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• November Unemployment Number Falls To 5.3 Percent In California

  16-12-2016 22:56
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in November.
  The state Employment Development Department says that’s down from 5.5 percent in October and from 5.9 percent in November 2015.
  The department says the state’s employers added 13,600 nonfarm payroll jobs last month.
  Nationwide, the unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low of 4.6 percent last month.
  Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.
  
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• Assault Suspect Featured On Placer Sheriff’s Facebook Page Turns Himself In

  16-12-2016 21:18
  
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) – A social media post is credited with helping bring in an attempted robbery suspect.
  Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, 20-year-old Noah C. Francis was inside “The Store” on Highway 49 and Dry Creek Road when he picked up a 12-pack of beer and allegedly tried to walk out without paying.
  The clerk reportedly stopped Francis and a fight resulted. Francis left the store, but reportedly came back twice and punched the clerk numerous times. He came back a third time an
  
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• Rising Water Threatens Homeless Encampments On American River

  16-12-2016 18:07
  
  Rescue operations are underway to bring homeless people camping on islands on the American River to higher ground.As water levels continue to rise due to Thursday’s storm, encampments could soon be underwater. Firefighters don’t know exactly how many people are living in the encampments but described today’s operations as “extensive.”
  Multiple homeless encampments stranded by rising water, fire crews will have extensive rescue operations. Media come to North end Aco
  
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• Man Shot After Allegedly Breaking Into Home In Modesto

  16-12-2016 17:47
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Police are investigating a shooting in Modesto that stemmed from what officer say was a family disturbance.
  Officers were called to Coffee Road near Sylvan Meadows Drive just before 11 p.m. Thursday night on reports or a shooting.
  They say a 27-year-old unidentified man was shot after he reportedly broke through the front door of a home.
  He was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK.
  So far, no arrests have been made.
  
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• Deer Creek Floods, Forces Closure Of Scott Road Near Rancho Murieta

  16-12-2016 16:42
  
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  RANCHO MURIETA (CBS13) – Thursday’s storm caused flooding on Scott Road between Latrobe Road and White Rock Road, just north of Rancho Murieta.
  According to Sacramento County’s alert system’s website, water levels along Deer Creek hit a record high flood stage overnight.A section of Scott Road is closed in Sacramento County, The water is slowly receding now that the rain has stopped pic.twitter.c
  
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• Beseeched to revolt, but bound by duty, electoral voters vow to remain faithful

  16-12-2016 15:11
  (AP) – Hounded to abandon Donald Trump, Republican electors appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign’s last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections is on course to produce a traditional outcome Monday — an Electoral College ticket to the White House for the president-elect.
  Whether they like Trump or not, and some surely don’t, scores of the Republicans chosen to cast votes in the state-capital meetings told AP they feel bound b
  
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• Bear River High Students Mourn Classmates Killed In Head-On Crash

  16-12-2016 09:03
  
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — In the darkness, classmates came back to Bear River High School to lay flowers for their friends, and write the first of many messages to be stored in a lock box expressing their loss.
  “Joe for sure was probably one of the nicest men I’ve known,” student Max McDaniel said.
  “I think everyone is just in shock over what happened so suddenly,” student James Lavelle said. “No one knows how to handle it yet.”
  Friends shared a pict
  
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• Heavy Rain In Sierra Expected To Turn Into Snow Before Taking Colder Turn

  16-12-2016 09:00
  
  TRUCKEE (CBS13) — The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Truckee River near Truckee, saying water levels will rise at least a foot above the flood stage.
  Thursday also brought some snow to the area, prompting chain controls.
  Heavy rain swept across roadways and caused major swelling in the Yuba and Truckee rivers.
  “This is really nothing yet,” said Jane Millholen.
  Jane Millholen and her husband Bill have lived across from the Truckee River for almo
  
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• Heavy Rain, High Winds Keep Sacramento Workers Busy

  16-12-2016 08:57
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – There’s no such thing as a 9-to-5 for some city workers when it rains.
  Storm drains were clogged full of fall leaves after getting hit with several inches keeping crews busy far into the evening.
  Caltrans also hit the streets early Thursday morning off of Broadway and I-5 as heavy flooding began causing trouble for drivers and turning roads into a slick commute.
  Even more trouble downtown after an old Oak came up from the soil and dropped into nearby power lines.
  
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• Historic Folsom Building Damaged After Deadly End To High-Speed Crash

  16-12-2016 08:55
  
  FOLSOM (CBS13) — A high speed chase ended in a fatal crash when a driver slammed into a building in old town Folsom.
  “It was a fatal, so it was very shocking for us,” said Helene Hopper, who works at Maribou Salon at Sutter, the scene of a fatal crash.
  The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says around 3 a.m. deputies tried to pull over the driver after they discovered her car had stolen plates. When she didn’t stop, a pursuit began.
  Deputies chased the suspect
  
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• 2 Small Earthquakes Rumble Yolo County

  16-12-2016 01:00
  
  WOODLAND (CBS13) — Two small earthquakes shook Yolo County near Woodland on Thursday.
  The first was a magnitude-3.1 near Cottonwood, west of Woodland at around 3:49 p.m. The second one, a magnitude-2.5, struck three minutes later.
  Due to the small size of the quakes, damage is highly unlikely, but residents thinking it may have been something they ate will be relieved to know that shaking sensation was an earthquake.
  
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• Suspected DUI Crash Kills Man In Sacramento County

  16-12-2016 00:24
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A man has died after a high-speed crash in the North Highlands area.
  The California Highway Patrol says a man was driving at a high-rate of speed when he came on a sweeping curve on Roseville Road near Elkhorn Boulevard at around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.
  The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected when his car hit a light pole, a curb, then flipped into a rod iron fence.
  Alcohol was found in the car and is believed to have played a role in the cras
  
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