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• California May Drop Sexual Orientation And Age Requirement For Domestic Partnerships

  04-12-2018 23:48
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California may start recognizing domestic partnerships for all couples, regardless of sexual orientation or age.
  The current law stipulates that domestic partnerships must be same-sex couples, or opposite sex couples- as long as both the man and woman are over age 62.
  Senate Bill 30, which was introduced by Senators Ricardo Lara (D-33rd District) and Scott Wiener (D-11th District) on Monday, would remove the requirement that the couple be same sex, or opposite sex and
  
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• Several Cats Who Escaped From Camp Fire Still Looking For Their Owners

  04-12-2018 23:36
  DAVIS (CBS13) – The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine is still trying to reunite some cats who escaped from the Camp Fire with their owners.
  Many cats were brought into the hospital after the Camp Fire. Veterinarians have been working hard to save the cats’ lives and many have been reunited with their owners, but some animals are still waiting.
  Photos of the cats have been posted to the school’s Facebook page in case their owners recognize them.
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• Presidential Candidates Would Need To Disclose Tax Returns To Get On CA Primary Ballot

  04-12-2018 23:30
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A candidate running for President of the United States wouldn’t get his or her name on a California primary ballot unless he or she files 5 years worth of income tax returns with the Secretary of State, if a new bill gets signed into law.
  Senators Mike McGuire (D-2nd District) and Scott Wiener (D-11th District) introduced Senate Bill 27 on Monday and dubbed it the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act.
  If passed, once the 5 most recent tax returns
  
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• All CSU & UC Schools May Need To Offer Medicated Abortions On Campus

  04-12-2018 23:12
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Two months after Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill requiring all University of California and California State University schools to offer medicated abortions on campus, the lawmaker who authored the original bill is trying again to get it approved.
  On Monday, Senator Connie Levya (D-20th District) introduced Senate Bill 24.
  If approved, it would require all university student health centers to offer medicated abortions by January 1, 2023. The bill would also create t
  
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• Sheriff: Suspicious Man Tried To Pick Up Girl, 12, Walking Home From School In Cameron Park

  04-12-2018 23:05
  CAMERON PARK (CBS13) – Authorities are investigating after a man apparently tried to pick up a 12-year-old girl walking home from school in the Cameron Park area.
  The incident happened on Monday. According to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, the girl was walking home from her bus stop near Pasada and Cambridge roads.
  A black Chevy panel van then drove up to her and the driver reportedly asked if she wanted to get a ride home.
  The girl refused, but the driver reportedly asked he
  
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• Funeral Arrangements Set for Business Leader, Activist Aubry Stone

  04-12-2018 23:02
  SACRAMENTO (CBM) – Funeral arrangements for Aubry Stone, a giant of the political and business worlds, have been set for Saturday, Dec. 8 Calvary Christian Center Sacramento.
  Stone served as president and CEO of the California Black Chamber of Commerce for over 20 years and used that platform to promote the expansion of black entrepreneurship.
  Tributes to Stone, a tireless advocate for black economic empowerment, have come in from civic leaders across the state.
  Several members of the Cali
  
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• New Bill Would Make Breaking Into An Unlocked Car A Crime

  04-12-2018 22:49
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Right now a car needs to be locked in order for qualify as a burglary, but a proposed bill would make it against the law to break into an unlocked car, too.
  Senator Weiner and Assemblymembers Arambula and Cervantes introduced Senate Bill 23 on Monday.
  It states:
  “This bill would make entering a vehicle with the intent to commit a theft therein a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year or imprisonment in a county jail
  
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• Local High School Basketball Coach Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges

  04-12-2018 22:45
  NORTH HIGHLANDS – A local high school basketball coach is behind bars after being accused of sexual assault by a former student.
  Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Stephen Calton, 32, the head boy’s basketball coach at Foothill High School on November 29 without incident at his Citrus Heights home. A former student, now an adult, reported the alleged assault back in June, related to an incident said to have happened “approximately two years ago” when the
  
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• Will A Change In Governor Finally Get A Smoking Ban At Beaches Passed?

  04-12-2018 22:27
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Two California lawmakers hope a change in Governor will help them finally get a smoking ban on state-owned beaches passed, after similar legislation has been vetoed for the past three years.
  Senator Steve Glazer (D-7th District) and Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-10th District) introduced Senate Bill 8 on Monday. It’s similar to a trio of bills vetoed by Governor Brown at the end of the last legislative session. At the time, he wrote a direct message to the author
  
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• PG&E Aims To Restore Power To Camp Fire Area By End Of Year

  04-12-2018 22:12
  PARADISE (CBS13) – PG&E has announced their plan to restore gas and electric service to areas affected by the Camp Fire.
  The utility aims to restore power to nearly all Butte County customers by the end of the year, according to a Tuesday press release. PG&E officials also say they aim to restore gas service to customers through the first quarter of 2019.
  However, the utility notes that restoring gas or electric service to some areas hit by the fire may just not be possible.
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• Bill Proposed To Get More Homes Built In California

  04-12-2018 21:56
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Two California lawmakers want the state to streamline the housing production process in order to get more homes built in a timely manner.
  State Senators Jim Beall (D-15th District) and Mike McGuire (D-2nd District) introduced Senate Bill 6 on Monday with the goal of encouraging “housing production throughout the state, including streamlining approval processes, identifying sufficient and adequate sites for housing construction, and penalizing local planning that
  
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• Starbucks And Anthony Bourdain: Citizen Hotel Reveals 2018 ‘Naughty And Nice’ List

  04-12-2018 21:52
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Citizen Hotel in Downtown Sacramento unveiled its 2018 “Naughty and Nice” list Tuesday morning.
  Sacramento Bee cartoonist Jack Ohman created a full color illustration showing who made the tongue-in-cheek list.
  Several people, businesses and even natural disasters made the “naughty” list: Starbucks, Wells Fargo, Roseanne Barr and Hurricane Florence.
  Featured on the “nice” list includes the “Wide Open Walls” festival, J
  
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• Paradise School’s Volleyball Team Loses Everything In Camp Fire, So Opponents Buy Them New Uniforms

  04-12-2018 19:00
  (CNN) — For a high school volleyball team, making the state semifinals would normally be a big deal.
  But for the girls’ team at Paradise Adventist Academy in Northern California, this year was different. Some of the players had lost everything in the devastating wildfires — including their volleyball jerseys — and their match against Forest Lake Christian School suddenly felt less important.
  “There were two or three (girls) that didn’t have anything,
  
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• Former Radio Personality Faces 9 Years In Prison After Conviction For Sexually Assaulting Child

  04-12-2018 18:26
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A former local assistant basketball coach and one-time radio personality has been convicted of sexually assaulting a child.
  Gregory Kosanke was arrested in 2016 on suspicion of sexually abusing the young friend of a family member.
  Tuesday, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced Kosanke had been convicted by a jury on two counts of child sexual assault.
  Kosanke now faces a maximum sentence of nine years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled fo
  
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• Insurance Company Goes Under After California’s Most Destructive Wildfire

  04-12-2018 16:54
  (CNN) — The Camp Fire didn’t just kill dozens of people and destroy thousands of homes. It also left an insurance company in financial ruins, unable to pay millions of dollars to policyholders.
  A state judge ruled that Merced Property & Casualty Co. can’t meet its obligations after last month’s Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history.
  Merced’s assets are about $23 million, but it faced about $64 million in
  
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• Sheriff: Number Of Missing After Deadly Camp Fire Down To 11

  04-12-2018 16:00
  PARADISE (AP) — The sheriff in a Northern California county where dozens were killed by a deadly wildfire says only 11 people remain on a list of missing people.
  The number of missing in Butte County at one point hit 1,300 amid the chaos and confusion after the Nov. 8 Camp Fire.
  Sheriff Kory Honea says officials will work to track down the remaining people in the coming days.
  On Monday, he also revised down the number of dead. He says 85 have died in the blaze, not 88 as previously reporte
  
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• California’s historic drop in arrests still imperils Blacks

  04-12-2018 14:08
  SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (AP) – California is seeing a historic drop in arrests that still leaves Blacks far more likely to wind up in handcuffs, particularly in San Francisco Bay Area counties, according to a report released Monday by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.
  The arrest rate statewide dropped nearly 60 percent since its peak in 1989. Three-fourths of the long-term drop involves misdemeanors, particularly for traffic and alcohol-related violations. Felony arrests fo
  
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• Veteran Administrator Dr. Ramona Bishop Leads Charter School Effort

  04-12-2018 13:44
  SOLANO COUNTY — Parents in Solano County are thankful the County Board of Education approved the opening of a new charter school they believe will deliver more education options in technology, language, and college readiness to prepare students to compete for college and jobs of the future.
  Before Oct. 10, Dr. Ramona Bishop’s quest to open a community-led charter school in Solano County was on the brink of not coming to fruition, however, The Solano County Board of Education, SCBOE v
  
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• Man Accused Of Harrassing Housekeepers At Local Hotels

  04-12-2018 08:26
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Scary moments at a local hotel after a man, who wasn’t a guest, allegedly harassed housekeepers before being forced out.  It happened Sunday afternoon at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Rocklin.
  Uneasy moments inside the hotel, when a man allegedly walked into the hotel on Rocklin Road and made his way toward two housekeepers.
  According to a Facebook post by the hotel’s local management, the man tried to pull one of the housekeepers into an empty room.
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• Man Accused Of Harassing Housekeepers At Local Hotels

  04-12-2018 08:26
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Scary moments at a local hotel after a man, who wasn’t a guest, allegedly harassed housekeepers before being forced out.  It happened Sunday afternoon at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Rocklin.
  Uneasy moments inside the hotel, when a man allegedly walked into the hotel on Rocklin Road and made his way toward two housekeepers.
  According to a Facebook post by the hotel’s local management, the man tried to pull one of the housekeepers into an empty room.
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• Teens Arrested in Colfax After Throwing Debris Onto I-80

  04-12-2018 08:05
  COLFAX (CBS13) — Two teenagers were caught in the act and arrested for throwing large objects such as concrete and metal pieces onto Interstate 80.
  CHP investigators say the teens climbed to the top of a train trestle near Carpenter Road that runs across the freeway to throw the objects.
  “They had a bag full of rocks and other debris and they were approximately 30 feet from the freeway and they were about to do it again!” said Officer Chris Nave, CHP Gold Run.
  Drivers had been
  
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• Stories Of Hope, Resiliency Surface On First Day Of School After Camp Fire

  04-12-2018 07:50
  BUTTE COUNTY (CBS13) — Butte County students and staff are regaining a sense of normalcy more than three weeks after the deadliest fire in California history devastated the towns of Paradise and Magalia.
  It was the second first day of school in Chico today for 1,100 Paradise High School students.
  In many cases, students commuted from shelters to their makeshift classrooms today. Some were set up in churches, nearby schools, a mall, and even a boys and girls club.
  Their resolve and resilien
  
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• Helium Shortage Is Bad News For More Than Balloons

  04-12-2018 07:26
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A global helium shortage is impacting everything from party balloons to scientific research.
  “It’s very tough for us right now,” said Ethan Truong, owner of HD Balloons in South Sacramento. “If it keeps happening like that then we are going to close down the business.”
  Truong says selling helium is a big part of his business, approximately 90 percent.
  Five years ago, a helium tank would cost him $25 to fill up, but now the owner says it&rs
  
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• FBI Looking For Victims Of Turlock Man In Child Exploitation Investigation

  04-12-2018 06:32
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The FBI Sacramento field office is looking for assistance in identifying potential victims of 26-year-old Nikko Adolfo Perez.
  Perez is currently in federal custody and is charged with allegations of sexual exploitation of children, one count of coercion or enticement of a minor, and one count of receipt of child pornography.
  He allegedly used social media platforms and email to victimize boys, ages 8 and 10, by reportedly coercing them into creating and sending him ima
  
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• Butte County Sheriff: 11 Still Missing After Camp Fire

  04-12-2018 06:04
  PARADISE, Calif. (AP) – The sheriff in a Northern California county where dozens were killed by a deadly wildfire says only 11 people remain on a list of missing people.
  The number of missing in Butte County at one point hit 1,300 amid the chaos and confusion after the Nov. 8 Camp Fire.
  Sheriff Kory Honea says officials will work to track down the remaining people in the coming days.
  On Monday, he also revised down the number of dead. He says 85 have died in the blaze, not 88 as previously
  
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• Milk Bank Events Benefit Vulnerable Infants At Local Hospitals

  04-12-2018 04:53
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — Calling all breastfeeding mothers: Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center and the and San Jose Mothers’ Milk Bank (MMB SJ) are holding a joint mother’s Milk Drive to benefit infants in need of human milk.
  Mothers can donate extra containers of frozen milk from the past six months to the milk banks.
  One mother donated today at the event in Roseville. She said it was a small gesture that can make a big difference for infants in the NICU.
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• Update: Starbucks ‘Racist’ Name On Order Found To Be Honest Mistake

  04-12-2018 03:35
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) — After a corporate investigation, the Starbucks employee accused of writing a racist name on an order has been found to have made an “honest mistake.”
  The company said the Matthew Green, the Vice President of Starbucks in California area, called customer Johncarl Fastejo to discuss the outcome of the findings to the investigation.
  RELATED: Veteran Claims Starbucks Barista Wrote Racist Name On Order
  Fastejo stopped in the Vacaville Starbucks on Elmira Rd,
  
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• School District Knew About Basketball Coach’s Criminal Record Before Arrest For Underage Sex

  04-12-2018 02:52
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The local basketball coach accused of having sexual contact with a former student faced a judge Monday.
  32-year-old Stephen Calton is charged with having underage sex with a minor. Investigators say the incident happened two years ago at Foothill High School when his accuser, now an adult, was still a student there.
  But it’s not the only criminal charge parents are upset about.
  According to criminal records, the coach was on probation at the time of the alleged i
  
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• Search Still On For New Zoo Location, Sleep Train Arena Isn’t Out Of The Running Yet

  04-12-2018 02:32
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento Zoo officials are still invested in the extensive process of finding a new home for their animals and they haven’t ruled out the Sleep Train Arena site just yet.
  “No. We haven’t had anyone tell us to rule it out,” said Executive Director and CEO, Jason Jacobs.
  According to Jacobs, relocating is an important step for the zoo and the City of Sacramento. He added that the Sleep Train Arena is still one of several sites being considered.
  
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• Sacramento Homeless Triage Shelter To Stay Open Until Mid-July

  04-12-2018 02:01
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A north Sacramento homeless shelter will remain open for another six to twelve months, according to Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
  Steinberg’s office announced Monday that they and other city leaders have negotiated a lease extension to keep the City’s Triage Shelter on Railroad Drive open until mid-July, with the possibility of a further extension to a full year.
  “I feel that we have proven a concept at Railroad Avenue. Now it’s time to bring it to s
  
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• Arrest Made In Maryland For Nov. 10 Little Oak Lane Homicide

  04-12-2018 00:54
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department announced Monday that there has been an arrest in the Nov. 10 homicide of 19-year-old Tyler Tabor of Sacramento.
  The incident happened early Nov. 10 at 4901 Little Oak Lane. Police responded to reports of a shooting and found Tabor on the scene. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
  READ: Sacramento Sheriff Releases Video Of Events Leading Up To In-Custody Death Of Marshall Miles
  Investigators said they identi
  
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• USPS Will Not Deliver Mail Wednesday Due To National Day Of Mourning

  04-12-2018 00:41
  SACRAMENTO (CBS) — In honor the passing of George H. W. Bush, the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail on Wednesday.
  Pres. Trump has proclaimed Wednesday as a National Day of Mourning in remembrance of former president. As a result, regular mail deliveries, retail services, and administrative office activity will be suspended for the day.
  The USPS says there will be limited package delivery service so that customers and business partners won’t be negatively affected dur
  
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