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• Backpage.com Faces New Pimping, Money Laundering Charges In California

  23-12-2016 22:47
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13/AP) — New charges have been filed against the CEO of Backpage.com that include allegations underage children were pimped through the site.
  The California Attorney General’s office announced the new charges that include 26 counts of money laundering and 13 counts of pimping and conspiracy to commit pimping. Seven of those pimping counts include children.
  CEO Carl Ferrer, Michael Lacey and James Larkin allegedly created multiple corporate entities to move money a
  
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• Dad Faces Murder Charge In Sacramento County Infant’s Death

  23-12-2016 22:18
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13)  — The parents of a six-month-old baby have been arrested for their son’s death.
  Bradley Engman, 23, and Amanda Hildreth, 24, were booked into Sacramento County Jail on child endangerment charges.
  Engman was also booked for murder.
  The baby died on Nov. 26 after his father took him to the hospital for apparent head injuries.
  The parents will be arraigned on Tuesday.
  
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• Sierra Nevada Brewing Donates $2 Million To UC Davis Beer Brewing Program

  23-12-2016 20:12
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The beer brewing program at the University of California, Davis has received some holiday cheer in the form of a $2 million gift from the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
  Sierra Nevada’s founder Ken Grossman and his wife, Katie Gosner, announced the gift Thursday for the campus’ brewing science program.
  UC Davis said in a statement that the gift establishes an endowment for a full-time brewing position for the program, which is part of the school’s Departmen
  
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• Dogs Help Ease Holiday Travel Stress At Sacramento International Airport

  23-12-2016 18:50
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento International Airport is offering a unique way for travelers to get from Point A to Point B with as little stress as possible.
  You don’t have to remove your shoes for the four-legged friends at the airport or even tip them, but they will take a hearty holiday greeting. Or just a head rub.
  “I just love the interactions, you just learn so much from people and it just puts a smile on their face, especially some that are very afraid to fly,&rdqu
  
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• Newest Part Of Flood Management Plan Taking Shape In McKinley Village

  23-12-2016 18:34
  
  EAST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A new housing development is also the home of a new plan to manage flooding.
  An intricate and detailed display of lights greets you as you enter McKinley Village under the railroad levee, but a more important milestone is another layer of Sacramento’s flood control.
  Giant gates patch a hole to secure the City of Sacramento from potential flooding.
  “It’s part of the city’s overall flood protection system,” said Phil Angelides, the
  
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• Retiring Rep. Charlie Rangel: Trump presidency like ‘a bad dream’

  23-12-2016 18:33
  Rep. Charles Rangel was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the first Black chair of the highly-influential House Ways and Means Committee and the recipient of both a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for service in the U.S. Army. (Official Photo)
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel thought he would be wrapping up his 46-year career in Congress on a note of triumph, leaving office at the same time as a history-making fellow Democrat, President Barack Obama, with the countr
  
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• Yolo County Is Fastest Growing In California

  23-12-2016 18:19
  
  YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — The fastest growing county in California is right in our own backyard.
  According to the state department of finance, growth overall in the state was slow, but Yolo County had the largest percentage increase in population.
  Yolo County added a little more than 4,000 people and had a growth rate of nearly 2 percent between July 2015 and July 2016.
  
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• Modesto Attorney Freed Before Christmas, Still Faces Murder Charge

  23-12-2016 08:52
  
  MODESTO (CBS130 — Prominent Modesto attorney turned murder defendant Frank Carson stepped out of jail to the cheers of supporters and to a kiss from his wife.
  The couple hadn’t seen each other or spoken in 16 months. She is also a co-defendant in her husbands murder case.
  Carson also shared a long embrace with his 90-year-old mother.
  CBS13 was there as Carson spoke for the first time since being freed.
  “Mr. Carson what would you like to say,” CBS13’s Steve Large sai
  
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• Group Launches Rival Nativity Scene At California Capitol Featuring Founding Fathers

  23-12-2016 08:20
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – For the first time in 40 years, the Capitol has a nativity scene once again. But just days before Christmas, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has put up its own version of the nativity scene on the other side of the building.
  “I’m offended a little bit by it because I’m a Christian, but if this person believes that strongly about that, what can I say to them?” said Rory Kaufman.
  It’s hard not to stop when you see it for the first time
  
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• Percy The River Otter Euthanized At Sacramento Zoo

  23-12-2016 06:22
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Percy the river otter has been euthanized, the Sacramento Zoo announced on Thursday.
  Sacramento Zoo officials say the 17-year-old North American river otter had a nervous system disorder that affected the way she walked. Treatments after her July diagnosis saw Percy regain her ability to walk.
  Early this week, though, the difficulty returned, and veterinarians found her condition had worsened and her prognosis was poor. That, couple with arthritis in her hips and
  
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• Police: Mom Beat Sons For Opening Christmas Gifts Early

  23-12-2016 01:09
  
  GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a central Indiana woman faces charges for allegedly beating her young sons after they found their hidden Christmas presents and unwrapped them.The 36-year-old Greenfield woman was freed on bond Thursday, two days after she pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of battery.
  Court documents say the 9- and 7-year-old boys told police their mother threw them into a wall and hit them after she awoke Sunday and found the unwrapped presents scattered about
  
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• Inmate Shot In Butt During Susanville Prison Riot, 3 Others Injured

  23-12-2016 00:41
  
  SUSANVILLE, Calif. (AP) – California officials say four inmates were hospitalized following a riot involving about 100 prisoners at California Correctional Center in Susanville.
  The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Thursday that one inmate was shot in the buttocks as guards attempted to stop the fighting. Three were injured by other inmates.
  The riot broke out Tuesday afternoon in a medium-security block of the prison in northern California.
  Two inmates have ret
  
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• New Report Backs $15.7 Billion Delta Tunnels Project

  23-12-2016 00:36
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown’s plans to build two giant tunnels to move Northern California water southward moved one step closer to a final state and federal decision Thursday, with the state’s release of a more than 90,000-page environmental review Thursday supporting the $15.7 billion project.
  Brown’s administration is pushing toward federal and state decisions whether to permit the 35-mile-long, 40-foot-wide tunnels, touted to ensure more reliable water deliv
  
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• New Report Backs $15.7 Billion Delta Tunnel Project

  23-12-2016 00:36
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown’s plans to build two giant tunnels to move Northern California water southward moved one step closer to a final state and federal decision Thursday, with the state’s release of a more than 90,000-page environmental review Thursday supporting the $15.7 billion project.
  Brown’s administration is pushing toward federal and state decisions whether to permit the 35-mile-long, 40-foot-wide tunnels, touted to ensure more reliable water deliv
  
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• Judge Warns Volkswagen Owners Not To Strip Down Cars Before Returning Them

  23-12-2016 00:31
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge says Volkswagen has reached a deal to compensate owners and leaseholders of the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles caught up in the company’s emissions cheating scandal.
  But U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer didn’t say Thursday how much the owners and leaseholders would receive on top of a buyback or repairs of their cars.
  The German automaker and federal regulators said earlier this week that at least 20,000 of the 3-liter diesel cars would
  
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