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• Search Intensifies For Person Who Dropped Boulder From Overpass, Killing Young Dad

  16-03-2018 21:10
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The pregnant wife of a man killed by a boulder that crashed through the window of their car near Los Angeles is pleading for information that leads to the arrest of the person responsible for pushing the rock off an overpass.
  The California Highway Patrol says someone pushed the 35-pound (16-kilogram), basketball-sized rock off a freeway overpass in Pasadena late Tuesday, sending it smashing through the windshield.
  Guadalupe Gutierrez pleads for information about wh
  
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• Text Message To Kennedy High Threatened Shooting, Bombing

  16-03-2018 18:59
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Staff and students were evacuated from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento after several students received a random threatening text message, according to the school district.
  An automated message was sent to parents from the school district announcing the threat. Administrators say they don’t know if it’s a credible threat but have cleared the school as a precaution.
  A students showed us the text, which reads: “I’m tired of this f**k
  
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• Kennedy High In Sacramento Evacuated Because Of Threatening Text Message

  16-03-2018 18:59
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Staff and students were evacuated from John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento after several students received a random threatening text message, according to the school district.
  An automated message was sent to parents from the school district announcing the threat. Administrators say they don’t know if it’s a credible threat but have cleared the school as a precaution.
  A students showed us the text, which reads: “I’m tired of this f**k
  
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• Storm Leads To Road Closures In California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains

  16-03-2018 17:20
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – If you were planning to drive across the Sierra today on I-80, you’ll have to delay your trip. It’s snowing heavily in the mountains, making travel impossible.
  Authorities closed the roads Friday morning due to excessive snow covering the roadway.
  Closures in effect:
  – Interstate 80 between Colfax and the Nevada State line.– Highway 89 at Emerald Bay.
  I-80 is currently closed from Colfax to Nevada due to snow.#cawx
  — Placer Sheriff (@Place
  
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• 1 Person Shot By CHP Officer In Keyes Near Highway 99

  16-03-2018 15:12
  STANISLAUS COUNTY (CBS13) – One person was shot by a CHP officer along Keyes Road near Highway 99 in the town of Keyes, and has been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  We are on scene investigating an Officer Involved Shooting(OIS) involving a CHP Officer at Keyes Rd @ Hwy 99.
  — Stanislaus Sheriff (@StanSheriff) March 16, 2018The shooting happened around 11 p.m. Thursday, forcing the closure of the Keyes Road overpass over Highway 99, which remained closed
  
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• Barn Goes Up In Flames In Sacramento

  16-03-2018 14:48
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Firefighters battled a barn fire this morning in a rural area of South Sacramento.
  The fire started in the barn on Carlisle Avenue around 5:44 a.m.Multiple crews were called out to battle the fire, which did not spread to other barns. There are three others nearby that were said to be housing goats.Carlisle Ave. near Vintage Park Drive and west of Elk Grove Florin is blocked for fire crews working on barn fire. @GoodDaySac pic.twitter.com/6JJxp7bwTe
  — Tina Macuha
  
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• California could cut pot taxes in bid to lure legal users

  16-03-2018 14:39
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Less than three months after California launched legal marijuana sales for adults, the state could consider temporarily slashing hefty tax rates that some say are driving buyers into the black market.
  Growers and sellers in the nation’s largest legal marketplace have been complaining that taxes, that in some cases can near 50 percent, are too high. Many consumers, they say, are shopping in the underground market to save a buck or two.
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• Democrat’s dilemma: An energized left or moderation

  16-03-2018 14:22
  ATLANTA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Conor Lamb and Alabama Sen. Doug Jones, the new miracle men of the Democratic Party, offer a clear model for how to run in Republican territory: Focus on economics, not guns, immigration or President Donald Trump.
  But that won’t be easy when much of the party is whipped into a fervor over those topics.
  As the party barrels into primary season, its biggest success stories star Democratic moderates who’ve run strong in Trump country. But much o
  
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• College Students Fight For Funding To Avoid Tuition Spikes

  16-03-2018 07:47
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California students skipped class again, Thursday.
  This time, pushing lawmakers to fund higher education.
  “I attend the No. 1 public university in the world, and my sole focus should be obtaining an education yet like over 4,000 of my peers I have been homeless,” one student testified.
  Students told lawmakers they’re frustrated over state funding for their universities.
  “I understand the motivation to put money for a rainy day is significant but
  
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• Players Mourn Loss Of Beloved Elk Grove Basketball Coach Larry Price

  16-03-2018 07:43
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Beloved high school basketball coach Larry Price passed away earlier this week. But he leaves behind a roster of players whose lives he touched for the better.
  “He was the one that kept all of us going,” said Rylie Hardin, a sophomore on the varsity girls’ basketball team at Elk Grove High School. “No one could ever replace him.”
  The 61-year-old was the head coach of the Elk Grove High School Lady Herd basketball team. He passed away Monday
  
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• Woman Sets Trap For Good Samaritan, Uses Armed Kids To Rob Him

  16-03-2018 07:24
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — It’s a stunning case in Stockton. A woman is accused of using children to help her commit an armed robbery.
  Flavia Ambriz, 42, is accused of planning the attack, pretending she needed help, then robbing the man who came to her aid. She used two kids as her accomplices, each armed with a handgun.
  San Joaquin Sheriff’s deputies released photos of the weapons seized in the arrests. Deputies say the children surprised the man with their guns drawn.In Stockton, th
  
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• Olympian Comes To Defense Of Girl After Career Day Confrontation

  16-03-2018 06:59
  OAKDALE (CBS13) — A mom was outraged after her child came home from career day at school with her dreams dashed.
  “I’m 9 years old, and I’m in the fourth grade,” said Hannah Turpin.
  She, like most kids, has big dreams.
  “I want to be an Olympic gymnast because when you do cartwheels and stuff it just makes you feel like you’re flying,” she said.
  So, on College Career Day at Cloverland Elementary, she suited up and practically flipped to class.
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• Family Feud Prompts 11 Arrests In Modesto Gang Sweep

  16-03-2018 05:25
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Two feuding families with gang affiliations were targeted in a sweep by Modesto Police that lead to 11 arrests and the discovery of nearly a dozen guns, drugs and a stripped stolen car.
  Police were investigating a dozen reports of shots fired since the first of the year. In most of the incidents, the bullets only struck a house and nobody was injured. The exception was a man who was shot multiple times on Feb. 9 that suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
  Investigators l
  
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• Settlement Reached In Defamation Case Against Vallejo In Denise Huskins Kidnapping

  16-03-2018 00:18
  VALLEJO (CBS13) — A settlement has been reached in a defamation lawsuit over a kidnapping that Vallejo Police at one point publicly called a hoax.
  #Breaking Family confirms settlement reached between Denise Huskins/Aaron Quinn and city of Vallejo in defamation lawsuit. Vallejo PD had called 2015 kidnapping a hoax, before suspect arrested by FBI. Became known as #GoneGirl case.
  — stevelarge (@largesteven) March 15, 2018The settlement comes nearly three years to the day of the kidnappi
  
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