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• Police: Man Impersonating Deputy Searched Modesto Massage Businesses

  13-03-2018 22:35
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Detectives have arrested a man suspected of impersonating a sheriff’s deputy in Modesto.
  The Modesto Police Department says, last week, officers investigated a report of someone who appeared to be a deputy who walked into the Vintage Massage business on Dale Road. The man, who was wearing a sheriff uniform shirt, went into several rooms and opened drawers and cabinets.
  Witnesses say the man left through the front door without saying anything to employees.
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• Fire Doused At Motel Next To Recently Raided Strip Club In Jamestown

  13-03-2018 15:24
  JAMESTOWN (CBS13) – A Tuolumne County gentleman’s club went up in smoke early Tuesday morning.
  The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office says they got a call from California Highway Patrol just before 3:30 a.m. that Rosalinda’s in Jamestown was on fire.
  The fire at the hotel next to the gentleman’s club. (Credit: Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office)
  Units from Cal Fire were already at the scene when deputies arrived. Apparently, a motel next to the club had caught fir
  
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• 2-Year-Old Boy Dies In Suspected DUI Crash Near Nevada City

  13-03-2018 14:47
  NEVADA CITY (CBS13) – A child has died in a crash near Nevada City that officers suspect was DUI-related.
  It happened along Highway 20 near Harmony Ridge Road around 9 p.m. Monday.
  Officials with the California Highway Patrol say the two-year-old boy was not restrained in an appropriate car seat.
  Officers say the driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned several times; the passenger was ejected from the vehicle.
  The driver suffered a few injuries and was taken to a nearby hospit
  
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• Legal Pot Makes Drug-Sniffing Dogs Overqualified In California

  13-03-2018 07:55
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — Legalized pot in California is leading to changes in some local police K-9 units, and the dogs trained to detect marijuana.
  “Once you train a dog on something you can’t untrain them,” Roseville police officer Scott Miszkewycz said.
  Roseville police are training new dogs that won’t detect the smell of marijuana.
  Lance is a 2-year-old German Shepard that will be Roseville’s first drug-sniffing dog that won’t alert handlers to marijuana,
  
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• Solano Community Colleges Evacuated Over Bomb Threat

  13-03-2018 07:49
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — After hours of investigations and campus sweeps, all Solano community colleges have been deemed safe by law enforcement.
  All three college campuses in Fairfield, Vacaville, and Vallejo were evacuated Monday afternoon after two anonymous bomb threats.
  “We take every situation incredibly seriously, and this has affected hundreds and hundreds of people,” said deputy Daniel Cully Pratt.
  Solano County Sheriff’s deputies say no explosive devises or packages
  
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• Wet Week Brings Commute Headaches, Worries Over Possible Flooding

  13-03-2018 07:37
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – From your home to your daily commute, experts are forecasting a few inches of rain, and it may begin to put you underwater.
  “Their flowerbeds and planters are going to start to fill up and soil is going to start to pour over,” said Randy Aspinall, manager at Emigh’s Ace Hardware.
  Aspinall has been selling sandbags and offering advice here for more than a decade.
  “I always tell people they got to be prepared,” he added.
  Aspinall said the gr
  
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• Students Ready To Walk Out On Wednesday Over School Shootings

  13-03-2018 06:47
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Students across the Sacramento region are planning a walkout on Wednesday.
  They say they’re standing in solidarity with the victims of the Parkland school shooting in Florida, while also calling for gun control measures.
  School districts around the region have been planning for safety measures ahead of Wednesday’s demonstration.
  McClatchy High School is having one of the biggest walkouts.Students will bring out 17 desks here to the front of the school to ho
  
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• 4 Shot Through Garage Door In Modesto

  13-03-2018 06:02
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Four people were wounded in a shooting at a Modesto home on Monday.
  The shooting happened on Robertson Road on Monday night.
  Three men and a woman were wounded when someone opened fire outside a garage. The garage door was closed at the time of the shooting.
  All four are expected to survive.
  No suspect descriptions are available.
  
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• Sacramento Considers Fines Over Recycling Contamination

  13-03-2018 03:51
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Like many people living in Midtown Sacramento, Beau Britton is a serious recycler.
  “What kind of stuff do you recycle? Plastic. Paper. Wood. I have a huge garden in my backyard. We recycle the plants,” he said.
  All acceptable materials under Sacramento city and county recycling programs.
  But there’s a problem.
  The materials are all prohibited in countries, like China that buy California’s recyclables—about 15 million tons of it each year.
  
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• Who Killed Jesus Madrid? Search Continues For Hit-And-Run Driver

  13-03-2018 01:08
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A man known to many people in the community has died after being hit by a car.
  Police are now turning to the community for help in finding that vehicle, which they believe struck Jesus Madrid.
  A black hoodie sweatshirt, a Mexican flag and a handful of candles sit where Ernie Aguila lost his longtime friend.
  “I think it was a tragedy, an absolute tragedy, I mean he never harmed anyone,” he said.
  Police say Madrid, 66, was hit by a car on East Main Street, near
  
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