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• Fire Prompts Home Evacuations In Alta Sierra

  12-08-2018 23:50
  4:10 p.m. UPDATE: According to the Cal Fire Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit, the Oak Fire has grown to 10 acres and is 0% contained.
  Forward progress of the fire has not stopped.
  Oak Drive and Lime Kiln Road remain closed at Highway 49.
  Placer County Sherrifs said they are assisting Nevada County Sheriff with evacuations.
  (source: CAL FIRE NEU)
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  3:20 p.m. UPDATE: 126 homes are without power in the Alta Sierra area, according to PG&E.
  The fire is still seven acres, according to Cal Fire.
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• Police: Two Dead In Early Morning Crash And Fight On I-5

  12-08-2018 23:40
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — An early morning crash left two dead on I-5 and Del Paso Road Sunday.
  Police said a crash happened at 3:45 a.m. Sunday morning involving several vehicles.
  After the crash, police said they received calls of the two occupants fighting on the freeway.
  According to officials, a blunt object was used in the fight.
  Police said that two people died in the incident.
  CHP officers are handling the ongoing investigation.
  The identities of the victims have not been released.
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• Wildfire Victims Among Those Stung By Trump’s Trade War

  12-08-2018 20:00
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Add this to the challenges facing California wildfire victims: Tariffs.
  The import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of building homes. That especially squeezes homeowners who seek to rebuild quickly after losing their houses to natural disasters, such as the wildfires scorching parts of California.
  The Trump administration’s tariffs have raised the cost of imported lumber, drywall, nails and other key cons
  
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• Firefighters Try New Approach To Prevent Wildfires

  12-08-2018 07:47
  AUBURN (CBS13) — Under red flag conditions this weekend, the California Office of Emergency Services (OES) is trying a new approach to stay out in front of area wildfires.
  A 22-member strike team made up of firefighters from multiple area departments was assembled in Auburn Saturday, strategically placed for quicker response times.
  “It’s here for a weighted response,” said Battalion Chief Jim Edmiston with Sacramento City Fire Department. “So hopefully if there is a
  
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• CHP: Fatal Crash In Sutter County Leaves 50,000 lbs Of Peaches On Highway 99

  12-08-2018 07:15
  NICOLAUS (CBS13) — CHP says one person is dead after an RV collided with a tandem tractor-trailer Saturday, causing peaches to spill across the roadway.
  The accident happened at 2:15 p.m. on southbound 99 at Powerline Road in Nicolaus.
  (source: Caltrans District 3)
  According to Police, the victim was ejected from the RV when it collided with the tractor-trailer and landed in the roadway, suffering fatal injuries. CHP said the person was not wearing their seatbelt.
  The tandem tractor-traile
  
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• Firefighters Save Cat In Downtown Three-Alarm Duplex Fire

  12-08-2018 06:08
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Firefighters knocked down a three-alarm fire and saved a cat in Sacramento Saturday afternoon.
  According to the Sacramento Fire Department, a structure fire in a Victorian-style duplex began Saturday afternoon on the 700 block of 22nd street.
  (source: Sacramento Fire Department)
  Officials said over 60 firefighters responded to the incident to help contain the fire to the building where it started.
  After initial investigations, firefighters said the fire seems to have s
  
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• One Firefighter Injured In Nelson Fire, Fire 95% Contained

  12-08-2018 04:05
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — As firefighters work to contain the last of the Nelson Fire, the Vacaville Fire Department said one firefighter sustained a minor injury from the fire.
  ALSO: Nelson Fire’s Rapid Spread Put Neighborhoods On Edge
  Vacaville Fire, which is in unified command with Cal Fire and Fairfield Fire, said two buildings and a house have been destroyed or damaged by the fire that broke out Friday afternoon.
  The fire department said that the fire was 2,162 acres as of Saturd
  
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• Grant High School Drumline Returns To Arden Fair Mall For Performance

  12-08-2018 03:12
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Base drums and percussions blasted through Arden Fair Mall on Friday night during a surprise performance by 15 members of the Grant High School Drumline.
  The presentation came just months after the group was kicked out of the mall for hosting a flash mob to raise money for the 2018 American Celebration of Music in South Africa.
  The students, who were once featured on Jimmy Kimmel, were asked to leave and not come back.
  ALSO: South Sacramento Kids Raise $1,000 For
  
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• South Sacramento Kids Raise $1,000 For Humane Society Affected By Carr Fire

  12-08-2018 02:12
  SOUTH SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — They may be small, but some local kids are doing big things to help others recover from the Carr fire.Over 100 miles away from the ravenous carr fire in a South Sacramento neighborhood, they are raising money for the Haven Humane Society.
  The Humane Society has taken in roughly 600 displaced animals over the course of the Carr Fire which started July 23 in Shasta County.
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• Sacramento Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In Nevada After 95 Mile Chase

  12-08-2018 01:40
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada authorities stopped and arrested a suspect in a California bank robbery after a 95-mile (153-kilometer) chase during which he drove through Reno on the rims of at least two of his truck’s tires.
  Officials say there were no injuries in the pursuit and capture late Friday south of Reno of Noah David Bodwell of Sacramento, who was the subject of a pursuit that started in Susanville soon after the robbery of a bank.
  Multiple law enforcement agencies participated
  
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• Job Alert: Rocklin Unified School District Is Looking For Substitute Teachers

  12-08-2018 01:31
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Rocklin Unified School District (RUSD) announced Friday that they looking for substitute teachers in preparation for a potential teacher strike.
  In a press release, RUSD explained they are “committed to ensuring our schools remain open and safe for our students in the event of a teacher strike.”
  So, RUSD is offering $425 per day to certified substitute teachers to teach in the event of a teacher work stoppage.
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• Immerse Yourself In Space: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Is Coming To IMAX

  12-08-2018 00:22
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Science fiction lovers rejoice!  2001: A Space Odyssey will be shown on the big screens once again, this time at IMAX for the first time.
  2001: A Space Odyssey: The IMAX Experience is part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the 1968 science fiction masterpiece.
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  IMAX announced that the film will be shown at the Esquire Imax Theatre in downtown Sacramento on August 27 at 7 p.m. T
  
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