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• ‘Genuine Black Man’ Featured At Guild Theater In Oak Park June 23

  16-06-2018 16:35
  SACRAMENTO — Comedian, writer, television host, and talk radio personality Brian Copeland performs his one-man stage play, “Not A Genuine Black Man,” at the Guild Theater in Oak Park on Saturday, June 23.
  The show starts at 5:00 p.m., and it’s for one night only. Tickets are $45 each for general admission and $75 for VIP seating and Copeland’s book of the same title.
  When Copeland was eight years old, his mother moved his family from Oakland, Calif., to nearby San L
  
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• Investigators Hope DNA Can Shed Light On Cold Case Killing Of Family

  16-06-2018 08:58
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A heartbreaking and unsolved triple homicide that left a Sacramento family and a 9-year-old girl dead is getting new attention tonight.
  The California Attorney General and Sacramento Police are teaming up to offer a reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case.
  The violent attack left Michael and Marcy Jacobs and their daughter Jennifer dead, shot and stabbed. Investigators described the crime scene inside the Land Park neighborhood home as one that looke
  
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• West Sacramento Firefighters Upset Over Firehouse Toxic Mold

  16-06-2018 08:51
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The city’s newest fire station has toxic mold and the local union is threatening a lawsuit if it’s not cleaned up.
  “This is one of the rooms where they found some of it,” said Chief John Heilmann while showing two rooms that have been quarantined.
  The mold is growing around firefighters’ bedrooms.
  “Didn’t know about the mold issue and how severe it was until they opened up the dorm room upstairs,” he said.
  The roof h
  
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• Sacramento Regional Transit Expanding Service, Fleet

  16-06-2018 08:49
  FOLSOM (CBS13) — Heads up riders, Sacramento Regional Transit is extending its service and its fleet.
  “Sac RT is cleaner, safer, and even more convenient with extended service hours,” said Patrick Kennedy, Sac County Board of Supervisors and chair of the RT board at a celebration Thursday evening.
  It was all about the next stop, Folsom and after hours.
  “Oh, that’s nice! I will probably be utilizing that,” said one rider.
  The service from Sacramento to Folsom u
  
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• Someone Stole The Gates To This Auburn Chinese Cemetery, Again

  16-06-2018 08:45
  AUBURN (CBS13) — Two gates are missing from the Chinese Cemetery in Auburn. And the owners say this is not the first time it’s happened.
  “We doubt if we’re going to get it back,” said Ken Tokutomi.
  The 2.5-acre burial site dates back to the 19th century. Cemetery owner Richard Yue told CBS13 his grandfather Charlie bought the land back in 1899 for a $10 piece of gold. It’s managed by the Joss House Museum, a cultural center in Old Town Auburn dedicated to reme
  
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• Tracy Boys And Girls Club Scrambling After Losing Federal Grant

  16-06-2018 08:42
  TRACY (CBS13) — Leaders of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tracy are scrambling to find funds to help keep their programs running after the agency lost out on a federal grant worth half a million dollars.
  The agency has seven clubs and serves close to 800 students – and not just during the school year. It also has programs in the summer.
  Jahmir Mitchell, 12, is among the hundreds of kids who participate in activities with the Boys and Girls Clubs. In a way, it’s become his home awa
  
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• Downtown Tracy Piano Helps Local School Music Programs

  16-06-2018 08:40
  TRACY (CBS13) — There is another fun thing to do in downtown Tracy, besides shopping and dining, and it’s all for a good cause.
  Visitors will notice a piano sitting on the sidewalk on Main Street.
  Its open to anybody who wants to play it. The piano was donated by a local resident and it was then painted by West High School students.
  There is also a donation box which will be used to collect funds for local school music programs.
  “Without art, what’s the sense of everythin
  
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• Lawmakers Say PG&E Talking Bankruptcy After October Wildfires

  16-06-2018 03:31
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California lawmakers say Pacific Gas & Electric has warned them it may need to reorganize if it is found legally liable for the 2017 October firestorm that devastated Wine Country.
  Lawmakers say PG&E is considering bankruptcy protection if it faces large penalties from the California wildfires. A Cal Fire report released on June 8 tied the utility to 12 of the blazes and referred eight of them to district attorneys for potential prosecution.
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• Rocklin Quarry Theme Park Delayed Again, City Requests $1.15 Million To Finish

  16-06-2018 02:36
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Rocklin residents eagerly awaiting the opening of a quarry-based theme park will have to wait a bit longer as the project is experiencing yet another delay, and city officials are now requesting $1.15 million to finish construction.
  Quarry Park Adventures was originally scheduled to open in May. Then it was pushed back to June. Now city officials say it’s more likely to be August 31. Despite the delay of the of the theme park, city officials said the summer concert
  
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