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• Car Problems? Modesto K9 Officers Say This Isn’t What It Looks Like

  18-07-2018 22:39
  MODESTO (CBS13) – It may be the universal sign of car problems, but it means something completely different for officers working in hot weather.
  The Modesto Police Canine Association posted an explanation on Wednesday as to why some officers have recently been seen with the hoods of their cars up. In one recent incident, two officers with K9 companions were investigating a crash.
  No, you don’t need to check and see if this officer needs some car help. (Credit: Modesto Police Canine A
  
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• State Supreme Court Blocks 3 Californias Initiative From November Ballot

  18-07-2018 22:26
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The California Supreme Court has blocked a measure that would divide the state in three from appearing on the November ballot.
  The justices on Wednesday ordered the secretary of state not to put the initiative before voters, saying significant questions have been raised about its validity.
  The court will now consider the merits of a challenge brought by the Planning and Conservation League. The environmental group argues that dividing the nation’s most populous s
  
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• Caught On Camera: Geese Cause Traffic Jam In Modesto

  18-07-2018 20:52
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Drivers in Modesto needed to sit through a traffic jam while a gaggle of Canada geese crossed the street.
  Viewer Sandra Jimenez sent CBS13 this video on Facebook saying she saw nearly a dozen geese Tuesday evening as she went to school.The geese entered Tully Road near Big Valley Grace Church and slowly made their way across the 4-lane street. The drivers all stopped so the gaggle could cross safely. It took about a minute until the coast was finally clear!
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• Caught On Camera: Ducks Cause Traffic Jam In Modesto

  18-07-2018 20:52
  MODESTO (CBS13) – Drivers in Modesto needed to sit through a traffic jam while a flock of ducks crossed the street.
  Viewer Sandra Jimenez sent CBS13 this video on Facebook saying she saw nearly a dozen ducks Tuesday evening as she went to school.The ducks entered Tully Road near Big Valley Grace Church and slowly made their way across the 4-lane street. The drivers all stopped so the flock could cross safely. It took about a minute until the coast was finally clear!
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• DA: Stockton Officer Won’t Be Charged In Fatal 2016 Shooting

  18-07-2018 18:21
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s office says the deadly 2016 officer-involved shooting of a Stockton man was justified.
  Colby Friday, 30, was shot and killed by Officer David Wells in August 2016.
  Officers confused Friday with another suspect and attempted to make contact, but he took off running. Friday was armed and refused to comply, officers said.
  The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit one year later against the city, the department and the officer
  
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• Search On For Missing North Highlands Girl, 11

  18-07-2018 15:59
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – Authorities are asking for help to find a missing 11-year-old girl from North Highlands.
  The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says Deborah Martinez was reported missing late Tuesday night from the 4900 block of Polk Street.
  Deputies believe Martinez left her home with three older female friends after an argument with her mother.
  Photo of Deborah Martinez provided by deputies. (Credit: Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department)
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• Firefighter Hurt In Del Paso Heights House Fire

  18-07-2018 15:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A firefighter was injured in an overnight fire in Sacramento, authorities say.
  The scene is on Dry Creek Road and Harris Avenue.
  Sacramento firefighter injured in overnight fire on Dry Creek Rd & Harris Ave. Fire started near fence then spread to garage. As firefighter entered garage, a board hit him across the face striking him in the nose. Cause of fire under investigation. @GoodDaySac @CBSSacramento pic.twitter.com/ly2C36liaa
  — Dina Kupfer (@DinaKupfer) Ju
  
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• 2 Drivers Injured In Head-On Crash On Elverta Road

  18-07-2018 15:39
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Two drivers are being taken to the hospital after a head-on crash in Sacramento County Wednesday morning.
  The scene is on Elverta Road, east of Highway 99.
  Head on collision on Elverta Rd East of Hwy99 ⁦@GoodDaySac⁩ ⁦@CBSSacramento⁩ ⁦@GDSTracyKetchum⁩ ⁦@GoodDayTraffic⁩ ⁦@GoodDayMarianne⁩ pic.twitter.com/VjO6WgRvy9
  — David Grashoff (@CameraGuyDave1) July 18, 2018According to California Highway Patr
  
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• Planned Yuba County Casino Adds One More To Crowded Competition

  18-07-2018 08:36
  The casino planned near the Toyota Amphitheater in Wheatland will bring the Hard Rock name to an area with many casinos nearby.
  
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• Did Developer Hide Evidence Of Native American Burial Site?

  18-07-2018 08:35
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A West Sacramento sacred burial site is at the center of a new lawsuit filed by the Yolo County District Attorney.
  Jeff Reisig is accusing a housing developer of hiding the discovery of Native American remains, and building on top of it.
  The Newport Estates development sits on a location where the Patwin Tribe once lived.
  “The remains that were found there are very significant to us because they’re our people,” Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Tribal Cou
  
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• How Do You Keep Your Home Cool When Mother Nature Is Relentlessly Hot?

  18-07-2018 08:18
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Without overnight temperatures cooling us off we wanted to know how do you stay cool at night without the luxury of an air conditioner?
  “Really, really, really hot,” said a teen visiting from Ohio.
  “When I walk outside my legs start to sweat. It’s horrible,” said a local girl.
  The best way to beat the heat is an afternoon trip to the famed Gunther’s Ice Cream Parlor.
  “It’s literally a million degrees at night, and this is
  
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• Carmichael Pilot Killed In Truckee Crash Remembered For Generosity

  18-07-2018 08:03
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Authorities have identified one of the two people killed in an early morning plane crash in Truckee.
  The pilot, Ken Whittall-Scherfee, was an attorney from Carmichael.
  “I think that was his greatest passion—besides his family—was flying,” said Wendy Phoenix, a longtime friend.
  At 7:33 a.m. on Tuesday, the 60-year-old pilot took off in his single-engine plane. It was a scenic trip through Tahoe that Phoenix said he’d taken before.
  “It
  
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• Stockton Community Farm Needs Help As Funding Falls Short

  18-07-2018 03:38
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A community farm in south Stockton that helps several families put food on the table is facing an uncertain future after it was denied some of its annual grant money.
  Now, leaders are making a plea to the community as they figure out what to do next.
  Leaders with the organization, Puentes, work hard to provide Stockton families a hand through a community farm. Now, that farm is in dire need of its own.
  It’s been almost a year since Deborah Martin started her own ga
  
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• Parents Look For Ways To Keep Kids Cool At California State Fair

  18-07-2018 03:01
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — With temperatures cracking the century mark on Tuesday, kids day at the fair was all about keeping cool.
  If you thought the rides at the California State Fair were cool, try the full-body misters.
  You just click a button, then spray, spin, and go. The large mister-machines are scattered all over, but portable ones are just as popular.
  Monique Domich says a little spray and some homemade mom-goodness does the trick.
  “Lots of water, fruit, and we brought our own lu
  
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• Placerville Great Grandma Hoping For Letters For 100th Birthday

  18-07-2018 01:54
  PLACERVILLE (CBS13) – Eleanor McLaughlin is turning 100 on August 9 and her great-grandchildren are hoping people from all over the world send her letters and cards wishing her a happy birthday!
  Credit: Facebook/Heather Leal
  A social media post asks people to send the birthday messages to:
  Eleanor’s 100th Birthday
  1390 Broadway
  Suite B-358
  Placerville, CA 95667
  On the day Eleanor was born the Battle of Amiens (also known as the Hundred Days Offensive) began in France. Allied forces m
  
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• Red Panda Being Hand-Raised At Sacramento Zoo Dies From Pneumonia

  18-07-2018 01:43
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sad news to share from the Sacramento Zoo.
  The 3-week-old red panda cub being hand-raised by zookeepers died early Monday morning from pneumonia.
  Credit: Sacramento Zoo
  The red panda cub made headlines in late-June after her mother began neglecting her. Veterinarians and zookeepers stepped in the day after her June 25th arrival and began caring for the four ounce cub around-the-clock in the Dr. Murray E. Fowler Veterinary Hospital at the Sacramento Zoo.
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