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• Senate Bill 328 Would Limit Early School Start Times

  05-09-2018 22:59
  Teacher helping elementary school reading group
  SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers voted Friday to bar middle and high schools from starting before 8:30 a.m., one of dozens of proposals debated in the Legislature on the final day of its legislative session on Friday.
  The bill, SB328, narrowly passed in both chambers. The development came as lawmakers scrambled to pass bills ahead of a midnight deadline, addressing topics ranging from internet neutrality and smoking at state beaches. Lawmake
  
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• Pilot Killed In Angel Flight Crash In Palo Alto Identified

  05-09-2018 22:34
  REDDING (CBS13) – The Placerville pilot who died in Tuesday’s plane crash in Palo Alto is identified as John Spencer.
  Spencer piloted for Angel Flight West – a program providing free flights for people who need medical treatment.
  According to the group, the pilot had flown a patient and her mom from Redding to Palo Alto for a medical appointment at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
  The mother and daughter survived the crash and are recovering.
  Both the FAA a
  
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• Oroville Dam Repairs Surge To $1.1 Billion

  05-09-2018 21:06
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say the cost of dealing with last year’s near-disaster at the nation’s tallest dam in California have climbed to more than $1 billion.
  The state Department of Water Resources said Wednesday construction costs and related expenses are driving the increase at Oroville Dam.
  Department spokeswoman Erin Mellon says more workers were recently hired to get the repairs done by the expected onset of wet weather beginning Nov. 1.
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• WATCH: Colin Kaepernick’s Full Nike ‘Just Do It’ Ad

  05-09-2018 19:57
  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS13) – Colin Kaepernick has released the full Nike “Just Do It” ad featuring him.
  The ad has Kaepernick narrating over a series of inspirational athletes and their stories of struggle: from MLS star Alphonso Davies’ voyage from refugee to professional soccer player to Shaquem Griffin’s journey to become the NFL’s first one-handed player.
  “So don’t ask if your dreams are crazy, ask if your dreams are crazy enough,” the narrato
  
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• Roseville Police Searching For Suspected Wallet Thief

  05-09-2018 18:22
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – The search is on for a woman suspected of stealing a wallet from a shopper then fraudulently using the credit cards at local stores.
  Police say the shopper was at a Roseville Square grocery store on Aug. 25 when their wallet was stolen.
  Surveillance photos of the suspected wallet thief. (Credit: Roseville Police Department)
  The victim’s credit cards were soon used to make a $3,000 purchase at the Apple Store, along with purchases at Ulta and Staples that totaled m
  
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• Search On For Man Suspected Of Groping At Least 2 Women In Modesto

  05-09-2018 18:04
  MODESTO (CBS13) – The search is on for a suspect who has been groping women in Modesto over the past two months.
  The incidents happened along Floyd and Merle avenues east of Oakdale Road in northeast Modesto.
  Modesto police say, in two incidents, women were walking alone in the area when a man walked up to them and grabbed their breasts. The man then ran off.
  Photo of the red pickup truck seen leaving the area after one of the gropings. (Source: Modesto Police Department)
  Detectives say th
  
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• Containment Grows On Sliger Fire In El Dorado County, Mandatory Evacuations Still In Place

  05-09-2018 17:20
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — Mandatory evacuations are still in place a day after the Sliger Fire spread in rural El Dorado County on Tuesday.
  The fire started off Sliger Mine Road and Hida Way, northwest of the community of Georgetown.
  As of Wednesday, the fire has grown to 80 acres but is also now 30 percent contained.
  #SligerFire [UPDATE]: The Fire has not yet crossed the Middle Fork of the American River into Placer County.Todd Valley mandatory evacuations are still in place.Residents wi
  
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• Long Wildfire Season Leaves Cal Fire With Pilot Shortage

  05-09-2018 15:57
  MCCLELLAN PARK (CBS13) – California’s deadly wildfire season is creating a shortage of pilots for Calfire and is causing the agency to ground some aircraft.
  “When the weather is high, when fire activity is high this is not the time to be having a pilot shortage,” said Brian Rice, a 30-year retired firefighter and president of the CA Professional Firefighters group.
  Rice adds, “it’s concerning, this fire season is very active, some firefighters are going 30-40
  
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• Rent Control Measures On The Horizon For Sacramento Residents

  05-09-2018 09:24
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The city of Sacramento is considering several rent control policies. But the question is what can the city really do?
  “This is my, personally as your mayor, my ‘I can’t sleep at night’ moment,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
  Tuesday night, city leaders reviewed startling statistics. More than 26,000 households in Sacramento pay the landlord more than half of what they earn. In 2017, rent in Sacramento went up by 9.3 percent on av
  
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• Sliger Fire Forces Evacuations In El Dorado, Placer Counties

  05-09-2018 09:01
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — The Sliger Fire sparked just after 3 p.m. Tuesday and raced up the foothills towards homes.
  Officials immediately placed mandatory evacuation orders for homes on Sliger Mine Road, initially started at 20 acres and grew to 70 by late evening.
  “I was in Sacramento when the fire broke out and I got a phone call, ‘fire is on the way and it’s near your house,’” said Stina McDaniel. “My concern was the animals, they wouldn’t le
  
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• Ask Us: Where Are The Disabled Parking Spots At New Lodi Sprouts?

  05-09-2018 08:47
  LODI (CBS13) — Shoppers are packing the newest grocery store in Lodi, but our viewers say there’s something missing in the Sprouts parking lot.
  They say there are no disabled parking spots that are close to the entrance of the store.
  Our cameras followed the search for a parking spot at that store that’s been open a couple of weeks now, and while there were plenty of spaces marked for compact cars and clean air vehicles, there were no disabled spaces nearby.
  It’s a proble
  
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• AT&T Fiber Upgrade Leaves Mess In Dixon Neighborhood

  05-09-2018 08:09
  DIXON (CBS13) — A neighborhood in Dixon has turned into a disaster zone as AT&T installs it’s latest technology. For the past five months, yards have been torn up as fiber optic infrastructure is placed underground and now homeowners are wondering who’s going to fix it.
  “They’ve ruined our front yard,” said Dixon homeowner Natalie Avina.
  It’s the first glimpse into their biggest investment.
  “You know we take pride in our homes,” said Avin
  
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• Oriental Fruit Fly Spread Has Farmers Markets Seeking Cover

  05-09-2018 07:30
  DIXON (CBS13) — A small bug is posing a big danger to fruits and vegetables and it could be devastating to California’s agricultural economy.
  The oriental fruit fly has been found in Sacramento County and a quarantine is now in effect.
  That prompted a lot of shopper confusion at a farmers market in Downtown Sacramento on Tuesday. Peggie McKwillen comes to buy stone fruit and melons every week.
  “I almost kept walking,” she said.
  She, like many shoppers, wasn’t sure w
  
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• Turlock Reacts To New Nike Ad Featuring Colin Kaepernick

  05-09-2018 05:55
  TURLOCK (CBS13) — A Nike ad campaign featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is sparking controversy in his hometown.
  The Turlock-native took the lead in the fight against police brutality and racial injustice by refusing to stand as the national anthem played before NFL games. Initially, he sat, but after speaking with an Army Special Forces veteran, Kaepernick switched to kneeling as a form of respect.
  Kaepernick hasn’t played in the league since 2016 but
  
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• Amador County CHP Officer Murder-Suicide Leaves Community In Shock

  05-09-2018 05:21
  AMADOR COUNTY (CBS13) — A California Highway Patrol officer killed his wife in a shopping center, then himself, the Amador County Sheriff’s Department said on Tuesday.
  Detectives say they found 45-year old Brad Wheat, an off-duty CHP officer, his wife dead in a parking lot, following an altercation. Another man was also shot in the shoulder during the incident, but he is expected to survive.
  Wheat was trying to get inside Get Ripped Nutrition, and when he couldn’t, he shot the
  
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• More Interstate 5 Roadwork Planned Near Richards Boulevard

  05-09-2018 02:40
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — After a 59-hour closure for emergency roadwork over Labor Day weekend, Caltrans has more closures planned for beleaguered stretch of Interstate 5.
  Daytime commuters are escaping most of this work, with road work only scheduled between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the area of Richards Boulevard on Interstate 5.TUESDAY NIGHTNorthbound No. 1 and No. 2 lanes are closed from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
  Southbound No. 3 and No. 4 lanes are closed from 9 p.m. to
  
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• Federal Court: Cities Can’t Prosecute People For Sleeping On Streets

  05-09-2018 02:11
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Cities can’t prosecute people for sleeping on the streets if they have nowhere else to go because it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, which is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with six homeless people from Boise, Idaho, who sued the city in 2009 over a local ordinance that banned sleeping in public spaces. The ruling could affect several other cities across the U.S. West that have similar l
  
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• Evacuations Ordered For Sliger Fire Burning In El Dorado County

  05-09-2018 01:55
  5:05 p.m. UPDATE: Evacuatiosn have been ordered for McKeon Ponderosa Road and all roads leading to the west.
  Mandatory evacuations are in affect for McKeon Pondersosa Road and all roads leading to the west from McKeon Ponderosa Road, as well as Moshiron Dr, Shady Oak Dr, Quarry Turn Rd, Pine Crest Dr, & Gas Canyon Court.#SligerFire pic.twitter.com/NDWBkZkaRR
  — Lt. Andrew Scott (@AndrewScottPCSO) September 5, 2018—-
  4:40 p.m. UPDATE: Road closures and evacuations are in effect as
  
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