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• 20+ People, Including Correctional Officer, Arrested In Stockton Gang Sweep

  13-04-2017 23:35
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Police and other agencies have announced the results of a gang task force sweep.
  Tactical vehicles were spotted in Stockton area neighborhoods on Wednesday as authorities searched for gang members, drugs and weapons.
  At Thursday’s press conference, police announced that the sweep targeted members of the North Side Gangster Crips. Investigators say members of the gang have been buying drugs in Stockton and transporting them to Nevada where it can be sold for higher
  
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• Sheriff: Body Found Along East Modesto Road Was Victim Of Hit-And-Run

  13-04-2017 20:59
  
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Authorities say the person whose body was found along a rural east Modesto road was the victim of a hit-and-run.
  The man’s body was found along Wellsford and Parker roads Wednesday afternoon.
  On Thursday, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department revealed autopsy results that showed the man was killed in a hit-and-run. However, detectives have not been able to identify the man.
  Detectives have not released any information on a possible suspect or vehicle.
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• Driver Killed In Highway 65 Crash Identified As 17-Year-Old From Rocklin

  13-04-2017 20:02
  
  LINCOLN (CBS13) – Authorities have identified the person killed in a crash on Highway 65 as a 17-year-old boy.
  The crash happened Wednesday afternoon along Highway 65 just north of the Twelve Bridges Road. Witnesses told California Highway Patrol that a Nissan was speeding on the right shoulder, passing several cars, and hit a guard rail and the exit sign for Lincoln Boulevard.
  It’s not clear why the car was speeding or in the shoulder.
  CHP says the driver of the car was pronounced d
  
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• NWS: Northern Sierra Breaks Record For Wettest Water Year

  13-04-2017 18:12
  
  TRUCKEE (CBS13) – It has been the wettest water year on record for the Northern Sierra, officials say.
  According to numbers from the California Department of Water Resources, the Northern Sierra 8-Station Index is reading 89.7″ as of April 13, 2017. This is more than an inch higher than the previous record year, 1982-1983, where the index was at 88.5″.Here's a month-by-month look at how the Northern Sierra 8-station index got to record levels of precipitation! More on the way!
  
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• Cow Costumes, T-Shirt Canon Stolen From Folsom Chick-fil-A

  13-04-2017 16:33
  
  FOLSOM (CBS13) – Thieves targeted a Folsom Chick-fil-A over the weekend.
  But instead of stealing money or food, the burglars got away with three cow costumes and a coveted T-shirt cannon.
  It happened at the location on East Bidwell Street Sunday night.
  The costumes were taken from a storage shed behind the fast food restaurant.
  Police are now looking for three suspects —  two men and a woman.
  Surveillance images suggest the suspects knew what they were doing.
  
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• Elk Grove City Council Approves Tax Incentive For Planned Costco

  13-04-2017 15:35
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – The city council unanimously approved an $8 million tax incentive to Costco to continue the plans to build on Bruceville and Elk Grove Boulevard.
  It won’t cost citizens up front, but once the store is in motion the city will split the sales tax with Costco until it reaches $8 million or the contract ends after 25 years.
  “From my standpoint it’s a no-brainer,” said Darrell Doan, the City’s economic development director.
  He believes it’
  
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• New Ad Campaign Turns Spotlight On Sikhs

  13-04-2017 15:25
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A new ad campaign wants to bring awareness about major world religion Sikhism. More than 25 million people practice the religion, with a huge population here in the Sacramento Valley.
  “Well I have two children and they keep us busy,” one of the ads begins. “You know, Boy Scouts, saxophones, gymnastics.”
  National Sikh Campaign is launching the campaign on Friday in an effort to stop hate-fueled attacks on its followers. Sikhism is the fifth-large
  
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• Stockton Police Raid Home As Part Of Gang Sweep

  13-04-2017 08:42
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — State and local law enforcement are going after some of the most well-known gang members in and around the Stockton area.
  Police plan to release details about the raids during a news conference on Thursday afternoon.
  “All I heard was “boom” and then “police police,” said one man. Police confirmed that his house was raided by police early Wednesday morning.
  “I’m asking them what’s going on, what’s going on?” said
  
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• Man’s Best Friend Goes Missing, Gets Adopted Out By Sacramento County Shelter

  13-04-2017 08:22
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — An El Dorado County man found his lost dog at a Sacramento County shelter, but it had already been adopted.
  Alec Nygard says his dog should have not been legally adopted, but the Sacramento County Bradshaw Animal Shelter says its mission is to find good homes for strays.
  Nygard says his dog Rosemary got out from his home in Cameron Park and he searched for her for days. A friend on social media eventually linked him to a post with a photo of Rosemary at the Sacr
  
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• Sacramento Mayor Speaks Out Against Man’s Violent Jaywalking Arrest

  13-04-2017 08:07
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is condemning a violent jaywalking arrest that was caught on video and has made national news.
  Steinberg says the arrest is part of a culture problem in the Sacramento Police Department and departments across the country.
  Cellphone video and dashcam video show the confrontation between a Sacramento Police officer and a jaywalking suspect that led to the officer taking him to the ground and punching him repeatedly.
  That officer is
  
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• Missing Sacramento Woman’s Car Found In Arden-Arcade Area

  13-04-2017 05:34
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a missing woman.
  Janet Mejia, 28, was reported missing by her roommate on Tuesday after she didn’t return home. She was last seen at around 9 a.m. when she left her home on the 7200 block of Pepperwood Knoll Lane.
  Her vehicle was found on Wednesday by sheriff’s deputies in the Arden-Arcade area.
  Mejia is typically in constant contact with her family and the disappearance unus
  
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• Lawmakers Outraged Over Secrecy, Governor Defends State’s Handling Of Oroville Dam Spillway Emergency

  13-04-2017 03:13
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California Gov. Jerry Brown held his first news conference in February on the Oroville Dam emergency after the threat of lake Oroville sent nearly 200,000 people from their homes.
  The governor defended the state’s handling of the crisis, while asking for federal assistance for the emergency. Now, about two months after declaring a state of emergency in Oroville, Brown’s administration is blocking a public review of records relating to what happened when the
  
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• Governor Defends State’s Handling Of Oroville Dam Spillway Emergency

  13-04-2017 03:13
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California Gov. Jerry Brown held his first news conference in February on the Oroville Dam emergency after the threat of lake Oroville sent nearly 200,000 people from their homes.
  The governor defended the state’s handling of the crisis, while asking for federal assistance for the emergency. Now, about two months after declaring a state of emergency in Oroville, Brown’s administration is blocking a public review of records relating to what happened when the
  
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• Sacramento officer seen on video punching jaywalker in face

  13-04-2017 01:38
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California police officer seen on video hurling a jaywalker to the ground and repeatedly punching him in the face will be the subject of a criminal investigation, authorities said Tuesday.
  The “disturbing” and unreasonable actions of the officer, a two-year veteran of the department, were not within policy, Sacramento police said in a statement.
  The officer was already on unpaid administrative leave as a result of the incident and will now be subject
  
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