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• Study: Melting Arctic Ice Could Push California Storms North, Creating Drought

  14-04-2018 08:22
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A study published in Nature Communications says that as the climate warms and sea ice in the Arctic melts, that could impact the climate of California making it drier.
  Dr. Ivana Cvijanovic with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ran a climate model that melted most of the sea ice in the Arctic, which is projected over the next few decades.
  The melting of the ice leads to warmer ocean temperatures, which can lead to a change in atmospheric pressure patterns.
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• California Teens Unravel Florida High School Threat

  14-04-2018 08:14
  ROCKLIN(CBS13) – A pair of Whitney High School students reported a threat they saw on the internet and it may have stopped a school shooting in Florida.
  “Who alerted authorities? Well, it was someone from California,” read the news anchor on their school’s local broadcast.
  Seniors Buster Carlson and Jacob Halley, who are being hailed as heroes, hit the airways at Whitney High Friday morning.
  Their very own school’s WCTV19 breaking the news.
  “My whole class gav
  
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• Possible Alligator Spotted In Elk Grove Lake

  14-04-2018 08:12
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — Some Elk Grove residents are on high alert after an alligator is spotted in a neighborhood lake. Witnesses say the unlikely guest surfaced earlier this week and one neighbor took its picture, which is now going viral.
  In the Camden Park, there’s something lurking in the lake.
  “It came up and it would go straight under and up and under. We saw a head come up. The body was like three or four feet long,” said Karen Keeslar, who first spotted the alligator
  
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• Newspaper Column Calls For Minority Curfew After Stephon Clark Shooting

  14-04-2018 08:10
  RANCHO MURIETA (CBS13) — Inside the pages of the small, weekly Rancho Murieta newspaper the River Valley Times, the sentence generating big backlash is an opinion piece written in response to the police shooting of Stephon Clark.
  It reads, “police have to be careful not to overact and you black men might be better off at home after a certain hour.”
  The line is drawing a swift reaction.
  David Lee and his family live in the gated community where the paper is circulated.
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• Turlock Business Sets At-Risk Youth A Cut Above The Rest

  14-04-2018 07:14
  TURLOCK (CBS13) — A Turlock business is getting at-risk youth on track to a promising career.
  It’s called the Barber Club and it’s asking young men tough questions and giving them a space where they can plan for the future.
  “These young men nowadays are misguided, mislead to believe something that is not real, you know, to believe that there is peace in these gangs, in these groups, and that is what we work hard at, working on personal growth, personal development,”
  
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• Natomas Teacher Denies Striking Student

  14-04-2018 04:18
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Cell phone video shows a PE teacher, face to face with his student moments after students claim he punched the student.
  “Look at me, look at me!” the teacher yells in the video.
  Witnesses say moments earlier, they saw the teacher punch the eighth-grader in the face.
  Jordan Jackson is that student in the video. He doesn’t have a mark on his face, but says he’s still recovering from the shock of it all.
  “I’ve been having problems with
  
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• Abandoned Dog Had Wound Loosely Tied With Fishing Line

  14-04-2018 03:27
  YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — The Yolo County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case of animal abuse after two dogs were found abandoned near Clarksburg with severe injuries.
  A tan and white pit bull was found by a passer-by in a pool of mud off Willow Point Road, Tuesday. Animal Services rushed the dog to UC Davis vet hospital where they discovered injuries consistent with an amateur spay procedure gone horribly wrong.
  “The sutures were very far apart, and the suture material lo
  
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• Middle School Students Tackle Future Of Old Sacramento Riverfront

  14-04-2018 01:45
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The plan to revive the Old Sacramento riverfront is taking new shape with help from a group of middle school students.
  City officials backed a plan in January to redevelop Old Sacramento with a new public market and a “family-friendly activity zone.”
  Students from Natomas Charter School presented their improvement ideas to the city planning commission on Thursday. The seventh-graders delivered an inspiring look at what could take shape along the riverfront.
  
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• Listen to Nonstop Prom Music

  14-04-2018 01:14
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Relive your prom starting Monday! SiriusXM will launch a Prom Radio station.
  The channel is “dedicated to spiking your punch with musical memories of proms from the 80s, 90s and beyond,” according to a news release.
  Here are some of the songs you can expect to hear on Channel 4 starting at 9am PT on April 16: Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”, Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time”, Bell Biv Devoe’s “
  
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• Folsom PD Hires New Chief

  14-04-2018 00:40
  FOLSOM (CBS13) – Folsom hired a new Chief of Police. Rick Hillman is the current Folsom Police Department Commander.
  Commander Hillman will serve as Folsom’s Acting Police Chief until April 23. His predecessor, Chief Cynthia Renaud, was named as the new Police Chief for the City of Santa Monica. She had served as Folsom’s Police Chief since 2011.
  Commander Hillman joined Folsom PD in 1995 as an officer and worked his way up through the ranks. He’s held supervisory positio
  
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• Woman Who Drove Off Cliff Was Drunk, Police Say

  14-04-2018 00:16
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A woman was drunk when she drove her large family off a Northern California cliff last month and her wife and several children had large amounts of a drug in their systems that can cause drowsiness, authorities said Friday.
  Police had previously said they believed the Hart family died in a suicide plunge from a scenic overlook. The crash happened just days after authorities in Washington state opened an investigation following allegations the children were being neglec
  
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