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• Two Years Later, Father Arrested In Death Of Baby Justice

  22-02-2017 20:41
  
  WOODLAND (CBS13) – The father of a baby found dead in a Yolo County slough has been arrested and charged.
  Frank Rees is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter for the death of his child Justice, as well as charges of abusing or endangering the health of a child and administering a controlled substance.
  Justice was found dead in a slough near Knights Landing back in 2015. He was 19 days old.
  Samantha Green, the baby’s mother, was found guilty of murder back in September 2016.Yolo
  
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• Work Progressing On Collapsed Part Of Highway 50 Near Bridal Veil Falls

  22-02-2017 19:37
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – The scene along Highway 50 continues to develop.
  Wednesday morning, Placerville-are California Highway Patrol shared a new video of the work being done east of Bridal Veil Falls after part of the freeway collapsed.According to CHP, the highway is open with one lane in each direction with traffic separated by a concrete barrier. But there is a lot of work to be done after a shoulder gave way.
  Caltrans crews continue to work on the broken roadway. Overnight snow ha
  
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• Protesters Disrupt Stockton City Council Meeting, Tussle With Officers

  22-02-2017 18:50
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Protesters disrupted a city council meeting at Stockton’s city hall Tuesday evening.
  For the second time this month, protesters and relatives of several individuals who lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement officers had to be kicked out of the council chambers.
  Police say about 30 protesters were yelling and causing a disturbance. The protesters are calling for a federal investigation into the Stockton Police Department.
  The meeting was temporarily stopp
  
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• Man Struck, Killed On Stockton Boulevard In Sacramento

  22-02-2017 15:53
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Police are investigating after a man was struck and killed in a Sacramento roadway Tuesday night.
  The scene is near Stockton Boulevard and 14th Avenue.
  Sacramento police say they responded around 8 p.m. and found an unresponsive man laying in the street. He was transported to the hospital, but soon died from his injuries.
  Investigators are looking into speed and weather-related causes for the accident.
  Police also say the man was apparently trying to cross the street,
  
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• Communities Downstream From Don Pedro Reservoir Continue To Brace For Flooding

  22-02-2017 15:42
  
  TURLOCK (CBS13) – The Tuolumne River continues to swell with the opening one of the spillways at the Don Pedro Reservoir.
  Two men had to be rescued by boat when the American Legion hall building on the west edge of Legion Park started to flood with the rising of the river.Tuolomne River continues to swell with the opening of the Don Pedro spillway, which has caused flooding pic.twitter.com/EMq8FvsZUe
  — Sean Bennett (@tvseanb) February 22, 2017
  Since the Turlock Irrigation District op
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: Why Didn’t My Air Bag Go Off In Crash?

  22-02-2017 09:13
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13)- You’ve heard of air bags exploding when they shouldn’t, some even killing people, but Sacramento mom Effie Greer says her car’s airbag did not go off in a crash when her sister was driving.
  After picking kids from school, Greer’s sister was driving her car right in front of her when another vehicle ran a stop light, crashing into her sister.
  “I was thinking I was going to see the white pillow thing,” said Greer.
  The police report says she w
  
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• Flooding Claiming Bee Colonies In Stanislaus County

  22-02-2017 09:08
  
  STANISLAUS COUNTY (CBS13) – The continuous rain and rising water soaked almond fields and drowned honey bees causing major issues for beekeepers and it could affect the almond production.
  “They need them to pollinate the almonds,” said Ryan Howard owns Sunrise Feed & Supply in Oakdale.
  Around here he said there has been constant talk of beekeepers feeling the sting.
  “In some of the pictures I sent you they lost hundreds of hives and that was just one beekeeper,”
  
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• California Lawmakers Look To Close Proposition 64 Loopholes

  22-02-2017 09:04
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The regulations are ramping up when it comes to recreational marijuana in California.
  The cannabis industry, which is largely self-regulated, is slowly becoming more restrictive. Assemblyman Adam Gray (D-Merced) introduced a bill that would place far more child protections on future recreational marijuana businesses.
  “I do think that all of the regulations are a bit excessive,” said Kimberly Cargile speaking broadly about all the regulations on the marijuan
  
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• Technology Aims To Stop Patrol Car Theft

  22-02-2017 08:58
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Law enforcement officers now have extra backup from their patrol cars.
  Technology from an Auburn-based company is stopping patrol car theft before it happens, creating a new generation of police cars.
  CBS13 started looking into this technology after a series of California Highway Patrol vehicle thefts by suspects who escaped custody.
  RELATED: How Did 5 Suspects Escape California Highway Patrol Custody?
  A surveillance mode system is the first of its kind technology
  
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• Rare Releases From Don Pedro Spillway Reach Modesto

  22-02-2017 08:49
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) — The Tuolumne River continues to swell with the opening of the Don Pedro spillway. The river rose above flood stage Tuesday, and the city of Modesto is seeing some of that impact.
  Augustin Solrio and his family live right next to a now flooded Santa Cruz Avenue where water is inching up just feet away from their home.
  “It’s kind of scary, we’ve never seen anything like this,” said Solrio.
  “When we found out water was coming this way, that&rsqu
  
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• Fear Has California Immigrants Planning For Day They’re Separated From Children

  22-02-2017 08:44
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An attorney who holds the distinction of being the only undocumented immigrant sworn into a state bar is weighing in on President Trump’s new immigration policy.
  Attorney Sergio Garcia is offering legal help to families who are afraid they’ll be forced apart by new federal immigration enforcement.
  “You know the mom was crying, and thinking of the possibility of being separated and the little 5-year-old wondering what they’re even doing here?&rdq
  
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• Rough Winter Has Meant Series Of Closures On Highway 50 And Interstate 80

  22-02-2017 08:38
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s been a rough winter for people traveling in and out of the Sierra as both Highway 50 and Interstate 80 have been closed several times this year.
  More closures greeted drivers on Tuesday after several crashes.
  It’s been a disappointing day for motorists trying to make it through the mountains on Interstate 80. A long line of big rigs was held back at Applegate, and all cars were stopped in Colfax due to strong winds and slippery snow.
  The closure t
  
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• Caltrans Worker Dodges Death, Gets Out Of Crushed Truck To Direct Traffic

  22-02-2017 07:54
  NEVADA CITY (CBS13) – A Caltrans employee narrowly escaped his vehicle early Tuesday morning after a tree crashed down right on top of him.
  It happened at 2:05 a.m. while he was on his way to clean up a mudslide on Highway 49, just north of Nevada City.
  “I mean I’m pretty lucky, I had somebody watching out for me, that’s for sure,” said Joe, a Caltrans employee in District 3. “I don’t know if was instinct or what but it happened so fast that I didn&rsquo
  
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• Attorneys Advise Immigrants To Know The Rules Before ICE Agents Come Knocking

  22-02-2017 03:23
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Jose Gomez makes it a point to show he’s a proud Mexican-American. He flies his home country’s flag next to the American flag.
  The green white and red flag waves in front of the West Sacramento tire shop he opened 25 years ago, as a U.S. citizen.
  “We’re just hard working people. That’s all I can say,” said Gomez.
  Now he’s trying to understand what President Donald Trump’s latest immigration ruling means for his
  
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• Baby Justice’s Father To Be Charged In Connection With Infant’s Death

  22-02-2017 00:59
  
  YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — The father of a baby found dead in a slough near Knight’s Landing has been arrested in connection with the baby’s murder, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday.
  The announcement of the arrest of Frank Rees comes more than five months after the baby’s mother, Samantha Green, was found guilty of murder.
  The district attorney’s office did not disclose the charges, opting to release them at a Wednesday morning press
  
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