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• 5 Injured In Crash After Chase In South Natomas

  01-03-2017 23:42
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Five people have been taken to the hospital after a crash following a police chase in North Sacramento early Wednesday afternoon.
  The scene is near W. El Camino Avenue and Truxel Road. Sacramento police say they were chasing a car with four people inside when it crashed into the side of a van carrying two people.SPD currently searching the area for a susp who fled from ofcs in a veh pursuit and crashed. Several susps are in custody, 1 outstanding pic.twitter.com/voCt31
  
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• 5 Injured, 1 Critically, In Crash After Chase In South Natomas

  01-03-2017 23:42
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Five people have been taken to the hospital after a crash following a police chase in North Sacramento early Wednesday afternoon.
  The scene is near W. El Camino Avenue and Truxel Road. Sacramento police say a car they were chasing crashed in the area.SPD currently searching the area for a susp who fled from ofcs in a veh pursuit and crashed. Several susps are in custody, 1 outstanding pic.twitter.com/voCt31cIpl
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• California’s Snowpack Nears Record Depths

  01-03-2017 22:38
  
  PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) – The Sierra Nevada snowpack is close to setting records notched more than three decades ago – a welcome sight after five years of punishing drought in California, surveyors said Wednesday.
  A series of storms that doused the state in the first two months of the year brought the water content of the snowpack up to a “pretty phenomenal” 185 percent of normal, well above the 84 percent of normal a year ago, said Frank Gehrke, the state’s c
  
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• California Faces $50B Price Tag For Flood Control Fixes

  01-03-2017 19:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – California faces an estimated $50 billion price tag for roads, dams and other infrastructure threatened by floods such as the one that severely damaged Oroville Dam last month, the state’s natural resources secretary said Wednesday.
  Nearly 200,000 people living near the country’s tallest dam were evacuated three weeks ago amid fears of a catastrophic flood after a chunk of concrete tore out the main spillway following heavy rains.
  Swollen rivers, troubled leve
  
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• Carmichael Man, 22, Killed In Crash On Highway 50

  01-03-2017 19:20
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California Highway Patrol is investigating after a fatal crash along Highway 50 in Sacramento early Wednesday morning.
  The scene was on the eastbound side of the freeway near the Howe Avenue exit. CHP says, a little after midnight, a car heading east on the freeway crashed into the south side guardrail. The car came to a rest with the driver’s side facing oncoming traffic. A second car was about to exit at Howe Avenue and didn’t spot the totaled car in
  
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• California Snowpack Could Bring 5-Year Drought To Its Knees

  01-03-2017 18:08
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (AP) — Water managers will once again manually measure California’s snowpack, saying the state is on track for one of the wettest winters on record after five years of drought.
  The California Department of Water Resources will do the survey Wednesday in the Sierra Nevada.
  The snowpack is vital because it provides one-third of the state’s water to homes and farms when it melts.
  On Tuesday, electronic monitors showed the snowpack was at 186 percent of normal for
  
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• 2 Men Suspected Of Looting In Yuba City Arrested

  01-03-2017 15:43
  
  YUBA CITY (CBS13) – Two men suspected of looting a Yuba City Circle K store during the Oroville Dam evacuations have been arrested.
  Justin Hagon and Daniel Rodriguez allegedly broke into the store and stole a number of items, including cigarettes.
  A Yuba City police officer spotted the pair early Tuesday morning after reviewing surveillance footage. The pair was soon under arrest.
  Both men were booked on felony charges for looting. They are currently being held at Sutter County Jail.
  
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• Local Transgenger Woman Killed In New Orleans

  01-03-2017 13:51
  
  NEW ORLEANS (CBS13) — Sacramento performer Chyna Gibson has been shot and killed in New Orleans, CBS13 has confirmed.
  Her body was found in a parking lot during Mardi Gras festivities Saturday evening, according to a police report. She was 31 years old.
  The murder of Gibson comes amid calls from GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) for increased media coverage of cases in which transgender Americans have been killed, citing eight that have occurred in 2017 thus far.
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• Local Transgender Woman Killed In New Orleans

  01-03-2017 13:51
  
  NEW ORLEANS (CBS13) — Sacramento performer Chyna Gibson has been shot and killed in New Orleans, CBS13 has confirmed.
  Her body was found in a parking lot during Mardi Gras festivities Saturday evening, according to a police report. She was 31 years old.
  The murder of Gibson comes amid calls from GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) for increased media coverage of cases in which transgender Americans have been killed, citing eight that have occurred in 2017 thus far.
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• Financial Aid Applications By Undocumented Students Drop In California

  01-03-2017 09:09
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — There’s been a significant decline in financial aid applications at California colleges from undocumented students.
  “I was uncertain, confused about whether I should apply or not,” said Sacramento City College student Brenda Navarette.
  Brenda is an undocumented immigrant, who grew up in Davis, and is now a sophomore at Sac City College with some real fears when it comes to applying for financial aid through the California Dream Act.
  “I’m j
  
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• Rancho Cordova Thieves Spoofing Car Key Signal For Easy Access To Vehicles

  01-03-2017 08:57
  
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) – A string of car burglaries in a Rancho Cordova neighborhood have left homeowners concerned and confused. Three people in the Stone Creek neighborhood say thieves broke into several cars in the middle of the night but the cars had no broken glass and no damage.
  “They didn’t even have to break the window or make any kind of noise,” said Judy Garcia, who lives in Rancho Cordova. “It’s like they had a key to enter the car!”
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• Former Elk Grove Cop Sues Over Treatment As A Gay Officer

  01-03-2017 08:46
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – A former police officer, who is openly gay, is suing the police department for discrimination.
  “I was a second-class citizen. I didn’t have the same rights and equalities as everyone else,” Jeremy LeMire said during his employment with the department from 2014-2016.
  LeMire was a decorated war veteran and then contractor with a state department.
  Beginning a new career was daunting, but he ended up landing a job with the department. A major feat, but the
  
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• Science Lags Behind Marijuana Impairment Testing

  01-03-2017 08:23
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Marijuana and driving sound like a bad idea, but it’s up to the California Highway Patrol to determine if someone is impaired behind the wheel.
  “We want to remove anyone who’s impaired by any substance from the roadways to keep California safe,” said Glen Glaser with the CHP.
  The tactics and strategies used by law enforcement to spot impairment are up for debate while science and technology catch up. CHP officers currently use Drug Recognition E
  
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• PG&E Rate Tier Changes Could Have Consumers Paying Even More For Electricity

  01-03-2017 07:16
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — As outraged PG&E customers are demanding to know why their bills have skyrocketed, there’s word of another rate increase on the way.
  PG&E is rolling out a new rate structure on Wednesday it says will cause some to see a jump in their bills, while others could see it drop.
  PG&E calls it bill balancing.
  “We’re going from three [rate] tiers to two, and this is so it’s less complicated and we’re going to align costs to th
  
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• California Bill Proposes ‘Drugged Driving’ Testing For Pot, Opioids

  01-03-2017 02:15
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California lawmakers are proposing a new law that would use advanced technology to test drivers for marijuana or other drugs.
  Karen Smith says a simple test could have saved her husband’s life.
  “He was just 56 years old. We had been married for 34 years,” she said. “It was all wiped out in just one second by a person who chose to drive under the influence of THC.”
  Smith says she’s still grieving a year after losing her husb
  
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