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• Police Detain 1 Person, Investigate Bomb Threat At Cosumnes River College

  29-03-2017 21:06
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – One person has been detained and police are investigating a bomb threat at Cosumnes River College.The incident began around 11 a.m. today.Police say a suspect reportedly made a threat and someone nearby alerted police. Police arrived and took the suspect into custody, according to a Cosumnes River College public information officer.
  All other areas of the campus are open.
  Bomb sniffing dogs srarch CRC campus. One person detained. Told by campus employee this coincides
  
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• Authorities: Slain South Sacramento Woman Had Once Dated Alleged Killer

  29-03-2017 18:41
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office has identified a woman found dead at a South Sacramento mobile home park. And a man who allegedly confessed to her murder is under arrest.
  Just after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Lincoln police received a call from a man saying he had shot a woman at a home in the 8200 block of Coed Lane in South Sacramento, according to a statement from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
  When Sacramento County sheriff’s d
  
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• Fire Tears Through Citrus Heights Home

  29-03-2017 15:47
  
  CITRUS HEIGHTS — Four residents of a home on Mistletoe Way have managed to escape a fire that began inside the house around 3:26 Wednesday morning.
  Metro Fire responded to the scene, where one dog was killed by the flames.
  Another dog and one rabbit were rescued from the home along with the family.
  The fire department says the incident is not suspicious, though they will be invading.
  
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• Fire Damages Citrus Heights Home; Pet Dog Killed

  29-03-2017 15:42
  
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) – A Citrus Heights family has been displaced after a house fire overnight.
  Around 3:20 a.m., a fire broke out in the bedroom of a home on Mistletoe Way. The home quickly filled with smoke as the residents — two women and two children — made it out safety. They brought a dog and a rabbit out with them, but their second dog wasn’t so lucky. It died in the fire, according to a Metro Fire spokesperson.
  One of the women was taken to a local hospital to b
  
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• Will Third Time Be Charm For Housing Development On Rocklin Golf Club?

  29-03-2017 09:11
  
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Maybe the third time is the charm. Owners of what was once the Rocklin Golf Club are once again proposing a housing development on a portion of their land.
  On Tuesday, the Rocklin City Council approved a contract of intent to enter into negotiations with the land owners about the future of the property.
  “We’ve lost a lot of beauty over there,” said Kathy Haas.
  For 30 years, Haas has lived across the street from what was once a championship golf course.
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• Cellphone Video Shows Family’s Close Encounter With Lake Tahoe Bear

  29-03-2017 09:06
  
  LAKE TAHOE (CSB13) — Nail-biting cell phone video shows a Lake Tahoe bear, creeping slowly towards two little girls, only a glass door standing between.
  The incredible moment is captured on by the girls’ father. It shows his two little girls inside the family’s home as the bear approached them from an outdoor deck.
  “He’s right there,” the father says.
  The young black bear gets closer and closer.
  “Alright guys, don’t get him angry, though,” th
  
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• Heated Immigration Debate With ICE Director Draws Hundreds

  29-03-2017 09:01
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Emotions were charged Tuesday night as hundreds came out for an immigration forum, the first of it’s kind in the country.
  “I commend the sheriff and the head of ICE, it was a brave thing to do,” said resident Eric Wiesenthel.
  Tuesday night’s planned open forum was hosted by Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones who had invited the acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Thomas Homan to speak to concerned citizens.
  “I thin
  
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• Protesters Rally Outside Sacramento County Immigration Forum

  29-03-2017 08:45
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Emotions flared as gates shut to more than a hundred people hoping to hear the future of immigration in Sacramento.
  The acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan met with Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones in a town hall meeting that quickly filled up and heated up.
  “I think the protest is completely justified and I think ICE needs to get out,” said Dmitri Bloom, outside the meeting.
  Protesters were met with support from among seve
  
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• California Lawmakers Consider Easing State’s HIV Disclosure Laws

  29-03-2017 08:42
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California lawmakers are re-evaluating a 30-year-old law on HIV disclosure. Right now, intentionally exposing someone to HIV is a felony that could result in seven years in prison. But some state leaders call it discrimination and want the laws to reflect advances in modern medicine.
  Senate Bill 239 aims to change laws that criminalize and stigmatize people living with HIV. Furthermore, the authors hope to make laws consistent with laws regarding other infectious disea
  
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• California Charges Duo Behind Secret Planned Parenthood Videos With 15 Felonies

  29-03-2017 04:31
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – California prosecutors on Tuesday charged two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood with 15 felonies, saying they invaded the privacy of medical providers by filming without consent.
  State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the charges against David Daleiden of Davis, California, and Sandra Merritt of San Jose. The two operate the Irvine-based Center for Medical Progress.
  The allegations
  
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• Sheriff: Man Confesses To Sacramento Murder In 911 Call

  29-03-2017 04:20
  
  8:50 p.m. UPDATE: The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says the victim was a 24-year-old woman. She was found deceased after the suspect called at around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
  The suspect has been identified as a 25-year-old male, but his name has not been released. Investigators believe there was a relationship between the man and woman, but the extent of that relationship is unknown.
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  SHERIDAN (CBS13) — Placer County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man fo
  
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• Holocaust Survivor Has Strong Words For ICE Director, Sheriff At Immigration Forum

  29-03-2017 03:57
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A holocaust survivor had strong words at an immigration forum in Sacramento County on Tuesday.
  The forum was hosted by Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones and acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan.
  Here is a transcript of his remarks:
  Thank you for the forum that you have here tonight.
  When I was a little boy in Poland, for no other reason but for being Jewish, I was hauled off by the Nazis. And for no other reason I was picked up and separ
  
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• California, New York Governors Argue Trump Plan ‘Shockingly Ignores Basic Science’

  29-03-2017 00:59
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The governors of California and New York said Tuesday that they’ll push ahead with their aggressive climate change policies despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to boost the coal industry.
  Democratic Govs. Jerry Brown of California and Andrew Cuomo of New York said in a joint statement that they’ll help fill the void left by Trump’s decision to unravel former President Barack Obama’s plan to curb global warming.
  
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