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• Adoption Fees For Big Dogs, All Cats Waived At Stockton Animal Shelter This Weekend

  19-10-2018 21:29
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Looking for a new furry friend? You can get one for free at the City of Stockton Animal Shelter through Sunday.
  The shelter is full, so they are waiving adoption fees to get the shelter cleared out.
  The shelter takes in approximately 1,100 animals each year. So to increase their life-saving rate, they regularly waive and reduce adoption fees.
  “You do not need to live in the city of Stockton to participate in the promotion,” said Phillip Zimmerman from the Sto
  
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• Report: Rihanna Declines Super Bowl Appearance, Saying She Supports Colin Kaepernick

  19-10-2018 19:52
  Music superstar Rihanna has reportedly turned down an offer to perform at the Super Bowl.
  According to the report, first published in Us Weekly on Friday, Rihanna turned down the offer in support of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and Turlock native Colin Kaepernick.
  RELATED: Nike Stock Price Reaches All-Time High After Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign
  Kaepernick started kneeling before the playing of the national anthem before games in order to bring awareness to police brutality.
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• Mega Millions Reaches $1B: Enough To Buy All Single-Family Homes Listed In Sacramento

  19-10-2018 18:46
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – What would be the first thing you’d buy if you won the Mega Millions jackpot, which as of Friday morning has hit the $1 billion mark?
  A billion dollars is a lot of money, but a number that large is actually pretty hard to quantify.
  To put things into perspective, that jackpot could buy you all of the single-family homes listed on the market in Sacramento County at the moment, according to appraiser Ryan Lundquist.
  If you win the lottery at $970M, you can buy 70%
  
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• Warrant Search Uncovers Stash Of Weapons, Drugs In Sacramento County Storage Unit

  19-10-2018 17:25
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A search of a suspect’s storage unit uncovered a stash of weapons, ammunition and drugs in Sacramento County.
  According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, detectives have been investigating a suspect and recently served a search warrant at the person’s home and storage unit.
  The stash of weapons found in the suspect’s storage unit. (Credit: Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department)
  Inside the suspect’s home, 516 grams of pr
  
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• Woman Hit, Killed By Car On Pioneer Bridge

  19-10-2018 16:38
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A woman walking on the freeway near the eastbound Highway 50 and Interstate 5 was hit and killed Friday morning.
  According to California Highway Patrol, the incident happened a little after 5 a.m. A woman was walking on the transition lane from Highway 50 to I-5 when she apparently walked right into the path of an oncoming car.
  Person struck and killed on EB50 at I-5 split. #CHP investigating. #Traffic backed up to Jefferson Blvd ⁦@GoodDaySac⁩ ⁦@CBSSa
  
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• Crews To Let Hay Fire Near Woodland Burn Itself Out

  19-10-2018 15:58
  WOODLAND (CBS13) – Firefighter say a hay bale fire near Woodland is expected to burn for several days.
  The scene in the rural area between Woodland and Davis.
  Hay bale #Fire between #woodland and #Davis burning since late last night #firefighters say they will monitor and let it burn @CBSSacramento @GoodDaySac pic.twitter.com/thBxbue5U2
  — Alisa "Need for Speed” Becerra (@Alisabecerra) October 19, 2018According to the Woodland Fire Department, the fire started a little after 9 p
  
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• Wrong-Way Driver Causes Crash On I-5 North Of Woodland

  19-10-2018 15:51
  YOLO (CBS13) – A wrong-way driver caused a crash along Interstate 5 north of Woodland early Friday morning.
  The crash, which happened around 4:30 a.m., prompted all northbound lanes to be closed for a few hours.
  According to California Highway Patrol, the crash happened near the offramp to the unincorporated community of Yolo. Traffic had to be diverted due to all lanes being blocked by the crash.
  It’s unclear exactly what led up to the crash, but authorities say it was caused by a w
  
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• Person Hit, Killed By Car On Pioneer Bridge

  19-10-2018 15:38
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A person walking on the freeway near the eastbound Highway 50 and Interstate 5 was hit and killed Friday morning.
  Person struck and killed on EB50 at I-5 split. #CHP investigating. #Traffic backed up to Jefferson Blvd ⁦@GoodDaySac⁩ ⁦@CBSSacramento⁩ ⁦@GDSTracyKetchum⁩ ⁦@GoodDayKenR⁩ ⁦@DinaKupfer⁩ ⁦@GoodDayTraffic⁩ pic.twitter.com/9oWoRCG25y
  — David Grashoff (@CameraGuyDave1) October 19, 2018Tr
  
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• California revisits three-strike life sentences

  19-10-2018 15:20
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Up to 4,000 California inmates serving life sentences for nonviolent convictions will have a chance at parole following the state’s decision to let stand a judge’s ruling saying those prisoners are eligible for freedom under a voter-approved law.
  The state will craft new regulations by January to include the repeat offenders in early release provisions. Gov. Jerry Brown also will not appeal a court ruling that the state is illegally excluding the nonvi
  
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• UC Davis Truck Vandalized Over Parking Ticket

  19-10-2018 08:42
  DAVIS (CBS13) — The search is on for the person who vandalized a UC Davis transportation vehicle over a ticket.
  It’s that dreaded slip you can spot from a mile away. And we’ve all been there.
  “It sucks, I’m not going to lie,” said Jordan Vice, student.
  RELATED: Grab-And-Go Thefts On The Rise On UC Davis Campus
  One person apparently took out their frustration on an enforcement truck by popping all four tires and leaving messages in marker on the side of th
  
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• Sacramento Rent Surge Slowing, Following National Trend

  19-10-2018 08:25
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s a rent trend that may finally offer some relief in Sacramento.
  Rapidly rising rents appear to be subsiding, even in San Francisco. A new rent trend is according to a survey published by Zillow on Thursday. It shows San Francisco rents dropped year-over-year for the first time in seven years.
  Sacramento rents only increased 1.8 percent, a drop from the 6.5 percent increase in rents a year earlier. The same report shows the increase in Sacramento home values s
  
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• High School Football Week 10: No. 10 Grant Takes On No. 1 Folsom

  19-10-2018 08:00
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Week 10 is here for high school football and there are only a few games left for teams to make their mark for this season. Post-season competition awaits many teams around the Sacramento Valley and the competition is tough.
  The weather is cooling down but football is staying hot. If you’re out at the game this week make sure to tag #CBS13FNF in your pictures from the stands for a chance to be featured on our CBS13 Sports Friday broadcast at 10:50 p.m.
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• Crescent Supply Re-Opening Just A Month After Devastating Modesto Fire

  19-10-2018 07:38
  MODESTO (CBS13) — A longtime Stanislaus County store is ready to reopen just over a month after it burned down.
  Crescent Supply was one of two businesses that were damaged in a Downtown Modesto fire in September. The family-run store had been selling uniforms, military surplus and other work items for more than 70 years before a blaze broke out in September that destroyed nearly everything.
  “We didn’t even have a stapler,” said co-owner Craig Stott.
  Now, just over a month
  
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• Crash Closes Lanes On Interstate 80 Near Madison

  19-10-2018 06:42
  10:10 p.m. UPDATE: The crash has been cleared and traffic is moving smoothly.
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  9:55 p.m. UPDATE: One westbound lane has opened, two remain closed.
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  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A crash is creating a big backlog on Interstate 80 at the Business 80 split.Emergency crews are working to extract someone from a car after a single car crash.Three westbound lanes were closed as a result of the crash.
  
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• Turlock Police Investigate Double Homicide

  19-10-2018 06:10
  TURLOCK (CBS13) — Two Hispanic men in their mid-20s were found shot to death in Turlock. They were inside a car as they were preparing to drive onto Highway 99.
  Turlock Police said the incident happened around 2 a.m. on Thursday right off the Fulkerth exit on Highway 99. Officers received several calls about a vehicle that had stopped in the middle of the roadway. One driver stepped out of his vehicle to inspect the car and found the men dead inside.
  Investigators said the car wa
  
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• Trump Threats To Cut California Firefighting Funds Draw Confusion, Brushback

  19-10-2018 05:41
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — As part of his remarks calling for cuts in federal spending to narrow a deficit ballooned by tax cuts, President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding for fighting California’s wildfires.
  The president insisted the state has spent too much on fighting wildfires as the state faces longer and more intense fire seasons.
  “Old trees are sitting there rotting and dry instead of cleaning them up they don’t touch them,” he said at a cabinet meeting on
  
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• Man Rescued After Spending 2 Days In Mine Shaft

  19-10-2018 03:21
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who fell to the bottom of an old abandoned mine shaft, broke both his legs, fought off a trio of rattlesnakes and went two days without food or water before a friend heard his cries for help is lucky to be alive, said the head of a rescue team.
  “He is a very fortunate individual,” Operations Commander Roger Yensen of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Mountain Rescue Posse said Thursday of 62-year-old John Waddell.
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• Firefighters Working To Find Out What Caused Downtown Warehouse Fire

  19-10-2018 02:59
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Fire Department is still trying to figure out led to a four-alarm fire in downtown Sacramento Thursday morning. The fire started in a warehouse near North 16th and B streets.
  There were smoke and flames shooting through the sky and bystanders say they couldn’t make out what it was.
  “I thought it was fog at first coming over the river, but then when I got up here I saw it was too much smoke,” said Harry.
  There was no mistaking it up clos
  
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