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• Police: Modesto Mom Killed Her 2 Sons Before Turning Gun On Herself

  23-04-2018 23:26
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Investigators are saying the case of three people found dead in a Modesto home is a murder-suicide.
  Modesto police have released more information on the incident that shook a usually quiet Modesto neighborhood on Sunday. Officers say the bodies of Lisandra Corrales, 28, Pierre Hurtado, 6, and Nathan Hurtado, 4, were found in the home on Rancho Encantado Court.
  RELATED: Triple Homicide Rocks Modesto Neighborhood
  After a preliminary investigation, officers believe Corrales
  
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• Girl, 15, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Tracy

  23-04-2018 23:04
  TRACY (CBS13) – A 15-year-old girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver over the weekend, police say.
  The incident happened in the early morning hours on Saturday on MacArthur Drive, north of Schulte Road. The girl was struck by a car; the driver did not stop, Tracy police say.
  The girl was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
  Officers have still not been able to find the driver. Detectives believe the suspect car is a white, newer-model sedan with possible front-end damage and could be
  
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• All Lanes Of NB Highway 99 In Galt Blocked Due To Crash

  23-04-2018 22:44
  GALT (CBS13) – All lanes of northbound Highway 99 are blocked in Galt due to a crash Monday afternoon.
  The scene is near Twin Cities Road.
  Big rig crash into highway message board, jack-knifed, all lanes BLOCKED NB 99 at Twin Cities in Galt. No ETO. pic.twitter.com/jq8OczEqy0
  — Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) April 23, 2018Galt police say truck carrying a load of rock dumped its load onto the highway. According to Caltrans, a big rig jacknifed and crashed into a freeway message
  
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• Voters In 2021 Could Decide If California Becomes Its Own Country

  23-04-2018 20:57
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Californians may vote in 2021 about whether our state should become an independent country.
  Proponents of the initiative got clearance from the Secretary of State on Friday to begin collecting signatures. If they collect enough , the initiative would go to a special election in 2021.
  Voters would then be asked whether California should become an independent country, in the form of a republic. If the initiative is approved by a majority of voters, it would require the L
  
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• Voters in 2021 Could Decide if CA Becomes a Country

  23-04-2018 20:57
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Californians may vote in 2021 about whether our state should become an independent country.
  Proponents of the initiative got clearance from the Secretary of State on Friday to begin collecting signatures. If they collect enough signatures, the initiative would go to a special election in 2021.
  Voters would then be asked whether California should become an independent country, in the form of a republic. If the initiative is approved by a majority of voters, it would req
  
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• Monkeys Don’t Own Selfie Rights

  23-04-2018 19:51
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has ruled in a case over selfies taken by a monkey that lawsuits can’t be filed claiming animals have copyrights to photos.
  The decision Monday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in favor David Slater, the photographer whose camera was used to take the photos. The appeals court said U.S. copyright law confers the right to sue on humans.
  The monkey, a crested macaque named Naruto, snapped the photos in 2011 wi
  
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• Detectives: Woman Opened Store Credit Accounts Using Stolen Identity

  23-04-2018 18:15
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) – A search is on for a woman suspected of identity theft in the Placer County area.
  The Placer County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance footage of a woman on Monday who allegedly has been opening several fraudulent retail credit accounts. The woman used someone else’s identity to open the accounts, detectives say.
  We are is asking for the public’s help in identifying this woman.She is suspected of using victim’s personal ID informatio
  
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• Search Continues For Missing Swimmer In Stanislaus River

  23-04-2018 17:35
  RIPON (CBS13) – Search crews are back out Monday morning looking for a swimmer who was last seen in the Stanislaus River on Sunday evening.
  The Ripon Police Department says the man was last seen in the water near the bicycle bridge in the city. According to Ripon Consolidated Fire District officials, emergency crews responded just before 7:30 p.m. after a man reportedly jumped or fell into the river under the Highway 99 overpass.
  Crews with Ripon Fire and police officers searched into the
  
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• Man Shot And Killed By Officers In Foresthill Suffered From Mental Health Issues, Mother Says

  23-04-2018 15:42
  FORESTHILL (CBS13) – The mother of man shot and killed by California Highway Patrol says he was long suffering from mental health issues before last week’s incident.
  Lockwood Gibson, 49, led police on a long high-speed pursuit Friday from Nevada County through Auburn. At one point he rammed into a Placer County sheriff’s patrol car.
  The CHP eventually forced his car off the road and shot him.
  His mother Heidi Ticen says Gibson suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and the f
  
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• Triple Homicide Shocks Modesto Neighborhood

  23-04-2018 07:17
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Modesto Police are investigating a triple homicide that left two children, boys ages 4 and 6, dead, along with an adult.
  It was in the early morning hours Sunday, still dark, when police say the three victims were found dead inside the home in the 1800 block of Rancho Encantado.
  The peace of the neighborhood shattered, residents say, as investigators flooded in.
  “They (police) were wrapping around the yellow tape and then they put red tape around. They were there fo
  
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