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• Kaepernick Keeping His Word In Pledge To Donate $1M To Charities

  06-01-2017 21:30
  
  SANTA CLARA (CBS13) – Colin Kaepernick is keeping his word about donating to charities that help communities in need.
  Back in August, the 49ers quarterback announced he would be pledging $1 million of his own money to charity. The generosity came as news began to spread about Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice.
  Kaepernick faced and continues to face intense criticism for the protest, which continued through the 49ers 2016 season.
  Friday, in a
  
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• Cleanup Crews Take Aim At Blighted Roseville Underpass

  06-01-2017 18:59
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – Cleanup crews were putting in work at a problem underpass in Roseville on Thursday.
  The Roseville Police Department says the Social Services Unit and the city’s Open Space crew teamed up to work on the Atlantic Street and Wills Road underpass.
  Before the crews started, the area was full of built-up refuse.
  The situation before crews began their clean-up efforts. (Credit: Roseville Police Department)
  It took crews a better part of the day, but the after picture sho
  
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• Body Found At Cypress Lakes Golf Course In Vacaville

  06-01-2017 18:18
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) – The body of a man was discovered at a Vacaville golf course operated by a Travis Air Force Base squadron Thursday afternoon.
  The scene is at the Cypress Lakes Golf Course. Travis Air Force Base officials say around 1 p.m., a body was found at the golf course.
  Due to the course being operated by the 60th Force Support Squadron, base personnel responded to the scene to investigate. However, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office has since taken over the investigation.
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• Investigators: Foreign Nation Likely Behind Anthem Breach

  06-01-2017 17:46
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators say a foreign government was likely behind a cyber breach of health insurance company Anthem Inc., which compromised more than 78 million consumers’ records.
  The California Department of Insurance says Anthem has agreed to make $260 million worth of improvements to its information security systems. It will also provide credit protection to consumers whose information was compromised.
  Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says investigators found wi
  
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• 14 Gates Open At Nimbus Dam As Region Makes Room For Rain

  06-01-2017 17:31
  
  NIMBUS (CBS13) – With a storm the likes of which hasn’t hit Northern California in more than a decade taking aim at Northern California this weekend, officials are busy preparing the area’s waterways.
  The Bureau of Reclamation is working to get ahead of the storm by incrementally releasing more water below the Nimbus Dam. Officials announced they would be increasing the flow from 3,500 cubic feet of water per second to 15,000 cubic feet per second.
  Friday morning, 14 gates coul
  
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• Tips From Firefighters: How To Properly Fill And Place Sandbags

  06-01-2017 16:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Filling a sandbag seems like a no-brainer, but firefighters tell us there is a science to it.
  Here are some tips firefighters gave CBS13:
  First, fold the top of the sandbag down and then fill the bag half-way, to three-quarters of the way.
  You want to be sure to leave some room so you can tie it off and ensure the bags won’t break.
  Next: Use a pyramid stacking system instead of just one bag directly on top of another, which doesn’t provide a strong enough b
  
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• Driver Rescued After Being Trapped In Flood Waters In Galt

  06-01-2017 15:30
  
  GALT (CBS13) – A driver was rescued after getting trapped in flood waters in Galt early Friday morning.
  The scene is along Kerry Road, near Arno Road.
  California Highway Patrol says the driver was trying to turn around when they spotted flood waters. The driver then got stuck in the water.
  Crews managed to free the car from the flooded roadway. No one was hurt in the incident.
  Signage is now in place to alert drivers to the water roadway.
  
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• What Is Milk? Dairy And Almond Industries Clash Over Four-Letter Word

  06-01-2017 09:27
  
  SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (CBS13) – There’s a war on milk or what’s actually not milk and some lawmakers are taking action against “fake milk.”
  “I think everybody knows what they’re buying at the end of the day,” said David Phippen, a local almond grower from Ripon.
  Every handful of almonds you eat in the U.S. is grown and shipped from the Central Valley.
  It also produces 80 percent of the world’s almonds. A portion of that is sold as almond milk.
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• Darrell Steinberg Promises Openness As Mayor Of Sacramento

  06-01-2017 09:14
  
  SACRMENTO (CBS13) — In his first night leading Sacramento’s City Council meeting, Darrell Steinberg proposed banning city work on private email accounts, and opening up closed door, ad hoc council meetings to the public.
  “And nothing that your would say in private should be different in that type of official setting, than what you would say out in public,” Steinberg said.
  Before the meeting Steinberg told CBS13 he will unveil the first part of His signature issue –c
  
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• Forecast River Levels In Wilton Expected To Be Higher Than 2005 Storms

  06-01-2017 09:02
  
  WILTON (CBS13) — Sandbags are a hot commodity in Sacramento County. People in Wilton were filling up dozens of them on Thursday in preparation for this weekends storm.
  “More than we’re ready for,” said Robert Robbers who lives in Wilton.
  “The big trick is trying to get it done before the rain starts coming down,” he said.
  RELATED: Creek and river levels
  Robbers and his family loaded up dozens of sand bags to take home and stack along their driveway to protect
  
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• Predictions Of Rising Waters Force Evacuations In Walnut Grove

  06-01-2017 08:46
  
  WALNUT GROVE (CBS13) – New Hope Landing and RV Park sits on the south fork of the Mokelumne River. Residents that live here spent Thursday night packing up, hoping to get out before the flooding starts this weekend.
  “We will be vacating the premises,” said Jim Timberlake, on-site manager at New Hope Landing. “I want everybody that I’m pulling out, I want to have them on the levy here by tomorrow evening.”
  Timberlake warned residents on Thursday that the water
  
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• Copious Amounts Of Rain Not Enough To End California’s Drought

  06-01-2017 08:40
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Some parts of California are entering their sixth year of drought – the worst in the state’s history.
  The record rainfall and heavy snow has been good, but not good enough. California is still operating under emergency drought conditions. That means residents are still expected to conserve.
  ”We took out the lawn and put in mulch. The other thing we did is put a bucket in the shower, capture the water and use it to flush the toilet,” shared South
  
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• Roseville Police Program Gives Cadets A Taste Of Real World Policing

  06-01-2017 03:23
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — One of the most sought-after police departments in the area is seeing positive results from a different police-recruiting approach.
  Over the last few years, the Roseville Police Department has been paying to have recruits attend a police academy, with a guaranteed job after graduation.
  It’s a method that has worked well for the Stockton Police Department and the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.
  About a dozen young Roseville police cadets trained on Tuesday wi
  
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