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• Police: Concord Murder Suspect Possibly Seen In Sacramento, Stockton

  08-08-2018 22:32
  CONCORD (CBS13) – Authorities say an East Bay murder suspect has possibly been seen in the Sacramento and Stockton areas.
  Back on July 27, Concord police found 64-year-old Michael Downie dead in a home along the 1200 block of Pine Creek Way. Officers say he had been murdered.
  Terrance Boyd Dixon was identified as a suspect in the murder and issued a warrant for his arrest.
  Terrance Boyd Dixon. (Credit: Concord Police Department)
  Investigators say Dixon and Downie knew each other, but no cl
  
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• Man Suspected Of Starting Fire In Atwater Target Arrested

  08-08-2018 20:46
  ATWATER (CBS13) – An Atwater Target was evacuated Tuesday night after someone started a fire that filled the store with smoke.
  The incident happened at the Target store along the 1000 block of Commerce Avenue.
  Atwater police say their officers and Cal Fire personnel responded to the scene just after 9 p.m. to investigate a reported fire. The Target was full of smoke when officers arrived and all workers and customers had evacuated.
  Cal Fire crews put out the fire; no one was hurt, police s
  
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• 2 Teens Arrested In Attack Of Manteca Sikh Man

  08-08-2018 20:38
  MANTECA (CBS13) – Authorities say arrests have been made in the broad daylight attack of a Sikh man in a Manteca neighborhood.
  Sahib Singh Natt was attacked near Greystone Park on Monday morning. Loved ones say the attackers demanded money.
  Surveillance video captured two people beating, kicking and spitting on Natt.
  #BREAKING – Arrests made in #Manteca attack that was caught on camera at Greystone Park. The victim, a 71-year-old Sikh man. pic.twitter.com/4NltBb3AVF
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• 2 Killed In Head-On Crash Near Riverbank

  08-08-2018 17:14
  RIVERBANK (CBS13) – A head-on crash left two people dead east of Riverbank Tuesday evening, authorities say.
  The scene was on Patterson Road, west of Langworth Road.
  California Highway Patrol says, around 7:20 p.m., a Toyota crossed into the path of an oncoming Dodge. The Toyota then went back into its lane, but then abruptly crossed back into the wrong direction.
  Marisela Wilkinson, a 32-year-old Oakdale resident, was driving the Dodge. She was not able to react and two cars crashed head-
  
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• Carrie Underwood Announces Pregnancy, New Tour Dates – Including Sacramento Stop

  08-08-2018 16:21
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13/CNN) — Carrie Underwood’s family is excited to be “adding another fish to our pond.”
  The superstar singer used an announcement on Instagram Wednesday about her upcoming tour to share that she and her professional hockey player husband Mike Fisher are expecting their second child.After talking about her tour to support her forthcoming album “Cry Pretty,” Underwood theorized that some fans might be wondering why she wasn’t touring until M
  
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• Search On For Man Who Started Fire Inside Atwater Target Store

  08-08-2018 15:46
  ATWATER (CBS13) – An Atwater Target was evacuated Tuesday night after someone started a fire that filled the store with smoke.
  The incident happened at the Target store along the 1000 block of Commerce Avenue.
  Atwater police say their officers and Cal Fire personnel responded to the scene just after 9 p.m. to investigate a reported fire. The Target was full of smoke when officers arrived and all workers and customers had evacuated.
  Cal Fire crews put out the fire; no one was hurt, police s
  
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• Sikh Community Rallies For Man Beaten In Manteca Park

  08-08-2018 15:30
  MANTECA (CBS13) – Outrage and fear are mounting in one Manteca neighborhood after an elderly Sikh man was attacked in broad daylight.
  Hundreds of people, some traveling far distances, gathered at Greystone Park in Manteca Tuesday night in a show of unity. The group gathered just feet away from where surveillance cameras caught the 71-year-old man being hit and kicked by two young men.
  The mayor, council members, and community leaders attended the meeting. Even the victim himself showed up.
  
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• Women Need Not Apply? Sacramento Supervisor Wants To Update County Laws

  08-08-2018 08:53
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — Sue Frost is one of two women currently serving on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.
  That’s something that runs contrary to language in county law. She wants to change that.
  RELATED: Lawmakers Grill DMV Director Over Long Wait Times
  Laws that date back more than 100 years outline employee requirements and seem to indicate that only a man should apply with phrases such as “He must reside in such district during his incumbency.”
  Fr
  
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• Singer’s Van Ransacked Before Sacramento Performance

  08-08-2018 08:15
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A country music artist’s tour van gets jacked just hours before his local performance with about $15,000 worth of equipment.
  The Texas country music group was scheduled to play at Harlow’s Tuesday night. That performance that was nearly canceled.
  But Paul Cauthen says for his fans and his band the show must go on.
  “Tonight’s going to be fun and we are going to put it behind us and we’re just here to play music and that’s all we can d
  
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• Musician’s Van Stolen, Instruments And Gear Stolen Before Sacramento Performance

  08-08-2018 08:15
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Musician Paul Cauthen’s tour van was stolen just hours before his local performance and about $15,000 worth of equipment was stolen.
  The Texas-based Americana music group was scheduled to play at Harlow’s Tuesday night, but the performance was nearly canceled.
  But Cauthen says for his fans and his band the show must go on.
  “Tonight’s going to be fun and we are going to put it behind us and we’re just here to play music and that’s all
  
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• Explosion Heard Before Fatal Placer County House Fire

  08-08-2018 07:53
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — A suspicious fire left a man dead inside his home just west of Roseville.
  The fire followed two explosions that were heard throughout the neighborhood. A teenager who was also inside the home made it out alive. Investigators are still working to determine a cause of the deadly blaze and say homicide and suicide have not been ruled out.
  RELATED: Woman Arrested On Arson Charge In Connection With Fire Along Vacaville Freeway
  “It’s horrific. It’s
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Elk Grove Looks To Rebound From First Losing Season Since 2010

  08-08-2018 07:08
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — This coming football season isn’t about the past, it’s not about the future, it’s about the right now.
  The Elk Grove High Thundering Herd are trying to shake off their first losing season since 2010.
  Coach John Heffernan has been encourages by the team’s senior leadership and feels that the Herd’s comeback will be from the defensive side of the ball.
  Last season, Elk Grove’s defense gave up 30 or more points in seven games, making it
  
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• DUI Suspected In Wrong-Way Crash That Injured Children On Interstate 80

  08-08-2018 05:10
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A child suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 on Tuesday.
  The crash happened just past 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night.
  RELATED: Wrong-Way DUI Driver Sentenced To 14 Years In Sacramento Crash That Killed 3 Teens
  The wrong-way driver, a 22-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
  He entered eastbound Interstate 80 through the Madison Avenue offramp in a pickup truck. The California Highway Patrol says the pick
  
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• Perfect Storm Helped Create California’s Largest Wildfire

  08-08-2018 04:32
  SACRAMENTO (AP) — Firefighters struggled against rugged terrain, high winds and an August heat wave Tuesday to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California, an inferno that exploded to be nearly the size of Los Angeles in just 11 days.
  The 450-square-mile blaze, centered near the community of Upper Lake, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, spread fast because of what officials said was a perfect combination of weather, topography and abundant vegetation turned in
  
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• CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Men Beat, Spit on Elderly Sikh Man At Manteca Park

  08-08-2018 04:20
  MANTECA (CBS13) — Many community members in Manteca are in fear after an elderly Sikh man with disabilities was brutally attacked in a neighborhood park just blocks away from his home.
  Sahib Singh Natt, 70, is recovering after he was attacked by two boys while taking his regular stroll around Greystone Park.
  The entire incident was caught from a neighbor’s surveillance camera. It shows one of the suspects kicking Natt repeatedly to the ground after loved ones say the men demande
  
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• State Program Helps Cut Teacher Shortage For Elk Grove Schools

  08-08-2018 04:07
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — As a new school year begins for many area students, school districts are dealing with an old problem—not enough teachers.
  A statewide program is helping more people get into the classroom. It will pay your way to a teaching credential, but to qualify, you have to earn it.
  RELATED: Elementary School Opens Meditation Room To ‘Replace Behaviors’
  It’s opening a new door for Justin Holloway. The Sacramento State graduate was at a crossroads and d
  
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• Lawmakers Grill DMV Director Over Long Wait Times

  08-08-2018 03:42
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — DMV customers have complained for months. Now lawmakers are fired up. They want the DMV director to take accountability for long wait times, and the outdated technology that they say may be the root cause.
  DMV Director Jean Shimoto told lawmakers at budget hearing Tuesday,  the department’s in the process of modernizing the computer system but the revamp won’t be done for three more years.
  In the meantime, the director is asking for more mone
  
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• Replacing Money Bail with Algorithmic-Based Tool Worsens Racial Disparities

  08-08-2018 00:49
  OPINION – More than 100 national and local civil rights groups favoring the end of the money bail system have expressed serious concerns with the adoption of an algorithmic-based decision making tool as a substitution for money bail.
  Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, MoveOn, The Greenlining Institute, Media Mobilizing Project, and Color of Change wrote that algorithm risk assessment tools are not the solution to reforming bail
  
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