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• Cal Fire Firefighter School Readmits Dismissed Cadets

  17-10-2018 23:22
  SACRAMENTO (AP) — Authorities say most of the 17 California state firefighter cadets fired for drinking during training will be reinstated.
  The Sacramento Bee reported Wednesday that 10 of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection cadets will serve suspensions rather than losing their jobs.
  Cal Fire cadets are required to refrain from weekday drinking during their seven weeks of training. The cadets were caught drinking off the Amador County campus after hours last year. Ca
  
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• Man, 31, Found Shot And Killed In His Tuolumne County Pot Garden

  17-10-2018 22:19
  JUPITER (CBS13) – Authorities in Tuolumne County are investigating after a man was shot and killed in a marijuana garden.
  The incident happened at a residence on Italian Bar Road, near Rose Creek, late Tuesday night. The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the scene around 10 p.m. to investigate a reported a shooting.
  A man, 31-year-old Andrew Rockey, was soon found dead in a marijuana garden at the property, deputies say.
  Detectives have interviewed witnesses
  
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• Search On For Auburn Verizon Store Robbery Suspect

  17-10-2018 19:08
  AUBURN (CBS13) – Deputies in Placer County are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who they say robbed a cell phone store.
  They say this man here entered the Verizon store on Grass Valley Highway in Auburn just before 8 p.m. Saturday.
  Surveillance photo of the suspect provided by the Placer Sheriff’s Office.
  The suspect – who identified himself as Travis – asked to purchase two Apple iPhones. When the employee got the phones, the suspect pushed the employe
  
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• Police: Shooting Victim From Sacramento Incident Found In North Highlands

  17-10-2018 18:29
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating a shooting involving at least one victim late Tuesday night in Sacramento.
  Sacramento police say the shooting happened within city limits, but it’s unclear exactly what time.
  The shooting victim was later found along the 5600 block of Canary Drive in North Highlands. Deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department are now at that scene Wednesday morning helping with the investigation.
  Detectives are still trying t
  
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• Suspect In Auburn Auto Shop Shooting Arrested In Rural Placer County

  17-10-2018 17:59
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) – Deputies have arrested the suspect wanted in connection with a shooting at an auto repair shop in Auburn.
  Investigators say 41-year-old Joseph De La Cruz got into an argument at a Quick Lube location on Margarite Mine Road Tuesday afternoon and opened fire, hitting one of the shop’s employees.
  Deputies arrested Joesph David De La Cruz this morning for the shooting incident in the City of Auburn yesterday.Detectives had continued the search for De La Cruz throu
  
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• Disabled Veteran Reunited With Dog That Was Stolen Along With Van

  17-10-2018 17:06
  YUBA CITY (CBS13) – Police in Yuba City say a disabled veteran’s dog who was stolen earlier this week has been found safe.
  Authorities say the man’s van was taken on Sunday with his dog Reo inside.
  The van was later found in Yuba County in bad shape – and Reo was nowhere to be found.
  Reo and his owner now reunited. (Credit: City of Yuba City)
  Following the discovery of the van, police were asking for the safe return of the dog with no questions asked.
  Tuesday night, the p
  
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• 911 Text Message System Debuts In Sacramento County

  17-10-2018 16:21
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Starting Wednesday, people in Sacramento County will be able to send 9-1-1 text messages to local dispatch centers.
  The new system comes online just a week after non-emergency phone lines were shut down for more than 12 hours.
  The public was still able to call 9-1-1 and even contact police through the Sac PD app, but other areas of the county didn’t have that kind of resource.
  Now people can reach agencies over text if the phone line is ever down again.
  
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• VIDEO: Good Samaritan Tried To Block Riverbank Wells Fargo Takeover Suspects’ Getaway

  17-10-2018 15:54
  RIVERBANK (CBS13) – A takeover bank robbery in Riverbank has deputies on the hunt for three armed men.
  They made their getaway after a Good Samaritan tried to stop them by blocking the suspects’ vehicle with his truck. And he recorded it all on video.
  CBS13 obtained the heart-pounding cell phone video. It shows him driving towards the suspects in an effort to pin them in their vehicle, when the robbers back up, and one takes aim with their weapon out the window.
  The Good Samaritan pu
  
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• State Superintendent Candidate Tony Thurmond Outlines His Education Vision

  17-10-2018 15:02
  (CBM) – Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) recently held a media call with members of the Black press to discuss his plans for California’s education system. Thurmond is competing against Marshall Tuck for the post of state superintendent of public instruction.
  Thurmond served as a West Contra Costa School Board member, Richmond City Council member and social worker before he was elected to the legislature.
  He takes a more grassroots approach to educational problems. He believ
  
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• Feces, Drug Paraphernalia Found Near Baseball Field Dugout

  17-10-2018 09:16
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — Parents are outraged after drug paraphernalia found out on the baseball field near Cordova High School.
  “Once we started hearing what they were finding out here it just became mortifying for me,” said Dawn Velverde, Cordova High baseball mom.
  They want just more than a cleanup crew to fix the mess.
  RELATED: Modesto Community Rallying Around Homeless Amid Shelter Crisis
  “It’s the drug pushers, the drug attic‘s, they are using right
  
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• Highway 65 Construction Noise Rattling Rocklin Neighbors

  17-10-2018 09:07
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Construction work on the Highway 65 viaduct in Roseville is becoming a big nuisance for neighbors.
  The work started on Sunday night and continues throughout the week from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Caltrans’ goal is to reduce traffic congestion in the area, but some residents say it’s keeping them up at night.
  “It’s so loud, it’s ricocheting against the windows,” said Tyler Hill.
  RELATED: After Several Delays, Rocklin’s Quarry Park S
  
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• Folsom Jewelry Thieves Caught On Camera

  17-10-2018 08:44
  FOLSOM (CBS13) — Two jewelry thieves were caught on surveillance video as they ransacked a business.
  The owner of Adrian Blanco Jewelry says the thieves got away with multiple watches and other jewelry displays from the store.
  Folsom Police don’t think this the only time these thieves have struck in the area.
  Adrian Blanco made it to a year before his jewelry store was targeted by thieves who made their way into his store through a window.
  RELATED: Man Accused Of Placing Camera
  
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• Fear Plays Big Role In Proposition 8 Debate On Dialysis Clinics

  17-10-2018 07:32
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Elections are just around the corner, and Proposition 8 is gathering a significant amount of attention.
  The ballot initiative is calling for dialysis clinics to put money earned above a certain amount toward healthcare improvements in clinics, and ensuring clinics have enough staff.
  Right now, Da Vita and Fresenius operate about three-quarters of dialysis clinics in the State.
  You can find Walter Chandler at a Da Vita dialysis center three days a week, four hours at a
  
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• Clipper Gap Road Closed As Investigators Search For Shooting Suspect

  17-10-2018 04:19
  9:00 p.m. UPDATE: Police say Joseph De La Cruz was confronting a female employee with whom he had a relationship with and an argument ensued. At one point, investigators say he opened fire and wounded a male employee.
  Police are wrapping up the search for the night.
  Deputies are finishing the search in Clipper Gap. We do not believe the suspect is still in the area. The ‘shelter in place’ request is being lifted for Clipper Gap.We will continue to work with @AuburnPoliceCA to locate
  
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• PG&E: All Power Restored After Planned Outages Over Wildfire Risk

  17-10-2018 03:58
  9 p.m. UPDATE: PG&E announced on Tuesday night it had restored power to all of the customers affected by its planned outage over high winds.
  The news comes two days after the utility cut power to residents over fears that high winds and power lines could spark fires like the one that ravaged Santa Rosa just over a year ago.
  The utility says it warned customers ahead of time, but some have described getting phone calls as little as 15 minutes before the lights went out.
  It’s the first t
  
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• Single Mothers Expo Helping Women Find Work

  17-10-2018 03:35
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Leaders in San Joaquin County are making sure mothers who are single have all the tools available to help them succeed in raising their family while starting a new career.
  Around 50 women are participating in a community-wide program that will take them from home to the corporate world.
  Over the next three days, single mothers in Stockton will be participating in an empowerment expo that will help them secure full-time jobs.
  Not too long ago, single mom Patricia Johnson
  
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• Identity Boutique Truck Stolen, Dumped With Merchandise Missing In Midtown Sacramento

  17-10-2018 02:57
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Thieves ransacked a truck full of clothing and shoes, leaving a Midtown Sacramento business owner out thousands of dollars.
  Identity Boutique owner Stephanie Bozzalla says her truck was eventually found a few miles away from where it was stolen, but many items were missing.
  “She called and said that she was shopping at the Rite Aid on 23rd and F [streets] and saw it in the parking lot with the doors open everything just exposed,” she said.
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• Man Sought In Auburn Quick Lube Shooting

  17-10-2018 01:50
  AUBURN (CBS13) — The search is on for a suspect in a shooting at an auto service center on Tuesday.
  Police are looking for Joseph De La Cruz, 41, after a shooting at the Quick Lube Service Center in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon.
  He was last seen driving a faded green 1992 Chevy 1500 4×4 with a license plate of 4M78945. It has a black rack and KC lights.
  Deputies & @AuburnPoliceCA searching for shooting suspect, Joseph De La Cruz, 41. Driving 92 Chevy 1500 4×4 pick-up.License
  
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• Woman Found Dead, Run Over In Ceres Kmart Parking Lot

  17-10-2018 00:49
  CERES (CBS13) — A woman who may have been run over by a vehicle was found dead in a Kmart parking lot in Ceres on Saturday.
  The woman was found in the parking lot of the Kmart on Hatch Road and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  She has been identified as Clara Wiley, 47 of Modesto.
  RELATED: Florin Road Sears, One Of The Last Remnants Of The Florin Mall, To Close
  Investigators saw no obvious signs of foul play, though the coroner’s office later found that the woman had what are d
  
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