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• Second Suspect in Fruitridge Double Homicide Arrested

  13-05-2017 22:22
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13)- Homicide detectives arrested 21-year-old Richard Jefferson Saterfield of Sacramento for the murders of 19-year-old Daniel Murti and 15-year-old Sergio Murti.
  The murder occurred Thursday afternoon on Fruitridge Road.
  According to Sacramento Sheriff Department, Saterfield turned himself into homicide detectives.
  On Friday, 20-year-old Hieu Hoang was arrested on the same charges and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail.
  
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• Equality Index for Blacks Inches Closer to Whites in the 2017 Report

  13-05-2017 21:53
  Marc Morial, the president and CEO of the National Urban League, suggested that recent activism against many of the Trump Administration’s proposals, caused the White House to change course. In this photo, Morial speaks during the “2016 State of Black America” launch event at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
  (NNPA) – In their annual State of Black America report, called “Protect Our Progress,” the National Urban League (NUL) suggested t
  
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• California Governor Asks Trump’s Help With High-Speed Train

  13-05-2017 21:25
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is seeking an unlikely ally in his bid to create a high-speed train line between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
  The Los Angeles Times says Brown sent a letter Friday to President Donald Trump, asking him to transfer final approval of environmental reviews to the state rail authority.
  Currently, the feds must approve the reams of environmental documents plus any changes, and the process is behind schedule.
  The $64 billion project also faces un
  
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• Voucher proposals expose rift in school choice movement

  13-05-2017 21:05
  (AP) – For two decades, a loose-knit group that includes some of the country’s wealthiest people has underwritten the political push for school choice, promoting ballot initiatives and candidates who favor competition for traditional public schools.
  But when a member of this elite group was elevated to education secretary, the appointment opened a philosophical schism that now threatens to shatter the alliance, turn billionaires against each other and possibly lead some school-choice
  
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• 18-Year-Old Fatally Shot At Rocklin Party

  13-05-2017 19:51
  ROCKLIN (CBS13)- A party promoted on Social media turned deadly when 18-year-old Roderick Donell Totton was shot outside of the party and later died in the hospital.
  According to Placer County Sheriff, deputies were called to a party on Tinker Drive in a commercial business complex just after midnight .
  Upon arrival, deputies found a chaotic scene of people fleeing for safety and the 18-year-old victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
  Detectives are looking for witnesses or anyone with infor
  
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• California Senator Opposed To Tax Hike Loses Chairmanship

  13-05-2017 17:44
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The only Democratic state senator to vote against a California gas and vehicle tax increase said Friday that he’s losing his powerful post as a committee chairman.
  Sen. Steve Glazer of Orinda said he stepped down as head of the Governmental Organization Committee at the request of Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon.
  The move comes a month after Assemblyman Rudy Salas of Bakersfield, the only Assembly Democrat to oppose the tax hike, lost his chairmanship
  
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• Norovirus Spreads Throughout Yolo County School Districts

  13-05-2017 09:08
  YOLO COUNTY (CBS 13) — Parents in Yolo County are high alert as norovirus continues to spread across the region. Nearly 1,000 students and teachers have contracted the virus in less than two weeks.
  “It’s kind of alarming that it’s spreading so quickly,” said Courtney Adams, a mother of one in Woodland. “I’m hoping people will pay more attention to the hand washing until we can get it under control.”
  “There have been a few kids that we know th
  
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• Undocumented Workers Detained Before Work At Travis Air Force Base

  13-05-2017 08:41
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Two undocumented workers are in custody tonight after being detained by ICE agents at Travis Air Force Base, where they were checking through security to do construction work.
  A spokesperson at Travis Air Force Base says the arrests came following visitor protocol. They have every visitor show their ID and Social Security number at a security checkpoint.
  A database showed the men were undocumented, so security called Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
  The co-wo
  
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• Overall Gun Sales Drop Under Trump, But Women Are Still Buying

  13-05-2017 08:32
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The fire storm of gun sales nationwide has slowed since President Donald Trump took office.
  “It went back to normal,” said Wesley Lewis, the owner of Guns N Stuff in North Highlands, “I’m selling 35 to 40 guns a month instead of the 60 or 70 I was doing before.”
  During the Obama administration, Lewis couldn’t keep items on the shelves.
  “Everybody panicked and were buying hand guns and long guns like they were going out of style
  
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• Getting Answers Road Tour: Downtown Sacramento Edition

  13-05-2017 08:18
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s time for another Getting Answers Road Tour!
  CBS 13 Viewer Dean Johnston contacted us to ask a few questions about development around Golden 1 Center in Downtown Sacramento.
  So—we got some answers on the key projects that look like they’re starting to take shape.
  Dean wanted to know, “What’s up with the Downtown Commons, or DOCO, area? It doesn’t look like much is being done?”
  Well, looks can be deceiving. We’re told
  
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• Elk Grove Ready To Host Tour Of California For First Time

  13-05-2017 07:55
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — Finishing touches are going up at Elk Grove Regional Park as the city prepares to welcome 120 pro female cyclists for the AMGEN Tour of California. This is the first time Elk Grove has hosted an AMGEN race.
  Elk Grove spokeswoman Kristyn Nelson says, “We’re the only new host city on the tour this year and we’re pretty excited about it.”
  The women’s race began on Thursday in South Lake Tahoe. Stage 3 kicks off in Elk Grove Saturday morning, w
  
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• Roseville Attorney Snagged In Facebook Teen Sex Sting

  13-05-2017 07:48
  
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) – Deputies arrested two men for allegedly trying to meet up with a teen for sex. One is an attorney.
  With the internet nowadays, you can meet up just about anyone.
  “He put an ad on a popular online website looking for a curious younger sexy girl,” Dina Erwin said, a spokesperson for the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.
  But sometimes it leads to a dangerous situation.
  “This man understood very well that he was meeting a 13-year-old,” she sa
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: CA Raiding Bank Accounts and Intercepting Tax Refunds By Mistake

  13-05-2017 07:35
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Some Californians say they feel like the State of California robbed them, taking their money without notice.
  Anthony Jones of Elk Grove says the Franchise Tax Board took $125 from his tax refund. He didn’t get a letter until afterward telling him to contact the City of Oakland Parking for details.
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  He learned it was for a parking ticket he never got, on a car he never owned.
  “You just can’t be taking people’s money man,&
  
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• Bicyclists Worry About Dangers Of Bike Lanes In Sacramento

  13-05-2017 07:32
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Bicycle lanes around Sacramento have been a long-standing issue with cyclists, especially in Downtown.
  Narrow bike lanes force many of them to peddle through traffic, and it’s raising safety concerns around the cycling community.
  Roberto Villeda navigates the streets of Downtown Sacramento pretty well, but even he says he has to be on alert when he’s riding on two wheels.
  “There are a lot of streets that don’t have bicycle lanes,” he said.
  
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• Celebrities, Notable Figures Splashed Across Bear Creek High Yearbooks

  13-05-2017 07:29
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Bear Creek High School students got a few surprises in their yearbooks.
  Will Smith, Dolly Parton and former president Barack Obama made cameos in this year’s edition, and it was all Hannah Hightman’s idea. Yearbook staff scattered the section with some of the world’s most recognizable people and characters throughout the senior section. Hightman says it fits perfectly with the yearbook’s theme “Out of the Blue.”
  But the idea
  
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• After Wet Winter, Farmers Concerned Over Damaged Crops

  13-05-2017 07:21
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Local farmers are still cleaning up the mess left behind by heavy rain that has already destroyed much of their crops.
  The county estimates the damage in the millions.
  When heavy rain moved into Northern California earlier this year, farmer Bill Stokes knew he was going to have a big problem on his hands.
  “We’re seeing damage in our grain crops, hay crops; alfalfa is probably the most severe,” he said.
  Although some of the vines at the stokes family far
  
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• Jerry Brown Withholds UC Money After Audit Reveals Secret Account

  13-05-2017 03:37
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Clean up your act or pay— that’s what Gov. Jerry Brown is telling the University of California, in response to a scathing audit revealing millions of dollars in secret reserves at the UC system.
  Brown is withholding $50 million from the UC system after a state audit found administrators hid $175 million in a secret account while asking students for more tuition money.
  Vanessa Deanda is a Uc Davis freshman paying for college out of her pocket. She worke
  
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• Jerry Brown Visiting China For Clean Energy Conference

  13-05-2017 02:00
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Jerry Brown will travel to China to discuss clean energy policy with international leaders next month, his office announced Friday.
  He’ll attend an international energy conference in Beijing with delegates from nearly two dozen countries during his visit during the first week of June.
  He will also visit Chengdu in Sichuan province and Nanjing in Jiangsu province during the weeklong trip. Both provinces are, along with California, part of the
  
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