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• Measure To Repeal New California Gas Tax Qualifies For November Ballot

  25-06-2018 23:41
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The measure that aims to repeal California’s new increase in gas taxes has qualified for the November ballot.
  According to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office, the petition needed at least 643,948 projected valid signatures to qualify. Monday, the petition crossed that threshold.
  The gas tax was narrowly passed in 2017 and took effect in November. A partner measure placed on the ballot guaranteeing the money would go to transportation was pa
  
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• Lactation Room Requirements Could Change In California

  25-06-2018 23:17
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – New mothers returning to work in California would have access to a designated lactation room if a bill making its way through the legislature becomes law.
  Current California and federal law requires employers to give nursing mothers a reasonable amount of break time to express milk. It also requires employers to make efforts to provide the employee with a private area to express milk. California law only stipulates that area can not be a toilet stall, while federal law
  
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• West Sacramento Repairing Potholes In July

  25-06-2018 23:12
  They’ve caused headaches and possible vehicle damage for months, and now, several of West Sacramento’s worst potholes are finally going to be repaired.
  The city announced Monday that during the second half of July, crews plan to fix portions of the highest-trafficked routes where repairs are long overdue. The city specifically mentions work on Industrial Boulevard, where large rim-ravaging potholes in the Southbound lanes between Harbor Boulevard and Lake Washington Boulevard have al
  
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• California Considers Creating A Fake News Advisory Group

  25-06-2018 20:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California is considering creating a “fake news” advisory group in order to monitor information posted and spread on social media.
  Senate Bill 1424 would require the California Attorney General to create the advisory committee by April 1, 2019. It would need to consist of at least one person from the Department of Justice, representatives from social media providers, civil liberties advocates, and First Amendment scholars.
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• Using Bots To Get People To Buy More Online May Get Harder In California

  25-06-2018 19:27
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Businesses using bots to get people to buy items online may need to stop under a proposed California law.
  Senate Bill 1001 would make it illegal for businesses to use bots in order to “incentivize a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction or to influence a vote in an election” without disclosing the information to the consumer.
  The disclosure would need to be clear and conspicuous.
  A bot is considered an “automated online acc
  
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• Fighting Fires From The Sky

  25-06-2018 08:07
  SACRAMENTO — (CBS13 News) CAL Fire crews have been consumed by fighting wildfires over the past two days.
  They’re fighting seven major fires around Northern California, the largest in Lake County, with more than seven thousand acres burned, by Sunday night.
  CAL Fire’s air tankers are playing a big role battling the flames.
  The tankers are flying from McClellan Airfield, one of two air tanker bases in Northern California.
   
  “We’ve got five aircraft coming and go
  
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• Air Tankers Playing Big Role In Battling NorCal Wildfires

  25-06-2018 08:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Cal Fire crews have been consumed by fighting wildfires over the past two days. They’re fighting seven major fires around Northern California, the largest in Lake County, with more than seven thousand acres burned by Sunday night.
  Cal Fire’s air tankers are playing a big role battling the flames.
  The tankers are flying from McClellan Airfield, one of two air tanker bases in Northern California.
  “We’ve got five aircraft coming and going out of th
  
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• Battle Of The Flat Fire In Tuolumne County

  25-06-2018 07:30
  Sacramento– (CBS13 News) Firefighters spent most of the afternoon and evening Sunday battling what they named the Flat Fire in rural Tuolumne County.
  Working in tandem, helicopters took turns gathering water from a nearby lake and dumping it on the flames.
  “We could just see the plume of smoke , but it didn’t seem like it was an immediate danger to us” said resident Brittney Eakle.
  Concerned for their safety, however, sheriff’s officials issued mandatory evacuation
  
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• Local Fire Departments Work Together To Fight Stoll and Lane Fires In Tehama County

  25-06-2018 06:01
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Local fire agencies are banding together to fight the fires in Tehama County.
  The Stoll and Lane Fires started Saturday and evacuations are in place for both. The Stoll Fire is 500 acres and 50 percent contained. The Lane Fire is 3,000 acres and 10 percent contained.
  South Placer Fire deployed to the Stoll Fire with Placer County Strike Team 4125C. Four Roseville Fire personnel and a Battalion Chief also joined the Placer County strike team in Tehama County.
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• Arrest Made In Foothill Skate Inn Burglary After Security Footage Goes Viral

  25-06-2018 03:49
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento Sheriff’s deputies arrested Donald Lee Reid Friday after the video of Reid allegedly burglarizing the Foothill Skate Inn went viral.
  (source: Sacramento Sheriff)
  Reid allegedly broke a window of the Foothill Skate Inn Thursday night and stole their office computer. He was charged with felony burglary and is being held on $30,000 bail at the Sacramento County Jail.
  (source: Foothill Skate Inn)
  The roller rink is popular in the Foothill Farms area and ha
  
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• Pence’s 2-Run Double In 11th Lifts Giants Over Padres 3-2

  25-06-2018 03:30
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hunter Pence hit a two-run double down the first-base line with the bases loaded and one out in the 11th inning, sending the San Francisco Giants past the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Sunday.
  Brad Hand (1-4) got in trouble fast. He allowed Andrew McCutchen’s one-out double, then intentionally walked Buster Posey and hit Brandon Crawford with his first offering. Pence followed with his 11th career walk-off hit and first since another against Hand two years ago. Pence r
  
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• California Wildfires Destroy Buildings, Force Evacuations

  25-06-2018 01:30
  CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others Sunday as they raced across dry brush in rural Northern California.
  The Pawnee Fire that broke out Saturday near the community of Clearlake Oaks has destroyed 12 buildings and threatened an additional 600 as it burned out of control across about 2.5 square miles (6.5 square kilometers). Authorities ordered people to evacuate all homes in the Spring Valley area, where about 3,000 people
  
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• Two Homes On Fire In Rancho Cordova, Possible Injuries On Scene

  25-06-2018 00:07
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — Two homes are on fire on the 2100 block of Danbury Way in Rancho Cordova.
  The fire was contained to one home as of 3:10 p.m. One patient is being assessed on scene.
   
  
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• Two Homes Burned In Rancho Cordova, One Victim Sustained Minor Burns

  25-06-2018 00:07
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — Two homes burned on Red Brook Way in Rancho Cordova. Firefighters said the weather played a big role in how the fire spread.
  Fire crews knocked down the flames quickly considering the red flag weather of dry heat and high winds.
  Sacramento Metro said the fire started in a home on Red Brook Way around 3 p.m. and the flames spread to the home next door on Danbury Way.
  All of the residents of both homes escaped. One victim was transported to a local hospital to treat
  
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