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• Dark Fire Burning In Butte County, Near Lake Oroville

  10-07-2018 23:40
  3:05 p.m. UPDATE: Evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings
  #darkfire [update], evacuation orders have been downgraded to evacuation warning's for the Lower Gulch Road and Dark Gulch Road area
  — CAL FIRE Butte Unit/Butte County Fire Department (@CALFIRE_ButteCo) July 10, 2018
  OROVILLE (CBS13) – Authorities have issued evacuation orders due to a growing fire in Butte County near Oroville on Tuesday.
  The fire, which is being called the Dark Fire, is burning south of Rich Gulch
  
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• Panda Express Hiring Nearly 500 People In Sacramento Area

  10-07-2018 23:08
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Panda Express will hold its Panda Career Event next week in Sacramento and plans to fill nearly 500 positions in Northern and Central California.
  The second annual event runs July 18-24. Interested candidates need to sign up for an interview location and time HERE. The interviews will happen in 30 minute increments at a designated store. The interview times run 10 am-6 pm.
  According to Panda Express, “Panda offers comprehensive benefits and perks to help associat
  
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• Roseville Police Catch Bank Robbery Suspect After Chase, Crash

  10-07-2018 23:00
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – A man is under arrest after a bank robbery that prompted a chase and ended in a crash Tuesday morning.
  Roseville police did not say exactly which bank was robbed, but a little after 9:30 a.m. someone called to report that a man inside a bank had pulled out a gun and demanded money. The man took off after getting an undisclosed amount of cash.
  Officers converged on the area quickly and spotted a car suspected to be linked to the suspect.
  A chase soon followed but quickly
  
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• Bagley III Will Miss Rest Of Summer League

  10-07-2018 22:48
  LAS VEGAS (CBS13) – Kings rookie Marvin Bagley III will miss the remainder of the NBA Summer League.
  The #2 draft pick bruised his pelvic bone on Saturday during the Las Vegas Summer League game against Phoenix. At the time the Kings said the forward experienced a “tweak in his right hip flexor/groin area.”
  An MRI Monday showed the bruise to the pelvic bone. He is expected to miss 1-2 weeks before returning to full basketball activity.
  The Kings play in Vegas again Tuesday nigh
  
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• Pool Will Open At Grant Union High After Public Backlash

  10-07-2018 21:21
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The swimming pool at Grant Union High School in Del Paso Heights will open to the public Wednesday, July 11.
  The announcement comes after public backlash about the decision to close the pool for the summer due to construction.
  The $6 million pool will now open Monday-Friday from 2 pm until 6 pm from July 11 until August 17. It will stay closed on the weekends and during school hours.
  Certified lifeguards will staff the pool and children under 12 must be accompanied by
  
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• Man Arrested For Arson In Connection With Million-Dollar Grant High Fire

  10-07-2018 21:18
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Police have arrested a man accused of starting the fire at Grant High School Sunday that caused extensive damage.
  Just after 10:30 p.m. Sunday, firefighters responded to the school on Grand Avenue. There, firefighters found heavy flames coming from one of the classrooms. They say it was difficult to get water on the flames due to the room’s location. In total, the fire caused about $1,000,000 in damage.
  The burned classroom is in the school’s main building.
  
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• CHP Motorcycle Officer Clipped While Stopped On Highway 99

  10-07-2018 20:24
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Scary moments for a California Highway Patrol officer Tuesday morning after his motorcycle was clipped while he was investigating another accident.
  The scene was on northbound Highway 99, just north of 47th Avenue.
  CHP says a motorcycle patrol officer was clearing the scene of a different accident in the area when, for an unknown reason, a box truck driver lost control. The box truck then clipped the motorcycle and another car that was stopped.
  No one was hurt in the i
  
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• Major Renovations Planned At Sacramento Zoo

  10-07-2018 19:54
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Changes are coming to the Sacramento Zoo.
  A post on the Zoo’s website revealed a number of improvements and changes being made to the 91-year-old zoo, including expanding the lion exhibit, adding meerkats and okapi, and re-locating several animals to other parts of the zoo and other zoos in the country.
  The lion exhibit will now be combined with the adjacent tiger exhibit. It’s been empty since the Sumatran tiger, Jillian, moved back to the San Francisco Zo
  
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• Deputies: Man Lit Auburn-Area Condo On Fire With Mom, Baby Inside

  10-07-2018 19:24
  AUBURN (CBS13) – Detectives have arrested a man who lit a condo on fire with a mother and baby inside.
  The incident happened back on July 3 at a condominium along the 11000 block of Garnet Way.
  The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says witnesses spotted a man allegedly pouring fuel on the door of the condo’s laundry room and lighting it. The laundry area was right under a baby’s bedroom.
  Dylan R. Fain’s booking photo. (Credit: Placer County Sheriff’s Office)
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• As Artists Drop Out, Doubts Raised About Big Bay Area Music Festival

  10-07-2018 18:40
  ANTIOCH (KPIX 5) — A music festival set to kick off in the Bay Area this weekend promises seven stages with more than 100 performing artists but some musicians who are scheduled to perform are raising questions about whether the promises are too good to be true.
  The XO Music Festival is scheduled for July 13th through 15th at the Contra Costa Event Park (formerly the county fairgrounds).
  Organizers insist the show will go forward with big names on the bill, including Ludacris, T.I. and Van
  
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• Southwest Will No Longer Serve Peanuts Starting August 1

  10-07-2018 18:14
  DALLAS (CBS13) – Southwest will no longer serve peanuts on its flights.
  The airline tweeted Monday saying it will stop serving them as of August 1. A customer service representative wrote: “Not offering peanuts will help ensure a safe cabin for Customers with allergies.”
  Hey, Kurt. We’ll always be Nuts at Southwest, but we’ll no longer serve them as of August 1. Not offering peanuts will help ensure a safe cabin for Customers with allergies. -Isaac
  — Southwest
  
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• Abandoned Woodland Home, Notorious For Squatters, Catches Fire

  10-07-2018 16:23
  WOODLAND (CBS13) – Crews are battling a fire at an abandoned Woodland home Tuesday morning.
  The scene is on Kentucky Avenue.
  #BREAKING Woodland Fire on scene of a fire in an abandoned home on Kentucky Ave. This is the third fire in about six months, according to the Bat. Chief. A known structure for the homeless. Crews are monitoring adjacent homes. @CBSSacramento @GoodDaySac pic.twitter.com/SVuvFr2GrW
  — Dina Kupfer (@DinaKupfer) July 10, 2018Woodland Fire crews responded to the scen
  
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• Dixon City Council Bracing For Protests Over Controversial Vice Mayor

  10-07-2018 15:52
  DIXON (CBS13) – Some residents are planning to protest the Dixon’s vice mayor during a council meeting Tuesday night.
  Ted Hickman recently wrote an editorial using homophobic slurs and calling for “straight pride month.”
  In the article, published in an independent local newspaper and on his personal website, Hickman referred to gay men as faries (sic).
  An online petition to remove Hickman from office has gained traction and now has more than 20,000 signatures.
  Hickman has
  
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• Sacramento Fire Crews Trained In Tight-Space Rescues

  10-07-2018 09:18
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Experts have been racing against the clock to free a soccer team trapped in a remote cave in Thailand.
  First responders with the Sacramento Metro Fire Department are trained to handle similar situations.
  “They can be in a sewer system, they can be in a mudslide, trapped under debris, inside of a house,” said Capt. Jason Butler.
  If it’s known for one thing, Northern California takes pride in being called Gold Country. But the rugged landscape is full o
  
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• Outrage Builds Over Bills That Would Shift Cost Of Wildfires From PG&E

  10-07-2018 09:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — State lawmakers are considering allowing PG&E to pass on some of its liability cost to customers. It’s a high-stakes issue as the utility faces lawsuits from last falls wine country wildfires.
  There are two proposed bills going through the state Capitol that some say would allow PG&E to get out of paying for the damage and would pass on the cost of the 2017 fires and future fires to ratepayers.
  “I don’t want to pay for their mistakes I don&rsq
  
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• Stockton Could Be Home Of New California State University

  10-07-2018 08:59
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Could Stockton be the future home for a new California State University?
  If some city and state officials have a say, some proposed plans will become a reality.
  An Assembly bill is making its way through the state capitol, aiming to transform Stockton into a college destination.
  It’s no secret the CSU system is bursting at the seams. In 2017, 31,000 qualified college students turned away. Stockton says its ready to take on the next campus and one city leader even s
  
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• Victim Of East Area Rapist Details Struggles In Book

  10-07-2018 07:49
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s been four decades, but Jane Carson-Sandler says she never recovered from the attack.
  A masked man broke into her home and walked into the bedroom where she lay snuggled with her 3-year old son.
  “We were tied up, gagged, blindfolded,” she said.
  Sandler writes about the horror in her new book, “Frozen in Fear.” The title and front cover describe what paralyzed Sacramento in the ’70s and ’80s when the man then-known as the Ea
  
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• Alleged East Area Rapist Victim Details Struggles In Book

  10-07-2018 07:49
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s been four decades, but Jane Carson-Sandler says she never recovered from the attack.
  A masked man broke into her home and walked into the bedroom where she lay snuggled with her 3-year old son.
  “We were tied up, gagged, blindfolded,” she said.
  Sandler writes about the horror in her new book, “Frozen in Fear.” The title and front cover describe what paralyzed Sacramento in the ’70s and ’80s when the man then-known as the Ea
  
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• Snake On The Water: Rattlesnake Spotted Swimming In American River

  10-07-2018 07:30
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Some rafters were rattled by an unusual site this past weekend—a rattlesnake swimming across the American River.
  The rattler was spotted between Howe and Watt avenues, a popular place for families to cool off, and apparently for snakes, too.
  “Rattlesnakes are actually excellent swimmers,” said rattlesnake wrangler Len Ramirez.
  He added it’s not uncommon to see them in water.
  “We see them in Folsom Lake, we see them in the river from time t
  
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• Bay Area Company Moving To Colusa Over Costs, Space

  10-07-2018 03:47
  COLUSA (CBS13) — A San Francisco-based company is pulling up stakes and moving its production and manufacturing facility to the small Northern California town of Colusa.
  SF Metalworks specializes in high-end architectural metal work using steel, bronze, aluminum and other materials for custom homes and commercial work.
  Its CEO Ron Moore says his company is losing out on millions of dollars in available business because it doesn’t have the space for larger equipment. When his friend s
  
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• Nutria Hunt Keeping Wildlife Officials Busy

  10-07-2018 03:36
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — It’s larger than a muskrat and smaller than a beaver, but has an appetite for destruction.
  The nutria is an animal keeping Fish and Wildlife officials busy. Several of these rodents have been spotted and captured in Kern, Merced, and Stanislaus counties.
  The nutria has caused state officials to create a multi-agency task force which is already working on a plan to eradicate the rodents, much like they did more than 40 years ago.
  The 20-pound rodent is causing a lot
  
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• Sacramento Shelter Running Low On Diapers

  10-07-2018 02:28
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A drop-in day shelter for women and families in Sacramento is running desperately low on diapers.
  Maryhouse is asking for diaper donations in all sizes. It’s a daytime shelter through Sacramento Loaves and Fishes.
  The organization typically gives out 400 diaper packs a month to families in need.
  They can either be dropped off at their warehouse at 1351 North C Street, or can be ordered online through their Amazon Wish List.
   
  
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• School Groundskeeper Dying Of Cancer Suing Monsanto Over Roundup

  10-07-2018 02:21
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Lawyers for a school groundskeeper dying of cancer asked a San Francisco jury on Monday to find that agribusiness giant Monsanto’s widely used weed killer Roundup likely caused his disease.
  Dewayne Johnson’s lawsuit is the first case to go to trial among hundreds of lawsuits saying Roundup caused non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
  Johnson sprayed Roundup and a similar product, Ranger Pro, at his job as a pest control manager at a San Francisco Bay Area school di
  
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• Report: California Hate Crimes, Deadly Police Shootings Up In 2017

  10-07-2018 01:40
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) –  Reported hate crimes jumped more than 17 percent in California last year compared with 2016, though the incidents remain relatively rare, the state’s attorney general said Monday.
  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the state’s Department of Justice released the crime rate statistics in one of five crime-related reports made public Monday. The state Department of Justice began releasing annual hate crime figures in 2015.
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• Wedding Photographers Capture Couple Getting Married During Klamathon Fire

  10-07-2018 01:26
  SISKIYOU COUNTY (CBS13) – Two Sacramento-based wedding photographers captured the pictures of a lifetime on Saturday as the Klamathon Fire quickly spread near Hornbrook in Siskiyou County.
  Credit: Dee and Kris Photography
  Dee and Kris Photography posted on Facebook Sunday- hours after they and the bride and groom (Ellie and Taylor Denney), wedding guests, and wedding vendors ran for safety.
  Credit: Dee and Kris Photography
  The couple quickly said their vows and then everyone ran.
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