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• The REACH One Alliance presents Second Annual REACH for Greatness Show

  27-04-2017 23:47
  CITRUS HEIGHTS – The REACH One Alliance, a character education program that promotes compassion, kindness, Inclusion, service, and greatness, is having its Second Annual REACH for Greatness Show on Saturday, April 29.
  The event is set to run 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at San Juan High School, located at 7551 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights. The REACH for Greatness Show is a community fundraiser for children with rare autoimmune diseases. Kevin Bracy, Founder of the REACH One Alliance, will host th
  
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• 2017 Innovative Summer Camp – Open House

  27-04-2017 23:39
  SACRAMENTO – Efforts to expose young people of color to science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and math fields is picking up “steam.”
  The University of California’s Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources is inviting students, parents, educators, community organizers and program administrators to learn more about its 2017 Innovative Summer Camp. The Open House will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at The Urban Hive, located at 1931 H Stre
  
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• Person Of Interest Identified In Deadly Attack At Highlands High School Track

  27-04-2017 21:16
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – A person arrested under suspicion of assaulting an elderly woman is being investigated as a person of interest in the homicide at the Highlands High School track.
  The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says they arrested the 18-year-old man later Wednesday afternoon after an incident near Fair Oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue. In that incident, deputies say a woman was assaulted in an unprovoked attack.
  RELATED: Woman, 86, Killed In Random Attack At H
  
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• Renewed Calls For Civil Defense Programs After North Korea Nuclear Threat

  27-04-2017 17:52
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It was a performance with a piercing finale – a North Korean musical production with video of a nuclear weapon hitting a US city, purportedly San Francisco.
  Now the US is presenting this powerful political visual: All 100 senators invited to the White House for a presidential briefing on North Korea’s nuclear threat, the same day as a nuclear attack drill at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
  North Korea nuclear experts are now weighing in on what has suddenly
  
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• Sections Of Highway 160 Slated For Overnight Closures

  27-04-2017 17:18
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sections of Highway 160 in North Sacramento will be partially closed at night during the spring and summer months for repairs.
  The highway runs from Richards Boulevard in downtown Sacramento to the Capitol City Freeway near Arden Way.
  Crews will grind down the top layer of the roadway to smooth it out.
  The work will happen between 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday.
  Some on and off ramps will see closures due to the work.
  
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• Woman, 86, Killed In Random Attack At Highlands High School Track

  27-04-2017 16:10
  
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – Devastation traveled quickly around the Highlands High School neighborhood after an 86-year-old woman was beaten to death on the school’s track. It happened early Wednesday morning, almost two hours before students arrived on campus.
  “Shocked sort of in disbelief that this could happen,” said Vicki Butler, a close friend of the woman.
  The victim’s 61-year-old friend was also attacked but managed to escape. Investigators with Sacramento
  
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• Gun Owners Looking To Abide By New Law Can’t Register Assault Rifles

  27-04-2017 15:54
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Gun owners looking to abide by the new California laws are hitting a major road block.
  Assembly Bill 1135 and Senate Bill 880 became effective Jan. 1 of this year and part of the new law requires those who have assault weapons to register them by Jan. 1 2018.
  But the website to do so isn’t working
  Many gun owners are frustrated and say it’s been months that they’ve been trying to register and can’t. They’re concerned that if it’s not
  
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• Crews Battle Possible Electrical Fire In West Sacramento

  27-04-2017 14:10
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The West Sacramento Fire Department has responded to what it believes to be an electrical fire on the 600 block of West Capitol Avenue.
  An empty utility shed on the north side of Welcome Grove, an abandoned hotel, caught fire just before 5 a.m.
  CBS13 has crews on scene and will provide further details as they become available.
  
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• Crews Battle Fire At Abandoned West Sacramento Motel

  27-04-2017 14:10
  
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The West Sacramento Fire Department responded to what it believes was an electrical fire at an abandoned hotel Thursday morning.
  The scene was along the 600 block of West Capitol Avenue on the north side of Welcome Grove hotel.Poss Electrical fire @ Abandon Welcome Grove Hotel. #WestSacFire on scene @CBSSacramento @GoodDaySac @KaitlinLewis15 pic.twitter.com/7p2R44P1OB
  — David Grashoff (@CameraGuyDave1) April 27, 2017
  Crews responded a little before 5 a.m. an
  
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• Children With Special Needs Get Uplifting Experience While Flying Indoors

  27-04-2017 09:52
  
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — It was love at first flight for a group of special needs kids Wednesday evening.  As part of it’s one year anniversary, iFLY Sacramento celebrated people with disabilities, by inviting them in for an uplifting experience with no barriers.
   
  Just like that, special needs children had wings.  One special needs child said he, “loved it.”
   
  Normally, Cannon Aiono relies on a wheelchair, but Wednesday night, he was flying high insid
  
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• Getting Answers: Are Landslides Going To Continue In The Dry Season?

  27-04-2017 09:35
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A huge landslide occurred on Highway 101 in Mendocino County last night. These slides are common this time of year with all of the rain we have seen this wet season. So as we transition to dryer days one would think we will continue to see less landslides. It turns out that is not the case. In fact, we may start to see some that are more costly.
   
  According to the California State Geologist, there are two different types of landslides. The ones we see more commonl
  
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• Berkeley Police Plan To Be ‘Highly Visible’ Thursday Despite Coulter’s Cancellation

  27-04-2017 01:27
  
  BERKELEY (AP) – Police at UC Berkeley say they are preparing to deploy a “highly visible” presence of officers on campus, despite the cancellation of Ann Coulter’s speech on Thursday.I’m so sorry Berkeley canceled my speech. I’m so sorry YAF acquiesced in the cancelation. And I'm so sorry for free speech crushed by thugs.
  — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 26, 2017
  Capt. Alex Yao of the University of California Police Department says authorities have rece
  
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• Suspect In Fresno Shooting Rampage Charged With 3 Counts Of Murder

  27-04-2017 01:21
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The black suspect in a racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno was charged Wednesday with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of white men he targeted randomly on the street, prosecutors said.
  The charges come just over a week after Kori Ali Muhammad was charged with killing a white motel security guard days before the rampage. Muhammad told investigators that learning he was wanted for that slaying led him to try to kill as many white people as po
  
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