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• Car Crashes Off EB I-80 Near Antelope Road, 5 Taken To Hospital

  24-01-2017 21:48
  ANTELOPE (CBS13) – Authorities say five people have been taken to the hospital after a crash in the North Sacramento area late Tuesday morning.
  The scene is on eastbound Instate 80 just east of Antelope Road.5 people transported after car hit tree EB I80 at Antelope @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento @topramen pic.twitter.com/BJFRTuEOI1
  — David Grashoff (@CameraGuyDave1) January 24, 2017
  According to California Highway Patrol, the crash was reported just before 11:30 a.m. For some reason, a
  
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• ‘California Is Not Turning Back’: Gov. Brown Vows To Fight Trump Administration

  24-01-2017 19:57
  
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown delivered an aggressive defense on Tuesday of California’s liberal policies on immigration, health care and climate change during his State of the State address, vowing to fight the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress if they threaten to roll back state policies.
  “California is not turning back. Not now, not ever,” Brown said.
  The Democratic governor, who has made fighting climate change a legacy issue, also noted the state&
  
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• Ski Patrol Member Killed At Squaw Valley

  24-01-2017 19:24
  
  SQUAW VALLEY (CBS13) – A Squaw Valley Ski Resort employee died Tuesday morning.
  Around 8:30 a.m., a member of the ski patrol was conducting avalanche control activities when they were killed. The resort didn’t go into detail about how it happened.
  The employee has been identified as 42-year-old Olympic Valley resident Joe Zuiches. He was a member of a ski patrol since 2012, Squaw Valley says.
  The incident is under investigation.
  “The team at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is
  
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• Davis Mosque Quickly Raises Money For Repairs After Vandalism

  24-01-2017 18:40
  
  DAVIS (CBS13) – An online fundraiser has raised nearly $20,000 for a Davis mosque at the center of a hate crime investigation.
  Early Sunday morning, investigators say someone smashed windows, damaged bicycles and wrapped bacon around the door knobs at the Davis Islamic Center.
  Surveillance cameras captured a woman vandalizing the mosque.
  Late last night UC Davis officials and the mayor of Davis issued a statement saying, in part:
  “We want to express the disgust, outrage, and sadness
  
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• City Crews Inspecting Sinkhole In Elk Grove, Road Closed

  24-01-2017 17:17
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Part of a road in Elk Grove is closed Tuesday morning as city crews inspect a sinkhole.
  The scene is near Morse Park and Helen Car Castello Elementary School.
  Elk Grove police say Bellaterra Drive between Fire Poppy and Landview drives is closed as public works crews investigate.Traffic Advisory: Bellaterra Dr. btwn Fire Poppy & Landview will be closed while public works crews inspect the roadway. pic.twitter.com/hqKMjdd55E
  — EGPD (@ElkGrovePD) January 24, 201
  
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• Gov. Brown To Deliver 14th State Of The State Address

  24-01-2017 17:04
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Governor Jerry Brown will deliver his 14th State of the State address Tuesday morning.
  The governor is expected to talk about a range of topics including the Affordable Care Act, climate change, and his usual cautions about the California budget.
  One positive note could be the state’s drought situation. The drought has eased thanks to the storms that have hammered the state.
  The state of the state ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at the State Capitol.
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• Wet Weather Adding Up: Precipitation Over 300% Of Normal For January

  24-01-2017 16:22
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It has been a month for the record books in terms of wet weather.
  According to the National Weather Service, the past few weeks of storm after storm is adding up. Precipitation is over 300% of normal for January in most of California.The series of storms these last few weeks have brought over 300% of normal January precip to most of the state. #CAstorm #CAwx pic.twitter.com/Y25st3GLj9
  — NWS CNRFC (@NWSCNRFC) January 24, 2017
  Earlier in the month, federal official
  
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• Green Rush Over? Calaveras County Residents Push To Ban All Pot Growing

  24-01-2017 15:53
  
  SAN ANDREAS (CBS13) – Calaveras County will vote on the future of a business once heralded as the “green rush.”
  Cheap land and the prospect of legal marijuana created the so-called green rush.
  Now the Committee to Ban Commercial Cultivation says the once quiet foothill community has changed since the county began registering legal growers.
  The group has gathered more than 5,000 signatures in what’s believed to be the first voter-initiated ordinance to ban all pot growing.
  
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• Trump Speaks of Ending “Carnage” as He Enters White House

  24-01-2017 15:31
  President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office during his inauguration at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2017. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
  WASHINGTON (CBM) – Donald Trump’s inaugural address was heavy on nationalism and populism. It also was light on any attempt to bridge the divide between his supporters and those who didn’t support him, thousands of whom marched in the streets at record numbers the day after his inaugural.
  Speaking for 16 minute
  
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• Rocklin Considers Outdoor Adventure Theme Park Concept At Former Quarry

  24-01-2017 09:06
  
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) – From zip-lining across an old rock quarry to rock climbing seven stories high, the city hopes a planned attraction brings visitors and more money.
  The city council will hear the project Tuesday night to vote on the initial phase, the theme park design.
  “It can attract residents from not just from here, but from all over the region for this outdoor lifestyle that everyone in Northern California and California seems to be interested in,” said Mike Young, spokesm
  
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• Deadline Nears For Next Round Of Major League Soccer Expansion

  24-01-2017 09:01
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —The deadline for cities to formally apply to become one of the next four MLS expansion teams is nearing. Multi-million dollar investors, and city councils across the country are scrambling to discuss and decide on big money projects.
  The Sacramento Republic FC is positioned well for Major League Soccer expansion conversations.
  “We’ve invested a lot of dollars,” said Kevin Nagle, Republic FC Owner during an interview last year, “part of that is ou
  
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• Wine Convention Testing Limits Of Sacramento’s Event Hosting Capacity

  24-01-2017 08:51
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The biggest wine convention in the country is headed to Sacramento this week. The Unified Grape and Wine Symposium is expected to attract more than 14,000 visitors to the city.
  “They’re all here for that common core reason which is wine,” said Oliver Ridgeway, Executive Chef at The Grange Restaurant. “They come here, they buy a lot of wine, we provide food that goes well with wine and you’ll see people opening corks for breakfast, lunch an
  
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• Death Of Trans-Pacific Partnership Means Uncertainty For California Farmers

  24-01-2017 08:44
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Local farmers hoping for increased access to international markets are reacting to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
  Michael Rue is a Sacramento Valley rice farmer with four decades in the business. He is owner of Rue and Forsman Ranch.
  “I started farming rice in 1974,” Rue said.
  Exports now make up a crucial part of his rice farm’s bottom line, especially rice sold to japan.
  “Its very very i
  
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• Trump Federal Hiring Freeze Likely To Hit Veterans, Retirees

  24-01-2017 08:25
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing federal hiring excludes the military and national security employees will hit government programs and services.
  Retirees waiting at the Sacramento Social Security office aren’t happy about the thought of longer lines.
  “Fewer people working means longer lines waiting,” said one retiree.
  Alex Barrij believe fewer government employees means he may wait longer to straighten out his life after hi
  
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• Parents Visit Alameda Creek Where Tracy Teen Is Trapped In Car

  24-01-2017 05:58
  
  FREMONT, Calif. (AP) – A distraught mother clutched her head, and family members wept as they stared into the surging waters where an 18-year-old woman’s car is believed to be trapped with her still inside of it.
  The young woman has been missing since Saturday, when authorities say she lost control during a rainstorm and hit another car before plunging into Alameda Creek.
  Rushing, deep water has prevented rescuers from entering the muddy creek, which was exceptionally high after this
  
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• Men Trapped In Sierra Avalanche Pass Time With Selfies Waiting For Rescue

  24-01-2017 03:40
  
  ALPINE MEADOWS (CBS13) — A dramatic rescue in the Sierra after an avalanche almost swallows two best friends in their car.
  It happened early Monday morning along northbound Highway 89 near Alpine Meadows. The two men are OK, and they are crediting their survival to their boy scout training.
  “We slid and hit the snow, then we heard whooshing noise and everything went white, the whole car was surrounded,” said 27-year old Neale Shutler, one of the survivors.
  Safe and unharmed, Sh
  
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• Travis Firefighters Train For Stair Climb To Fight Leukemia

  24-01-2017 03:00
  Local firefighters are climbing thousands of steps to help find a cure for blood cancer.
  Firefighting crews from Travis Air Force Base are training for the big stair climb in Seattle at Columbia Tower, the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi.Almost 2,000 firefighters from 200 fire department across the country will be participating. They’ll be climbing 69 stairs in full firefighting gear.“The event itself is sponsored by the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, where all of the fun
  
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• Storms Dump 23 Feet Of Snow On Tahoe Resorts In First Weeks Of 2017

  24-01-2017 01:29
  
  LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) — Another nearly 3 feet of new snow fell on Sierra Nevada ski resorts in a 24-hour period, and the city of Reno recorded one of its snowiest days in at least 80 years as the latest in a series of winter storms made its way through the region.
  The National Weather Service said the 7.6 inches of snow recorded at Reno-Tahoe International Airport Monday morning was the 17th largest 24-hour snowfall since it started keeping records in 1937.
  More than 23 feet of snow has falle
  
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