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• Man Caught After Walking Away From Jail Work Crew, Now Faces Time In State Prison

  08-03-2017 22:29
  
  AUBURN (CBS13) – A man’s 40 minutes of freedom after walking away from a jail work crew will be costly, deputies say.
  The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Bryce Henderson is a minimum-security inmate who was assigned to a jail work crew in North Auburn Wednesday.
  A little after noon, deputies announced he had walked away from the work crew near F Avenue in the Dewitt Center.
  Henderson was missing for about 40 minutes before deputies having lunch at a nearby resta
  
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• Car Crashes Into Elk Grove Business; Driver, Person Inside Hurt

  08-03-2017 22:00
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – A car crashed into an Elk Grove business early Wednesday afternoon.
  The scene is along the 8800 block of Bond Road.
  Elk Grove police say a car crashed into a building in the area. Photos from the scene show that the car deeply embedded inside a business.Vehicle collided with a building 8800 block of Bond Rd. Minor injuries reported to driver & a person inside. pic.twitter.com/vw5HNiKi3d
  — EGPD (@ElkGrovePD) March 8, 2017
  Police say two people, the driver and a
  
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• Suspect In Custody After Chase, Crash That Started At Sacramento City College

  08-03-2017 17:30
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A vehicle pursuit ended in a crash in Sacramento Wednesday morning.
  The incident began at Sacramento City College a little after 8 a.m.Suspect taken into custody after chase starts near Sac City pic.twitter.com/7bwu98i6BZ
  — Cambi Brown (@CambiBrown) March 8, 2017
  Los Rios police started pursuing a car. Officers then called Sacramento police when the vehicle left campus, prompting a pursuit.
  The chase ended in a crash on W Street, near 11th Street.
  The chase ended
  
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• Detectives: Father-In-Law Killed Suisun City Woman After She Was ‘Disrespectful’

  08-03-2017 17:30
  
  SUISUN CITY (CBS13) – The latest on a homicide investigation in Suisun City:
  8:30 a.m.
  Detectives say the woman found dead in a Suisun City home on Tuesday was killed by her own father-in-law.
  At a press conference Wednesday morning, Suisun City police announced that 63-year-old Amarjit Singh was arrested for the death of 29-year-old Shameena Bibi.
  Singh has confessed his involvement in the murder of Bibi, detectives say.
  Detectives believe Singh became upset over Bibi allegedly being disr
  
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• Ceres High Student, 15, Accused Of Stabbing Other Teen

  08-03-2017 17:11
  
  CERES (CBS13) – A Ceres High School student has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing.
  The incident happened Monday afternoon. Ceres police say a 15-year-old Endeavor High School student confronted the other student at the Ceres High School campus a little before 3 p.m. The confrontation sparked a fight that was eventually broken up by other students.
  Police say the two students were “mutual friends” in the past. It appears the confrontation was prompt
  
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• Woman Found Dead In Suisun City, Arrest Made

  08-03-2017 15:45
  
  SUISUN CITY (CBS13) – Police have made an arrest in a woman’s homicide in Suisun City.
  Officers found a woman’s body inside a garage on Blue Bill Way shortly after 9:45 a.m. Tuesday.
  Investigators say the woman’s body showed evidence of blunt-force trauma to her head. Her identity has not been released.
  No other victims were found at the home.
  Suisun Police say an arrest has been made, but no further details about the suspect or whatever led up to the homicide have been r
  
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• Wells Fargo Commits $60 Billion to Increase Black Homeownership

  08-03-2017 15:29
  Wells Fargo, Downtown, Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
  (NNPA) – Wells Fargo & Company has set aside a staggering $60 billion to lend to at least 250,000 black homeowners by the year 2027.
  Metropolitan Atlanta’s second-largest bank also pledged to increase the diversity of its home lending sales team and spend another $15 million to give financial education and counseling over the next 10 years.
  The announcement came at a Tuesday press conference in Atlanta that was atte
  
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• Ben Carson Sworn-in as Trump’s Only Black Cabinet Pick

  08-03-2017 15:19
  Dr. Ben Carson (left) was sworn in as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday, March 2. Carson’s wife along with his 5-year-old granddaughter, Tesora held the Bible. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
  (NNPA) – The swearing-in of all the primary members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet is just about complete.
  Most of Trump’s cabinet—from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross—are rich, White and male.
  On
  
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• Black Hollywood Wins Big at Oscars

  08-03-2017 15:13
  Alex Hibbert (left) and Mahershala Ali star in “Moonlight.” (A24)
  (NNPA) – During an unexpected made-for-Hollyood moment, “Moonlight,” a film directed by African American Director Barry Jenkins, took the award for Best Picture over favorites such as “La La Land” and “Hidden Figures.” The film is a complex coming of age story of an African American man that follows his journey from boyhood into manhood.
  Moonlight’s unexpected win and the
  
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• Parents, Students Rally For Elk Grove High Football Coach

  08-03-2017 09:16
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — An outpouring of love and support at the Elk Grove school board meeting Tuesday night, as the community rallied in support of a high school varsity football coach who they say was forced to resign.
  “Anybody losing their job over this situation, it’s just not necessary, the ends don’t justify the means,” said parent Josh Jordan.
  “I don’t imagine playing for a coach besides Coach Nixon…we all want him back,” said a team mem
  
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• Marysville Residents Upset Violent Sexual Predator Is Moving In

  08-03-2017 08:52
  
  MARYSVILLE (CBS13) — People who live in a Marysville neighborhood are bracing for Register sex offender’s arrival.
  Eldridge Chaney, Jr. has no ties to Yuba County, but a judge says it will be his new home anyway.
  Flyers left on front doors all across this Marysville neighborhood are warning Chaney is moving in by the end of March.
  “I didn’t realize he was going to be here at the end of the month,” Kathy Messick said. “It’s kinda scary.”
  No one will
  
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• South Sacramento Girl Spreading Happy Heart Message

  08-03-2017 08:11
  
  SOUTH SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A South Sacramento is trying to combat childhood obesity one mile at a time.
  The 11-year-old girl has her heart dedicated to heart health and her heart set on a national audience.
  Savanna Karmue wants to be a cardiologist when she grows up, and when she learned that one in five children are obese in this country, she felt she had a calling to change that.
  Inspiration comes in small packages. In the case of Karmue, it’s an enthusiasm that
  
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• Point Pleasant Residents Want Answers After Multiple Floods Strike Region

  08-03-2017 07:44
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Damage from this winter’s storms has now reached $14 million and is expected to grow.
  One of the hardest hit areas is just south of Sacramento in Point Pleasant where three waterways converge.
  County board of supervisors met to discuss the problem and heard from frustrated residents.
  “There’s a great sense of betrayal,” said Neal Harrell, a pastor at Point Pleasant United Methodist Church.
  There were several emotional pleas from residents
  
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• Owners Using Pet Injuries To Score Prescription Drugs

  08-03-2017 07:35
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Veterinarians say they’re seeing more and more cases where dog owners try to get their hands on prescription drugs. But in some cases, the drugs aren’t for the pet, they’re for the owner.
  “It don’t understand how or why they would do that,” said dog owner Joseph Rossini.
  “You gotta really be careful on what you’re prescribing out there,” said Dr. James Reynolds.
  But Reynolds says using animals to score prescrip
  
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• Sacramento Police Plan To Have All Officers Using Body Cameras By September 2017

  08-03-2017 07:26
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — All of the Sacramento Police Department patrol officers will be outfitted with body cameras by September. The Sacramento City Council approved a contract with Taser International for 750 body cameras plus several dozen more for reserve purposes.
  Confrontations with police in Sacramento have been recorded on car dash cameras for nearly 20 years, but each time, the video stops with the vehicle. Now, sensitive altercations with police may be caught on body cameras.
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• All Sacramento Police To Have Body Cameras By September

  08-03-2017 07:26
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — All of the Sacramento Police Department patrol officers will be outfitted with body cameras by September. The Sacramento City Council approved a contract with Taser International for 750 body cameras plus several dozen more for reserve purposes.
  Confrontations with police in Sacramento have been recorded on car dash cameras for nearly 20 years, but each time, the video stops with the vehicle. Now, sensitive altercations with police may be caught on body cameras.
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• Future Of Stockton Kids Club Unclear After Anthony Silva Arrest

  08-03-2017 06:59
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — As former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva sits in jail charged with a number of felonies, questions remain about the future of the Stockton Kids Club.
  Silva is accused of embezzling money from the group. The doors to the Stockton Kids Club are still locked, days after authorities raided the building, looking for financial records that could pin former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva in a money laundering scheme.
  The attorney who represents the club tells CBS13 he wasn’t
  
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• Police Searching For Shooting Suspects Around Arden Fair Mall

  08-03-2017 06:28
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A woman was wounded in a shooting around Arden Fair mall on Tuesday.
  Police say she was struck once in the arm, but was not the target of the shooting just before 9 p.m. on Tuesday. The injuries are not life threatening.Suspect shot in arm on Arden Way near Arden Mall. Traffic backed up. One victim and suspects on the run @CBSSacramento Join us live at 10 pic.twitter.com/ji3HIIyV8L
  — JENN MCGRAW CBS13 (@NewsMcGraw) March 8, 2017
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• As State Drowns In Winter Storms, California Water Use Is Lowest Since 2014

  08-03-2017 03:52
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Officials say Californians are using less water than they have in years, thanks partly to winter rains that are doing the lawn-watering for them.
  The Water Resources Control Board said Tuesday that the average Californian used just 58.1 gallons of water a day in January. That’s the lowest residential use since the state started tracking water use in summer 2014.
  California is in the middle of one of its wettest winters in decades, but remains under a drought
  
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• Sacramento Schools Promoting Image As Immigration Safe Haven

  08-03-2017 02:53
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento City Unified School District has a safe haven policy to protect its undocumented students.
  Several forums and seminars are planned to help educate the community if they are confronted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. It’s also geared toward creating a safe space for students to learn and their families to help support their studies.
  One of those students, 15-year-old Felix, has some poignant words for President Donald Trump and h
  
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• California Gas Prices Hit $3 Average For First Time Since 2015

  08-03-2017 00:42
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Californians are paying more at the pump, averaging $3 a gallon for the first time since September of 2015, according to a report from Gas Buddy.
  Prices have been on the rise in recent weeks, with Californians paying an average of 17 cents per gallon more at the pump than they were a month ago.
  Even with oil prices remaining steadily in the $50 to $55 range, refinery maintenance and shift to summer fuel blends have been nudging the price at the pump high
  
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