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• Firefighters Free Boy’s Hand From Coin-Operated Candy Machine

  24-03-2017 22:15
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A young boy with a sweet tooth went a little too far to fish some free candy out of a vending machine.
  On Friday, the Sacramento Fire Department posted an update on its Twitter account about a three-year-old boy who’d put his hand inside a coin-operated vending machine at a laundromat, only to find he couldn’t get his hand back out.
  Emergency personnel came to the scene and were finally able to get the boy’s hand out, but not before they smashed the f
  
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• California Could Free 9,500 Inmates In 4 Years

  24-03-2017 21:37
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Corrections officials announced new criminal sentencing rules on Friday that aim to trim California’s prison population by 9,500 inmates after four years.
  They include steps like reducing inmates’ sentences up to six months for earning a college degree and by up to a month each year for participating in self-help programs such as alcohol and substance abuse support groups and counseling, anger management, life skills, victim awareness, restorative just
  
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• Yuba City School Employee Under Investigation For Alleged Inappropriate Conduct

  24-03-2017 19:19
  
  YUBA CITY (CBS13) – A Yuba City employee is being investigated by deputies for allegedly engaging in inappropriate conduct.
  According to a Yuba City Unified School District representative, an employee at Lincoln Unified Elementary School been placed on administrative leave after a student reportedly saw the employee doing something they shouldn’t. The district says it can’t say provide details on the alleged misconduct because this is an ongoing investigation. They also ha
  
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• Big Rig Destroyed By Fire Along I-5

  24-03-2017 17:29
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A big rig caught fire in Sacramento County this morning. Fortunately, the driver was able to get out safely.
  The driver tells CHP he was headed southbound on Interstate 5 near Twin Cities Road when smoke started coming into the cab of the truck. Unaware of the smoke was coming from, he pulled over. That’s when the truck caught fire.
  The ramp from Twin Cities Road to southbound Interstate 5 was closed.
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• Suspect Arrested In Connection With Quadruple Homicide In Sacramento

  24-03-2017 16:07
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) — A man has been arrested in San Francisco after he allegedly killed two children and two adults in Sacramento home and then fled to the Bay Area, authorities said.
  Sacramento police said 56-year old Salvador Vasquez-Oliva was transferred overnight from San Francisco to Sacramento County Main Jail where he was being held on “homicide-related” charges.UPDATE: 4 deceased subjects located in the house on 35th Ave.A suspect is detained in San Francisco. Investig
  
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• UPDATE: Missing 11-Year-Old Sacramento Girl Found

  24-03-2017 14:52
  
  9:20 p.m. UPDATE: The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says Jade has been found and will be reunited with her family.
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  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Authorities are asking for the pubic’s help to locate a missing at-risk 11-year-old girl.
  Jade Monger was last seen by family members leaving her home on Heatherpace Lane, which is off Gerber Road, in Sacramento around 4 p.m. Thursday.
  She is considered at-risk because of her age.
  She has brown hair, brown eyes and stands 5 fee
  
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• Deputies Searching For Missing 11-Year-Old Sacramento Girl

  24-03-2017 14:52
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Authorities are asking for the pubic’s help to locate a missing at-risk 11-year-old girl.
  Jade Monger as last seen by family members leaving her home on Heatherpace Lane, which is off Gerber Road, in Sacramento around 4 p.m. Thursday.
  She is considered at-risk because of her age.
  She has brown hair, brown eyes and stands 5 feet 5 inches tall. She weighs 145 pounds.
  She was last seen a wearing a dark gray hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans.
  Anyone with information i
  
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• Teams Arrive In Stockton For NCAA Women’s Tournament

  24-03-2017 07:42
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — There will be more local NCAA regional play this weekend. After wrapping up last weekend’s men’s action in Sacramento, the women’s side is just starting to heat up in Stockton.
  Four teams are in town competing in the Sweet 16: South Carolina, Oregon State, Florida State and Quinnipac. Top seed South Carolina arrived Wednesday night, the rest of the teams made it on Thursday afternoon.
  Stockton is the last stop in the first step towards the final four wi
  
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• Wrong Number Dooms Suspected Drug Dealer Who Instead Texts Detective

  24-03-2017 07:40
  
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — A wrong number landed two people in jail.
  Police say Rachelle Renfroe, 41 of Citrus Heights, sent a text message to offer prescription narcotic pills for sale. Problem is, the number she texted belonged to a Placer County Sheriff’s detective.
  The detective worked out a brief exchange to meet the woman and 45-year-old Andre Renfroe of Carmichael, then arrested them.
  The moral of the story? Double check that phone number before you send a message. More impo
  
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• Suspected Lincoln Purse Thief Turns Herself In

  24-03-2017 07:34
  
  LINCOLN (CBS13) — A suspected purse thief caught on camera has turned herself in.
  Amber Herrington, 45, surrendered to police on Wednesday after numerous tips from detectives led them to her.
  Surveillance footage showed her allegedly taking the purse in a Lincoln Walmart earlier this week. She’s also been connected to a separate purse theft at a nearby market several days earlier.
  
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• Thieves Targeting Prized Chickens To Sell At Auctions

  24-03-2017 07:32
  
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – Prized chickens, pets, and roosters reported stolen around town and owners believe the livestock are being sold to local auctions.
  “They came in back that way and climbed right over, unlatched (the gate) and opened the door and just went in and took our babies,” said Serina Provencal who said five of their chickens where stolen.
  They had a total of 40 chickens, but only five were taken. Serina said the thieves knew exactly what they were doing.
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• Thieves Target Vacaville Hardware Store Just Down The Street From Police Station

  24-03-2017 07:28
  
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) — Police are searching for who broke into a hardware store just down the street from the police station.
  Ace Hardware manager Ryan Carrigan describes what happened when thieves broke into the Vacaville store in the early-morning hours.
  “It appears they knew exactly what they were doing, because they came right down the tool aisle,” he said. “It looks like they wanted to go for the stuff locked up in the cases, and went ahead and couple times kicked
  
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• Temporary Fix For Oroville Dam Spillway Could Involve Making Water Jump Gap

  24-03-2017 07:10
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Officials with the Department of Water Resources are mulling over temporary and permanent solutions to the Oroville Dam Spillway crisis. They were presented with the findings from a group of engineering experts who analyzed the problems and potential fixes to the beaten and battered spillway.
  “I think it’s one of the most urgent infrastructure things you could imagine,” said Jay Lund, a civil engineering professor at UC Davis.
  Lund read over the panel
  
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• Family Of 4 Found Slain In Sacramento Home

  24-03-2017 07:05
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento Police are investigating after four people were found dead in a South Land Park home. It started Thursday morning around 7 when the Sacramento Police Department got a call requesting a welfare check from a family member.
  “It just hurt my heart, it just hurt my heart and still right now I’m torn,” said Annie Payne, who lives in the neighborhood.
  The bodies were found in a home on the 1100 block of 35th Avenue. Police have not released the na
  
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• Sacramento Police Say 4 Homicide Victims Knew Suspect

  24-03-2017 03:18
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —  A quiet Sacramento neighborhood is now rattled after four people were found dead Thursday morning.
  The bodies were found in a home along the 1100 block of 35th Avenue.
  Sacramento police say they were called to the home just after 7 a.m. by a concerned family member asking for a welfare check.
  Residents say this is a tight-knit neighborhood, and say they usually see kids playing outside the home where police found the four bodies.
  “That’s unheard of ov
  
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• Oroville Man Get 6 Years For Brutal Slaying Of Neighbor’s Dog

  24-03-2017 01:15
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — An Oroville man has been sentenced to six years in prison for the brutal shooting death of his neighbor’s dog.
  Jurors found Michael Danny Scott, 29, was responsible for the death of his neighbor’s Jack Russell terrier named Roxy.
  The judge called for the maximum sentence against Scott for the 2015 killing.
  Prosecutors say Scott chased the dog around his backyard with a pellet gun, cornering her and shooting her multiple times. Roxy was able to escape back to
  
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