  11-11-2016 14:55
  SACRAMENTO – The 100 Black Men of Sacramento and the Sacramento County Superior Court invite young minority men to the “Youth and the Law Forum” on Saturday, November 12. The annual event, in its 19th year, is being held at the Lorenzo E. Patino Hall of Justice (County Jail and Courthouse complex), 651 I Street.
  This is a free event starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 1:00 p.m.
  The Youth and the Law Forum was started to help guide young men on how to interact with law enforceme
  
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• Sacramento State President Opens Up About Son’s Suicide

  11-11-2016 08:51
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen and his wife are talking about the day that changed their lives forever—the day their son Seth committed suicide.Behind each of the backpacks is a story of someone who was loved—one of the 2,100 students who die from suicide in the United States every year.“He had the biggest heart, he reached out. He was always the one that everyone went to,” Robert Nelsen said.April 8, 2001 is a day that Robert and Jody
  
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• Elk Grove Sikh Wants To Show All Donald Trump Supporters Don’t Look The Same

  11-11-2016 07:56
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — An Elk Grove man from the Sikh community is speaking out about his support of the new President-Elect, Donald Trump. And he wants everyone to know that all Trump supporters, don’t fit into one category and don’t all look the same.
  “One of the reasons people want to come here is the freedom,” said Inderjit Kallirai.
  Originally from India, Kallirai has lived in California for more than 20 years. He’s an active part of the local Sikh comm
  
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• Call Kurtis: Family Disneyland Trip Nearly Sunk After Travel Site Goes Under

  11-11-2016 07:53
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —Sonia Shields booked a surprise trip for her family to Disneyland, but the travel site she used to book a hotel went belly up.
  Having so much fun at Disneyland last year with her husband and kids, Sonia wanted to treat the family.
  “We don’t get much time together. My husband works weekends, I have weekends off,” said Sonia.
  She decided to book three nights at a hotel through Hoteling.com. The company also goes by Low-Cost Holidays. She received the con
  
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• Crab Limits Have Crabbers Packed Like Sardines

  11-11-2016 07:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — We are coming up on the start of crab season, but congestion concerns are also coming up across the Bay Area.
  Fishermen are geared up and ready to go, but an issue of too many crabbers in a small area may create problems for whales.
  The reason for the issue at the start of the season is contaminated crab. The crab fishing grounds normally stretch from the Russian River to Morrow Bay, but some of the crabs to the north of Point Reyes have tested too high in demoic acid
  
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• Recreational Marijuana Legal In California, But For How Long?

  11-11-2016 07:40
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The battle over legal recreational marijuana is only beginning. Local control and other regulations are yet to be seen.
  While the roots of a new industry are digging in to California society, those for, against, and tasked with regulating it are working on the limits of the law.
  “You’re going to see more of it, certainly,” said Tim Rosales, “that’s one of the impacts.”
  Rosales consulted on the No on Proposition 64 campaign. He says o
  
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• Bait Boxes Ready To Sink Porch Pirates’ Hopes In Rancho Cordova

  11-11-2016 07:24
  
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) – They’re called porch pirates and ’tis the season where they’re targeting your holiday loot!
  “They’re bold. Thieves are bold,” said Deputy Jesus Arambula.
  With record online retail numbers, so are the number of packages getting delivered.
  Deputies believe crooks are following delivery trucks, staking out neighborhoods, and snatching packages. At best all you catch is surveillance video.
  Now Rancho Cordova Police may have found a w
  
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• California Secession Supporters Find More Interest After Election

  11-11-2016 07:16
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Calls for a California exit from the United Stares started Tuesday night, even before President-elect Donald Trump declared victory.
  It’s not the first time a state has reacted this way. Texas made threats in 2012 when President Obama won re-election.
  “Calexit” supporters held a rally at the Capital Wednesday, calling for the state to secede. According to one attorney, that’s unconstitutional — but it’s not stopping these so-called &
  
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• Nearly 5 Million Ballots Still To Be Counted In California

  11-11-2016 05:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California counties report nearly 5 million ballots remain uncounted in an election that could see turnout near that achieved in 2008.
  The Secretary of State’s office said Thursday that about 4.4 million ballots are waiting to be processed.
  The figure includes more than 3.1 million vote-by-mail ballots and a million provisional ballots. And the number may increase as counties are still receiving ballots that were postmarked by Election Day.
  The statewide update d
  
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• Third Year’s The Charm As California Salmon Avoid Catastrophe, For Now

  11-11-2016 02:45
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – California’s iconic native salmon, which has been hard hit by historic drought and high temperatures, avoided a third disastrous year, federal officials said Thursday.
  The number of juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon spawning on the Sacramento River in Northern California and swimming out to sea has doubled from 2015, and it’s significantly up from the prior year, officials said.
  California has experienced five years of drought. The fishing industry and fa
  
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• Gov. Jerry Brown Vows California’s Climate Change Fight Won’t Stop Under Trump

  11-11-2016 01:57
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California will stay true to its liberal priorities and won’t back down from the fight against climate change following Donald Trump’s election as president, Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday.
  It’s incumbent on everyone, but especially the incoming Republican administration must take steps to heal the deep divisions among Americans,” the Democratic governor said in a written statement. California will do its part to find common ground “w
  
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• Second Retired Sacramento Police K9 Dies This Week

  11-11-2016 01:53
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Police Department is mourning the death of another retired K-9 officer.
  Bandit, an 11-year-old German shepherd, passed away on Wednesday. He served the police department for eight years.
  Our 💙s are broken as we have also lost our Retired SPD K9 Bandit,he crossed over the rainbow bridge 1 day after Bod…twitter.com/i/web/status/7…—Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) November 11, 2016
  During that service, Bandit was shot in the neck b
  
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• Sutter County Serial Killer Juan Corona Denied Appeal

  11-11-2016 01:18
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California officials say the man once known as the nation’s worst serial killer has been denied parole again for more than two-dozen murders 45 years ago.
  Corrections department spokesman Luis Patino said Thursday that 82-year-old Juan Vallejo Corona was denied parole on Wednesday for another five years.
  Corona was convicted of killing and mutilating 25 farmworkers north of Sacramento.
  Corona was a farm labor contractor with a history of mental illness.
  Inve
  
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• Donald Trump Election Gives Boost To Longshot California Secession Plan

  11-11-2016 01:13
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Donald Trump’s election as president is giving a big social-media boost to an unlikely effort in the nation’s most populous state: a plan to vote on seceding from the union.
  The Yes California Independence Campaign hopes to put a question on the November 2018 ballot that would authorize a statewide independence vote for spring 2019.
  The effort drew little attention until Tuesday’s election, which also kept Trump’s fellow Republicans in char
  
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