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• 1 Worker Killed, 1 Injured In Accident Near Santa Cruz Mountains Landslide

  09-02-2017 23:40
  
  SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS (CBS/AP) – One member of a road crew was killed and another injured when a dump truck ran over them while working to clear a massive mudslide in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
  The California Highway Patrol said the accident occurred shortly after noon on Highway 17 about 25 miles south of San Jose.
  A mudslide on Tuesday briefly shut the main north-south artery between San Jose and coastal Santa Cruz and crews have been working since then to clear debris.One worker is m
  
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• Leonardo Da Vinci School Student Dies After Having Breathing Problems In PE

  09-02-2017 23:12
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A student at Leonardo Da Vinci K-8 School died after having breathing issues during PE class on Wednesday, school officials say.
  In a letter to parents, Principal Devon Davis revealed eighth grader Mai See Lee had passed away.
  Mai See reportedly had difficulty breathing during PE and was rushed to the hospital. Could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
  Doctors later revealed that Mai See’s death appears to be a heart event, Davis sai
  
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• Man Suspected Of Groping Teens In Modesto Arrested In Sting

  09-02-2017 22:56
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Detectives have arrested a man suspected of groping several teenage girls in Modesto.
  The incidents have been under investigation since late January. Modesto police say a 15-year-old girl reported she was walking to the school bus stop near Crowslanding Road and Butte Avenue when a man riding a bicycle went up and grabbed her behind.
  She managed to take out her phone and take a picture as he rode away, but he covered his face.
  As detectives soon discovered, at least seven
  
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• ‘Senior Assassination’ Game Banned From Manteca School

  09-02-2017 20:31
  
  MANTECA (CBS13) – A popular high school senior tradition has been barred from a local high school.
  Sierra High School officials say they only just recently learned about a game called “Senior Assassination” being played on campus.
  In a post to their Facebook page on Wednesday, officials stressed that the game is not sanctioned by the school or allowed to be played on campus.
  “Any students caught participating in this activity during such times will be disciplined accordin
  
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• 25 Gates Opened At Sacramento Weir As Wet Weather Continues

  09-02-2017 18:04
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The gates of the Sacramento Weir have been reopened after nearly a week of wet weather.
  With river levels rising, officials were prompted to reopen gates of the Sacramento Weir late Wednesday night.At 11:00 pm 9 gates were opened as planned. https://t.co/iSN6eMU73o
  — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) February 9, 2017
  More gates were opened later in the early morning hours.@CA_DWR opening 15 more gates at Sac Weir to take pressure of SacRiver. @GoodDaySac @CBSS
  
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• Strongest In Series Of Storms Hits Soggy Northern California

  09-02-2017 15:44
  
  GUERNEVILLE, Calif. (AP) – The strongest of this week’s drenching storms moved ashore Thursday in Northern California, raising the risk of flooding and mudslides in the region of already soggy hillsides and swollen rivers.
  Flood and wind warnings were in place again north of San Francisco, where residents along the Russian River stacked sandbags to protect their properties.
  The river overtopped its banks in some areas and flooded streets Wednesday, but began to drop later in the day.
  
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• Citrus Heights Police Call Off Search For Early Morning Burglar

  09-02-2017 14:40
  
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) — The Citrus Heights Police Department has called off a search for a man who allegedly burglarized a home on Iron Bark Court this morning.
  A woman woke up around 3:05 a.m. to find a male intruder inside her home, Sgt. Shaun Gualco of the Citrus Heights Police Department said.
  A perimeter was set up near the rear of the court, near I-80 and Antelope Road.
  The Sacramento Police Department assisted by providing a K-9 unit. Police searched for over an hour but were
  
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• Sacramento Police Negotiating With Suspect After Vehicle Pursuit

  09-02-2017 13:07
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Police Department is in a standoff near a 7/11 on Northgate Blvd. after a vehicle pursuit that started in the area of Sunbeam and Richards Blvd. lead them through the Del Paso Heights area.
  Police attempted to stop the suspect in an SUV around 3:19 Thursday morning. The suspect began evading police immediately.
  The vehicle stopped near El Camino Ave. briefly around 3:42 before the pursuit continued to its current location. The vehicle lost its front whee
  
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• Sacramento Police Apprehend Man After Vehicle Pursuit, Standoff

  09-02-2017 13:07
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Police Department has taken a man into custody after a vehicle pursuit that lead them through the Del Paso Heights area for more than a half an hour and ended with a standoff on Northgate Boulevard.
  The incident began with an attempt to pull the suspect over near Sunbeam Avenue and Richards Boulevard at 3:19 a.m. Thursday.After about 40 minutes of negotiations the person inside the car has turned himself in pic.twitter.com/7efFuVM8CH
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• South Restaurant Hit By Racist Yelp Reviews

  09-02-2017 09:44
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The owners of South Restaurant in downtown Sacramento are questioning the practices of Yelp after several racist reviews were posted about their restaurant. The owners say it took Yelp too long to take action, and now they must stand up for what’s right.
  South is a popular Gulf-area, Southern-style restaurant best known for its fried chicken.
  Owners N’Gina and Ian Kavookjian are an interracial husband and wife team. They say while they normally don’t
  
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• Racist Yelp Reviews Left For Restaurant In Downtown Sacramento

  09-02-2017 09:44
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The owners of South Restaurant in downtown Sacramento are questioning the practices of Yelp after several racist reviews were posted about their restaurant. The owners say it took Yelp too long to take action, and now they must stand up for what’s right.
  South is a popular Gulf-area, Southern-style restaurant best known for its fried chicken.
  Owners N’Gina and Ian Kavookjian are an interracial husband and wife team. They say while they normally don’t
  
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• California Drought Order Extended Amid Wet Winter

  09-02-2017 09:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The State Water Resource Control Board voted to extend emergency drought regulations statewide for at least another three months.
  The ruling comes despite a month of winter storms that has left the state snowpack at its biggest in 22 years.
  The vote came the same day much of Northern California was under a flood watch watched and warnings.
  “I think the public also understands that we can have floods and drought at the same time,” Chair of the Water Resource
  
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• Flooding, Mudslides Hit Sierra As Storms Continue To Roll Through

  09-02-2017 08:38
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (CBS13) – More than 50 homes flooded in South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday after heavy rain and melting snow throughout the region.
  “The water is overwhelming the ditches and basically eroding the side of the roads,” said Michael Harrell, supervisor for El Dorado County Department of Transportation.
  A mudslide trapped two cars and prompted the closure of Interstate 80. No one was injured in the slide.
  On Divot Road, crews from DOT used a snow blower to diver
  
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• Speed Enforcement Cameras Could Be Coming To California Under New Bill

  09-02-2017 08:23
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New legislation would install sensors along California’s roads that would automatically ticket speeding drivers, prompting concerns the program may not improve safety on state roads.
  The sensors would only be activated on vehicles traveling 10 miles over the speed limit.
  The idea of a 5-year test program for speed cameras has opponents crying foul, fearing it could spread statewide. The group Safer Streets Los Angeles argues the cameras are more about money than
  
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• Funding Cuts Put Nevada County Teen Parent Program In Danger Of Closure

  09-02-2017 08:06
  NEVADA COUNTY (CBS13) – The state cut funding for the teen parent program that serves seven high schools throughout the joint district.
  As a result, the program may have to shut down and district leaders believe it will greatly impact the education for many who get pregnant too young.
  “It’s hard. It’s definitely hard, especially when you’re in high school,” said Jocelyn Lopez, who is a senior this year. “I was 15 in a half turning 16 and I was pretty sca
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: Triple Tag Team Scam Started With Cloned Facebook Profile

  09-02-2017 07:54
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Michael Hansen wanted to get the word out after he was targeted by scammers from three different directions at the same time.
  First, it was a Facebook friend request from what looked like a high school buddy he saw at a recent reunion. The profile had his picture and all the right information, including where he lived.
  Hansen says his “friend” messaged him, asking if he collected his $77,000 of stimulus money yet. The “old buddy” claimed he saw
  
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• WATCH: Video Shows Modesto Teen Bullied By Group, Thrown To Ground

  09-02-2017 07:46
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Video showing a boy being bullied has made its way around social media.
  The video shows the young boy surrounded by a dozen or so larger teens and being violently thrown to the ground. A second video shows him being forced to his knees and told to repeat something.
  The teens in the video have been identified as students from Beyer High and Elliott Alternative High.
  Elliot’s principal sent a note to parents saying in part, “I would like to say thank you to
  
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• Hole In Oroville Dam Spillway Grows As Officials Plan Next Move

  09-02-2017 07:36
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — Department of Water Resources officials, engineers, and contractors spent the day testing and assessing the gaping hole that stretches across the Oroville Dam spillway.
  “What you see today may not be there tomorrow,” said Bill Croyle the acting DWR Director.
  “We wouldn’t be surprised if by the end of this wet season, much of the lower portion of the spillway has been eroded away,” Croyle continued.
  The spillway, where reservoir water is rele
  
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• Rain Floods Sacramento County Roadways, Golf Course

  09-02-2017 07:33
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Flooded roadways have been forcing people to find other ways around Sacramento County.
  Dillard Road saw almost half a foot of water on it near Highway 99, and multiple locations along New Hope Road in Galt were covered in water, forcing it to close.
  Roadways weren’t the only thing impacted by the water. Emerald Lakes Golf Course is losing money due to flooding as they only have the course open with limited access due to flooding.
  There’s no surp
  
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• California Lawmakers Propose Help For Refugees

  09-02-2017 03:51
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — As Donald Trump fights to shut the door on refugees entering the United States, Democratic lawmakers from California are pushing new laws to open doors for the refugees already here.
  “We’re not taking part in this fear mongering,” said Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego).
  Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian is an immigrant from Iran and one of three lawmakers proposing the California Welcomes Refugee Package.
  “So these bills are made to make it easier
  
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• Wrong-Way Driver, Victim In Deadly Interstate 80 Crash Identified

  09-02-2017 03:01
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The wrong-way driver who killed a 24-year old West Sacramento man Tuesday night has been identified by police as 47-year old Katherine Marie Malek.
  The crash happened just before 10 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 80.
  Fernando Bravo’s family is now left grieving after the crash. Tears and hugs of comfort surrounded the Bravo family as the tragedy began settling in.
  “I lost my brother, he’s gone,” cried his younger brother, Edgar Bravo.
  He
  
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• Despite Wet Weather, California Holding On To Drought Measures

  09-02-2017 02:03
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Water regulators in California on Wednesday extended what are now largely symbolic conservation measures lingering from the drought after the state has seen one of the wettest winters in years.
  Regulators decided to retain the measures at least until spring as a precaution against the possible return of dry weather.
  “I don’t think there’s just one way to go,” Felicia Marcus, chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, said after several l
  
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• Whole Foods Closing Davis Store After Missing Revenue Target

  09-02-2017 00:28
  
  DAVIS (CBS13) — Whole Foods will be closing its Davis store amid declining revenue, the company said on Wednesday.
  No final day for the store has been announced.
  The company fell short of Wall Street estimates in the first quarter, earning 30 cents per share versus the expected 39 cents per share. Whole Foods cited increased competition hitting their higher-end offerings as part of the reason for the missed expectations.
  The company issued the following statement on the closure
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