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• Stockton Assemblywoman Wants Tax on Wealthy To Fund Tuition-Free College

  20-03-2017 23:21
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Some California Democrats want to make college tuition free for in-state students by taxing very wealthy residents.
  Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman said Monday she’s introducing a bill to create a 1 percent tax on Californians earning more than $1 million per year. The Stockton Democrat says the tax would provide an estimated $2.2 billion each year – enough revenue to make public colleges tuition free for residents.
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• Two People Killed, Two Injured In Head-On Crash In Folsom

  20-03-2017 17:09
  
  FOLSOM (CBS13) – Two people were killed and two were others were injured in a head-on crash involving multiple vehicles near the intersection of White Rock and Prairie City roads.
  A CHP spokesperson says that around 8:20 a.m. today, the driver of a gold Toyota Highlander was driving recklessly, and traveling at speeds estimated between 80-100 miles per hour when they hit a Dodge SUV head-on at the intersection of White Rock and Prairie City roads.
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• Four People Injured In Head-On Multi-Car Crash In Folsom

  20-03-2017 17:09
  
  FOLSOM (CBS13) – Four people have been injured in a head-on crash involving multiple vehicles near the intersection of White Rock Road near Prairie City Road.
  CHP have issued a sigalert and have closed White Rock Road near the intersection. Three cars have been involved. Officers have not confirmed whether someone was killed.
  Personnel from Folsom Fire Department, Folsom Police Department, and CHP are at the crash site.
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• Truck Hauling Cement To Oroville Dam Crashes, Driver Killed

  20-03-2017 16:57
  
  (CBS13) – A truck driver hauling cement to the Oroville Dam crashed and died early Sunday morning on Highway 70 near Power House Hill Road.
  Butte County Sheriff deputies responded to the crash around 7:30 a.m. When deputies arrived on the scene, they found the concrete mixer had somehow detached from the truck.
  The driver was identified as Peter Anderson, 51, of Marysville. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Anderson worked for Mathew’s Ready Mix based out of Yuba City.
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• 25 Rescued After Boat Takes On Water Off Southern California Coast

  20-03-2017 16:13
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Twenty-five passengers and crewmembers are safely ashore after a charter fishing boat took on water off Southern California during the weekend.
  The Coast Guard says its San Diego operations center received a distress call from the 63-foot vessel Truline at 2:51 a.m. Sunday, reporting it struck a submerged object near San Clemente Island.
  The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter, a 45-foot boat and the cutter Sockeye, and a Navy ship in the area also diverted to the scene.
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• Burglars Break Into Stockton Home With Children Inside

  20-03-2017 14:35
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – The search is on for two men who broke into a Stockton home with kids inside.
  Investigators say two boys were inside a residence in the 3700 block of Townsend circle when they heard a knock at the door, but didn’t answer it.The next thing they knew burglars were breaking windows to get inside the home.
  But when the burglars saw the boys, they took off.
  
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• Rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry dies at 90

  20-03-2017 14:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died Saturday at his home west of St. Louis. He was 90.
  Emergency responders summoned to Berry’s residence by his caretaker about 12:40 p.m. found him unresponsive, police in Missouri’s St. Charles County sai
  
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• Deputies Investigating Homicide At Motel In Sacramento

  20-03-2017 14:00
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a homicide that happened inside the surf motel off Auburn Boulevard.
  The incident was first reported to deputies around 11:45 p.m. Sunday. Someone inside the motel at 3204 Boulevard called 911 saying they heard a gunshot in the area, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.The investigation continues at a local motel on Auburn Boulevard after a woman is found dead inside one of the rooms. @GoodDaySac
  
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• President Of Embattled Uber Leaves After 6 Months On Job

  20-03-2017 03:20
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jeff Jones, the president of the embattled ride-hailing company Uber, has resigned just six months after taking the job.
  Uber on Sunday confirmed Jones’ resignation and in a brief statement wished him the best.
  Jones’ departure comes days after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said the company will hire a chief operating officer who can help write its “next chapter.”
  The San Francisco-based firm has been hit by several controversies, including allegatio
  
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• Governor Brown Requests Presidential Declaration For Oroville Dam Spillway

  20-03-2017 02:49
  
  SACRAMENTO CA, (CBS 13)-  Governor Brown requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration to aid with repairs to the damaged Oroville Dam Spillway today.
  If approved it would provide aid to state and local recovery efforts following the set of February storms which have caused flooding, major damage to levees and  evacuation of counties.
  This follows three other Declarations  approved by President Trump providing aid to the Oroville spillway situation.  Those declarations specif
  
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• SF Library Workers May Get Training To Stop Heroin Overdoses

  20-03-2017 00:25
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco public library staffers may soon be trained to administer medication to reverse heroin overdoses among the growing number of opioid users who are homeless.
  The idea surfaced after an addict was found dead in one of the Civic Center library’s restrooms in early February, the San Francisco Chronicle reports Sunday (http://bit.ly/2mJuer8).
  In a Feb. 28 letter to his staff that was obtained by the Chronicle, City Librarian Luis Herrera said that a deci
  
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