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• Barbra Streisand Says No #MeToo Moment Marred Her Life

  17-03-2018 23:30
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbra Streisand said she’s never suffered sexual harassment but has felt abused by the media.
  During a tribute to Streisand’s decades of TV music specials and other programs, producer and long-time admirer Ryan Murphy queried her about her career, the #MeToo movement and her aversion to interviews.
  “Never,” she replied when asked if she had been sexually mistreated. “I wasn’t like those pretty girls with those nice little noses. Mayb
  
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• Officials identify 4 victims in bridge collapse

  17-03-2018 22:30
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on the deadly pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Miami-Dade Police are releasing the names of three victims pulled from the rubble of a Miami bridge that collapsed two days earlier.
  The three were found Saturday in vehicles that were removed from the debris of the pedestrian bridge that fell Thursday at Florida International University.
  They are 57-year-old Oswald Gonzalez, 53-year-old Alberto Arias and 60-year-old Rolando Fraga Hernandez
  
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• Ex-CIA director accuses Trump of moral turpitude

  17-03-2018 21:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director (all times local):
  3 p.m.
  Former CIA Director John Brennan is accusing President Donald Trump of “venality, moral turpitude and political corruption” for rejoicing over the firing of the FBI’s deputy director.
  Brennan responded Saturday to a tweet Trump sent hours after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he had fired Andrew McCabe. Trump has repeatedly accused McCabe o
  
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• Sacramento Deputy Denies Taking Advantage Of Elderly Woman

  17-03-2018 08:15
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy is defending herself against accusations that she and another deputy took advantage of an elderly woman and sent her out of the country.
  Stephanie Angel, a 14-year veteran, says the department is attempting to smear her reputation and wants her off the job because, in part, she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit back in 2007 against now-Sheriff Scott Jones among others.
  “There was no malicious intent to anything he
  
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• Are Sacramento’s Public Bathroom Needs Being Met?

  17-03-2018 08:13
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento city leaders are set to tackle a problem with urgent circumstances for some—are there enough public restrooms in Downtown?
  From people with kids to those with no home, many people complain there are few places to go. Homeless advocates have demanded more public restrooms for years, calling it a humanitarian crisis.
  Many bathrooms in the capital city are closed after business hours. A pilot project offering more restrooms and an attendant to keep them c
  
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• California Utilities Reiterate Safeguards After Russian Hacking Report

  17-03-2018 08:05
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A new report from the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation says Russian government hackers infiltrated computer systems of critical facilities within the United States.
  “If they compromise the entire structure, the software itself, then they would have full access to anything they wanted,” said Ryan Eldridge, a network security expert with Nerds on Call.
  “They’re showing they have the capability of doing these
  
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• Davis Tow Truck Employees Deny Alleged Profiteering Scheme

  17-03-2018 07:43
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Five people are behind bars after a two-year investigation into a company that allegedly towed vehicles for profit illegally.
  “I’m upset. I’ve made good life decisions to keep me out of here, and I don’t understand why I am here,” said Erik Dyer, the longest standing employee of Davis Tow Inc.
  Shocked and confused, Dyer said he’s never even had a speeding ticket, and now he’s in jail.
  “If I felt this company was doing som
  
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• Sierra Snow Creates Travel Headaches On Interstate 80

  17-03-2018 07:40
  COLFAX (CBS13) — Snowfall pounded the Sierra on Friday causing whiteout conditions on Interstate 80.Traffic came to at a standstill in Colfax after on-and-off road closures throughout the afternoon.
  “This storm was just so severe they couldn’t keep up with it, and then visibility was zero at times,” said Jason Brannon, a truck driver for Devine Intermodal.
  Many people in the Sacramento Valley scrambled to get up the hill to enjoy the freshly fallen snow.
  “We’r
  
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• Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation At Kennedy High School

  17-03-2018 03:35
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Bomb units and K9 teams combed Kennedy High School all day Friday, for any sign of explosives or weapons, after a student sent a disturbing text message, and forced the evacuation of the entire school.
  “Out of nowhere we got a bomb threat saying that someone was gonna shoot up the school and they were gonna blow us up,” said student Kevin Romero.
  Students showed us the text.
  It reads in part:
  “Placed bombs in certain classrooms in the B and C wing I b
  
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