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• Mountain Lion Tracking Dog Falls Down 50′ Well In El Dorado County

  05-06-2018 23:54
  CAMINO (CBS13) – Rescue crews had to hoist a dog out of a deep hole it fell into while tracking a mountain lion.
  According to the El Dorado County Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 3556, crews responded to an old well off Meyers Road in the Camino area on Tuesday. Apparently, a dog had fallen down a 50′ deep well.
  The deep well the dog had fallen into. (Credit: El Dorado County Professional Firefighters – IAFF Local 3556)
  The dog had been trying to track a mountain lion that
  
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• 13 Arrested At State Capitol During California Poor People’s Campaign Protest

  05-06-2018 21:04
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – More than a dozen protesters from the California Poor People’s Campaign were arrested at the State Capitol on Monday.
  California Highway Patrol officials say protesters went inside the building a little before 2 p.m. The protesters’ permit only allowed for them to assemble near the west steps of the State Capitol, not inside.
  Officers say that the group managed to encircle a statue in the Capitol rotunda.
  Poor Californians, not the middle class, and not the
  
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• Blue wave? California tops list as midterm matchups form

  05-06-2018 18:12
  John Cox, the leading Repubican on the primary ballot for governor in California, my not even make it to the fall election.
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — For years sidelined on the national political fringe, California has lurched to the center of the fight for control of Congress.
  No state will be more consequential in the success or failure of a prospective blue wave this fall. But before then, Democrats must avoid self-inflicted wounds in Tuesday’s so-called jungle primaries that feature a s
  
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• Study: Nearly 50 Percent Of Bay Area Residents Plan To Leave In Next Few Years

  05-06-2018 17:19
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – More super commuters could be coming to the Central Valley.
  A new study shows almost half of people living in the Bay Area right now say plan to leave because of skyrocketing housing prices.
  The Bay Area Council has released its annual poll, showing 46 percent of people plan on leaving in the next few years. Of those hopeful movers, 24 percent said they’d likely stay in California – 5 percent say they’d likely move to Sacramento.
  Studies show Sacramen
  
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• Another Lane On The Yolo Causeway Could Come With A Toll

  05-06-2018 09:35
  YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — A constant source of congestion along Interstate 80 has Caltrans exploring adding more lanes and possibly charging a toll during peak commute hours.
  Caltrans says about 150,000 commuters travel to and from the causeway every day, creating a bottleneck at certain times of the day and a bigger headache on weekends.
  It’s one of the most dreaded commutes into and out of Sacramento. All of those cars try to push through the Yolo Causeway.
  “Literally every day i
  
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• As Voters Decide Gas Tax Spending, Prices Show Mild Impact

  05-06-2018 09:18
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Tuesday’s election will be the first of two possible decisions related to the state’s gas tax which was passed last year.
  Voters will decide on Proposition 69, a state Constitutional Amendment that was put on the ballot by lawmakers when the gas tax was passed in April 2017. The amendment directs money from the gas tax to transportation improvement projects.
  RELATED: Roseville Blames Higher Gas Prices For Deficit
  The measure directing how the funds wou
  
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• Dan Bunz Remembers Former San Francisco 49ers Teammate Dwight Clark

  05-06-2018 08:58
  The man behind "The Stop" is one of many grieving the loss of the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver known for "The Catch."
  
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• Auburn Bike Park Sees Delays After Neighbors Oppose Idea

  05-06-2018 08:54
  Supporters of the park say they've spent years raising money and holding public meetings, but some neighbors are saying not so fast.
  
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• Sacramento Woman A Witness To Deadly Guatemala Volcano Eruption

  05-06-2018 08:47
  Chelsea Glass was in a business meeting with her employees just 10 miles away from the blast. Ash was falling from the sky.
  
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• Roseville Blames Higher Gas Prices For Deficit

  05-06-2018 07:57
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — This California city is blaming the new state gas tax for going over budget, about a six-figure deficit.
  “I’m not surprised because it’s hitting everyone’s budgets that way,” said Andrew Pimpkin of Roseville. “Watching it incrementally explode into what it is today.”
  It’s a price that seems to be on everyone’s mind.
  “I spent a small fortune on it in a car that doesn’t get bad mileage,” said pizza dr
  
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• BART Plan Would Connect Bay Area Transit System To Tracy

  05-06-2018 03:20
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A solution to the on-going congestion problem along Interstate 580 corridor that takes people from the valley to the Bay Area is in the works.
  Last month, the board of the Bay Area Rapid Transit voted to allow the construction of a new rail system that would connect people with BART and ACE trains in Tracy.
  “Oh man, that would be perfect because there are a lot of commuters that commute here from the Bay Area,” said Francisco Euan, lives in Tracy.
  He spends m
  
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• Got Two Ballots In The Mail? County Registrar Says You Can’t Vote Twice

  05-06-2018 02:39
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — People don’t have to wait until election day to vote. Across the state, millions have already mailed or dropped off their pink ballots, thanks to a new voting law that allows you to vote early.
  But with the convenience, comes concerns over duplicate ballots.
  Van Shankar says he received a second ballot in the mail after he renewed his driver’s license at the DMV.
  “I was concerned how many times does it happen?” he said.
  The Sacramento County ele
  
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