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• Cal Fire: Improperly Installed Electrified Fence Caused County Fire

  11-07-2018 21:55
  WINTERS (CBS13) – Authorities say the County Fire was caused by an improperly installed electric fence.
  #CountyFire [update] CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers have determined that the cause of the County Fire, currently burning in Yolo and Napa counties, to be an improperly installed electric livestock fence unit. pic.twitter.com/32M9BbaXF7
  — CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) July 11, 2018Cal Fire announced the finding on Wednesday, saying the property owner whose electrified livestock fence was
  
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• Make-A-Wish Kid Made Honorary Member Of Sacramento Kings Dance Squad

  11-07-2018 20:48
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Sacramento Kings have made a Make-A-Wish kid an honorary member of their dance team.
  Yani, a 14-year-old Sacramento resident, has been a competitive dancer for most of her life. However, in October of last year, she suddenly fell ill with high blood pressure and kidney failure.
  Doctors soon determined that Yani had the autoimmune disorder Lupus.
  Local @MakeAWish kid Yani named honorary member of the @Kings_Dancers!Learn Morehttps://t.co/q6ACtUHBeB pic.twitter.com/B
  
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• XO Music Fest In Antioch Canceled Amid Questions About Promoter

  11-07-2018 20:35
  ANTIOCH (KPIX 5) – The venue that was scheduled to host this weekend’s XO Music Festival in Antioch announced the event was canceled, as questions swirled about preparations and the organizer.
  “Due to the promoters lack of fulfilling contractual obligations between the Contra Costa Event Park and World Class Entertainment, Event Park Management in the best interest and safety of our facility, event attendees and the City of Antioch have no choice but to cancel,” Joe Breng
  
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• UC Admits Record Number Of Transfer Students

  11-07-2018 20:29
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — University of California say they have admitted a record number of transfer students for the upcoming school year, as part of UC’s plan to widen access to the university system for California community college students.
  The UC said Wednesday that it has offered nearly 137,000 students admission at its nine undergraduate campuses as overall enrollment continues to increase annually.
  The UC has said it already surpassed a goal of adding 10,000 Californians by the 2
  
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• Is Target Holding A Special Sale For Teachers?

  11-07-2018 19:34
  MINNEAPOLIS (CBS13) – Teachers are getting excited about a rumored sale happening at Target just for them.
  Pictures are being shared on social media advertising the “Teacher Prep Event” running from July 15-21. The pictures appear to be taken inside a store; however, Target doesn’t have anything posted on its website, nor does the link listed in the picture currently work.The advertisement says: “For the first time ever, we’re giving teachers a special 15
  
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• 5 Drivers Suspected Of Racing On I-80 Have Cars Impounded

  11-07-2018 17:56
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California Highway Patrol says they’ve impounded five cars suspected to have been racing on Interstate 80 earlier this week.
  The incident happened just after midnight on July 9.
  A CHP airplane spotted the suspected street racers. (Credit: CHP Valley Air Ops)
  CHP’s Valley Division Air Ops says one of their airplanes flying over the Sacramento area spotted five cars suspected to be racing. The cars were going more than 100 mph on I-80, officers say.
  Multiple
  
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• Police: Man, 34, Hit And Killed By Car At Stockton Park

  11-07-2018 16:22
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating after a man was hit and killed by a car inside a Stockton park Tuesday night.
  The scene was at Oak Park along E. Alpine Avenue.
  Stockton police say officers responded to the scene around 8:30 a.m. to investigate a report of a person being hit by a vehicle. A 34-year-old man who had been hit by a car was found; he was soon pronounced dead at the scene by medics.
  #Stockton police are investigating a homicide in the 600 Block of E. Alpine Rd. O
  
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• Stockton Mayor Sees Value In Paying Poor To Rise Up

  11-07-2018 15:36
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – A $500 monthly check for low-income residents, cash stipends for men most likely to commit violent crimes and $1,000 college scholarships for public high school graduates.
  These are the bold initiatives 27-year-old Mayor Michael Tubbs is launching in Stockton, California, one of the state’s most financially strapped and crime-ridden cities. The Stanford-educated son of a mother who relied in part on public food assistance programs and an incarcerated father, Tubbs t
  
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• Civilian Deaths In California Police Shootings Rose In 2017

  11-07-2018 08:46
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The number of deaths in confrontations between police officers and suspects rose in 2017, according to the California Department of Justice.
  In most of the deaths, the report says officers believed the suspects were armed.
  In Del Paso Heights, where Joseph Mann was shot and killed two years ago this week by Sacramento Police, the community is still healing. The report showing an increase in civilians killed, with most being people of color, is just another reminder for
  
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• Protesters Call For Dixon Vice Mayor To Step Down Over Remarks

  11-07-2018 08:08
  DIXON (CBS13) — Emotions flared Tuesday night, as protesters tried to push Dixon’s vice mayor from his position.
  For the first time since publishing an article calling for a Straight Pride American Month, Ted Hickman addressed the public, as angry citizens filled a city council meeting.
  Hickman started the meeting off by saying he did not give up his First Amendment rights when he became an elected official. Still, many argue this goes beyond free speech and demanded his resignation.
  
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• A Doe Dilemma: What Will Happen To Deer Spotted With Jar Stuck To Her Jaw?

  11-07-2018 07:57
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — It is a deer in distress.
  A young mother deer with its mouth stuck inside a jar has been spotted in the past several days in Placer County near Clipper Gap, unable to eat or drink.
  The deer likely has no idea what the weird thing wedged on its snout is, and why it won’t come off. A closer look shows a jar that appears to be Trader Joe’s peanut butter jar jammed onto the lower jaw of the animal.
  “My suspicion is it might have been used for baiting,
  
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• Thieves Targeting Homes Under Construction

  11-07-2018 07:39
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — A building boom is underway around the city and officials are issuing a word of warning to residents to be on the lookout for thieves.
  “It could be everything from kids partying to criminals going in to look to break into a house,” said Rob Baquera, Roseville Police spokesman.
  More than 3,000 new homes have been built in the last three years, police say all this construction is becoming a bonanza for thieves.
  Since the beginning of the year, police have rece
  
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• Lodi Sees Rise In Tourism

  11-07-2018 06:18
  LODI (CBS13) — People going on vacation are no longer booking exotic trips. Instead, they have their eye on a small community here in the valley.
  The Visitors Bureau in Lodi said the roads are busy with more cars filled with out-of-towners ready to pour their money into the city.
  When it comes to fine wine, Barbara Hare and George Kornhoff know exactly where to go. They both live in Southern California and have no problem driving up to Lodi.
  “We’ve been here a couple of times,
  
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• Hate Crimes On The Rise In California, Especially Against Latinos

  11-07-2018 06:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A new Justice Department report shows hate crimes have increased substantially since 2017, for every minority group reported on.
  Overall, hate crimes have gone up 17 percent in California, but of the largest jump was against Hispanic and Latino men and women, jumping 52 percent.
  READ THE REPORT: Hate Crime In California 2017
  So what’s behind the spike in hate crimes?
  Immigration rights groups blame President Donald Trump’s strict policies and vitriolic
  
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• Peanut Butter Jar Stuck On Doe’s Head In Placer County

  11-07-2018 01:16
  CLIPPER GAP (CBS13) – The search is on for a doe who has a glass peanut butter jar stuck on the lower part of her jaw.
  Sandra Fogler and her neighbor spotted the doe near a watering site in Clipper Gap- near Auburn on Monday. They noticed the jar has the bottom cut out and believe it was set out by a hunter as bait and then left behind.
  The women called Gold Country Wildlife Rescue for help. That group then called Fish and Wildlife to coordinate a rescue mission. Once they find the fe
  
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