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• Sacramento Police Release Body Cam Videos In Shooting Of Darell Richards

  14-09-2018 23:40
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Sacramento Police Department has released a series of dash and body camera videos of the deadly officer-involved shooting that left 19-year-old Darell Richards dead last week.
  Police received reports of a man in the area of Broadway and 16 Street walking with a mask and a gun at around 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 5. The caller said the man had pointed the gun at numerous people. A police helicopter spotted the man, who fled. At the time, officers said they also saw the sus
  
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• D.A.: Convicted Burglar Forced His Way Inside Residence While Armed With Potato

  14-09-2018 23:31
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (CBS13) – A South Lake Tahoe man has been convicted of burglary while armed with a potato.
  On September 10, William James Best, 41, went to the victim’s home to confront her about a dispute she had with his girlfriend.
  He allegedly forced his way inside the residence and was holding a potato on which he’d carved the first initial of the victim’s first name. He then repeatedly threatened the victim, according to a statement from the El Dorado
  
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• Ribbon Cutting Slated For Saturday For Rocklin’s Quarry Park, But Official Opening Still Pending

  14-09-2018 22:36
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) – Quarry Park Adventures is having its ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, but its official opening date is still pending.
  Friday, Quarry Park officials said the goal is to have the new attraction be cleared to open and operational by tomorrow. However, officials noted they are still working on clearing the final requirements to get the park open to the public.
  Quarry Park officials say Rocklin is “optimistic” that the park will be cleared to open before Saturd
  
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• 30 Pounds Of ?Crystal Meth Found After Probation Search In South Sacramento

  14-09-2018 19:38
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities say they’ve made the single biggest meth bust in Sacramento County Probation history.
  According to the probation department, members from the Gang Suppression Unit showed up at a home along the 5300 block of 47th Avenue on Aug. 29 to visit a man on Post Release Community Supervision.
  The man, 29-year-old Gabriel Arauza, was said to have had a history of sales of narcotics.
  #BREAKING Biggest single meth bust in Sac County Probation history. 30 p
  
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• Bicycle Stolen From Placer County Campers Later Found On Letgo App

  14-09-2018 18:19
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities say campers who were burglarized later found their stuff for sale on the Letgo app.
  The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says the campers were at the Cisco Grove Campground recently when some of their stuff was stolen. One of the victims later saw that her son’s stolen bicycle was listed for sale on the online marketplace app known as Letgo.
  The bicycle back with its rightful owners. (Credit: Placer County Sheriff’s Office)
  Detectives wit
  
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• Week Five High School Football: Teams To Watch

  14-09-2018 18:00
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Conference games start for some schools this week, meaning every point, every run, and every sack counts that much more.While some are still looking for their first win, others have settled comfortably into a winning streak that they are not looking to break.When you’re out at games, don’t forget to tag us in your pictures with #CBS13FNF for a chance to be featured on the CBS13 Sports Friday show.
  Here are the teams to watch this week:
  Oak Ridge @ Folsom &m
  
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• Nike Stock Price Reaches All-Time High After Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign

  14-09-2018 17:35
  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS News) – Shares of Nike reached an all-time high on Friday, rebounding from a recent dip spurred by concerns about consumer boycott after the athletic apparel maker signed a high-profile deal with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
  The company’s stock recently changed hands at $83.83, up nearly 2 percent since before the campaign launched. Longer-term, Nike stock has surged 33 percent this year as Wall Street bet that the company would be able to rid
  
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• Roseville’s Historic Ice House Bridge Moved For Refurbishing Work

  14-09-2018 17:28
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – The city of Roseville is warning residents that work on moving the historic Ice House Bridge is beginning Friday morning.
  Heavy machinery, including a 550-ton crane, set up shop in downtown Roseville to move the bridge from over Dry Creek to a parking lot on Oak Street where refurbishing work will take place.
  TIMELAPSE: Watch as the historic Ice House Bridge in Downtown Roseville is lifted up and moved. The bridge is being refurbished: https://t.co/7Ji3yTiGHm pic.twitte
  
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• Roseville’s Historic Ice House Bridge Being Moved For Refurbishing Work

  14-09-2018 17:28
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – The City of Roseville is warning residents that work on moving the historic Ice House Bridge is beginning Friday morning.
  Heavy machinery, including a 550-ton crane, is moving into downtown Roseville to move the bridge from over Dry Creek to a parking lot on Oak Street where refurbishing work will take place.
  The bridge, once completed, will be moved back to connect two trail segments over Dry Creek and complete a six-mile trail from Sierra College Boulevard to Darling
  
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• Search On For Missing At-Risk Elk Grove Man, 73

  14-09-2018 16:09
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Police in Elk Grove are asking the public to help find an at-risk missing man.
  Royan Withers, 73, was last seen last around 10 p.m. Thursday driving away from his home on Red Spruce Way in a black Dodge Charger.
  EGPD Press Release- At Risk Missing Person Royan Withers https://t.co/vm4r7iQsEG pic.twitter.com/vkjm1SNunK
  — EGPD (@ElkGrovePD) September 14, 2018Withers suffers from dementia and has diabetes that requires insulin 3 times a day. He missed his last dose,
  
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• Driver Arrested After Crashing Into Several Parked Cars In Downtown Sacramento

  14-09-2018 15:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A man was arrested in Downtown Sacramento early Friday morning after crashing into several parked cars on 15th and T streets.
  It happened at just about 3 a.m. Neighbors say they were dead asleep when the noise of the crash abruptly woke them up.
  A cleanup crew closed down the street for a time. There does not seem to be any injuries.
  The driver is in custody.
  It’s unclear exactly what led up to the driver crashing.
  
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• Sacramento High Students Exercise Their Voices

  14-09-2018 14:52
  Sacramento Charter High School senior Keishay Swygert expresses her opinions about how students are treated at the school in Oak Park by wearing a prison inmate shirt. (OBSERVER photo by Antonio R. Harvey)
  SACRAMENTO — Just when the administrators at Sacramento Charter High School in Oak Park thought that the dust settled behind students walking out of classrooms in three-straight days in protest of school policies, the fourth day of the demonstration was added to the cause.
  About 8:50 a.m
  
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• California Military Personnel Readying Hurricane Florence Response

  14-09-2018 09:08
  SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) — Military personnel at Travis Air Force Base are on standby bracing for Hurricane Florence. Critical care teams are packing up supplies and preparing to head to the East Coast should disaster make landfall.
  “If we get that call, in 2 hours I could be on an airplane,” said Natalie Korona, the Critical Care Air Transport Coordinator at the David Grant USAF Medical Center.
  Roughly 30 people are on call, ready to help out with the aftermath of Hurricane Flore
  
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• Body Found At Citrus Heights Care Home Facility

  14-09-2018 08:45
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) – A woman was found dead at a care home facility.
  Police were called out to conduct a welfare check on Thursday afternoon at the state licensed facility on Glen Creek Way. There they found the woman’s body and an elderly man alive that may have dementia.
  Neighbors were in disbelief after seeing crime tape up around the home that’s been helping people for decades.
  “Normally for the elderly or you know people or disabled, it’s all I’ve kno
  
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• Supreme Court Ruling Has Independent Contractors Looking For Answers

  14-09-2018 08:26
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A California Supreme Court ruling has independent contractors looking for answers for their future.
  Many worry the ruling in Dynamex Operations West v Superior Court of Los Angeles will debilitate millions of workers, while others say it’s a decision that was long overdue.
  The court changed the way independent contractors are classified in the state, amending a previous court decision. California labor code has no official definition of an independent contractor.
  
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• Court Ruling Has Independent Contractors Looking For Answers

  14-09-2018 08:26
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A California Supreme Court ruling has independent contractors looking for answers for their future.
  Many worry the ruling in Dynamex Operations West v Superior Court of Los Angeles will debilitate millions of workers, while others say it’s a decision that was long overdue.
  The court changed the way independent contractors are classified in the state, amending a previous court decision. California labor code has no official definition of an independent contractor.
  
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• Stanislaus Supervisor Kristin Olsen Apologizes After DUI Arrest On Interstate 80

  14-09-2018 07:54
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A Stanislaus County supervisor and former California Assembly minority leader was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
  The California Highway Patrol says an unmarked Sacramento County Sheriff’s vehicle spotted Kristin Olsen driving erratically with her headlights off on Interstate 80 on Wednesday night.
  Staring glassy-eyed into the camera, her eye glasses atop her head, Olsen’s mug shot — is in stark contrast to the photo on the Stanislaus County Boar
  
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• Stanislaus Supervisor Apologizes After DUI Arrest On Interstate 80

  14-09-2018 07:54
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — A Stanislaus County supervisor and former California Assembly minority leader was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
  The California Highway Patrol says an unmarked Sacramento County Sheriff’s vehicle spotted Kristin Olsen driving erractically with her headlights off on Interstate 80 on Wednesday night.
  Staring glassy-eyed into the camera, her eye glasses atop her head, Olsen’s mug shot — is in stark contrast to her beaming Stanislaus County Board of
  
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• Calif. Airborne Unit Prepped For Florence-Hit Areas Offers Hospital-Grade Critical Care

  14-09-2018 07:08
  SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) — Military personnel at Travis Air Force Base are on standby bracing for Hurricane Florence. Critical care teams are packing up supplies and preparing to head to the East Coast should disaster make landfall.
  “If we get that call, in two hours I could be on an airplane,” said Natalie Korona, the Critical Care Air Transport Coordinator at the David Grant USAF Medical Center.
  Roughly 30 people are on call, ready to help out with the aftermath of Hurricane Flo
  
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• South Carolina Woman Braces For Hurricane Florence In Natomas

  14-09-2018 05:22
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — A South Carolina resident visiting family in the Sacramento area can now only watch and wait, hoping the predicted monster storm Florence doesn’t leave her house and neighborhood demolished.
  Denise Keys says she is hoping that the storm is not as strong as predicted but she fears there may be a lot of destruction when she returns home.
  While babysitting her granddaughter, Denise Keys is also monitoring developments on hurricane Florence’s path.
  “I think
  
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• Lodi Grape Festival Focuses On Security, Good Weather

  14-09-2018 04:17
  LODI (CBS13) — More food, entertainment and plenty of security measures are in place as the community kicks off the annual Lodi Grape Festival.
  Thousands of people are expected to walk through the gates. Organizers said they have been working to make sure there are no fights or crime at the event over the next few days.
  Mark Armstrong takes pride in knowing families that will be visiting the Lodi Grape Festival are going to be safe. He has been working on a plan.
  “It’s ver
  
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• Memorial For Natomas Teen Killed In Hit-And-Run Stolen

  14-09-2018 03:51
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — A grieving family’s memorial has been dismantled, just over a year after their loved one passed away. 15-year-old Jamari Moore was hit and killed on his bike, between El Centro Road and Arena Boulevard, last August.
  His family made a “ghost bike” tribute in his memory but learned it was stolen Tuesday.
  “We put a lot of time and energy into making that bike, and it was an emotional experience,” said Jennifer Green, Moore’s grandmother.
  G
  
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• Caltrans: More Lane Closures For Downtown Sacramento I-5 Road Work

  14-09-2018 01:06
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Motorists traveling southbound from J Street to Richards Boulevard on Interstate 5 may want to avoid the area Thursday and Friday night as nighttime emergency work will continue.
  Caltrans announced Thursday that there will be alternating lane closures on southbound I-5 from J Street to Richards Boulevard from 9 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday and from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday.
  RELATED: Caltrans Finds Vulnerabilities In At Least 70 Concrete Slabs On Intersta
  
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• I-5 Reopened In Shasta County After Brief Shutdown

  14-09-2018 00:36
  6 p.m. UPDATE: Interstate 5 has reopened in both directions, according to Caltrans.
  UPDATE: I-5 is now OPEN in both directions!
  — Caltrans District 2 (@CaltransD2) September 14, 2018—
  SHASTA COUNTY (CBS13) — Flare-ups from the Delta Fire, which has burned 58,427 acres in Shasta and Trinity counties, have shut down portions of Interstate 5 again.Caltrans announced Thursday that the interstate is closed down northbound at Dog Creek Road and southbound at Mott Road due to a flare-
  
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• Delta Fire Flare Ups Close Down I-5 In Shasta County

  14-09-2018 00:36
  SHASTA COUNTY (CBS13) — Flare-ups from the Delta Fire, which has burned 58,427 acres in Shasta and Trinity counties, have shut down portions of Interstate 5 again.Caltrans announced Thursday that the interstate is closed down northbound at Dog Creek Road and southbound at Mott Road due to a flare-up near Gibson Road.
  This emergency closure comes just days after the interstate reopened to traffic.
  RELATED: Caltrans: Interstate 5 To Remain Closed Indefinitely Due To Delta Fire
  EMERGENCY
  
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