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• Gov. Jerry Brown Endorses Gavin Newsom, John Cox Says Trump Will Campaign For Him

  13-06-2018 23:56
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown said while he’s accomplished “a hell of a lot” in eight years, there are plenty of problems left for Gavin Newsom.
  “I guarantee you there’s four years of work for a very creative, energetic guy,” Brown said Wednesday as he came off the sidelines in the race to replace him and threw his full-throated support to the Democratic lieutenant governor.
  The pair appeared together at a unity rally featuring Democratic ca
  
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• Cox, Newsom Get Party Support In Gubernatorial Bid

  13-06-2018 23:56
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Gavin Newsom is getting support from Governor Jerry Brown in his bid to replace him, while President Trump will reportedly travel to California to campaign for John Cox.
  Governor Brown endorsed his Lieutenant Governor Wednesday. The support was expected since Newsom was the only Democrat to advance to the November election in last week’s primary.
  Cox, who got support from the President before the June 5 primary, said Mr. Trump will stump for him and other co
  
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• Panic! At The Disco Announces February 2019 Show At Golden 1 Center

  13-06-2018 23:39
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Rock band Panic! At The Disco is coming to Sacramento next year.
  The band announced new tour dates for their “Pray for the Wicked” tour on Wednesday, including a show at the Golden 1 Center on Feb. 20, 2019.
  Leg two of the #PrayForTheWickedTour is making its way across North America this winter w/ @TwoFeetMusic. New dates, new cities, all new sinsPre-sale begins Friday, June 22nd at 9am local. General on sale starts June 22nd at 12pm local https://t.co/VCqU
  
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• Amazon Prime Discount At Whole Foods Now In California

  13-06-2018 23:38
  (CNN Money) — Now even more Amazon Prime members can save extra money at Whole Foods.
  The grocery chain will expand its Prime-exclusive discounts to 10 new states Wednesday. The perks program includes an extra 10% off sale items and rotating deals for members of Amazon’s $119 yearly membership.
  Amazon introduced the discount program last month, nearly a year after Amazon bought the upscale grocery chain for $13.7 billion. To get the discounts, shoppers must scan a code on the Wh
  
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• Golden State Water Company Asks To Lower Rates

  13-06-2018 22:17
  SAN DIMAS (CBS13) – Golden State Water Company, which services Rancho Cordova, Gold River, and Arden Manor, wants to lower water rates for customers.
  The water agency filed paperwork with the California Public Utilities Commission to decrease the rate by 2.88% for metered customers and 2.86% for flat-rate customers. The change, if approved, would take effect July 1, 2018.
  SEE: New California Law May Limit How Much Water People Can Use 
  Golden State Water made the decision to cut rates
  
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• Report: Lake Tahoe Water Clarity Was At All-Time Low In 2017

  13-06-2018 22:13
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) – Lake Tahoe’s water clarity is at an all-time low, according to a new report released on Wednesday.
  The annual report was put together by the Tahoe Environmental Research Center and UC Davis.
  According to the report, researchers recorded the lowest annual average level of lake clarity in 2017. Average clarity was only 59.7 feet, researchers say – a 9.5-foot decrease from 2016.
  Reasons cited for the decline in Lake Tahoe’s clarity include the stat
  
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• Plant Nursery Near Galt Raided By Authorities

  13-06-2018 20:54
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Law enforcement officers are raiding a plant nursery in rural Sacramento County Wednesday morning.
  The scene is along the 12000 block of East Stockton Boulevard, north of Mingo Road and north of Galt.
  According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, marijuana plants and weapons were found on the 200-acre property. Multiple law enforcement agencies are helping with the raid, the department says.
  A total of 18 people have been detained, authorities s
  
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• Sacramento Public Library Starts Gamer Book Club

  13-06-2018 20:38
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Sacramento Public Library is starting an online book club for gamers.
  Starting this weekend, Gamer Book Club participants can join the livestream on Twitch and chat with the book author. The book clubs will feature books written about gaming, game design, and gamer culture.
  The librarian organizing the Gamer Book Club, Dylan Holmes, hopes to engage a younger audience. “This is especially appealing to a younger audience who is used to watching discussion throu
  
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• Law Enforcement Reps Get Ear Full In State Senate Hearing (Video)

  13-06-2018 19:48
  SACRAMENTO (CBM) – State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) had harsh words for law enforcement officials during a California State Senate’s Committee on Public Safety hearing. Bradford lashed out at law enforcement officials during a discussion on Senate Bill 1421 authored by Nancy Skinner, a bay area representative, requires police agencies to open their records during officer misconduct cases.
  Bradford made a pointed remark about the makeup of law enforcement organizations. During
  
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• Stockton’s Notorious ‘Mystery House’ To Be Torn Down

  13-06-2018 19:20
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – After 30 years of add-ons and violations, crews in Stockton are demolishing a public eyesore known to many as the “Mystery House.”
  Back in February, city crews demolished a two-story garage at the Harding Way and Elm Street home.
  Eyesore on Baker and Harding in #Stockton is being demolished right now.#harding #baker #demolition #stockton pic.twitter.com/PxuGFyc0ZK
  — Shawn Halvorson (@NewsDaug) June 13, 2018Then, the city posted a notice for the home bec
  
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• Manteca Police Looking For Suspects In Stella Brockman School Burglary

  13-06-2018 18:42
  MANTECA (CBS13) — Police are looking for five suspects that burglarized Stella Brockman School Sunday afternoon.
  The subjects were caught on the school’s security camera attempting to open a door to the school.
  (Source: City of Manteca – Local Government)
  Stella Brockman School is located at 763 Silverado Drive. Police say that the burglary happened around 1:30 on Sunday.
  (Source: City of Manteca – Local Government)
  The Manteca Police Department is asking that anyone with
  
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• Car Crash Knocks Out Power In Acampo

  13-06-2018 17:00
  SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (CBS13) – The latest on a power outage caused by a car crash Wednesday morning:
  8 a.m.
  PG&E says now only 26 customers are still without power.
  7:08 a.m.
  An early morning car crash has knocked out power to more than 1000 residents in Acampo on Wednesday.
  The scene is along E. Collier Road, near N. Cherokee Lane.
  A little after 5:30 a.m., a car crashed into a power pole in the area. The driver of the car was not seriously hurt.
  #car into #power pole #Gault nearly 2-th
  
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• 2 Arrested For Violent Crime Spree In Sacramento Area

  13-06-2018 16:39
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Police say they’ve arrested two men in connection with a 2017 crime spree that included two murders and multiple pharmacy robberies.
  Antoine Yancy (left) and Terran Fayeweather’s (right) booking photos. (Credit: Sacramento Police Department)
  Terran Fayeweather, 18, and 19-year-old Antoine Yancy, 19, have been in custody since January.
  Over the last six months, detectives say they’ve linked them to two murders, an attempted murder, two home invasions a
  
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• Elk Grove Parents Say School Officers Using Excessive Force

  13-06-2018 09:09
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — The Elk Grove Unified School District coming under fire yet again over allegations of excessive force and inappropriate conduct by school resource officers.
  This comes at a time when the district is facing a number of issues dealing with race and discrimination against its black student population. Parents and activists addressed the school board about the allegations Tuesday evening.
  “He lifted my son out of the seat, threw him across the vice principal’s d
  
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• Retiring Principal Donating Car To Student’s Family

  13-06-2018 08:49
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — A retiring principal in Rancho Cordova is giving a life-changing gift to a deserving family.
  The principal at Cordova Gardens Elementary School noticed one of her students walked miles to school every day with her grandmother, rain or shine, so she decided to donate her car to help make their road to an education a little more smooth.
  “It’s difficult when you’re on foot,” said grandmother Lorraine Testut.
  With each step, there’s a less
  
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• Woman Allegedly Sets Bed, Home Ablaze

  13-06-2018 08:40
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A Sacramento woman is behind bars charged with starting a house fire in South Sacramento. The homeowner told CBS13 the woman taunted him before her arrest.
  “And I said ‘Sandra, you could have killed everyone in the house!’” said Jonathan Word. “She said ‘I don’t care, I’m going to kill everybody!’”
  Word told CBS13 he was on the phone with 911 when his tenant Sandra Johnson threatened him and her fellow roommat
  
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• Placer County Bud And Breakfast Creates Unique Marijuana Opportunity

  13-06-2018 08:32
  COLFAX (CBS13) — Looking for a cannabis-friendly vacation rental? One listed in Placer County has some unique features.
  “Why not open this up? The laws are changing,” said owner Erin Dean.
  “It’s all about privacy and relaxation,” said her boyfriend and co-owner Chance.
  Inside the home that sits on their plot of land outside of Colfax, it’s all new everything.
  “All the comforts of home, full kitchen, munchies,” said Chance.
  There is a bathroom
  
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• Report Paints Dams As Vulnerable To Insider Sabotage

  13-06-2018 08:21
  FOLSOM DAM (CBS13) — Two dams designated as critical to U.S. security have increased risks of insider sabotage according to a blistering report by a federal inspector general.
  The two dams were not named for security purposes, but they are among five operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
  The Folsom Dam is one of the five.
  The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Inspector General report details the critical infrastructure dams that rely on remotely controlled operations of generators, gates, a
  
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• PG&E Warns Customers Lights Could Go Out During Wildfires

  13-06-2018 08:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — PG&E warned customers across Northern California about a new policy that will cut electricity to certain neighborhoods during extreme fire weather conditions.
  The Wildfire Safety Alerts went out to homeowners in high wildfire threat areas to notify them of the policy.
  Customers were told to be “prepared” for when the alerts go into effect and the power could be abruptly cut off.
  PG&E is talking about using these pre-emptive power outages specificall
  
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• District: Middle-School Teacher Showed Graphic Anti-Abortion Videos To Class

  13-06-2018 07:51
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sutter Middle School teacher is in hot water after showing graphic abortion videos to students during a sexual education class.
  The Sacramento City Unified School District launched an investigation after complaints from parents.
  The videos detail how abortions are performed during the different stages of pregnancy and are narrated by a doctor and an anti-abortion activist who urges viewers to “protect the pre-born.”
  In a statement, the school distric
  
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• District: Middle-School Teacher Showed Graphic Abortion Videos To Class

  13-06-2018 07:51
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sutter Middle School teacher is in hot water after showing graphic abortion videos to students during a sexual education class.
  The Sacramento City Unified School District launched an investigation after complaints from parents.
  The videos detail how abortions are performed during the different stages of pregnancy and are narrated by a doctor and an anti-abortion activist who urges viewers to “protect the pre-born.”
  In a statement, the school distric
  
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• Manteca Student Cares For Pig After Classmate’s Death In Crash

  13-06-2018 07:25
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A Manteca student is honoring his fellow classmate, a 14-year-old girl, who died tragically last month after a man suspected of driving under the influence of marijuana caused a deadly five-vehicle crash along Interstate 880.
  The girl’s 9-year-old sister and a 39-year-old woman were also killed in that crash as they were all making their way home from the Bay Area.
  There is a lot that goes into taking care of a 7-month old, 246-pound prize pig. Especially, one that
  
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• Suspects In Disappearance Of Woodland Teens Appear In Court

  13-06-2018 07:02
  YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — The families of Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore were in court for the first time since the teens went missing in October and November of 2016.
  Both mothers faced three of the four suspects accused of kidnapping and murdering their sons.
  The FBI has joined Yolo County authorities in the search for the teens’ bodies in Knights Landing, where law enforcement suspects the boys may be. After a lengthy and intensive two-day search, investigators did not find any evidenc
  
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• Study: Property Crime Up After Prop. 47, Violent Crime Not Affected

  13-06-2018 06:10
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters’ decision to reduce penalties for drug and property crimes in 2014 contributed to a jump in car burglaries, shoplifting and other theft, researchers reported Tuesday.
  Larcenies increased about 9 percent by 2016, or about 135 more thefts per 100,000 residents than if tougher penalties had remained, the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found.
  Thefts from motor vehicles accounted for about three-quarters of the increase. San F
  
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• Temperatures Hit Triple Digits, High Heat Will Stick Around Until Thursday

  13-06-2018 02:49
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – With nine days to the official start of summer, temperatures hit the triple digits in many places around the central valley today and people are looking for ways to cool down.
  By 5 p.m. it was 97 degrees in Sacramento, 101 degrees in Stockton, and 98 degrees in Modesto and Marysville. The heat will stick around for another day before cooling down for the weekend.
  In Stockton one high school opened its doors to the public to get out of the heat. Residents also
  
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• More Than 95% Of Kindergartners Vaccinated In California

  13-06-2018 02:03
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – More than 95% of all California Kindergartners were fully vaccinated for the 2017-18 school year.
  The California Department of Public Health released the statistics.
  Of those who weren’t fully vaccinated, 0.7% had a permanent medical exemption- a 40% increase from the 2016-17 school year. In private schools the number increased from 1.4% to 2.1%.
  READ ALSO: Europe Blames Anti-Vaccination Movement For Surge In Measles Cases
  This was the second school year sin
  
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• Cold Case Missing Person Searches The Focus Of Sac State Event

  13-06-2018 01:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Families from as far as Trinity, Shasta, and Orange counties came to Sacramento State on Saturday for an event aimed at solving missing-persons cases.
  Missing in California, organized by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, brought together local and area law enforcement, the Department of Justice, the FBI, and various other organizations to pool resources and hopefully solve cases gone cold.
  ALSO: Pilot Accused Of Kidnapping And Trying To Deport Chin
  
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