Sacramento news

• New Wildfires Sweep Through California, Burning Homes

  07-07-2018 22:30
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters toiled in stifling heat Saturday on the lines of destructive wildfires across the U.S. West, making progress against some blazes while struggling to tame others that have forced evacuations of hundreds of homes.
  In heat-stricken Southern California, powerful winds that sent an overnight inferno hopscotching through the Santa Barbara County community of Goleta vanished in the morning, allowing firefighters to extinguish smoldering ruins of an estimated 20 str
  
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• Tent Shelter For Migrant Teens Open Indefinitely

  07-07-2018 21:30
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A state senator says he’s been told the temporary tent shelter in far West Texas for immigrant minors will stay open indefinitely.
  Texas Democratic Sen. Jose Rodriguez told the El Paso Times that he toured the Tornillo facility Friday morning. More than 300 teens are being housed at Tornillo, which the U.S. government opened last month because its existing shelters were at capacity. More than 2,000 children have been put in government shelters after be
  
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• Teen Surprises Would-Be Home Invasion Suspects In Stockton

  07-07-2018 08:57
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Five hooded suspects terrorized a family but the attempted home invasion took an unexpected turn.
  The terrifying moments happened early on Friday morning and ended with chaos and gunfire.
  At 3 a.m. on Friday morning, cameras caught a hooded suspect with a flashlight looking into a car, searching for anything valuable. He goes to the other vehicle doing the same thing, taking glances at the security camera.
  This time though, he found a garage door opener and motioned to h
  
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• Officer Breaking Barriers In Sacramento Police Department

  07-07-2018 08:51
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A local police officer is helping to break barriers in a department that’s been criticized for his lack of diversity.
  “I say my American dream because I don’t know how many people dream to be an officer,” said Officer Sarabjit Virk.
  Virk has been patrolling the city’s streets for a little over a year.
  “Some people are happy to see us, some people are not happy to see us,” he said.
  His life was much different 9 years ago.
  He imm
  
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• Woman Lending Help As Interpreter For Thailand Soccer Team Rescue

  07-07-2018 08:48
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) — The spotlight remains on Thailand, as crews continue working to rescue a soccer team from a flooded cave.
  As the intensity and media coverage grows, there is also a need for interpreters. One Bay Area resident, who is a Thai native, is heading back to her home country to lend her services a professional interpreter. CBS13 caught up with Benjawan Terlecky on Friday at her brother’s restaurant in Vacaville.
  Benjawan says she’s been on pins and needles for the
  
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• Bill Would Create Statewide Plan For Checking If Buildings Are Earthquake-Safe

  07-07-2018 03:19
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California lawmakers are considering a bill that would develop a new tool to keep us earthquake-safe.
  Supporters say it’ll help Californians know whether their buildings may still be standing when a major earthquake strikes, but critics say the legislation is structurally flawed.
  If the big one hits tomorrow, Kit Miyamoto says thousands of California buildings would collapse, like they did during Mexico’s magnitude-7.2 quake earlier this year.
  He would know
  
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• Mom Who Fled Hospital After Infant Tested Positive For Drugs Found With Kids

  07-07-2018 02:38
  YUBA CITY (CBS13) — Two children are safe after their mother took them from a hospital near Yuba City Wednesday night.
  It all started when police say Tina Baiz brought her 11-month-old son Zeke to Rideout Memorial Hospital in Marysville for a medical emergency. After hearing Zeke tested positive for drugs in his system, police say she left the hospital with the baby while he was still hooked up to an IV.
  Baiz also had her 2-year-old daughter with her. Police say the three disappeared for a
  
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