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• Lifeguards, Rangers Find Body Of Teen Missing In American River

  03-05-2017 23:21
  
  FOLSOM (CBS13) – Searchers on Wednesday located the body of a teenage boy last seen diving into the frigid waters of the American River in Folsom.
  The teen went missing around 8 p.m. Monday near Rainbow Bridge after, a friend says, he jumped into the water and never surfaced.
  His body was found around 11:30 a.m. in the vicinity of where he was last seen, according to a statement from the California State Parks department.
  Authorities have not confirmed to CBS13 the identity of the teen.
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• Lawmakers Debate Over Sacramento Becoming ‘Sanctuary City’

  03-05-2017 22:04
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – There’s growing backlash over a controversial immigration plan in Sacramento that proposes investing city money into legal services for illegal immigrants.
  The amount: $300,000.
  The money would come from the city’s general fund and attorneys from the city’s Safe Haven Task Force call it a human rights matter.
  But some are questioning the legality of the proposal.
  State Senator Joel Anderson says the city of Sacramento’s proposed plan to invest $
  
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• Man Arrested In Connection With Homicide And Carjacking In Manteca

  03-05-2017 21:01
  
  MANTECA (CBS13) – A man wanted in connection with a carjacking and homicide in Manteca is now in custody.Police received word of a shooting in the area of Daniels Street and Airport Way around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday. There, they found a 60-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
  They attempted life-saving measures on the man, but he died at the scene.
  Investigators say the suspect in the shooting carjacked a vehicle in that area around the same time.
  Ripon police located that vehic
  
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• WEB EXTRA: Hear What a Child With Sensory Processing Disorder Hears

  03-05-2017 20:38
  
  “A Touch of Understanding” plays an audio recording for participants. It states the following: “They hear the wait staff clearing tables. They hear the woman a woman 10 feet away rummaging through her purse. They hear a fire truck outside. They hear people walking to their seats.”
  
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• Sheldon High Teacher Accused Of Having Oral Sex With Teen

  03-05-2017 20:33
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A teacher who works at Sheldon High has been arrested on sex-related charges.
  In March, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department learned that John Richard Young, 53, of Sacramento, allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a 17-year-old female victim over the course of a year.
  After the allegations came to light, school administrators placed Young on administrative leave.
  The Elk Grove Unified School District issued a statement that reads, in part:
  
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• Cockroach Infestation Hits Park In Folsom

  03-05-2017 20:00
  
  FOLSOM (CBS13) – A cockroach infestation at a Folsom park has gone unnoticed until this past weekend.
  A CBS13 viewer saw dozens of cockroaches running all over the local playground.“They were all in the bark. they were all in the walls of the playground…on the drinking fountain,” said Delilah Palen.
  Palen’s trip to Granite Park Sunday evening turned into the scare of her life. She says there were cockroaches everywhere.
  “It was like a Fear Factor episode,&rdq
  
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• Parolee Surrenders To Police After Standoff In Stockton

  03-05-2017 19:05
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – After a nearly nine-hour standoff, a Stockton man surrendered peacefully to authorities.
  Around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, 25-year-old Dominic Smith, a parolee for weapons and burglary charges, surrendered to police.Police negotiators were called out around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night to the garage of a residence near Pershing Avenue and Venetian Drive where the suspect was reportedly was holed up. The caller had reported that Smith fired multiple shots inside the home.During the
  
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• Deputies Searching For Suspects Tied To Rash Of Robberies In Sacramento County

  03-05-2017 09:01
  
  NORTH SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies need the public’s help in identifying two armed suspects connected to a rash of robberies in North Sacramento.
  The suspects are allegedly tied to at least nine commercial robberies in the North Highlands and Foothill Farms areas over the last few months.
  “I’m terrified this hasn’t happened for 11 years at this store,” said Sandeep Kahlon.
  Kahlon’s family liquor store was one of the tar
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: One Type Of Bank Fraud That Has No Protection For Customers

  03-05-2017 08:49
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Most of us know there are laws that protect us from fraud regarding our bank accounts. In most cases, these protections limit how much money we’d lose to about $50.
  But these protections don’t cover every type of fraud. We uncovered a loophole that could keep consumers from getting their money back if this kind of fraud hits a bank account.
  Denise Blankenship woke up to find someone fraudulently drained her bank account.
  “Every morning I check my bank
  
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• California Bill Would Let Bicyclists Roll Through Stop Signs

  03-05-2017 08:45
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A bill making its way through the state Capitol aims to cut down on crashes across California by allowing bicyclists to roll through stop signs. But, many are questioning the safety of both cyclists and drivers.
  They’re one of the most recognized rules of the road, but a new law wants to give bicyclists the green light to essentially run stop signs.
  Jim Brown, executive director of the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, said, “It makes bicycling a little mo
  
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• Are Millennials Getting Priced Out Of California Homes?

  03-05-2017 08:36
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Millennials want what their parents have. They want to eventually have kids, a good job, and to own a home, but attaining that future is becoming more and more challenging in California, that’s according to Joel Kotkin, an RC Hobbs Presidential Fellow in urban futures at Chapman University.
  “It’s not such a pretty picture,” said Kotkin.
  Kotkin has been researching and writing about housing issues in California for more than 30 years.
  “Buyi
  
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• Warming Weather Rapidly Melting Massive Sierra Snowpack, Prompting Flood Risk

  03-05-2017 08:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Northern California rivers are running high and cold as the snow melts from a drought-busting winter, and it’s proving a dangerous combination as temperatures rise.
  With the deepest snowpack the region has seen in May in nearly 20 years and temperatures feeling more like early summer than spring, the Sierra snow has no place to go but downstream. Near Yosemite National Park, temperatures are expected to reach the mid-80s. The Merced River could overrun
  
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• Students Get Firsthand Lesson On What It’s Like To Live With Disability

  03-05-2017 07:48
  
  GRANITE BAY (CBS13) — It’s a lesson local students won’t find on any computer or inside any textbook. They’re finding out what it feels like to live with a disability.
  “It was really difficult at first but then I learned how to do it better,” one 6th grader at Ridgeview Elementary School in Granite Bay tells CBS13. She had just finished attempting to maneuver a wheelchair.
  The organization putting on this program, A Touch of Understanding, brings volunteers wh
  
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• Stockton Police Standoff Forces Evacuations, Street Closures

  03-05-2017 06:57
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Police have shut down several streets in Stockton during a standoff near San Joaquin Delta College after a report of shots fired.
  The area near Pershing Avenue and Venetian Drive has been shut down.
  Investigators believe they have the suspect pinned down at the scene and are using a loudspeaker to communicate with the man and get him to surrender.
  Several homes have also been evacuated.
  
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• Stockton Crime Rate Drops, But Hard Work Isn’t Over For Police, Community

  03-05-2017 05:17
  
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — After more than a decade of rising car and property theft cases around Stockton, police officers say their work is finally paying off.
  In the last seven years, Christian Simas has seen his community change from an economic standpoint down to a renewal in faith, all the way down to crime.
  “I know that there is a big stigma to overcome, a stigma that maybe was there for good reasons and maybe not so good reasons,” said Simas.
  Simas is the lead pastor of Reality
  
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• UC President Apologizes For Staff Trying To Interfere With State Audit

  03-05-2017 03:34
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – After a state audit found University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public while tuition increased, university system President Janet Napolitano apologized Tuesday for the way her office handled the investigation but disputed several of the audit’s findings.
  Lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday said they are deeply troubled by the state auditor’s finding that the UC president’s office tried to interfere with the audit.
  State Aud
  
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