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• Tom Hanks Fan Gives Him A Sketchbook Full Of Drawings, He Gives Her A Typewriter

  23-11-2016 21:52
  
  A Tom Hanks fan got a special surprise from the actor after she sent him a sketchbook full of drawings.
  Denise Esposito is an artist and apparently a Tom Hanks superfan. Recently, she filled a Moleskin full of sketches of Hanks’ different movie characters.According to SFGate.com, Esposito somehow managed to deliver the sketchbook to Hanks’ PR people when he was in Rome for a film festival.
  Hanks, after seeing the artwork, went out of his way to meet Esposito.
  However, it wasn’t
  
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• Person’s Body Found After Fire At South Modesto Home

  23-11-2016 20:58
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Authorities say firefighters battling a blaze discovered a person’s body inside of a home.
  The scene was along the 5300 block of Avenue D in Modesto. Firefighters from the Ceres and Westport fire departments responded to the scene around 11 p.m.
  After putting out the flames, firefighters discovered a body inside the home.
  Detectives are now trying to figure out how the person died. No details about the person have been released.
  What caused the fire is also sti
  
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• 4 Bodies Found After Fire At South Modesto Mobile Home

  23-11-2016 20:58
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Authorities say firefighters battling a blaze discovered the bodies of four people inside of a mobile home.
  The scene was along the 5300 block of Avenue D in Modesto. Firefighters from the Ceres and Westport fire departments responded to the scene around 11 p.m. Tuesday.
  After putting out the flames, firefighters discovered the bodies of two males and two females inside the home. Authorities have not released the identities of the four, and their causes of death is still
  
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• California’s Largest Public Employee Union Sets Strike Date

  23-11-2016 19:33
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest public employee union says it has given notice to strike on December 5 in response to stalled contract talks with the state.
  The Service Employees International Union Local 1000 says its action comes because of the state’s failure to move on its opening proposal on salary and benefits after more than seven months.
  The union representing about 95,000 employees announced last week that 92 percent of members voted to strike.
  The state
  
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• Police: Man, 56, Inappropriately Grabbed Woman At Elk Grove Target

  23-11-2016 19:03
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Police say a man was arrested on accusations he grabbed a woman inside an Elk Grove Target.
  According to the Elk Grove Police Department, officers were called to the 7500 block of Laguna Boulevard Target Tuesday afternoon. Ibrahim Akbar, a 56-year-old Elk Grove resident, was arrested on a charge of sexual battery.
  The woman told police she was shopping when Akbar walked up behind her and grabbed her in an intimate area.
  She says Akbar was laughing while he was alle
  
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• Black Friday Shopping Game Plan: Most Malls Open Early

  23-11-2016 17:09
  
  Are you drawing up your Black Friday game plans yet?
  Most malls around the region will be opening their doors on Thanksgiving come the evening hours, so you can have your fill of turkey and walk it off while shopping.
  Of course, not all stores inside the mall will be open early. Before you head out, make sure the stores you want to hit up will be open on Thanksgiving or just Black Friday.
  The following are the Thanksgiving and Black Friday hours of the major malls around the area:
  Arden FairThan
  
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• Sacramento City Council Passes Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance, Tables Delivery For Now

  23-11-2016 08:52
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Marijuana cultivation is legal in Sacramento city limits after more than three and a half hours of discussion at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
  The city council voted 5-3 to pass an ordinance that regulates marijuana growing.
  In a late night session, City Councilman Schenirer motioned to pass the ordinance with a few nuanced changes about fines for illegal operations and more structure in the neighborhood outreach plan.
  Schenirer also pulled the marijuana delive
  
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• Roseville Police Chief Hits Streets To Connect With Community, Officers

  23-11-2016 08:38
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — Roseville Police Chief Daniel Hahn is heading for his office, but it’s not what you think.
  Whenever he can, Hahn hops into a patrol car to ride with the men and women sworn to serve. It’s a hands-on approach to connect during difficult times.The flag at the Roseville Police station has been flying at half-staff often lately, most recently for a fallen officer gunned down in San Antonio. But it’s a symbol that’s also a reminder to the men and
  
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• Call Kurtis: What Happens When The Airline Cancels Our Wedding Flight?

  23-11-2016 08:33
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — Planning a wedding is stressful enough, but getting an email telling them their flight was canceled was devastating news for a Roseville couple.
  With both of their parents sitting behind them in the ride holding up signs “Will You Marry Me” Trish didn’t see Ryan’s proposal message until walking off her favorite ride, Disney’s Hollywood Tower of Terror.
  “I’ve never been that happy before,” said bride to be Trish Vander Leun
  
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• Newcastle Seniors Without Heat After Gas Line Ruptures At Mobile Home Park

  23-11-2016 08:25
  
  NEWCASTLE (CBS13) — Senior citizens in Placer County have been left without heat for more than a week after a natural gas line ruptured in a mobile home park.
  Ben Iler’s heater hasn’t worked in more than a week.
  “I’m 94 years old and it’s not the easiest thing to to through,” he said.
  And there’s no natural gas for his stove or hot water heater either.
  “They say cheer up, it could be worse, so I cheered up and sure enough it got worse,”
  
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• Man Caught On Camera Putting Mystery Substance On South Lake Tahoe Food

  23-11-2016 07:57
  
  11 p.m. UPDATE: South Lake Tahoe police announced an arrest in the case on Tuesday night.
  Harry Dally, 43, was taken into custody on a single count of intentionally dispensing a contaminating substance capable of causing death or injury on food items for human consumption.Police say they know what the contaminating substance may be, but they aren’t disclosing it as the investigation continues.
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  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) – A child was hospitalized and a community is afraid to e
  
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• Did Sacramento Metro Firefighter Post Racist Messages On Facebook?

  23-11-2016 07:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —The Sac Metro Fire Department is investigating claims one of its firefighters wrote racist posts on his Facebook page.
  One of the Facebook posts references a Trump wall on the border, and suggests building private shooting ranges, allowing American citizens to hone their skills.
  The post reads, “illegal immigrants welcome…we need the target practice…”
  Another, posted on election night reads, “OK is it me or what? One the tv they really sh
  
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• Proposition 66: California Voters Approve Faster Death Penalty Process

  23-11-2016 05:32
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – California voters have decided to repair the state’s dysfunctional death penalty by passing a measure intended to speed up appeals, uniting with voters in more conservative states that also supported capital punishment.
  Proposition 66 continued to hold a 51 percent margin of support Tuesday after two weeks of counting millions of ballots in a contentious race that also saw voters reject a dueling measure to end executions.
  “California voters not only want to
  
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• UC Davis Medical Center Program Helps Transplant Patients With Costs

  23-11-2016 03:36
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —  It’s one of two programs around the state, and it’s right here in Sacramento at the UC Davis Medical Center.
  The Specialty Program launched six years ago to help monitor transplant patients and help them afford medical treatment. The program has expanded in the last two years to help other patients with high-cost prescriptions.
  “This little baby is gonna save my life,” said Linda Martinez, motioning to her prescription bag.
  For the first t
  
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• In Wake Of Officer Deaths, Police Organization Calls For Hate Crime Protection

  23-11-2016 03:15
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Four different officers across the country were attacked over the weekend and the National Fraternal Order of Police wants the government to take action. Their solution is pushing legislation to classify targeting police officers as a hate crime.
  “I kind of have mixed feelings about it,” said Kiera Davis, a student at Sacramento City College.
  “Yeah I don’t like it,” said former military police officer Ryan Vogel.
  It’s a sensitive top
  
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• Whatever Happened to Doris Inzunza? Advocate For Sacramento Women Disappeared Nearly 20 Years Ago

  23-11-2016 01:46
  
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — She was the rock that kept her family strong.
  But nearly 20 years ago, Doris Inzunza vanished from her Rancho Cordova home.
  She stood about five feet tall and was around 100 pounds, but she stood even taller for women looking to escape an abusive relationship. She helped establish Sacramento Survivors of Stalking.
  Investigators say she spoke through experience. Family members and co-workers say one of her ex-boyfriends was stalking her. He’s a man who was rou
  
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• Elk Grove Man Found Guilty Of Killing Dog Found On Barbecue

  23-11-2016 01:01
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — An Elk Grove man was found guilty of abusing a dog that investigators found on a barbecue.
  Jesse Tom faces a maximum sentence of nearly seven years after his conviction.
  Investigators say Tom had stuffed a small dog into the bottom of a barbecue kettle. By the appearance of the scene, officers say Tom had planned to cook the dog. Briquettes were stacked on the dog and cooking oil was poured on its remains.
  Police came to the house after reports of an animal in dist
  
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