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• Police: Fatal Accident Between Motorcycle And Vehicle In Manteca

  11-08-2018 23:34
  MANTECA (CBS13) — Manteca police are investigating a fatal accident that happened just before noon Saturday.
  According to police, the accident between a motorcycle and a vehicle happened on the 1800 block of East Yosemite Avenue.
  Police said their Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) responded to the team and that an investigation is ongoing.
  It is still unknown if alcohol was involved at this time.
  The identities of the drivers involved have not yet been released.
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• Nelson Fire’s Rapid Spread Put Neighborhoods On Edge

  11-08-2018 08:43
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) — A fast-moving grass fire forced several communities out of their homes Friday evening.
  The Nelson Fire quickly burned more than 1,000 acres after sparking just after 5 p.m. near Interstate 80.
  “The fire jumped over the ridge right here and we’ve never seen it this bad,” said Mike Bennett, who has lived in Vacaville since 1975.
  Fire ripped down the hill behind California State Prison, Solano and California Medical Facility on Peabody Road. Several famil
  
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• Roseville Man Says Housekeeper Stole Late Wife’s Jewelry

  11-08-2018 08:29
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — A Roseville man says a woman he hired to clean his home instead made off with his wife’s jewelry, just weeks after she passed away. Now there’s concern he wasn’t the only victim.
  The Roseville widower was allegedly robbed of his late wife’s jewelry, and a housekeeper named Rachel Monahan is accused of the crime.
  “It gets me kind of emotional because it’s like we’ve already been robbed of our mom, he’s already been robbed o
  
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• Motorcycle Cops Face ‘High-Risk’ Danger On Bikes, At Traffic Stops

  11-08-2018 08:17
  SACRAMENTO(CBS13) – Law enforcement is already known as a profession dealing with danger on a daily basis, but officers patrolling on motorcycles are often the most at risk.
  “There are certain risks you simply cannot avoid,” said Former Sacramento County Sheriff John McGuinness. “We used to say we dress for the crash, not for the ride and hope that the crash doesn’t occur.”
  McGuiness was a deputy in the motorcycle unit for more than five years.
  “Making a
  
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• Sacramento Program To Help Ex-Felons Break Into California’s Booming Pot Business

  11-08-2018 04:04
  Sacramento (CBS13) — City leaders think they have a new tool to fight crime and drug violence in underserved communities — cannabis.
  The city plans to waive permit fees for former drug offenders looking to get into the booming pot business, but bringing more drugs into communities impacted by the “war on drugs” isn’t something everyone can swallow. 
  Bonnie Akers is the first to admit she’s tried pot in her day, but don’t try selling her on
  
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• Teen Accused Of Attacking Elderly Sikh Man In Court

  11-08-2018 03:50
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A Manteca teenager made his first court appearance Friday after he and a 16-year-old boy were arrested for beating a 71-year-old Sihk man with disabilities in a neighborhood park.
  Eighteen-year-old Tyrone McAllister, the son of a bay area police chief, now faces multiple charges in the attack that was all caught on camera.
  Family members of the victim were also in court as McAllister was arraigned.
  ALSO: CHP Motorcycle Officer, Driver Killed In Crash On I-80 In Fair
  
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• Rocklin Teen Pleads Guilty To 2016 Murder Of 13-Year-Old Sister

  11-08-2018 02:42
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) —  The Rocklin teen accused of killing his 13-year-old sister plead guilty Friday.Tanner Wood, the son of a high ranking Placer County prosecutor Jeff Wood, has been charged with killing his sister Ashley in July of 2016 at their home.Police said Ashley Wood died of blunt force trauma. According to court documents, Tanner admitted to using a pickaxe, although prosecutors argued a sledgehammer and knife were also used.
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• Nelson Fire Along Interstate 80 In Fairfield Prompts Evacuations

  11-08-2018 02:34
  9:10 p.m. UPDATE: The fire is now 1,000 acres and is 10 percent contained.
  #NelsonFire [update] near Nelson Rd and Cherry Glen Rd, Vacaville (Solano County) is now 1000 acres and 10% contained. Unified Command: CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, Solano County Fire pic.twitter.com/acLbktR1Fc
  — CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) August 11, 2018Evacuations have been lifted in the Vacaville area.
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  7:30 p.m. UPDATE: Cal Fire has downgraded the size of the fire to 125 acres, but it continues an easte
  
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• Grass Fire Along Interstate 80 In Fairfield Prompts Evacuations

  11-08-2018 02:34
  5:50 p.m. UPDATE: The nearby Paradise Valley Golf Course has shut down its driving range and pulled golfers off of the Front 9 holes, due to the smoke but the course hasn’t been evacuated
  “We can see it from the pro shop. It’s just on the other side of the road just beyond the hills,” said Brian Cook.
  Current winds in Fairfield are blowing in from the southwest at 15 mph.
  —-FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — A grass fire along Interstate 80 in Fairfield is prompting eva
  
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• Rocklin Police Looking For Armed Bank Robber

  11-08-2018 01:06
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — The Rocklin Police Department is looking for information regarding an armed bank robbery that happened Thursday afternoon.
  (source: Rocklin Police Department)
  According to police, the suspect entered the bank on the 4800 block of Granite Drive armed with a handgun and demanded money from the employees.
  Officers said they responded to a report of the robbery, but when they arrived on the scene, the suspect had already fled the area on foot.
  The suspect was described as a w
  
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• Roundup Maker Monsanto Ordered To Pay Former Groundskeeper Nearly $290 Million In Damages

  11-08-2018 00:24
  SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A San Francisco jury Friday ruled in favor of a former Benicia Unified School District groundskeeper who blamed his deadly cancer on the popular herbicide Roundup and sued its manufacturer Monsanto.
  The jury ordered that Monsanto pays Lee Johnson, who is suffering from terminal Hodgkin’s lymphoma, nearly $290 million in damages. The breakdown was $819,882 for loss of past earnings; $1,403,327 in future earnings; $4 million in past non-economic losses and $33 mi
  
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