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• Planned Monday Strike By California State Workers Canceled

  02-12-2016 23:55
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS13/AP) – The latest on a planned strike by SEIU 1000:
  2:50 p.m.
  After long deliberations with the state on Friday, SEIU leaders announced that their planned strike is off.
  Officials say they will continue bargaining.
  Yvonne R. Walker, president of SEIU Local 1000, released the following statement:
  “After weeks of preparing for a strike, we have been in conversations with the state, and we both feel we have found a pathway forward. Therefore we have withdrawn ou
  
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• Dixon Teens Raise $3,500 For Classmate Left Paralyzed

  02-12-2016 23:21
  
  DIXON (CBS13) – An army of Dixon High School students sold baked goods at the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting festival to help a student in need.
  Ivan Contreras, 16, was left paralyzed after a backyard accident. The Dixon High community decided to step forward to help get Ivan the money his family needs for a van that can accommodate his motorized wheelchair.
  Organizers say they raised nearly $3,500 Thursday night during the bake sale, including a $1,000 donation from the Dixon
  
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• Arrest Made In Case Of Woman Found Dead In Sacramento Motel Room

  02-12-2016 22:57
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Police have arrested a man in the case of a woman found dead at a Best Western motel.
  Sacramento police say they were called to the Massie Court hotel on Nov. 25 after a woman was found unresponsive inside a room. Medics soon pronounced the woman dead; she had suffered trauma to her head, officers found.
  Detectives have been investigating the case. On Thursday, detectives arrested 35-year-old Mario Michael Mayorga in connection to the woman’s death.
  Mayorga is fa
  
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• Chains And Branded Skin: Sherri Papini Kidnap Case Baffles Cops

  02-12-2016 21:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Three weeks after Sherri Papini disappeared, the question of whether she was dead or alive was answered when the young mother and wife was spotted waving frantically for help along a California freeway early on Thanksgiving morning. But the mystery over what happened to her during those 22 days just seemed to grow stranger.
  She was battered and bruised, her hands were chained, her long blond hair had been chopped off, and her flesh had been branded with a threatening m
  
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• 2 Men On Trial In Stockton Bank Robbery, Shootout Plead Guilty

  02-12-2016 19:49
  
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  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Two men on trial in the deadly Bank of the West robbery have pleaded guilty.
  Jaime Ramos and Pablo Ruvalcaba pleaded guilty to murder in court Friday morning. Ramos was charged with using a hostage, Misty Holt-Singh, as a human shield. Ruvalcaba was charged with being the driver.
  Ramos was facing the death penalty. With Friday’s guilty plea, he is now expected to get life in prison without parole. For his part, Ruvalcaba will serv
  
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• California Seeks To Block State-Employee Strike On Monday

  02-12-2016 16:14
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A state board that oversees labor relations asked a judge to prohibit California’s largest public-employee union from encouraging some of its members to participate in a one-day strike planned for Monday.
  The Public Employment Relations Board acted Thursday in response to a request by Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration, which last month asked the board to seek an order blocking a strike by all 95,000 state workers who are members of the Service Employee
  
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• End In Sight For ‘Across The Top’ Project As Some Lanes Reopen

  02-12-2016 15:43
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Caltrans officials say the “Across the Top” project is nearly finished.
  The westbound lanes of Interstate 80, including bus and carpool lanes, are now striped and back open.#TrafficAlert:The new 10 mile stretch of WB I-80 Bus/Carpool Lane is open from Watt to the Sac River, Thank you for your patience.
  — Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) December 2, 2016
  The eastbound lanes should open sometime this month.
  Crews still need to stripe the lanes on th
  
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• Quarterly State Surplus Auction Scheduled For Saturday

  02-12-2016 15:33
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Hundreds of items are going on sale as part of the Department of General Services’ quarterly auction over the weekend.
  Items up for sale include bicycles, automotive equipment and computers.
  The department says the annual auction brings thousands of dollars back into the state.
  Potential buyers can preview the auction items from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Friday.
  The auction itself will happen tomorrow at 10 a-m. at the Surplus Property and Reutilization (SPR) Wareho
  
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• Sacramento County Juvenile Detention Facility Capacity At Lowest In Years

  02-12-2016 08:53
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Sacramento County’s Youth Detention Facility is at one of its lowest capacities in years.
  Many factors play into why the facility is now seeing fewer juvenile inmates escorted through their doors, but education seems to be the biggest factor, according to probation officials.
  It helped one man free himself from the prison system.
  Juvenile inmates occupy just over 140 beds at the YDF, a place Victor Malin knows too well.
  “I first came here when I
  
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• Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones Reflects On Congressional Loss To Rep. Ami Bera

  02-12-2016 08:44
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — “It was a fascinating process,” said Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones, ” I don’t regret doing it. It’s something I felt I had to do.”
  Jones seemed comfortable with his coffee mug in hand walking through the halls of the sheriff’s department on Thursday morning.
  He says he has no regrets in running for congress, but after his defeat last month, hes back in a role he has held for 6 years.
  “It’ll get back to normal prett
  
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• CDCR Launches Email Notification System For Victims Of Violent Crimes

  02-12-2016 08:36
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is always trying to find ways to help victims of violent crimes.
  One of those ways is with the launch of their new Automated Email Notification Service beginning Thursday.
  “It’s important for victims to be prepared upon release of their offender who are transitioning back into our communities,” said Katie James, with CDCR says.
  She hopes their new email notification program will help the
  
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• Five Years Later, Still No Answers In Death Of Newborn Found In Waterford Trash

  02-12-2016 08:33
  
  WATERFORD (CBS13) — It’s been five years since a one-day old baby was found in a trash bin outside of a tackle shop.
  Five years later, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s investigators are looking for leads on what happened to Baby J. Doe.
  Flowers, balloons and a small fire truck were left on the baby’s gravesite on Thursday, the five-year anniversary of the newborn’s death.
  He had no name, no clothes, and no one to give him a proper burial. But in 2011, the tiny town of Wa
  
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• Violence, Trash, Drugs Shut Down Lodi Park For A Day

  02-12-2016 08:21
  
  LODI (CBS13) — The decision to close Lodi’s Kofu Park for a day is in contrast to some rough stories coming out of the park.
  Park goer, Gabriel Buzon was there for one of the outbreaks.
  “The cops came and kicked a few kids out.” Buzon said.
  This situation happened last month after a pretty ugly scene.
  “One of the skaters actually hit one of the children and one of the parents got upset and one of the skaters retaliated.” Buzon added.
  But Lodi’s Kofu Park
  
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• Doctors Looking Past The Basics To Help Patients’ Overall Well Being

  02-12-2016 08:13
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Many of us go to the doctor for one problem to be solved. We get answers to our questions and get the treatment plan. Now, some health centers and clinics are looking at using a more comprehensive approach.
  “It’s important to have a relationship with your healthcare provider that isn’t prying but is working together with them,” said Dr. Matthew Gibson, with Elica Health Centers. “We all sort of learn about it in medical school and in
  
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• Woman Dies In South Sacramento Shooting

  02-12-2016 06:29
  
  SOUTH SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A woman has died after a shooting on Tortola Way on Thursday.
  The shooting happened just before 8 p.m. at a home on the 6700 block of Tortola Way.
  A woman was struck by gunfire and rushed to a nearby hospital where she died.
  
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• California Asks Judge To Block State-Employee Strike Slated For Monday

  02-12-2016 02:53
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A state board that oversees labor relations asked a judge Thursday to prohibit California’s largest public-employee union from encouraging some of its members to participate in a one-day strike planned for Monday.
  The Public Employment Relations Board acted in response to a request by Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration, which last month asked the board to seek an order blocking a strike by all 95,000 state workers who are members of the Service Employee
  
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• Sacramento Sheriff Calls New Independent Review Board ‘A Flawed System’

  02-12-2016 02:45
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones rejected the notion of an independent review board during an interview on Thursday.
  “It’s a flawed system,” said Jones, “It makes people happy, makes people think there is some sort of extra accountability.”
  Jones didn’t hold back when talking about the Sacramento City Council’s decision to overhaul the Community Police Commission earlier this week.
  “It’s foolish for a city coun
  
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• California Attorney General Pick Throws Down Gauntlet Against Trump

  02-12-2016 02:00
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The longtime Democratic congressman slated to become California’s next attorney general immediately took a combative stance against Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration after being named to the post Thursday, promising to defend the state’s liberal stances on recreational marijuana, climate change, health care, immigration and criminal justice.
  “If you want to take on a forward-leaning state that is prepared to
  
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