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• Male, Female, Nonbinary Licenses Offered Starting January 1

  18-12-2018 21:35
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California driver’s licenses and identification cards will have three gender options starting January 1.
  Drivers can select male, female, or nonbinary on the application. The DMV can not require an applicant to provide gender documentation. Those who select nonbinary will get a card with an X in the gender category.
  The enrollment form for the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry will also require applicants to choose from the three categories.
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• Placerville Man Accused Of Attempted Murder After Shooting Girlfriend In Back

  18-12-2018 19:43
  EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) – A Placerville man is under arrest facing an attempted murder charge after detectives say he shot his girlfriend in the back.
  The incident happened on Sunday. According to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home along Swansboro Road to investigate a reported accidental shooting.
  A caller said he had accidentally shot his girlfriend in the back. At the scene, deputies found a woman on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound. Sh
  
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• Bill That Would Allow Later Last Call In California Revived After Gov. Brown Veto

  18-12-2018 18:17
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The push to allow bars in some California cities to extend their “last call” to 4 a.m. is being revived.
  Bars, nightclubs and restaurants across California a currently required to stop selling alcohol at 2 a.m. Tuesday, State Sen. Scott Weiner announced he would be reintroducing the bill, Senate Bill 58, that would allow a total of nine California cities to extend that time.
  SB 48 would allow the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Sacramento, We
  
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• Cinder The Bear, Who Was Burned In Wildfire Then Treated At Tahoe Nonprofit, Killed By Hunter

  18-12-2018 17:31
  LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — A bear cub found badly burned in a massive 2014 Washington state wildfire has been killed by a hunter.
  Rich Beausoleil with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said a team in September set out to find the den of the bear nicknamed Cinder because her radio-transmitting collar stopped working, KOMO-TV reported.
  Officials hoped the collar stopping transmitting in October 2017 because she was holed up for the winter. Instead, the team found her remains clos
  
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• Yemeni Mother Wins Visa Fight To See Her Dying Son At Oakland Hospital

  18-12-2018 17:08
  (CNN) – The US State Department granted a Yemeni mother, whose 2-year-old son is on life support in an Oakland hospital, a waiver Tuesday to travel to the United States, according to officials with the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
  Shaima Swileh will get on the earliest available flight out of Egypt, said Basim Elkarra, the executive director of CAIR’s Sacramento Valley chapter. The shortest flights with the fewest stops to San Francisco can last 20 hours or more.
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• Several Dogs Die After Fire At South Sacramento Home

  18-12-2018 16:37
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A house fire that claimed the lives of multiple dogs in South Sacramento Tuesday morning is under investigation.
  The scene is on Mascot Avenue, just east of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
  Firefighters were able to contain the flames to a structure behind the home.
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  — Rachel Wulff (@rachelwulff) December 18, 2018The homeowner says he woke up to smoke in his face. He was able
  
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• Former Sacramento Kings Player Kenny Thomas Buys $2K Of Toys For Underprivileged Kids

  18-12-2018 16:22
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Former Sacramento Kings player Kenny Thomas is hitting the toy aisle this holiday season for children in need.
  As part of his partnership with the Salvation Army, Thomas bought $2,000 worth of gifts.
  Thomas says he wanted to bring a little Christmas cheer after seeing the names of families on the organization’s “Angel Tree,” which recognizes families in crisis during the holidays.“Being able to give back to the kids that are really unfortunate a
  
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• ‘There’s Nothing I Could’ve Done’: Carjacker Pulls Gun On Woman, Later Shot By Deputies

  18-12-2018 08:01
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — A man wanted in connection for a series of crimes was shot and killed by police Monday in Natomas.
  The crimes began on Saturday when the suspect got away from police, leading them to the FoodMaxx on Truxel Road two days later.
  It all began as a shoplifting call at an Elk Grove Walmart on Saturday. Three men were being detained by police when one of the suspects took off.
  Police say the man sped off in a car as he was being detained and then carjacked a Toyota 4 Runner fro
  
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• While Online Sales Soar, Brick And Mortar Stores Say Holiday Business Is Booming

  18-12-2018 07:31
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Just a week before Christmas, the holiday shopping season is in full swing. While online sales are booming, some local stores say business is better than ever.
  Could it be a resurgence in retail? CBS13’s Lemor Abrams spoke to All Good Never Better in Sacramento.
  Vanessa Maggio is saying about her in-store profits are surging.
  “It’s good to know that people are getting out and exploring the city and…shopping,” Maggio said.
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• Holiday Shopping Hours From Christmas Eve To New Year’s Day

  18-12-2018 07:14
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – All area malls have special hours between Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day, and all are closed on Christmas Day.
  Arden Fair Mall (Sacramento)
  12/24 9 am- 6 pm
  12/25 CLOSED
  12/26 8 am -6 pm
  12/27 10 am – 9 pm
  12/28 10 am – 9 pm
  12/29 10 am – 9 pm
  12/30 11 am – 7 pm
  12/31 11 am – 7 pm
  1/01 11 am – 7 pmRoseville Galleria
  12/24 8 am- 6 pm
  12/25 CLOSED
  12/26 7 am – 10 pm
  12/27 10 am – 9 pm
  12/28 10 am – 9 pm
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• Lodi Police Bust Second Honey Oil Lab In A Week, 11 Arrested

  18-12-2018 06:58
  LODI (CBS13) — Lodi Police arrested 11 suspects for manufacturing controlled substances Wednesday after investigating a building in the 1000 block of Black Diamond Way.
  The business, Fly-N-High LLC, listed itself as a clothing and accessories storage location. Officers said the business had an expired building permit and several neighbors made complaints about a marijuana smell coming from the building.
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• Fatal Crash Claims Two Lives On Riego Road At Highway 99

  18-12-2018 06:28
  SUTTER COUNTY (CBS13) — Two people are dead after a multi-car crash on Riego Road in Sutter County Monday, CHP confirms.
  Officers said the collision happened just after 4:20 p.m.  Monday when a 47-year-old female driving a 2017 Hyundai Tucson drifted onto the right shoulder of Riego Road then suddenly veered back and forth into the westbound lane.
  As the Hyundai, which was traveling eastbound on Reigo Road, veered back and forth from the shoulder into the westbound lane, it came in co
  
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• Turlock Middle School Mourns Student Killed By Suspected DUI Driver

  18-12-2018 03:43
  TURLOCK (CBS13) — Students and faculty are turning to each other for emotional support after a 14-year-old student was killed in a deadly crash.
  It happened Friday near the intersection of Geer and Monte Vista Avenue, across from the California State University Stanislaus campus.
  “Watch over me,” “We will have you in our hearts forever,” and “Gonna miss you” are just some of the messages left at a small memorial for the victim, Freida Pine
  
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• Turlock Middle School Mourns Student Killed By DUI Suspect

  18-12-2018 03:43
  TURLOCK (CBS13) — Students and faculty are turning to each other for emotional support after a 14-year-old student was killed in a deadly crash.
  It happened Friday near the intersection of Geer and Monte Vista Avenue, across from the California State University Stanislaus campus.
  “Watch over me,” “We will have you in our hearts forever,” and “Gonna miss you” are just some of the messages left at a small memorial for the victim, Freida Pine
  
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• Family Blames Travel Ban Is Keeping Mother From Seeing Dying 2-Year-Old

  18-12-2018 02:36
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A Stockton family is blaming President Trump’s travel ban for keeping a mother from seeing her gravely ill two-year-old son.
  Abdullah Hassan has been on life support for the last month and his condition is not improving. But his mother, a Yemeni national, is being kept out of the country.
  It’s a race against the clock for Ali Hassan, who is trying desperately to get his wife to the U.S. to say a final goodbye to their son.
  “My wife is calling me every d
  
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• Police: Suspect Shot, Killed In Natomas Was A Parolee-At-Large From Prison System

  18-12-2018 02:26
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — The suspect in a shoplifting and carjacking incident in Elk Grove over the weekend was shot and killed by Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department deputies Monday afternoon.
  It happened at the Food Maxx parking lot on Truxel Road in Natomas.
  “I was on the phone and all I hear is boom, boom,” said a bystander.
  A woman who didn’t want to be identified told CBS 13 that she was sitting in her car in the Food Maxx parking lot when she heard gunshots.
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• Gov. Brown Names Longtime DMV Employee As Agency’s Acting Director

  18-12-2018 01:30
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s troubled Department of Motor Vehicles will get a new leader Dec. 31.
  Gov. Jerry Brown has designated Bill Davidson as acting director. Davidson has served as the DMV’s chief deputy director since 2016 and has worked at the agency for 16 years. He’s also worked for the California State Transportation Agency.
  The Monday announcement comes after director Jean Shiomoto announced plans to retire at the end of the year.
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• Search On For Two Burglary Suspects In Modesto

  18-12-2018 01:25
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Police are searching for two suspects that forced their way into a residence Monday morning.
  The Modesto Police Department said two men entered a residence in the Lakewood/Scenic Avenue area by forcing their way through a locked door.
  (Modesto Police Department)
  Officers said that the break-in triggered an alarm and the suspects left without taking any property from the residence.
  The police warned that the public is on the lookout for the two men or any suspicious activi
  
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