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• Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva Posts Bail, Will Soon Be Released From Jail

  15-03-2017 21:10
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Anthony Silva could soon be a free man.
  The former Stockton mayor has been in police custody since March 5. He was arrested at San Francisco International Airport as he returned from a vacation in Colombia.
  Silva is facing several felonies including embezzlement, grand theft, misappropriation of public funds and money laundering. Silva embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds between 2010-2014, the San Joaquin County district attorney’s of
  
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• Man Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI After Hitting Fire Hydrants, Tree With Truck

  15-03-2017 16:35
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A man driving a pick-up truck is suspected of driving under the influence after crashing his truck into a fire hydrant and tree.
  The crash happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday along Auburn Boulevard near Fulton Avenue.
  Investigators say the man hit a fire hydrant, kept driving, hit a tree, and then hit a second fire hydrant before stopping.
  The man was given a field sobriety test, which he failed. He was then arrested on suspicion of DUI.
  
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• Sea Lion Evades Rescue From Canal In Vacaville

  15-03-2017 16:04
  
  VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Wildlife experts are frustrated by a young sea lion that evaded their attempts to rescue him from a canal that cuts through farmland and an inland Northern California neighborhood.
  An animal services official spotted the sea lion Tuesday morning in Vacaville and contacted The Marine Mammal Center, according to spokesman Giancarlo Rulli.
  Vacaville police officers, fire officials and more than a dozen Marine Mammal Center responders tried unsuccessfully for hours to
  
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• Homeless Voucher Program Gaining Ground In Sacramento

  15-03-2017 15:05
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS13) – A new plan to put roofs over the head of hundreds of homeless people in Sacramento is taking another step forward.
  On Tuesday, Mayor Darrell Steinberg pledged his support to open more than 1,700 housing units for the homeless. It’s a plan proposed by Sacramento Housing and redevelopment Agency (SHRA).
  “I’m in favor of it,” said Nokishii Smith, who has been homeless for three years. “I’m in favor of it because there are so man
  
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• Sac State Graduation At Golden 1 Center Increases Ticket Price By $13

  15-03-2017 08:28
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — This spring’s graduation ceremony will come at a higher cost for Sacramento State. Officials say it will now cost them $13 more per ticket to hold it at the Golden 1 Center.
  University officials estimate it will cost more than $190,000 to hold the commencement ceremonies at the arena.
  Sacramento State paid nearly $60,000 to hold its graduation ceremonies at Sleep Train Arena last spring, but officials say they did their best to find a solution this year.
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• Golden 1 Center Graduation Will Cost Sacramento State Triple

  15-03-2017 08:28
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — This spring’s graduation ceremony will come at a higher cost for Sacramento State—officials say it will now cost them three times as much to hold it at the Golden 1 Center.
  University officials estimate it will cost more than $190,000 to hold the commencement ceremonies at the arena.
  Sacramento State paid nearly $60,000 to hold its graduation ceremonies at Sleep Train Arena last spring, but officials say they did their best to find a solution this year
  
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• Mr. Leisure Proves An Elusive Sea Lion As He Evades Would-Be Rescuers In Vacaville

  15-03-2017 08:18
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13/AP) — Wildlife experts are frustrated by a young sea lion that evaded their attempts to rescue him from a canal that cuts through farmland and an inland Northern California neighborhood.
  An animal services official spotted the sea lion Tuesday morning and contacted The Marine Mammal Center.
  Vacaville police officers, fire officials and more than a dozen Marine Mammal Center responders tried unsuccessfully for hours to flush the animal out of a drainage pipe in the canal. T
  
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• Fiery Plane Crash Leaves Modesto Man’s Family In Mourning

  15-03-2017 08:02
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) — The man killed in a fiery crash at the Oakdale Airport Saturday morning was an experienced pilot who had flown for more than 50 years.
  Leon Schaffer, 78 of Modesto, was the only person on board the single-engine plane when it came crashing down onto his pickup truck parked in front of his hangar.
  “He touched all our lives deeply, he was a good man, couldn’t ask for a better friend,” said fellow pilot Dennis Bailey.
  Bailey says it’s been a difficult
  
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• Court Rules For Thunder Valley Resort Tribe Over Land Access Ban

  15-03-2017 05:35
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Members of a Native American tribe in California who were temporarily banned from tribal land – one for 10 years – cannot challenge that decision in U.S. court, a divided federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
  The federal Indian Civil Rights Act does not give U.S. courts the authority to review such temporary bans, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1 ruling.
  Writing for the majority, Judge M. Margaret McKeown said the court’s decis
  
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• California Considers Removing Income Tax For Teachers

  15-03-2017 02:41
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — There’s a new push at the state Capitol reduce a shortage of teachers around the state.
  Legislators introduced Senate Bill 807, known as the “Investment in Teachers Act,” to help recruit and retain more teachers in California. The state’s K-12 school system is the most affected by the shortage.
  Statistics show more than 40 percent of teachers leave the field within five years.
  “They’re trying to keep me out here in California,”
  
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• California Considered Removing Income Tax For Teachers

  15-03-2017 02:41
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — There’s a new push at the state Capitol reduce a shortage of teachers around the state.
  Legislators introduced Senate Bill 807, known as the “Investment in Teachers Act,” to help recruit and retain more teachers in California. The state’s K-12 school system is the most affected by the shortage.
  Statistics show more than 40 percent of teachers leave the field within five years.
  “They’re trying to keep me out here in California,”
  
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• Sacramento Schools Look To Close Teacher Shortage Gap

  15-03-2017 01:56
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The shortage of teachers in California has been hitting the state for years, with statistics showing more than 40 percent of teachers leave the field within five years.
  Now there’s a new push at the state Capitol to reduce a shortage of teachers around the state.
  The Sacramento City Unified School District is also taking matters into its own hands to reduce the shortage.
  “The number of teachers interested in getting their credentials has dropped by half in
  
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• Study: Lower-Income Elderly Would Take Hit Under Republican Health Plan

  15-03-2017 01:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – A preliminary study Tuesday estimated that the Republican plan to replace the national health care overhaul would deliver a financial jolt to elderly, lower-income Californians, potentially leaving tens of thousands without coverage.
  The analysis by state insurance exchange Covered California comes a day after the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 14 million people would lose insurance coverage in the first year under the GOP proposal.
  Overall, millions of Calif
  
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