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• CAL FIRE: Parking And Road Closures For Braden Varney Celebration of Life

  22-07-2018 23:41
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Friends, family, and firefighters will gather Monday to celebrate the life of Braden Varney, who died fighting the Ferguson Fire July 14.
  CAL FIRE announced the Celebration of Life will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning at The House Church, 1601 Coffee Road in Modesto.
  This event is scheduled to have a very large attendance and requires road closures and lane restrictions within the area. The changes to the traffic flow will begin at 6:00 a.m. on Monday morning and conti
  
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• State Fair Monorail Temporarily Closed After Electrical Fire

  22-07-2018 07:10
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It sounded like a pyrotechnics show but the chaotic scene of sparks and pops Saturday at the State Fair was coming from below the Monorail train.
  Not only did sparks fly below the train, but they also started to fall on a straw smoothie stand.
  READ ALSO: Teenager Dies After Elk Grove DUI Car Crash
  Steve Roy is the owner of the Maui Wowi Smoothie Stand and was inside the stand with one of his employees when the fire broke out.
  He said he grabbed his fire extinguish
  
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• Police: Fatal Party Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Injured In Dixon

  22-07-2018 06:42
  DIXON (CBS13) — Dixon Police said they found two men shot, one fatally, around midnight Friday, surrounded by a large crowd.
  Police responded to the 1000 block of Bello Drive after a report of a shooting and said they discovered the two victims lying in the street with the large crowd on and around the street.
  One victim died on the scene, according to officials, and the other was transported to an area hospital while officers secured the scene and attempted to locate witnesses.
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• Police Extract Two People Trapped In Car In Modesto

  22-07-2018 05:50
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Fire crews and police extracted two people trapped in a car in Modesto Saturday.
  (source: Stan Co Fire)
  According to the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District, the car was involved in a traffic collision at Terminal Road and Claus Road between Riverbank and Modesto.
  (source: Stan Co Fire)
  Officials said both patients were transported to local hospitals.
  
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• Teenager Dies After Elk Grove DUI Car Crash

  22-07-2018 04:32
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — A month before her 16th birthday, a car crash victim died from injuries sustained in a suspected DUI crash Sunday.
  According to the Sacramento County Coroner’s website, 15-year-old Breante Whitaker died Monday as a result of the accident.
  Whitaker was riding in a car with three other people down Elk Grove Boulevard near Adams Street when they were hit by 27-year-old Austin Crownover.
  Officers at the scene said Crownover was showing signs of impairment and did
  
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• Fire At Truxel Off-Ramp Of I-80, No Structures Damaged

  22-07-2018 04:04
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A two-alarm grass fire off of Interstate 80 and Truxel Road started just before 5 p.m. Saturday.
  2nd Alarm Grass Fire. I80/Truxel. Fire approx. 1/2 mile long. Crews kept fire from spreading to houses and apts. pic.twitter.com/xdDcU07ec3
  — Sacramento Fire (@SacFirePIO) July 22, 2018Fire crews responded to the grass fire and contained it before it affected any nearby structures.
  While no lanes were blocked by the fire, officials had to close the Truxel off-ramp for
  
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• State Fair Monorail Temporarily Closed After Small Fire

  22-07-2018 03:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — State Fair Officials confirmed the California State Fair Monorail will be closed for the remainder of Saturday after a small fire broke out under the train.
  According to the Fair Media Center, an electrical brush under the monorail track shorted out, causing a small electrical fire just after 1 p.m. Saturday.
  “At the time of the incident, the entire monorail system was in maintenance mode with no passengers on board. The monorail Train was stopped between Exposit
  
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• 60 Acre Fire In Lake County Forces Mandatory Evacuations

  22-07-2018 01:52
  6:40 p.m. UPDATE: CAL FIRE reported that the forward progress of the Carder Fire has stopped. Officials said the fire remains 60 acres and is now 20 percent contained.
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  LAKE COUNTY (CBS13) — A 60-acre fire broke out in Kelseyville Saturday just before 3 p.m, according to CAL FIRE.
  Dubbed the Carder Fire, it is located at Adobe Creek Road and Peterson Lane in Lake County.
  (source: David W. Johnson)
  CAL FIRE also reported that mandatory evacuations are in progress for Adobe Creek Road
  
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• Kings Sign Minnesota Forward Nemanja Bjelica

  22-07-2018 01:30
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Kings announced Saturday that they signed Nemanja Bjelica to contract, according to General Manager Vlade Divac.
  Kings Sign Nemanja Bjelica » https://t.co/tOJPjfo30n pic.twitter.com/BrFW29qRf5
  — Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) July 21, 2018Bjelica is a 6-10, 234-pound forward is a Serbian National who played the previous three NBA seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves. According to the Kings, he accrued averages of 6.1 points, 3.8 rebou
  
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