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• Sacramento Kids Get To Shop With A Cop

  16-12-2018 09:00
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Sacramento police department partnered up with target Saturday to spread the holiday cheer.
  45 lucky children from the community were selected by the department. Those selected received a one-hundred dollar gift card to shop with a cop at a target store in Sacramento.
  Organizers say the event is a great way to build relationships between the kids and the police officers.
   
  
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• Contractors Fired After Posting Offensive Photos From Camp Fire Burn Zone

  16-12-2018 08:07
  PARADISE (CBS13) – Three contractors paid to help clean-up in the campfire burn zone have been fired after offensive pictures posted online sparked outrage from the paradise community.
  Now, the Paradise police department is investigating the possibility of filing criminal charges against them.
  The photos were posted on Facebook showing several workers on the burned-out property, mocking the destruction they were being paid to clean up.
  One photo shows the body of a cat killed in the fire,
  
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• Vigil Held For Autistic Student Who Died After Being Restrained At School

  16-12-2018 07:37
  EL DORADO HILLS (CBS13) – Around 30 people gathered for a candlelight vigil in front of Guiding Hands school in El Dorado Hills, Saturday, to remember the life of Max Benson.
  Benson, who had autism, died on November 29th, a day after he was forcibly restrained by staff at the school.
  With the lighting of each candle came a flood of emotions from people who attended.
  “I’ve just never known a family to have loved each other the way this family loved each other,” said a
  
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