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• Free Breakfast Program Proposed For All California Students

  22-06-2018 23:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – All California school students could get a free breakfast starting with the 2019-20 school year.
  Assembly Bill 3043 wants to expand the current free or reduced-price meal program to provide a universal breakfast to each student.
  School districts, county offices of education, private schools, charter schools, and residential child care institutions participating in the federal School Breakfast Programs would need to submit documentation to the State Department of Educat
  
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• Senate Committee Debating Conversion Therapy Ban Bill Monday

  22-06-2018 23:12
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – On Monday the State Senate Appropriations Committee will debate the so-called Conversion Therapy Ban Bill.
  Assembly Bill 2943 would ban any organizations from charging people to change their sexual orientation. California already bans the so-called therapy for minors.
  The Assembly passed AB 2943 in April by a vote of 50-18 (10 members did not vote.)
  The bill’s author, Evan Low (D-San Jose), said at the time, “If I tell you that if you eat this ora
  
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• Search Called Off For Sacramento Man Missing After Raft Flips In Alaska

  22-06-2018 23:08
  KING SALMON, Alaska (AP) — State and federal authorities have ended a search for a 72-year-old California man missing on a river trip in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.
  The agency says 72-year-old John Squires of Sacramento was one of three people in raft that flipped Tuesday in American Creek. The creek is within Katmai National Park and Preserve northwest of Kodiak Island.
  The other two people in the raft swam to opposite shores. They hiked downstream on their respective sides to a
  
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• California Drivers May Get Copy Of Rights During A Traffic Stop

  22-06-2018 22:52
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Drivers in California may get a copy of their civil rights during a traffic stop, including how to file a complaint against a peace officer.
  Assembly Bill 2918 already requires the California Department of Motor Vehicles to provide a Driver’s Handbook with information regarding rail safety, abandoning or dumping an animal on a highway, and respecting the right-of-way of others. If passed by the legislature, the Handbook would also need to include a driver’s
  
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• VIDEO: Woman Narrates The Scene After A Bear Gets Stuck In Her Car

  22-06-2018 22:49
  DOWNIEVILLE (CBS13) – Bears are opportunistic eaters – and as you can see in a video recently taken by a Sierra County resident, a car can quickly become a lunch pail.
  More California black bears are surfacing in populated areas as this is the middle of their mating season.
  For those living in bear country, they are getting a little too close for comfort.
  “This noise right now in my car moving back and forth, is because a bear is trapped inside my car,” Lynn Zanetta said
  
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• Carjacker Or Hungry Bear? Bear Break-Ins Becoming More Common During Black Bear Mating Season

  22-06-2018 22:49
  DOWNIEVILLE (CBS13) – Bears are opportunistic eaters – and as you can see in a video recently taken by a Sierra County resident, a car can quickly become a lunch pail.
  More California black bears are surfacing in populated areas as this is the middle of their mating season.
  For those living in bear country, they are getting a little too close for comfort.“This noise right now in my car moving back and forth, is because a bear is trapped inside my car,” Lynn Zanetta said i
  
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• Sacramento County May Open Shelter Serving Just Homeless Youth

  22-06-2018 22:35
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento County may soon offer specific services for homeless youth, including food, shelter, counseling, and basic health screening.
  The services are already offered in Los Angeles, Santa Clara, San Diego, and San Francisco Counties through Assembly Bill 2602. If approved by the State Senate and signed by the Governor, the project would expand to Sacramento County in the fall of 2019.
  SEE: Elk Grove Considering Tiny Houses For Homeless
  The law would require Sac
  
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• Paying For Ballot Signatures May Soon Be Against The Law

  22-06-2018 21:33
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Paying signature-gatherers for state or local initiatives, referendums, or recall petitions may become a misdemeanor in California.
  Assembly Bill 1947 would make it against the law to pay people based on the number of signatures they collect. It would not prohibit payments if the signature-gathering isn’t based on the amount of names collected.
  All those wanting to put state or local initiatives, referendums, or recall petitions on a ballot must collect a certain
  
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• Military Veterans May Get More Credit At California Community Colleges

  22-06-2018 21:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Veterans enrolled in California Community Colleges may get more college credit for the time they served in the military.
  Assembly Bill 1786 would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to expand the course credit offerings for students with “prior learning”.
  ALSO: California is Creating One Big Online Community College
  The Chancellor would have until March 31, 2019 to establish a new initiative outlining several criteria, including: pri
  
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• Teen Reported Missing In Calaveras County

  22-06-2018 20:38
  CALAVERAS COUNTY (CBS13) – Sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 14-year-old boy who was last seen in Calaveras County.
  Colt Price (Handout)
  Fourteen-year-old Colt Price was last seen Thursday afternoon riding his bicycle, towards White Pines Lake. He was supposed to return home by dark, according to a statement from the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office.
  Price had on a dark-colored shirt, dark-colored swim trunks, brown flip flops
  
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• Kings Fans Can Meet Marvin Bagley III Tonight

  22-06-2018 19:41
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The newest member of the Sacramento Kings, Marvin Bagley III, will hang out with fans Friday night at Concerts in the Park in Downtown Sacramento.
  Bagley was the number 2 pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft.
  The Power Forward from Duke was a 2018 Consensus All-American after averaging 21 points in 33 games.
  Fans are encouraged to wear purple to Concerts in the Park- which begins at 5 pm in Cesar Chavez Plaza. Bagley is expected to join the party at 6:15 pm.
  
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• Planned EBT Outage Throughout California This Weekend

  22-06-2018 16:01
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Heads up for EBT users: A temporary outage is planned for this weekend because of a statewide system upgrade.
  The Department of Social Services says those with EBT cards will not be able to use them from 11 p.m. Saturday until 11 p.m. Sunday as they transition from the current EBT vendor to a new vendor.
  During this period, you will not be able to use any EBT benefits – food or cash – or talk to EBT customer service.
  The EBT client website will also not be
  
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• Napa Hosts NASCAR, Jesse Iwuji And Derrell Edwards Among Racers

  22-06-2018 15:01
  SONOMA -The Sonoma Raceway will serve as host to one of the largest attended sports-entertainment events of the year in Northern California when NASCAR makes its annual stop in Wine Country June 22 to June 24.
  The weekend culminates with the world’s 40 best stock car drivers competing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Toyota/Save Mart 350 in front of tens of thousands of fans.
  The race is just one of two road course races on the NASCAR’s top circuit the entire year (34 o
  
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• Kings Select Marvin Bagley III No.2 In NBA Draft

  22-06-2018 14:39
  SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento Kings drafted 6-foot-11, 234-pound freshman center Marvin Bagley III out of Duke University with the No.2 selection, overall in this week’s NBA Draft.
  Before the draft, the 19-year-old Bagley said he was the “best player in the draft,” and following his selection by the Kings, he still stands by his words.
  “That’s the type of player I am,” Bagley said late Thursday after being selected by the Kings.“I am going to have co
  
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• Cal Fire Scrambling To Eliminate Wildfire Fuel In California Foothills Before Extreme Heat Moves In

  22-06-2018 09:52
  PILOT HILL, Calif. (CBS13) — Firefighters with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) are scrambling to finish controlled burns near Pilot Hill in El Dorado County before temperatures get too high.
  “The smoke and the burning is in my backyard,” said Lynelle Robertson, who lives in El Dorado County. “If it gets across Highway 49, where do you think it’s going to go, it’s going to come right down here.”
  ALSO: PG&
  
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• Cal Fire Controlled Burns Catch El Dorado County Residents Off Guard

  22-06-2018 09:52
  PILOT HILL (CBS13) — Cal Fire scrambling to finish controlled burns near Pilot Hill before temperatures get too high. But just last week, the state stopped handing out residential burn permits.
  And now locals are confused about why CalFire is still burning.
  “The smoke and the burning is in my backyard,” said Lynelle Robertson, who lives in El Dorado County. “If it gets across Highway 49, where do you think it’s going to go, it’s going to come right down here.&
  
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• Legal Complaints Shed Light On Treatment Of Undocumented Minors

  22-06-2018 09:24
  YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — Assaulted and abused in federal immigration custody. Those are the allegations highlighted in a recently filed complaint regarding undocumented minors.
  The federal lawsuit is shedding some light on allegations of disturbing conditions inside immigrant detention facilities for migrant teens who are found without their parents. The lawsuit claims patterns of torture and abuse of immigrant children inside an East Coast detention facility, and though not the same types of
  
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• Brazen Sexual Assault Leaves Lodi Woman Shaken, Suspect On The Run

  22-06-2018 09:19
  LODI (CBS13) – A woman was sexually assaulted at work, and police are looking into surveillance video to help catch the attacker.
  “In my mind, I just kept thinking, he’s going to kill me,” Christina said.
  She was at her desk inside an office building when a strange man came at her.
  “I just kept hitting and pleading you know, ‘Don’t do this! Why are you doing this?'” she said.
  The suspect had pinned her down unable to even move.
  “He was trying
  
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• Brazen Sexual Assault In Workplace Leaves Woman Shaken

  22-06-2018 09:19
  LODI (CBS13) – A woman was sexually assaulted at work in Lodi, and police are now looking into surveillance video to help catch the criminal.
  “I just kept thinking, he’s going to kill me,” said Christina, who was attacked.
  Christina was in an office building sitting at her desk when a strange man came at her and attacked her.
  Video surveillance of an alleged Lodi attacker. (Credit: Ron Rose)
  “I just kept hitting and pleading, you know, ‘Don’t do this! Wh
  
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• Rent Control Debate Draws Dozens Decrying High Cost Of Living

  22-06-2018 09:12
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Rent control advocates descended on Sacramento on Thursday to push for the repeal of Costa-Hawkins, the law that puts restrictions on cities to impose rent control.
  Protesters and rent control activists banged on doors and chanted outside the offices of Invitation Homes. The company owns the most single-family rentals in Sacramento County.
  “What do we want?” shouted a protester. “Rent control,” the crowd replied.
  “I’m spending 50 per
  
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• California Prepares Lawsuit Over Family Separation Policy

  22-06-2018 08:47
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A senior Trump Administration official told the Associated Press about 500 of the nearly 2,300 children separated from their families were back with their parents Thursday night.
  The move comes as the state of California prepares to sue the administration, claiming separating families who enter the country illegally violates due process.
  There are hundreds of children detained at the border, whose parents still have no idea where they have been placed tonight.
  The U.S.
  
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• SMUD, Cal-ISO Preparing For High Energy Use During Hot Weekend

  22-06-2018 08:39
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Scorching summer weather is here, and triple-digit heat means high energy use.
  Energy experts are cautioning everyone to wait until after 7 p.m. to start using high-energy appliances, to reduce stress on the power grid.
  “We are expecting a high load for sure, we will definitely see demand because of the air conditioning,” says SMUD spokesman Chris Capra.
  Triple-digit heat across the Sacramento Valley is marking summer’s arrival.Energy experts w
  
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• Why Are Stockton Residents Being Forced Out Of Apartments?

  22-06-2018 08:26
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Tenants inside a Stockton apartment complex have less than two months to pack up their personal belongings and find a new place to live and some don’t even know why.
  Sixty-day notices were posted on the door of at least 20 units.
  Several neighbors said the Quailwood Apartment complex was sold recently and things just haven’t been the same.
  Tami Marsh of Stockton is still processing the letter she and many of her neighbors received on their doors just a few da
  
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• Lake Tahoe Daycare Worker Arrested In Child Sex Assault Probe

  22-06-2018 05:52
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A licensed worker at a daycare center at Lake Tahoe has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into possible child sexual assault.
  Police say 55-year-old David Rodrigues-Flores was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday after multiple victims reported a pattern of abuse dating back at least two years at the Pequenos Rascals Learning Center in South Lake Tahoe, California.
  He was booked on one count of suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child
  
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• Rent Control Rally Puts Spotlight On Housing Problem

  22-06-2018 05:30
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Construction of new homes may be booming in Sacramento, but state financial analysts say, a typical renter in California pays 50 percent more than rents in other parts of the country.
  It’s a housing crisis fueling a rent control debate in our state’s capital.
  Hundreds of housing advocates lined the halls of the state Capitol Thursday, chanting for the repeal of the 1995 Costa-Hawkins rental housing act. The act keeps counties and cities from passing rent co
  
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• Death Of Daylight Saving Time Could Be On November Ballot

  22-06-2018 03:53
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters may get to decide in November whether to take the first step toward keeping the state on daylight saving time year round.
  Lawmakers on Thursday voted to place a measure on the November ballot asking voters to give them authority to move toward changing the state’s daylight saving policy. It passed the Assembly 63-4 after winning approval in the Senate.
  Gov. Jerry Brown must now decide whether to sign it.
  Daylight saving time begins on the s
  
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• Cueto Expected To Rehab With River Cats Saturday

  22-06-2018 02:17
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – San Francisco Giants All-Star pitcher Johnny Cueto is expected to start rehabbing with the Sacramento River Cats Saturday, June 23. You can watch that game on CW31 at 7 pm.
  Cueto went on the disabled list in late April with a sprained right elbow.
  The 32-year-old previously rehabbed with the River Cats in August of 2017.
  The righthander is a two-time All-Star and 2014 Cy Young runner-up. He won a World Series with the Kansas City Royals in 2015.
  Pitcher Jeff Samar
  
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