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• Sheriff: Placer High Girl, 16, Killed In I-80 Crash Between Auburn And Colfax

  14-11-2018 23:23
  COLFAX (CBS13) – A Placer High School student has been identified as the girl killed in a crash on Interstate 80 on Tuesday morning.
  The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says 16-year-old Colfax resident Joelle Lindbloom was killed in the crash.
  Lindbloom was driving on westbound I-80 near Heather Glen – between Auburn and Colfax – when, for an unknown reason, she lost control of her car. She crashed into a concrete pillar and was pronounced dead by medics at the scene.
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• Smoky Air Pushes Sac-Joaquin High School Football Playoff Games To Next Week

  14-11-2018 23:03
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – With air quality expected to remain poor for the next several days, the Sac-Joaquin Section has postponed all this week’s upcoming playoff games.
  Both the Friday and Saturday high school football playoff games are being pushed until the weekend of Nov. 23 and 24.
  This also means that the Division 1-3 championships will be happening Dec. 1 at Sacramento State, while the Division 4-6 championships are scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 1.
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• THE LATEST: Gov. Brown, Interior Secretary Zinke Tour Camp Fire Destruction

  14-11-2018 21:55
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on the Camp Fire:
  12:55 p.m.
  Gov. Jerry Brown and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spoke to reporters after touring the Camp Fire area on Wednesday.
  Brown said he signed an executive order that will help with the recovery and relief effort, along with cutting through red tape that will pop up during the clean-up after the fire.
  Gov. Brown: “I’m issuing an executive order today that will speed up recovery, cut red tape." #CampFire pic
  
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• List Of Missing In Camp Fire Includes Many In Their 80s And 90s

  14-11-2018 21:55
  PARADISE (AP) – Authorities searching through the blackened aftermath of California’s deadliest wildfire have released the names of about 100 people who are still missing, including many in their 80s and 90s, and dozens more could still be unaccounted for.
  As the names were made public late Tuesday, additional crews joined the search, and the statewide death toll climbed to at least 51, with 48 dead in Northern California and three fatalities in Southern California.
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• Justin Timberlake’s November Show At Golden 1 Center Rescheduled

  14-11-2018 21:09
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento area Justin Timberlake fans will have to wait until next year for the “Man of the Woods.”
  Live Nation announced on Wednesday that Timberlake is rescheduling his Nov. 18 show at the Golden 1 Center due to bruised vocal chords.Unfortunately, as a result of bruised vocal cords, the @jtimberlake Man of The Woods performance previously scheduled in Sacramento (November 18) has been rescheduled to Sunday, February 24. pic.twitter.com/ixhu1j3mEK
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• Couple ‘Adopted’ 93-Year-Old Veteran After His Town Burned To The Ground

  14-11-2018 20:40
  (CNN) — Tracy Grant was in a parking lot handing out hamburgers to evacuees from the devastating Camp Fire in Northern California when she encountered Lee Brundige.
  The 93-year-old World War II veteran had just fled his house in Paradise by driving his own car as the wildfire was approaching.
  “He called me the burger girl,” Grant says. “It took us about 24 hours to convince him to follow me home.”
  This was last Thursday in Oroville, about 11 miles south of
  
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• THE LATEST: List Released Of More Than 100 People Still Missing After Camp Fire

  14-11-2018 19:01
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on the Camp Fire:
  10:01 a.m.
  A list of people missing after the Camp Fire has been released by the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.
  The list has been posted to the sheriff department’s website. More than 100 people are on the list.
  LINK: List Of People Missing After Camp Fire
  If someone sees their name on the list, authorities are asking them to contact the Butte County Sheriff’s Office Missing Person Call Center at (530) 538-65
  
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• Officer Patrolling For Camp Fire Looters Finds, Feeds Chickens Left Behind

  14-11-2018 18:51
  PARADISE (CBS13) – Officers are doing all they can to protect all lives in after the Camp Fire – even some of the smallest ones.
  While on patrol for possible looters in Paradise recently, an officer with California Highway Patrol’s Oroville division says he heard the faint sound of a chicken.
  The officer hiked for a little bit and soon found a dozen chickens.
  The chickens ran up to him, so the officer gave them some water. Realizing the chickens were probably hungry as well, th
  
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• PG&E Could Be In Big Financial Trouble If It’s Found Liable For Camp Fire

  14-11-2018 18:23
  (CNN) — If California electric utility PG&E is responsible for California’s wildfires, it may not be able to afford the payouts it would owe.
  PG&E disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it “experienced an outage” on a transmission line in Butte County at 6:15 a.m. on November 8 — just 15 minutes before the Camp Fire that has so far claimed 48 lives broke out.
  PG&E said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. But if its equipm
  
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• Bridge Over Mormon Slough In Stockton Compromised After Fire

  14-11-2018 17:01
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – An early morning fire has compromised a bridge over Mormon Slough in Stockton, police say.
  Firefighters with the Stockton Fire Department responded to the Airport Way Overpass a little after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
  Police say the fire started as a warming fire for someone under the overpass. The fire then went out of control, growing large enough for firefighters to suspect that the bridge had been compromised.
  City crews will be evaluating the bridge, but for the time bei
  
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• After Backlash, UC Davis Cancels Classes For 2nd Day Over Smoky Air

  14-11-2018 16:39
  DAVIS (CBS13) – After facing backlash over reopening despite poor air quality lingering, UC Davis announced its campuses will be closed on Wednesday.
  The university had originally planned to reopen after canceling classes on Tuesday after consulting with health and fire experts.
  “The Chancellor regrets any stress or inconvenience our previous update caused. We are all learning together,” the university said in a release announcing the decision to close.
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• THE LATEST: Camp Fire Grows To 135,000 Acres, Containment Stands At 35 Percent

  14-11-2018 16:13
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on the Camp Fire:
  7:03 a.m.
  The Camp Fire grew by another 5,000 acres overnight.
  According to the latest numbers from Cal Fire Wednesday morning, the state’s deadliest wildfire has burned a total of 135,000 acres. Containment remains the same as it was Tuesday night, at 35 percent.
  A total of 48 people have died in the fire. The names of some of the victims were released on Tuesday.
  People displaced by the Camp Fire are being asked to go to&nb
  
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• Police: Man Not Expected To Survive After Early Morning Shooting In Sacramento

  14-11-2018 15:55
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A shooting in Oak Park has left a man with life-threatening injuries early Wednesday morning.
  The incident happened along the 3200 block of MLK Boulevard, near Broadway.
  Sacramento police say officers were alerted about the shooting by a ShotSpotter activation, as well as calls that someone had bee shot.
  Officers who arrived at the scene found a man who had been shot at least once.
  The man was conscious when found and was taken to the hospital. However, police say he&r
  
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• How To Deal With The Post-Traumatic Stress From The Camp Fire

  14-11-2018 08:52
  PARADISE (CBS13) — The terrifying images and the trauma people are experiencing with these devastating California wildfires is taking a toll.
  As the death count in the Camp Fire continues to rise and the grim search for the missing is underway, there are thousands of people dealing with post-traumatic stress.
  “This does break our psyche because everyone says, ‘I didn’t think this would happen to me,'” said Mindi Russell, senior chaplain with the Law Enforcement Chap
  
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• Rebuilding Paradise: City Council Holds First Meeting Since Camp Fire Wiped The Town Out

  14-11-2018 08:31
  CHICO (CBS13) — The town of Paradise got a small dose of normalcy Tuesday night amidst the crisis caused by the deadly Camp Fire. They held their regularly scheduled council meeting.
  Every Paradise council member is also a Camp Fire victim. The fire destroyed each of their homes. With the long list of immediate needs — the council focused on how to rebuild.
  “[I’m] already starting to look long-term,” Paradise Vice Mayor Greg Bolin said. “I’m lo
  
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• Folsom Prison Inmates Take On Pro Soccer Players In Pickup Game

  14-11-2018 08:23
  FOLSOM (CBS13) — Pro soccer players with Sacramento Republic FC went behind bars Tuesday in an effort to break down barriers with a little friendly competition on the soccer field.
  Behind the stone walls and barbed wire of Folsom Prison, and under the watchful eye of armed guards, inmates kicked off in a game with Sacramento’s best soccer players.
  Members of Republic FC played shoulder to shoulder with some of the toughest criminals in the state.
  The idea originated with the Republic
  
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• Volunteers Work To Reunite Hundreds Of Pets Lost In Camp Fire

  14-11-2018 08:12
  BUTTE COUNTY(CBS13) — Shelters across northern California have been inundated with animals that survived the Camp Fire, now volunteers are trying to reunite pet owners.
  One fire victim after another came searching, desperate to find their pets. “Come back tomorrow,” the security guard told a man looking for his dog.
  “I’m here looking for my other dog, Kona, she’s 14 years old,” said Nicole Phantom of Paradise. “She has trouble breathing as it is. I
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: Microchip Mistakes

  14-11-2018 07:41
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A Call Kurtis Investigation uncovered a weakness in the microchip program and discovered where mistakes can happen in the complicated process.Chipping Your Pet- The complicated multi-step process starts with you having your pet chipped.
  Registering the Microchip with Your Contact Information- Gilbreath says many don’t take the next step of going online to register the microchip with the registry and entering how to get in touch with you. “The
  
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• 9 Things To Do If Your Pet Is Lost

  14-11-2018 07:41
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – An estimated 10 million dogs and cats are stolen each year in the United States, according to the American Humane Association.
  What can you do immediately to help find your pet?
  Contact your local animal shelter or animal control agencyFile a report with every shelter within 60 miles of your home
  Visit nearby shelters dailyGive the shelter or animal control agency an accurate descriptionProvide a recent picture
  No detail is too smallCall area veterinarians and veterina
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: Microchip Flaw Could Keep You from Getting Pet Back

  14-11-2018 07:40
  WATERFORD (CBS13) — Mike Weed learned one year after his dog Chevy escaped from his yard that a flaw in the microchip system kept him from getting notified when she was found six months earlier.
  He also learned the 8-year-old dog he raised since she was a puppy was adopted by a new family, and no one would share that family’s contact information.
  REPORTING CHEVY MISSING
  Mike Weed reported Chevy missing to Microchip Company HomeAgain when she vanished in September of 2017. H
  
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• Looters Scavenge Through Ruins Of Camp Fire, Six Arrests Made

  14-11-2018 07:35
  BUTTE COUNTY (CBS13) — The Camp Fire has destroyed nearly 9,000 buildings and displaced 52,000 residents in Butte County. While many are waiting to find out the state of their homes, some people are taking advantage of the abandoned properties. 
  Butte County Sheriff Korey Hone said the sheriff’s office has received 208 calls of suspicious activity within evacuated areas since the Camp Fire began. Eighteen of those calls were determined to be looting.
  So far, six people have
  
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• Driver Arrested In Fatal Teen Bicyclist Hit And Run

  14-11-2018 06:48
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —A man was arrested for the Sacramento hit and run that left a 14-year-old bicyclist dead on September 19.
  The collision happened on Watt Avenue near Whitney where 50-year-old Edward John Flores allegedly struck the victim and fled the scene with the 14-year-old De’Sean still on the hood of his vehicle.
  RELATED: Teen Dies After Being Hit By Car, Dragged For Blocks
  North Sacramento CHP officer Mike Zerfas said the driver did not attempt to provide care for De&r
  
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• Camp Fire Victims Suing PG&E Over Deadly Wildfire

  14-11-2018 06:08
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – People who lost homes in California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Tuesday, accusing the utility of negligence and blaming it for the fire.
  PG&E did not maintain its infrastructure and failed to properly inspect and manage its power transmission lines, according to the lawsuit filed in state court in California by more than two dozen fire victims. The fire that killed at least 48 people and devastated the Norther
  
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• Josh Harder Declared Winner In District 10 Congressional Race

  14-11-2018 04:48
  LOS ANGELES (AP) – First-time candidate Josh Harder defeated four-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham Tuesday in California’s farm belt, giving Democrats their fourth pickup of a GOP House seat in California.
  Harder, 32, a venture capitalist, had anchored his campaign to Denham’s vote against the Affordable Care Act while arguing that he would push for universal health care in Congress. He also argued that Denham and other Washington Republicans ignored poverty and health car
  
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• Search Teams Sift Through Assisted Living Home In Paradise; Death Toll Now 48

  14-11-2018 03:59
  PARADISE (CBS13) — Search and rescue crews worked for hours Tuesday at the site of an assisted living home, known as Heritage Paradise, which was reduced to a pile of rubble by the Camp Fire.
  Crews wore special gear and gloves so they could go in with their own two hands,  moving large pieces of blackened furniture, charred wheelchairs, and gurneys out of the way to get to the victims who may be buried underneath it all.
  David Ramey is a volunteer with Nevada County’s
  
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• THE LATEST: Camp Fire Grows To 130,000, Six More Found Dead

  14-11-2018 03:30
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on California’s deadliest wildfire in history, the Camp Fire:
  If you are a victim of the Camp Fire, head to disasterassistance.gov to apply for federal disaster assistance.
  6:15 p.m.
  Cal Fire said that the fire has grown to 130,000 acres and is now 35 percent contained. The number of structures destroyed has grown to 8,817 structures destroyed, 1,000 more than Monday.
  The death toll also grown with the discovery of six more human remains in ho
  
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• Camp Fire Grows To 130,000; Six More Found Dead

  14-11-2018 03:30
  PARADISE (CBS13/AP) – The latest updates on California’s deadliest wildfire in history, the Camp Fire:
  If you are a victim of the Camp Fire, head to disasterassistance.gov to apply for federal disaster assistance.
  6:15 p.m.
  Cal Fire said that the fire has grown to 130,000 acres and is now 35 percent contained. The number of structures destroyed has grown to 8,817 structures destroyed, 1,000 more than Monday.
  The death toll also grown with the discovery of six more human remains in ho
  
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• New Father Shot And Killed As He Walked To Restaurant

  14-11-2018 03:11
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Neighbors in north Stockton are devastated after a young father, 23-year-old Chris Dorsey, was shot and killed as he walked to a nearby restaurant with a friend.
  It happened in the 700 block of El Camino Avenue just blocks away from his grandmother’s home where he was spending the night.
  Dorsey, who just became a father three months ago, was visiting family in north Stockton when the shooting happened.  Loved ones say he was playing video games in the garage w
  
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• Horse Survives Camp Fire By Jumping Into Someone’s Pool To Escape The Flames

  14-11-2018 02:36
  BUTTE COUNTY (CBS13) — Among the sadness of the Camp Fire’s path of destruction, stories of perseverance and determination are emerging.
  (source: Jeff Hill)
  Paradise resident Jeff Hill was checking to see if a house was still standing Sunday when he stumbled upon a horse in a pool. Hill said the horse look like she had given up and had “the look of defeat in her eyes.”
  He did not know how long the horse had been in the pool but Hill said she was shivering uncontrolla
  
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• Two Men Taken Into Custody For Possible Looting In Paradise

  14-11-2018 01:21
  PARADISE (CBS13) — The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that they made an arrest in a possible case of looting over the weekend in the destroyed town of Paradise.
  According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were assisting the Butte County Sheriff’s Department by patroling through Paradise for looters.
  The deputies said they saw a white Toyota Tacoma driving through the evacuated area without permission.
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• Families Mourn As First Victims Are Named In Deadly Camp Fire

  14-11-2018 00:57
  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Ernest Foss was a musician who gave lessons out of his home when he lived in San Francisco, where an amplifier that ran the length of a wall served as the family’s living room couch. Carl Wiley refurbished tires for Michelin. Jesus Fernandez was known as “Zeus.”
  They were among the first victims identified in the aftermath of the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in California history, an inferno blamed for at least 42 deaths, with authorities r
  
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