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• UC Davis Adding Two Varsity Women’s Sports

  13-04-2018 23:47
  DAVIS (CBS13) – UC Davis is adding women’s beach volleyball and women’s equestrian to its Athletic Department.
  The Aggies needed to add the women’s programs in order to comply with Title IX. It requires schools to offer men’s and women’s athletics proportionate to the undergraduate student body. In the 2016-17 school year women made up 59.4% of the student body – a 4.3% increase from 2011-12.
  UC Davis started the process to decide on the new sports in No
  
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• Two-Vehicle Crash Kills 1, Injures 3 In Rocklin

  13-04-2018 23:33
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) – Police and firefighters are on the scene of a fatal two-vehicle collision in a residential area of Rocklin.
  The incident happened in the area of Springview and Willowynd drives. One person was killed and three others were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries after an SUV collided with a Mitsubishi Eclipse, according to a statement from the Rocklin Police Department.A witness says all four of the victims were inside Eclipse. He says two of them were unresponsiv
  
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• Dogs In Poor Health Being Dumped In Clarksburg

  13-04-2018 23:05
  CLARKSBURG (CBS13) – A disturbing trend of dog cruelty and dumping has been happening in a quiet, rural area of Yolo County.
  Over the last six months, 16 dogs have been abandoned in the town of Clarksburg. Of those, 10 were pit bulls, most of which had their ears clipped and/or were in poor health, according to a statement from the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department.
  The latest incident happened on Tuesday along Willow Point Road, east of Jefferson Boulevard. Yolo County Anim
  
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• Suspect Arrested After Standoff In Arden Arcade Area Of Sacramento

  13-04-2018 22:06
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A man was arrested following a standoff at a home in the Arden Arcade area of Sacramento.
  On Friday, authorities spotted a vehicle matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle and tried to pull it over, but the suspect drove away, finally ditching the vehicle in the 2000 Block of Howe Avenue, according to a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department statement.
  The man then allegedly tried to steal a car but was unsuccessful. He then led police on bicy
  
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• Paul Ryan Backing Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker

  13-04-2018 21:30
  WASHINGTON (CBS13) – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy picked up an endorsement from Paul Ryan in his bid to succeed the current House Speaker.
  Ryan told NBC he will support the Republican Representative from California.
  Kevin McCarthy previously ran for House Speaker against Paul Ryan in 2015. Despite being the presumptive pick, he dropped out of that race after only 10 days. He remained Majority Leader.
  The 53-year-old was first elected to the House of Representatives in California&rs
  
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• Bomb Threats Made Against School Districts In Sacramento, Calaveras County

  13-04-2018 19:29
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Police investigated a bomb threat made against a school district in Sacramento this morning.
  The threat was made towards Robla Elementary School District. Sacramento police officers are working closely with district administration to provide precautionary measures, according to a police statement.
  School safety is a priority in our community. SPD investigating a bomb threat in the Robla Elementary School District. We are working closely with the school district adminis
  
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• 2 Arrested At Stephon Clark Shooting Protest Released From Jail

  13-04-2018 15:50
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Two protesters who were arrested during a chaotic night of protesting near the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office have been released from jail.
  Police say protesters were in the parking lot of the office and some were blocking vehicles and employees from leaving. The two who were arrested wouldn’t disperse following the officers’ orders, say police.
  Black Lives Matter has held protests outside the district attorney’s office three
  
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• UC Davis Professors Leading Fight To Curb Nuclear Weapons

  13-04-2018 08:45
  DAVIS (CBS13) — The threat of a nuclear war is top of mind across the country and the world, and some UC Davis professors are leading a fight to curb nuclear weapons.
  A workshop on Thursday at the university invited scientists from around the world to discuss and develop the technology.
  It’s a detection device aimed at monitoring, and perhaps stopping, nuclear weapon production.
  “One of the biggest threats to the human race is really nuclear weapons,” said UC Davis Physic
  
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• Dog Loses Lung To Foxtail

  13-04-2018 08:42
  DAVIS (CBS13) — UC Davis veterinarians have issued a warning for pet owners after a local dog had a brush with a dangerous plant.
  His name is Moose.
  No, he doesn’t have antlers, but this nearly 2-year-old chocolate lab does have only one lung.
  “Life seemed really full with him, and this coming out of nowhere, this serious diagnosis, it was tough,” said Garrett Bevin who says Moose is like a brother to him.
  You see, Moose likes to get into a lot of things, after all, he&rs
  
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• California Water Year Below Average, Reservoirs Benefit From Last Year’s Record

  13-04-2018 08:38
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — We are just about 45 days away from the end of the water year and it just hasn’t stacked up compared to last water year.
  With fewer atmospheric rivers and more warm storms melting the Sierra snowpack, the current precipitation status of northern California isn’t great.
  The Sierra snowpack for the stat is at 41 percent of normal, which is below average. Soil moisture according to the drought monitor isn’t great either, but worse conditions are in place
  
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• Child Finds Parents, Grandfather Dead In Double Murder, Suicide

  13-04-2018 08:32
  AMADOR COUNTY (CBS13) — A 4-year-old girl is the witness to an unspeakable discovery.
  Amador County Sheriff’s deputies say she found the bodies of her own parents and grandfather after a double-murder-suicide inside her own Pine Grove home.
  “It’s a tragic thing, no doubt,” neighbor Tommy McCaffrey said.
  McCaffrey lives next door to where the tragedy played out overnight.
  Deputies say a man shot and killed his girlfriend, his father and then himself. The gunshots wak
  
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• Students Protest Potential Loss Of Sign Language Class

  13-04-2018 08:29
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Students held a silent protest outside Hiram Johnson High School in Sacramento on Thursday over the proposed slashing of a sign language program.
  They signed the words, “Love ASL” and held posters reading, “Save ASL.”
  “People take for granted their hearing, their speech,” one student said.
  “I’m not very good at any other language,” another said.
  But American Sign Language at Hiram Johnson is in jeopardy. The school
  
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• Gas Prices On The Rise As Weather Warms

  13-04-2018 08:16
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A surge in gas prices is continuing, now with fears of a military uprising in Syria and trade conflict with China.
  Petroleum analysts say gas prices in the U.S. are expected continue a rise to the highest level since 2015. One local economics expert says there are more local factors at play, which are driving gas prices up.
  Herb C drives for a living, and for him, filling up gas is an everyday thing.
  With gas prices expected to surge, Herb says he’s slashing his
  
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• 2 Arrested In Stephon Clark Protests At Sacramento County DA’s Office

  13-04-2018 02:58
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Two protesters have been arrested during a protest of the shooting of an unarmed black man by Sacramento Police.
  Sacramento Police say protesters were in the parking lot of the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office and blocking vehicles and employees from leaving. Two people were arrested when they wouldn’t disperse following the officers’ orders.
  Black Lives Matter has held protests outside the district attorney’s office three days a wee
  
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• Ripon Joins Feds In Opposing California Immigration Laws

  13-04-2018 02:19
  RIPON (CBS13) — Ripon is joining a growing list of cities and counties in the state that support the federal government’s lawsuit challenging California’s immigration laws.
  One of the laws limits cooperation between federal immigration agents and local law enforcement. It protects undocumented individuals in public schools, libraries and medical centers.
  Ripon is the first city in Northern California to pass a resolution opposing California’s sanctuary state decision, a v
  
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• 1 in 10 Americans Haven’t Heard Of, or Are Unsure They’ve Heard Of, the Holocaust

  13-04-2018 01:14
  NEW YORK CITY (CBS13) – A majority of Americans (58%) believe something like the Holocaust could happen again.
  Thursday is Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) commissioned a national survey of Holocaust awareness. It found what it calls “critical gaps” in awareness of basic facts about the Holocaust.
  One of the biggest surprises in the study – 11% of adults in the United States and 22% of Mi
  
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• 1 in 10 Americans Aren’t Sure They’ve Heard Of, the Holocaust

  13-04-2018 01:14
  NEW YORK CITY (CBS13) – A majority of Americans (58%) believe something like the Holocaust could happen again.
  Thursday is Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) commissioned a national survey of Holocaust awareness. It found what it calls “critical gaps” in awareness of basic facts about the Holocaust.
  One of the biggest surprises in the study – 11% of adults in the United States and 22% of Mi
  
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• Man Whose Clothing Store Was Front For Selling Drugs To Teens Sentenced To 11 Years

  13-04-2018 01:12
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) — A clothing store owner accused of using his business as a front for selling drugs to nearby high school students has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
  Maurice Antoine Jefferson, 50 of Vacaville, was sentenced after his January guilty plea to marijuana possession with the intent to distribute, as well as firearm possession by a felon and cocaine distribution.
  Prosecutors say Jefferson operated the store Shredders Federation out of a strip mall near Will C. Wood High
  
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• Uber Will Conduct Yearly Background, Driving Checks

  13-04-2018 00:22
  DETROIT (CBS13) – Uber will now require drivers to undergo criminal background checks. The company announced a string of new safety features Thursday morning in a blog on its website.
  CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote the company has conducted criminal checks and driving record screening on potential drivers since Uber started nearly nine years ago. Now Uber will also run background and driving checks on drivers every year. The ridesharing company will also invest in new technology to quickly id
  
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