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• Teacher Captures Rat On Video Scurrying Around Kennedy High Classroom

  18-04-2017 21:48
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – School officials say they took immediate action after a rat was seen running around a classroom on Monday.
  In a video was captured by Veronica Luther, who was working as a substitute teacher at Kennedy High School, a rat can be seen on students’ desks, on the floor and running up the wall of a classroom.
  Luther posted a couple of videos to her Facebook page of the rat scurrying around.
  “I told them I wouldn’t be comfortable coming back for the second
  
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• California Auditor: Disabled Parking Permits Need Scrutiny

  18-04-2017 21:18
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California gives disabled parking permits to people who don’t provide enough medical information to prove they need one, state auditor Elaine Howle said in a report released Tuesday.
  The report also says the Department of Motor Vehicles has not canceled permits for about 35,000 people who are probably dead.
  The state auditor reviewed about 100 approved applications and found nearly three in four did not adequately describe the disability. Nearly one in five
  
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• California Lawmakers To Vote On Doing Away With Bail System

  18-04-2017 16:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – State lawmakers will vote today on whether to do away with the bail system.
  The proposed bill seeks to help defendants who can’t afford bail.
  Instead of requiring suspects to post bail, the bill would allow county officials to decide whether to release them based on their risk to public safety. They would have the option of using jail alternatives such as home detention or monitoring bracelets.
  “We shouldn’t have a system where your detention is based
  
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• Congressman Walks Off Stage During Oroville Town Hall

  18-04-2017 08:58
  
  OROVILLE (CBS13) — The boos and shouts of displeasure started during the introduction of Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) at his town hall meeting in Oroville.
  For nearly two hours, the crowd at the State Theater shouted down responses by the congressman.
  “I’m appalled,” said Linda Agee, a LaMalfa supporter.
  “It’s very enlightening and disturbing to experience this first hand,” said Denise Culley, who was attending her first town hall event.
  The Oroville D
  
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• Elk Grove Student Who Fell To Her Death In Berkeley Mourned

  18-04-2017 08:52
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – A UC Berkeley student died Sunday after falling three stories from a balcony near campus. Kimberly Tze graduated as valedictorian from Laguna Creek High School back in 2014.
  “What an incredible loss,” said Alycia Soto, Head Counselor at Laguna Creek High School. “I’m just so deeply sorrowed.”
  Teachers and students in Elk Grove mourned the loss of one of their own on Monday. Counselors talked to several students on campus as word spread abou
  
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• Elk Grove Mourns UC Berkeley Student Who Died In Fall

  18-04-2017 08:52
  
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – A UC Berkeley student died Sunday after falling three stories from a balcony near campus. Kimberly Tze graduated as valedictorian from Laguna Creek High School back in 2014.
  “What an incredible loss,” said Alycia Soto, Head Counselor at Laguna Creek High School. “I’m just so deeply sorrowed.”
  Teachers and students in Elk Grove mourned the loss of one of their own on Monday. Counselors talked to several students on campus as word spread abou
  
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• Roommate Faces Murder Charge In Death Of Missing Sacramento State Graduate

  18-04-2017 08:36
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The man accused of murdering a missing has a violent past according to court documents.
  Deputies arrested Teris Vinson on unrelated weapons charges last week and Monday also charged him with the murder of 28-year-old Janet Mejia.
  A makeshift memorial now stands in front of the apartment complex where Mejia, Vinson and a third woman lived.
  “When it happened I started crying because she was just the sweetest girl. The sweetest girl ever,” said Edlin Boucher w
  
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• Woman Punched In Berkeley Protest Video Speaks Out Against White Nationalist

  18-04-2017 07:26
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A California State University, Stanislaus student is back in the public eye after a video from a weekend of protests shows him punching a woman in the face.
  Nathan Damigo was involved in some controversy last fall after launching a campaign to recruit members for his pro-white advocacy group called Identity Europa. 
  The woman in the video, Louise Rosealma, spoke out for the first time since the punch on Saturday.
  “It’s just really petty and pathet
  
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• Nebraska Company Wins $275 Million Oroville Dam Spillway Contract

  18-04-2017 06:50
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California water officials say they have awarded a contract to repair Oroville Dam’s two damaged spillways to a Nebraska construction company.
  The Department of Water Resources announced Monday that Kiewit Corp. of Omaha was awarded a $275 million contract to repair the state’s second largest reservoir. Kiewit filed the bid under Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., a California-based branch.
  Kiewit made the lowest bid of the three companies but its offer i
  
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• As One California Secession Measure Dies, Another Is Born

  18-04-2017 03:03
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Supporters of one long-shot bid to make California an independent nation ended their effort on Monday, while another group said it will launch a new campaign for a statewide vote next year.
  The drive to make the nation’s most populous state its own country, with what would be the world’s sixth-largest economy, has drawn extra interest after last year’s election of Republican Donald Trump as president.
  But the Yes California Independence Campaign
  
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• California Approves $900 Million Of Projects For Gas Tax Hike Supporters

  18-04-2017 02:37
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The California Senate has approved more than $900 million worth of road and train projects that were promised to lawmakers in order to secure their support for a hike in gas taxes and vehicle fees.
  The Senate’s 27-13 vote on Monday follows the passage this month of the transportation bill projected to raise more than $5 billion a year for road repairs and other transportation projects.
  Gov. Jerry Brown and top legislative leaders agreed to support priority p
  
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• Golden State’s Durant Gets 32 Points, Beat Portland 121-109

  18-04-2017 01:13
  OAKLAND, Calif. – Kevin Durant had 32 points, 10 rebounds, and two assists and Draymond Green had 19 points, 12 rebounds, and nine assists to give the Golden State Warriors a 109-121 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in the first game of Round 1.
  Stephen Curry added 29 points, five rebounds, and four assists and backcourt mate Klay Thompson added 15 points, three rebounds, and two assists for the Warriors (1-0), who made 43-of-81 shots from the field at 53.1 percent.
  The Warriors wit
  
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• California Secession Backers Withdraw 2018 Ballot Initiative

  18-04-2017 00:55
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Supporters of a long-shot bid to make California an independent nation on Monday ended their effort to put it to a statewide vote next year, despite the extra interest it drew after last year’s election of Republican Donald Trump as president.
  The secretary of state’s office confirmed that Marcus Ruiz Evans, vice president of the Yes California Independence Campaign, notified officials he intends to withdraw the California Nationhood ballot measure.
  Th
  
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• CA Republicans Strike Working-class Tone During Gas Tax Debate

  18-04-2017 00:13
  SACRAMENTO (CBM) – Last week, the California legislature voted to approve a $52 billion transportation bill that will go towards road repair and maintenance. Funding will come from increases in gas and diesel sales and excise taxes, an annual car fee, based on the cost of the car, and a Zero Emissions Car fee. However, SB 1, which was co-sponsored by Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose,) seems to have flipped the political spectrum. Some Republicans, who opposed the bill, were concerned it was goi
  
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