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• California High-Speed Rail Project Dodges Latest Challenge

  22-03-2017 23:25
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A judge rejected opponents’ latest attempt to stall California’s $64 billion high-speed rail project Wednesday, but will consider their arguments before the state issues voter-approved bonds next month.
  Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei ruled against a temporary restraining order sought by Kings County and other opponents. He set an April 19 hearing to consider a preliminary injunction, one day before the state anticipates selling a
  
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• California Faces ‘Significant Risk’ If Damaged Oroville Dam Spillway Isn’t Operational By Next Rainy Season

  22-03-2017 22:36
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A team of experts is warning of a “very significant risk” if the main spillway of a California dam is not operational again by the next rainy season.
  The warning is contained in a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. It was made by a federally created investigating team for Oroville dam.
  It says repair crews at the Lake Oroville dam have only a few months to make sure the spillway is in good enough shape for the next rainy season, which starts
  
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• Police Negotiating With Suspect At South Sacramento Home

  22-03-2017 20:48
  
  Police are at a home in South Sacramento where a suspect has barricaded himself inside.
  At 9:45 a.m., police were called out to a residence in the 6200 block of Dayburst Way. They say everyone inside the home except for the suspect, a male, made it out safely.
  Police are continuing to negotiate with the suspect. People are urged to stay away from the area.
  It’s unknown if the suspect is armed.
  
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• Remaining Evacuations For Oroville Dam Incident Lifted

  22-03-2017 19:58
  
  BUTTE COUNTY (CBS13) – All emergency evacuations put in place for the Oroville Dam spillway incident have been lifted.
  The announcement came down Wednesday from Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea.
  “Effective immediately, Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea has lifted all evacuation warnings and advisories for Butte County residents previously affected by the February 12th Oroville Dam spillway emergency evacuations,” according to a statement from the Butte County Sheriff’s De
  
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• Stabbing In North Highlands Leaves 1 Person Dead

  22-03-2017 19:56
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – Sacramento sheriff’s deputies are investigating a stabbing that left one man dead.
  The incident happened just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near the corner of Madison Avenue and Jackson Street. It stemmed from an argument between the suspect and the victim, according to Sgt. Tony Turnbull, with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
  Investigators say it started out as a fight that escalated into a stabbing.
  
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• Tracy students asked to write about Blacks’ “Lower Intellectual Faculties”

  22-03-2017 18:20
  (CBM) – Parents, teachers and even the Superintendent are outraged that students were asked to address the sexual appetites of Thomas Jefferson’s slaves.
  Eighth-grade students in a greater San Francisco Bay Area school system were recently assigned a writing assignment that’s discussion points included a line describing U.S. Founding Father and third President Thomas Jefferson’s demeaning beliefs about slaves’ intelligence and sex drives.
  The controversial passage t
  
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• Sacramento Police Department Denied Request To Withhold Footage Of Gun Battle

  22-03-2017 18:18
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Sacramento Police Department was denied a request to withhold video of a gun battle between their officers and an armed suspect.
  The city council reached the decision that there was no reason to keep 23 videos and nearly six hours of footage from a February shooting from the public.On February 10, police tried to arrest 28-year-old Armani Lee, who was under surveillance and suspected in another shooting earlier in the month. When officers moved in, Lee fired.The of
  
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• Vallejo School Board Fires Black Female Superintendent, Offers No Reasons

  22-03-2017 17:59
  (CBM) – The Vallejo City Unified School District Board of Education in a 3-2 vote opted to fire Superintendent Dr. Ramona Bishop during its March 15 board meeting. Exercising the “no cause” clause of Bishop’s contract, Vallejo School Board Trustees offered little to no reason for her termination.
  As Superintendent, Bishop showed concrete financial success bringing the district out of state receivership in 2013, raising district graduation rate from 54 to 73.8 percent and
  
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• Man Arrested On Homicide Charge After Deadly Modesto Crash In August

  22-03-2017 17:57
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Police have arrested a Modesto man suspected of homicide in connection with a shooting and crash that left a teenager dead.
  Thirty-three-year-old Scott Bates Jr. was taken into custody on Tuesday.
  Investigators say that back in August two vehicles were speeding in the area of Prescott Road and Mount Vernon Drive when one of the vehicles crashed, throwing out a 17-year-old Modesto teen. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The teen also had a gunshot wound, say police
  
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• Highway 50 Near Hazel Backed Up By Accident

  22-03-2017 15:11
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Weather conditions are having a serious impact on morning commuters in the Sacramento area this morning.
  Just before 5 a.m., roadway flooding on Highway 50 near Hazel Avenue caused a vehicle traveling on the Westbound side to hydroplane and collide with a pickup truck, sending the two into the median.
  Traffic has slowed, backing up from Hazel into the Rancho Cordova area. The scene has been active for more than an hour.
  At the time of this writing, CHP d
  
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• Big Rig Crashes On Highway 50 Near Hazel Avenue

  22-03-2017 15:11
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Weather conditions are having a serious impact on morning commuters in the Sacramento area this morning.
  Just before 5 a.m., roadway flooding on Highway 50 near Hazel Avenue caused a vehicle traveling on the Westbound side to hydroplane and collide with a pickup truck, sending the two into the median.
  Traffic has slowed, backing up from Hazel into the Rancho Cordova area. The scene has been active for more than an hour.
  The roadway was fully back open around 7:30 a.m.
  
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• American Health Care Act hist major roadblock after bad CBO numbers

  22-03-2017 14:05
  Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) will lead the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) during the 115th Congress. Photo taken during a recent ceremonial swearing-in event for the 115th Congress in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
  (NNPA) – Less than a day after the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis of the “American Health Care Act of 2017,” three House Republicans, Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) said that
  
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• Tearful friend of Dylann Roof apologizes at sentencing

  22-03-2017 13:51
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — During a night of vodka, cocaine, marijuana and video games, Joey Meek listened as a childhood buddy confided that he hated blacks so much he was going to kill them at a South Carolina church.
  Meek said he thought his friend was all talk until a week later, when news broke of a deadly shooting rampage at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. But instead of calling authorities, Meek talked another friend out of going to police and giving them Dylann Roof’s name. An
  
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• Sacramento Kings Star Works The Paint With Young Artists

  22-03-2017 08:19
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein was working hard on a different kind of paint on Tuesday with a group of young, aspiring artists.
  It was loud, messy and mixed in with a lot of color and flair, much like the court where Cauley-Stein goes to work.
  “You get something abstract out of it, and that’s what it’s all about,” he said.
  On Tuesday, his office was at Art Beast in Sacramento, where he tapped into his inner painted with the pint-si
  
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• El Dorado County Bed And Breakfast May Lose Permit Over Neighbor Complaints

  22-03-2017 08:15
  
  COLOMA (CBS13) – A Coloma neighborhood is at odds because of noise complaints, and now local bed and breakfast Villa Florentina is on the brink of losing its events permit.
  “I really like the guy, but the noise does get a little irritating,” said Larry Cottingham, who lives across the street from the B&B.
  Tucked away on a quiet street on a hill, the four-room Villa Florentina.
  “We have about 580 olive trees,” said Adam Anderson. “We do make our own olive o
  
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• Nearly 6 Weeks Later, Derailed Train Near Elk Grove Hasn’t Been Moved

  22-03-2017 08:09
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — More than a month after a train derailment south of Elk Grove, a dozen of the overturned cars are still lying on the side of the tracks with no timetable for how long It could take for the wreckage to be removed.
  Union Pacific has held off lifting the cars off the crash site because the land around the tracks is still too wet to safely place heavy equipment.
  The farmer who owns the land has asked Union Pacific to wait until his land is dry before putting equipment in pl
  
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• Spring Thunderstorms Turn To Treacherous Snowy Scenes In Sierra

  22-03-2017 07:57
  
  SODA SPRINGS (CBS13) —  As a series of storms hit Northern California, the Sierra continues to be pounded with snow.
  Neighborhoods in Soda Springs’ Serene Lakes community are buried in snow.
  And while locals love the fresh powder for some good skiing, some say it’s been a rough winter.
  “We had four feet of snow in the driveway and couldn’t get out…we had to dig out,” said Kathy Gerould.
  Kathy and her husband Stuart hosted family at their home Tuesd
  
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• Tax On Wealthy Would Fund Tuition For California College Students

  22-03-2017 02:42
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Paying for college could soon become a thing of the past.
  A bill coming before the California Assembly would tax people making more than $1 million a year to fund tuition-free college across the state.
  Opponents of the bill say that would drive the wealthy out of California.
  The bill isn’t getting any opposition from students at Sacramento City College. They say tuition-free college would keep them out of debt.
  “I think it helps motivate kids to s
  
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• Former Congressman Wants Sacramento County’s Help With Gibson Ranch

  22-03-2017 02:25
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Concerns over cost have placed a popular park in jeopardy, but at the very least, the county will keep the park open.
  “Oh I don’t know where we would go,” said Bob Wernli who lives nearby.
  When it’s sunny, Bob and Laura Wernli circle Gibson Ranch in Elverta up to four times every day.
  “All of the activities and the beauty of it and the geese. I mean you’d be surprised how many kids have never seen a goose,” Laura said.
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