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• Sedan Gets Pinned Under Big Rig Along Highway 99

  31-07-2018 22:14
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A scary crash along a Sacramento-area freeway saw a sedan get pinned under a big rig.
  The scene was along the southbound Highway 99, south of Florin Road.
  California Highway Patrol officials say, around 12:30 p.m., a sedan got pinned under a big rig in the slow lane of the freeway. It’s unclear what led up to the crash.
  Scene of the crash. (Credit: Eric Flores)
  Everyone made it out of the sedan OK, CHP says. No one suffered any major injuries.
  The slow lane was b
  
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• Getting Answers: Was The Heat A Factor In Lower State Fair Attendance

  31-07-2018 21:42
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The attendance at the California State Fair dropped again in 2018 to its lowest number in years and organizers blamed the heat for the decrease.
  575,250 people came to the 17-day Fair, which ran July 13-29.
  A news release sent Monday afternoon stated “extreme heat for 9 days of the CA State Fair contributed to a decrease overall in attendance.”
  CBS13 looked into the high temperatures for the 2018 Fair compared to years past to see how much of a role the wea
  
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• Facebook Finds Accounts Being Used To Influence Future U.S. Elections

  31-07-2018 19:12
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it has uncovered “sophisticated” efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to influence U.S. politics on its platforms.
  The company says it removed 32 accounts from Facebook and Instagram because they were involved in “coordinated” behavior and appeared to be fake.
  The company says it doesn’t know who is behind the efforts, but said there are may be connections to Russia. Facebook says it has found some connections between the accounts
  
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• California’s fiery former congressman Ron Dellums dies at 82

  31-07-2018 18:31
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ron Dellums, a fiery anti-war activist who championed social justice as Northern California’s first black congressman, died Monday from cancer, according to a longtime adviser. He was 82.
  Dellums died at his home in Washington.
  A former Marine who got his start in politics on the City Council of the liberal enclave of Berkeley, he defeated a labor-backed Democrat to win his first election to Congress in 1970. He retired in 1998 and was later elected mayor of
  
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• Police: Sacramento Man Hit, Killed Trying To Retrieve Phone Dropped On Highway

  31-07-2018 18:02
  ORANGE, Conn. (AP) – Investigators say a California man was struck and killed on a Connecticut highway after he accidentally dropped his cellphone out the window of a vehicle and then got out to retrieve it.
  State police on Tuesday identified the man who died in the Monday morning crash on Interstate 95 in Orange as 34-year-old Hoa Ngo, of Sacramento.
  Investigators say Ngo was riding with three friends in a pickup truck that was towing a boat trailer when his cellphone fell out an open win
  
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• Roseville Ettore’s Bakery & Cafe Location Closes

  31-07-2018 17:13
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – The Roseville branch of a Sacramento institution has closed after opening less than a year ago.
  Ettore’s Bakery and Café’s N. Sunrise Boulevard store closed over the weekend.
  In a Facebook post announcing the closure, Ettore’s cited costs as the reason.
  “Coming to this decision was not an easy one and there were many forces at play, but the bottom line is we could not sustain the cost of running the store,” Ettore Ravazzolo, the bake
  
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• Crews Work Quickly To Contain Grass Fire Near Applegate

  31-07-2018 15:50
  APPLEGATE (CBS13) – Firefighters worked quickly to put out a grass fire that sparked early Tuesday morning in Placer County.
  The scene is on Cerro Vista Drive near Applegate on the south side of Interstate 80.
  #BREAKING @CAL_FIRE crews on scene of a grass fire in Applegate. Multiple hand crews here to put out the flames. @CBSSacramento @GoodDaySac pic.twitter.com/308lU6P5D4
  — Dina Kupfer (@DinaKupfer) July 31, 2018Multiple fire agencies – including Colfax, Placer Hills and Cal
  
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• As California Wildfires Rage, Firefighters Battling Fatigue

  31-07-2018 08:59
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Thousands of firefighters are battling flames across the state but that’s not their only fight. Many of them are struggling with fatigue, working several days and sometimes weeks on end.
  Sacramento frefighter Michael Feyh recalls his worst day on the job after the busiest day in his industry: July 4, 2010.
  “Basically, we’d been up for almost 24 hours,” he said. “The house had been booby-trapped, the gas line had been cut and a candle had b
  
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• New Placer County Shelter Accepts Carr Fire Dogs Before Opening

  31-07-2018 08:57
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — Nearly a dozen dogs threatened by the Carr Fire are now taking shelter at the Placer County SPCA.
  The Humane Society in Redding got set for evacuation as the flames closed in, so a team of local SPCA officials picked up the pups on Monday.
  The dogs are far from home, curious and confused.
  Placer County SPCA volunteer Gary Wraa said, “They were very nervous. They know something’s going on.”
  Rescued from the flames in Redding, 17 dogs total escaped t
  
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• Protesters Camp Outside Sacramento ICE Office

  31-07-2018 08:43
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Protesters are camping out in front of the federal building in a demonstration against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
  They’re calling it Occupy ICE and have set up along the sidewalk on N Street with a row of tents, beds, and sofas.
  “We are not just talking about ICE, we are talking about a systemic change,” said Mackenzie Wilson on the side of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in downtown.
  Wilson is one of more th
  
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• Firefighters Gain Ground As Carr Fire Becomes State’s 9th Most Destructive Fire

  31-07-2018 07:33
  LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) – A pair of wildfires that prompted evacuation orders for nearly 20,000 people barreled Monday toward small lake towns in Northern California, and authorities faced questions about how quickly they warned residents about the largest and deadliest blaze burning in the state.
  Ed Bledsoe told CBS News he did not receive any warning to evacuate his home in the city of Redding before the flames came through last week and killed his wife, Melody, and his great-grandchildren
  
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• Natomas Woman Leads Charge For Carr Fire Relief Effort

  31-07-2018 03:51
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — People heartbroken by the death and devastation in Redding are banding together to help.
  A Natomas woman behind one of the relief efforts was originally from Redding. Her family is among thousands who had to leave it all behind.
  As entire Redding neighborhoods were reduced to ashes, and more families were forced to flee the Carr Fire, Chyna Anzaldua began packing up Monday and getting ready to head into the devastated region with a car full of donations and a heavy hea
  
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• Roundup Chemical Linked To Cancer Used To Kill Weeds In The Delta

  31-07-2018 03:43
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — It’s on the state’s list of cancer-causing chemicals, yet glyphosate is still being used to kill weeds along the Sacramento, San Joaquin Delta.
  The chemical is found in the product Roundup which the state uses to control water hyacinth. The plant causes a strong odor and can sometimes clog the marina’s channel head.
  Last week, the California Department of Boating and Waterways sprayed along the marina, a procedure that some people want to be warned abou
  
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• Woman Finds Two Puppies Bound, Stuffed Inside Crate

  31-07-2018 03:01
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Two puppies that were found stuffed inside a crate and hanging on for life are recovering at a Sacramento shelter.
  A Sacramento County woman says she heard a crying noise in front of her home off Countryfield Drive on Thursday and found two puppies tied to one another, inside a small crate.The puppies are now recovering at the Bradshaw Animal Shelter.
  “Nobody should treat animals this way; they were trying to kill these dogs. You don’t do that!&rdquo
  
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• California State Fair Attendance Drops To Lowest Number In Years

  31-07-2018 01:37
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Fewer people attended the California State Fair this year than in years past.
  575,250 visited the 17-day Fair, which ran from July 13-29. That figure is approximately 11% lower than the 2017 total.
  California State Fair Attendance:2017- 636,628
  2016- 673,237
  2015- 787,833
  2014- 750,000+
  2013- 697,045
  2012- 693,034A news release sent from the Fair blames the drop in attendance on the extreme heat for 9 of the 17 days, although 2017 saw 8 days of 100 degree-plus temperat
  
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• Water Main Break In Rocklin Causes Road Closure, Detours

  31-07-2018 00:50
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) – A water main break has closed part of Midas Avenue in Rocklin until further notice.
  The water main break happened Monday morning and closed Midas Avenue from Mountain View Drive to Clover Valley Road. Traffic is being detoured to Argonaut Avenue, Sunset Boulevard, and Pacific Street.
  Placer County Water Agency is on-site with representatives from the City of Rocklin to assess the damage and work on the impacts.
  As of Monday afternoon officials haven’t given an updat
  
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