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• Sacramento Police Investigating Double Homicide

  23-04-2017 18:09
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13)- Sacramento Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the 5900 block of 68th Street on Sunday at 4:00 am.
  Upon arrival, police officers located two people dead.
  According to law enforcement officials, 38th to 40th street and 66th to 69th street will be closed to investigate the crime scene.
  We will update the story when more information become available.
  
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• California Moves Slowly Toward Resuming Executions

  23-04-2017 17:16
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has long been what one expert calls a “symbolic death penalty state,” one of 12 that has capital punishment on the books but has not executed anyone in more than a decade.
  Prodded by voters and lawsuits, the nation’s most populous state may now be easing back toward allowing executions, though observers are split on how quickly they will resume, if at all.
  Corrections officials expect to meet a Wednesday deadline to submit revised leth
  
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• March For Science

  23-04-2017 05:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The world saw brain power take a different form Saturday.
  From the Washington Monument to Germany’s Brandenburg Gate and even to Greenland, scientists, students and research advocates rallied on an often soggy Earth Day, conveying a global message about scientific freedom without political interference, the need for adequate spending for future breakthroughs and just the general value of scientific pursuits.
  They came in numbers that were mammoth if not quite astro
  
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• Davis Police Picking Up Enforcement For Picnic Day

  23-04-2017 04:45
  
  DAVIS, Calif. (CBS13) — Davis police have created what they call “enhancement zones” to curb disruptive activity during UC Davis’ 103rd annual Picnic Day.
  Fines in some areas near campus are doubled for certain offenses including public intoxication and public urination.
  More than 50,000 are expected for the event, which is heald annually in April.
  
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