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• Bill Aims To Ban Police From Notifying Feds About Immigrants

  07-12-2016 23:34
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the California Senate wants to bar police from sharing information with federal deportation agents about immigrants being released from custody.
  Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon said Wednesday that he has introduced a bill to prevent law enforcement from heeding requests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be notified when immigrants are being released from local jails.
  The bill would also ban federal agents from interviewing i
  
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• Conjoined Twins From Antelope Successfully Separated In Operation

  07-12-2016 20:36
  
  PALO ALTO (CBS13) – The family of conjoined twins is celebrating after the pair was successfully separated in a more than day-long operation.
  Eva and Erika Sandoval went into surgery Tuesday morning. The operation was expected to last between 18 and 24 hours.
  Late Wednesday morning, the Sandoval family announced that the surgery had been a success.Just In: the Sandoval family celebrates the successful separation of 2-year-old conjoined twins Erika & Eva @StanfordChild pic.twitter.com/f
  
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• Lost Dog Jumps Into Tuolumne County Deputy’s Patrol Car

  07-12-2016 18:19
  
  TUOLUMNE (CBS13) – A lost dog apparently knew exactly who would help him on a cold night in Tuolumne County.
  The sheriff’s office says early Wednesday morning, Deputy Hammell had pulled over a suspicious vehicle in the Tuolumne Market parking lot. He left the door of his patrol car open when he went to speak to the people in the car.
  When Deputy Hammell got back, a furry passenger was waiting for him.
  Ruger was given a ride home. (Credit: Tuolumne County Sheriff)
  Ruger, a beautiful b
  
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• Teen Dead After Shooting In Stockton, SUV Sought

  07-12-2016 17:53
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Police are investigating a shooting that left one teen dead.
  Just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers were called to West Oak Street, just blocks from the downtown Stockton area, after reports a man had been shot.
  The person, only identified as a 17-year-old boy, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  His identity has not been released.
  Detectives are looking for an SUV that was reportedly near the shooting. Four people were inside the SUV.OAK ST HOMICIDE UPDATE: Detectives ar
  
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• Parents Of Organ Donor Meet One Of The Three People She Saved

  07-12-2016 17:25
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – An El Dorado Hills couple got the chance to meet the recipient of their daughter’s kidney.
  Kaylee Elaine West would have turned 30-years-old on Dec. 6, but she passed away in 2011 at the age of 24 after a brain aneurysm.
  It was Kaylee’s last wish to be an organ donor, and on Tuesday her parents Ken and Linda West met Jeanne Schreiber.
  “At our darkest hour, it was one of the simplest decisions we had to make,” Linda said. “It was what Kayle
  
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• Wet Weather Expected Wednesday Evening Into Weekend

  07-12-2016 16:07
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – After Northern California thaws out from freezing temperatures Wednesday morning, rain and snow are expected in the evening.
  A Freeze Warning is in effect through 9 a.m. in the valley, with temperatures dipping down to 28-32 degrees.Freeze warning in the Sac Valley has the grass frozen on Fulton Ave near Auburn Blvd in Sacramento pic.twitter.com/ouokO51j9Z
  — Sean Bennett (@tvseanb) December 7, 2016
  Clouds are expected all day, but the rain is not expected for the
  
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• IndiviZible Speaker Series to Feature Best Selling Author Terry McMillan

  07-12-2016 15:01
  (OAK PARK) – Last but not least. The Indivizible Speakers Series comes to a close on Thursday, December 8 with its year-end installment featuring best selling author, Terry McMillan. The event, led by Mayor Kevin Johnson, is set to run from 6:00-8:30 p.m. at the Guild Theater, located at 2828 35th Street.
  Ms. McMillan was born and raised in Port Huron, Michigan, and discovered her love of literature while shelving books at the local library. She burst on to the literary scene in 1987 with
  
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• SBCC Foundation Hosts 31st Annual Installation & Business Gala

  07-12-2016 14:37
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  (SACRAMENTO) – The Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation is scheduled to host its 31st Annual Installation and Business Awards Gala on Friday, December 9. The event is to be held at the Doubletree Hotel, located at 2001 Point West Way, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
  The theme of this year’s gala is “Progressing Through Change, Focusing On The Future.” Festivities include the installation of new Board officers and the presentation of awards to s
  
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• Mayor Kevin Johnson’s Time Nearly Done In Sacramento

  07-12-2016 09:22
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s the final chapter for one of Sacramento’s most influential mayors.
  During his farewell reception Tuesday night, Mayor Kevin Johnson told a group of about 200 people, “It is my hope that at the end of two terms that the people of Sacramento look back at my tenure and believe that I’ve left Sacramento a little bit better.”
  Born in Oak Park, Johnson graduated from Sacramento High School and started his career in the NBA. He soon bec
  
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• ‘Ninja Stars’ Littering Streets Of South Lake Tahoe, Flattening Tires

  07-12-2016 08:39
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) — “Ninja stars” are turning up on the streets of South Lake Tahoe; they are made from a piece of metal that could puncture tires.
  Police say they first began receiving reports of the “ninja stars” in November.
  Whoever is dropping them around town still has not been caught.
  On her way back home from holiday shopping last week, Kimmi Phelps did not expect a last-minute trip to the tire shop.
  “I kept hearing a thumping noise, and whe
  
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• California Department Of Education Investigating Inappropriate Email

  07-12-2016 08:25
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The California Department of Education says it’s looking into inappropriate emails sent by one of its staffers.
  A copy of one of the alleged emails was sent to CBS13 on Tuesday.
  The email appears to respond to a press release from a group concerned about food and housing at community colleges.
  It was a short reply: “Go f— yourself”
  The department released a statement saying, “The California Department of Education has been made aware that
  
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• Parents Plead For Answers After Hit-And-Run Nearly Kills Toddler

  07-12-2016 08:22
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A mother and father of a 3-year-old nearly killed in a hit-and-run are pleading for the public’s help to find the driver.
  It happened Friday just after 5 p.m. on Willamsbourgh off of Franklin Boulevard and Florin Road.
  “I saw the car, the truck, miss my wife and I just saw that car hit my son,” said Benjamin Lopez.
  The nightmare unfolded before his very eyes, in horror as his son was hit while crossing the street with his mother.
  “I didn’t
  
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• 1973 Shotgun Slaying Suspects Plead Guilty, No Contest To Murder Charges

  07-12-2016 03:08
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Two men charged with murder in the 1973 shotgun slayings of two young girls entered pleas to murder charges in Yuba County court on Tuesday, Deputy Yuba County District Attorney John Vacek said.
  Larry Don Patterson pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder Tuesday, and his cousin, William Lloyd Harbour, pleaded no contest to the same charges.
  The two were charged in September with six counts each in the killings of 12-year-old Valerie Janice Lane and 13
  
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• Oroville Man Convicted In Brutal Slaying Of Neighbor’s Dog

  07-12-2016 02:37
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — A man has been found guilty in the brutal shooting death of his neighbor’s dog.
  Jurors found Michael Danny Scott, 29, was responsible for the death of his neighbor’s Jack Russell terrier named Roxy.
  Prosecutors say Scott chased the dog around his backyard with a pellet gun, cornering her and shooting her multiple times. Roxy was able to escape back to her owner’s home, but Scott again cornered her and put her in a bin that he threw back onto his propert
  
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• Modesto Couple Finds Dog While Donating Kidney To Marine’s Father

  07-12-2016 01:53
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (CBS13) — A dog stolen from a Humane Society is back home after being rescued and returned by a couple from Modesto that was in town to donate a kidney to the father of a fellow Marine.
  Five-year-old Cleo was found cold, wet, shivering, just 48 hours after she was taken from the Humane Society by Ricky and Nicole Fells of Modesto.
  “She was all dirty and stuff and just looked miserable being out in the rain, but she’s doing good now.”
  They found Cle
  
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• Investigators Probe Electrical Sources As Possible Cause Of Oakland Warehouse Fire

  07-12-2016 01:05
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says it is looking at the possibility that a refrigerator or other appliance was the source of a warehouse fire that killed 36 people.
  Jill Snyder, the special agent in charge of the ATF’s San Francisco office, said it’s too early to say for sure a refrigerator caused the blaze, but she said it was a potential source of ignition. Snyder said investigators are looking at anything electrical on the fir
  
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• Rideout Health To Settle Controlled Substance Allegations For $2.5 Milllion

  07-12-2016 00:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Rideout Health has agreed to pay nearly $2.5 million in a settlement over how it handled controlled substances at three of its facilities.
  The health group is accused of improperly tracking thousands of transactions involving controlled substances at Fremont Medical Center, Rideout Memorial Hospital and Feather River Surgery Center.
  The California Department of Pharmacy informed the Drug Enforcement Administration one of the facilities had an expired DEA regi
  
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• Sac State To Get Another Parking Garage

  07-12-2016 00:03
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Another parking structure at Sacramento State is scheduled to begin construction in a few months.
  School officials announced on Tuesday that the project is scheduled to being in late May 2017. It should be completed by the spring 2018 semester, officials say.
  The structure will go up in an existing Lot 1 parking lot south of the Arboretum.
  Officials say this garage will be state-of-the-art, with an automated vehicle counting system and a traffic circle that should help
  
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