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• Police Investigate Threatening Texts; Lodi High School Boy, 17, Arrested

  27-01-2017 22:39
  
  LODI (CBS13) – A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly sent threatening text messages, police say.
  Lodi police say several concerning text messages between students at Lodi High School were brought to their attention recently. The messages reportedly mentioned guns, shootings and even included photos of ammo and firearm parts.
  After an investigation by Lodi police and school administration, a 17-year-old boy was arrested. Due to his age, his name is not being released.
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• IKEA Recalls Beach Chairs After Reports Of Collapsing, Fingertip Amputations

  27-01-2017 20:46
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – IKEA has issued a recall of its colorful beach chairs over concerns they could collapse and pose falling and fingertip amputation hazards.
  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on Friday. About 33,400 MYSINGSÖ chairs sold to consumers are affected by the recall.
  At least 13 incidents of the chair failing have been reported worldwide. Of those, 10 incidents saw injuries – and 6 resulted in fingertip amputations.
  Three of the inciden
  
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• Man On California Death Row Taken To Hospital, Dies

  27-01-2017 20:32
  
  SAN QUENTIN (CBS13) – A man on California death row has been found dead, prison officials say.
  James David Majors, 69, was on death row at San Quentin State Prison since 1991 for the robbery and first-degree murders of three people at a Fair Oaks home. Majors had come to California from Arizona to buy a pound of methamphetamine.
  Majors was convicted in Sacramento County court and was given the death penalty.
  On Thursday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported
  
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• DA: Officers Acted Lawfully In Shooting Of Joseph Mann

  27-01-2017 19:28
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The district attorney’s office says they’ve decided that the officers who shot Sacramento resident Joseph Mann acted lawfully.
  Mann’s family has been calling for federal prosecution of the officers involved in the July 2016 incident.
  The Sacramento County District Attorney’s office has been conducting an independent review into the incident, as it does with all officer-involved shooting incidents that involve injury or death.
  Friday, the DA&rsqu
  
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• Man Killed In Rollover Crash Off I-80 Near Madison Avenue

  27-01-2017 15:32
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – A man has died in a crash on Interstate 80 early Friday morning.
  The scene is on westbound I-80 just past Madison Avenue. California Highway Patrol says a little after 3 a.m. calls started coming in about “blacked-out” car on the side of the freeway.
  CHP officers found the car was in the ditch. It appeared to have rolled over several times, throwing the driver from the car and fatally injuring him.CHP says the slow lane of WB I-80 will remain shutdown
  
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• Metro Chamber hosts Annual Business Awards Dinner

  27-01-2017 14:54
  (SACRAMENTO) The Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce presents its annual Business Awards dinner on Friday, January 27. The black-tie dinner is in its 122nd year and will be held in the Hyatt Regency’s Grand Ballroom.
  This year’s honorees include former Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, who will receive the Sacramentan of the Year Award and Chet Hewitt, head of the Sierra Health Foundation, who will receive the Al Geiger Memorial Award. Other awards are: Businesswoman of the Yea
  
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• Protesters, Supporters Find Common Ground At Twelve Rounds Brewing Company

  27-01-2017 09:24
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Supporters and opponents of a Twelve Rounds Brewing Company owner came face-to-face for the first time Thursday night after days of online political attacks led to a protest.
  Amid the uproar, there seemed to be at least a moment where both sides were seeking understanding.
  “When we take away all our identifiers and labels everyone is human,” protest organizer Beverly Kearns said.
  “I just came out here to talk to her, to discuss our different opinions,
  
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• Power Lines Crash Onto Moving Vehicle, Trapping Three People In Sacramento

  27-01-2017 09:20
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Power lines crashed down onto a moving vehicle, causing a big outage for hundreds in Sacramento.
  “I did hear a crash, but didn’t think anything of it until the lights flinched,” said Stephanie Perales, who is staying at the shelter next door.
  Attached to live power lines, the first pole yanked two more poles down to the ground, causing a huge spark and trapping three people in their vehicles. Thankfully, all of them are OK.
  The Sacramento Fire Departm
  
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• Sacramento Converts IT Center Into Homeless Shelter After Deaths Outside City Hall

  27-01-2017 09:15
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The city of Sacramento opened an emergency warming shelter for people living on the streets Thursday night.
  The move was partially a response to two people who’ve died in the past two weeks while staying outside City Hall.
  “Some nights it gets pretty cold,” said William Mercer.
  He and his dog Chico live on the streets. They won’t be cold on Thursday night.
  “This is great,” said Mercer with a smile.
  The old IT center for the city was
  
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• Sacramento State Students Leery Of Campus Water After Lead Tests

  27-01-2017 08:35
  
  SACRAMENTO — A town hall meeting held on Thursday is answering questions after toxic levels of lead were found in the water supply for Sacramento State.
  The study was done after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
  The overall goal is to have no lead in the water, but different agencies have different regulations for what’s acceptable.
  The California Department of Public Health allows lead concentration up to 0.2 micrograms per liter. The FDA allows up to five micrograms per lit
  
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• Stockton Schools Partner With Scholarship Discovery App

  27-01-2017 03:16
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — The city of Stockton and the Stockton Unified School District are trying to help students find financial aid for college.
  To that end, they have worked out an exclusive deal with the app, Scholly, which lets users find scholarships for college. And now Stockton students can use it for free.
  “I didn’t know where to start with scholarships, but then this app put them all on one spot,” explained Luis Lopez, a senior at Franklin High School in Stockton.
  He&
  
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• Cousins Get Life For Shotgun Slayings Of 2 Yuba County Girls

  27-01-2017 02:42
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Two cousins were sentenced Thursday to life prison terms in the 1973 shotgun slayings of two young girls in Northern California, said Deputy Yuba County District Attorney John Vacek.
  Larry Don Patterson and William Lloyd Harbour were sentenced to five years to life in prison in the decades-old cold case, the maximum penalty under sentencing laws at the time of the crime.
  For the same reason, the two men did not face the possibility of the death penalty in the deat
  
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