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• Man, 23, Injured In Shooting Near Fulton And Marconi Avenues

  16-02-2017 22:42
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating a shooting in the Arden Arcade area Thursday afternoon.
  The scene is near Fulton and Marconi avenues.
  The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says a 23-year-old man was shot in the upper torso. It’s unclear what led up to the shooting, but witnesses said the man was a pedestrian, while the suspect was in a car.
  Deputies and medics immediately began life-saving measures and he was transported to the hospital. The man i
  
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• Deputies Investigating Shooting Near Fulton And Marconi Avenues

  16-02-2017 22:42
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating a shooting in the Arden Arcade area Thursday afternoon.
  The scene is near Fulton and Marconi avenues.
  The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says a man was shot in the upper torso. It’s unclear what led up to the shooting.
  The man has been transported to the hospital. Deputies have not commented on his condition.
  Witnesses at the scene said the suspect fled southbound on Fulton Avenue in a dark vehicle.
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• Stockton Police Shut Down Rumors Of Immigration Raids

  16-02-2017 21:47
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Stockton police are trying to dispel rumors of immigration raids going on in the city.
  The Stockton Police Department says they are not working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the moment doing immigration raids, nor are they doing checkpoints.
  “It is important to us that members of our entire community work with the Police Department to report crime and other issues so we have a safer community,” the department wrote in a post on Thursday.
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• Water Levels At Lake Behind Oroville Dam Keep Dropping

  16-02-2017 19:16
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13/AP) – California officials say the water level at Lake Oroville is 32 feet below its dam’s damaged emergency spillway.
  For a third day, the state Department of Water Resources says dump trucks and helicopters are dropping thousands of tons of rocks and sandbags to shore up the spillway at the Oroville Dam, the nation’s tallest.
  It says barges and cranes are being mobilized to remove debris and sediment from a diversion pool.2 Helicopters just touched down atop t
  
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• Bill Could Allow California Bars To Have Later Last Call Times

  16-02-2017 16:20
  
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – Closing times at bars in California could go later if proposed legislation there gets passed.
  The bill proposed Tuesday by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, would let municipalities set their own last call times. The Los Angeles Times reports that communities could decide to go as late as 4 a.m.
  Currently, the last call time across the state is 2 a.m.
  Wiener’s predecessor in the Legislature, former Sen. Mark Leno, tried in 2013 to giv
  
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• More Rain Brings Renewed Flooding Concerns For Northern California

  16-02-2017 15:55
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Rough weather is making landfall in Northern California once again, as rain and snow is expected to stick around until next week.
  The National Weather Service says this new storm set could be the “heaviest winter storm” in terms of rain for all of California.Wet pattern returns for the next week. Amplified flooding impacts will be possible with any additional rainfall #cawx #CAstorm #CAflood pic.twitter.com/apU8YHZE5q
  — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento)
  
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• Motor Home Driver Arrested For Monday Pile-Up In Roseville

  16-02-2017 15:28
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13/AP) — Police have arrested the driver of a motor home after a seven-vehicle crash in Roseville earlier in the week.
  The Sacramento Bee reports that Roseville Police say the Monday collision occurred after law enforcement began chasing the speeding motor home. Five people were taken to local hospital with injuries, including the motor home driver.
  Police say two people have serious injuries but are expected to recover.
  The motor home’s 58-year-old driver, a
  
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• New Study: Blacks Feel Ignored by the Democratic Party

  16-02-2017 14:23
  Cornell Belcher, the CEO of Brilliant Corners Research presented a new study on Black voters to members of the Congressional Black Caucus. This photo was taken during the National Urban League 3rd annual urban ideas forum. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
  (NNPA) – Cornell Belcher, the CEO of Brilliant Corners Research, said that it’s no surprise that Black voters have presented a very clear mandate to the Congressional Black Caucus to oppose the Trump Administration, because 92 percent of Af
  
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• Goldman Sach’s Small Business Program Alumni Create Jobs, Increase Revenue

  16-02-2017 14:14
  “10,000 Small Businesses” faculty member Farshad Rafii shares ‘actions for growth’ insights during a recent cohort in Southern California. (Goldman Sachs)
  LOS ANGELES (NNPA) — Eight hundred Southern California businesses have joined thousands of entrepreneurs across the country in an initiative to create jobs.
  The business owners are participants in Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, a scholarship-based program that convenes them to learn critical business skill
  
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• Trump nominee has decried Medicaid for fostering dependency

  16-02-2017 13:50
  CHICAGO (AP) — The businesswoman President Donald Trump selected to oversee Medicaid, the health care program for 74 million low-income Americans, has said the program is structurally flawed by policies that burden states and foster dependency among the poor.
  Seema Verma heads Indianapolis-based SVC Inc., a consulting firm that works with GOP-led states seeking federal leeway in how they spend Medicaid dollars. Her proposed solutions can be seen most dramatically in Indiana, where Medicaid
  
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• Stockton Looks For Ways To Improve Flagging Literacy Rate

  16-02-2017 09:10
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Community leaders in Stockton a taking a stand against low literacy rates in their region. U.S. Department of Education statistics say only one in four Stockton Unified third-graders passed their state English exams.
  “If you have younger siblings, you can’t buy them shoes and candy,” said Jagada Chambers, Boys and Men of Color Movement Builder with Fathers and Families of San Joaquin. “Buy them books. Make your little brothers and sisters think it
  
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• Crews Readying For Wet Weather At Damaged Oroville Dam Spillway

  16-02-2017 08:30
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — It’s around-the-clock work for crews in Oroville working to secure the emergency spillway ahead of a series of storms.
  “We want to make sure before this next system comes in, we get as much work done as possible,” said Chris Orrock of the California Department of Water Resources.
  About 125 construction crews are out placing 1,200 tons of material on the spillway per hour, all in an effort to strengthen the structure before it rains.
  “We have crews
  
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• Call Kurtis: Can Recalls Expire?

  16-02-2017 08:20
  
  CARMICHAEL (CBS13) – Trying to buy a car, Carmichael teen Alex Giyenko went to sell his toys online but soon realized one of his favorite childhood toys was recalled.
  “It’s crazy,” said Alex.
  Now 16, Alex is a lover of all things military just like when he was a kid.
  He remembers his 6th birthday party when he got the Kool Toyz Military Action Figure.
  “As a young boy, I was really excited,” he said.
  Now old enough to drive, Alex and his mom, Elena, decided to
  
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• Floodwaters Overtake Historic Marysville Cemetery

  16-02-2017 08:05
  
  MARYSVILLE (CBS13) — One of the oldest cemeteries west of the Mississippi River is filled with water. The Jackson Slough has overrun its banks causing high water in the historic Marysville cemetery, unseen in the last decade.
  “It’s pretty crazy, huh,” said Kyle Reece.
  He recently returned home from an evacuation center with his family. His young daughters have never laid eyes on the cemetery in the condition it was on Wednesday.
  “This is the first time we’ve s
  
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• A Snack Between Seasons: Mosquitoes Are Out Looking For A Quick Bite

  16-02-2017 07:39
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Getting attacked by mosquitoes? Well, you’re not alone. Officials say they’ve had plenty of calls for the pesky insects in just the past few days.
  Is it just a seasonal reoccurrence or are the rains causing the influx?
  “They are all over,” said Alfonso Williams while walking his dog. “Buzzing around and biting you on the hand or whatever’s exposed.
  Everyone said just about the same thing Wednesday.
  “You can see them just standi
  
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• Oroville Dam Contractors Have Big Job Ahead Of Them

  16-02-2017 03:33
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — When Marc Rivas got into the construction business, he never imagined he’d be part of an emergency operation to shore up a damaged spillway and protect entire towns from flooding.
  “It’s kind of monumental and historic, you know?” said Rivas.
  From helicopters to bobcats to boulders, workers are operating heavy-duty machinery. But it’s that mental strength that gets them through the day.
  “You mentally prepare yourself. You know you&
  
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