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• Funeral For Cosumnes Firefighter Killed In Crash To Happen On Saturday

  26-12-2018 18:50
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Funeral services have been announced for an off-duty Cosumnes Fire Department firefighter who died in a rollover crash.
  Family and friends of 52-year-old Albaro Meraz will gather at 8 p.m. Friday for a rosary prayer service at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Elk Grove.
  The funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.
  Investigators say Meraz died after losing control of his vehicle on Highway 99 last Saturday.
  Meraz was a 17-year veteran of the department.
  He leaves behind
  
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• Police Officer Shot And Killed In Newman, Search On For Suspect

  26-12-2018 16:50
  NEWMAN (CBS13) – A search is on for the suspect who fatally shot a police officer in the community of Newman early Wednesday morning.
  The Stanisalus County Sheriff’s Department says, just after 12:30 a.m., 33-year-old officer Ronil Singh made a traffic stop at Merced Street and Eucalyptus Avenue in. At some point, the officer was shot and the suspect took off.
  The officer was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  Surveillance photos of the suspect authorities say sh
  
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• Residents Suspect Heater To Blame For Carmichael Apartment Fire

  26-12-2018 16:28
  CARMICHAEL (CBS13) – Residents of a Carmichael apartment complex had to evacuate early Wednesday morning due to a fire.
  It started just before 4 a.m. off Manzanita Avenue, near Coyle Avenue.
  People living in the apartment believe it might have started in a heater.
  “I could hear it coming through the roof where the heater is,” said resident Andrea Mahone. “I was just trying to get my kids out.”
  Officials say that everyone living in the apartment is now out and safe.
  
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• Deadly Rancho Cordova House Explosion, 10 Years Later

  26-12-2018 07:18
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — It was an explosive Christmas tragedy that rocked an entire Rancho Cordova community. Ten years ago, a natural gas explosion killed a man in his home and injured several others, leaving PG&E to blame.
  Neighbors say no matter how many years pass, the heartbreak never goes away.
  “I couldn’t believe it had been 10 years since it happened,” said Vicky McDonald.
  The scars may not be visible any longer inside the Rancho Cordova neighborhood, but the
  
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• High School Students Held Rally For Elementary School After Camp Fire

  26-12-2018 07:02
  BUTTE COUNTY (CBS13) — More than 30 Del Campo High School students held a special rally to welcome Butte County students back to school after the Camp Fire.
  The students and members of Kids Helping Kids Sacramento visited Wilson Elementary and Sycamore Middle School students where they put together holiday activities to cheer on the students of Gridley Unified school district back to school.
  Butte County schools were closed for three weeks following the fire.
  
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• Packed With Snow, Boreal Resort Had A Packed White Christmas

  26-12-2018 03:26
  TRUCKEE (CBS13) — Ski resorts, as it turns out, are very popular on Christmas as they are perhaps one of the only businesses even open.
  “On the holidays we do get busy. A lot of people from the bay want to come up here and get a taste of winter,” said Matt Peterson, spokesman for Boreal resort.
  Snapping in and suiting up, fresh powder across the high Sierra was a welcoming sight for skiers and boarders.
  “Nice fresh powder like this thick that you’re riding around on
  
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• WATCH: Military Homecoming Surprises Mom At Sacramento Kings Game

  26-12-2018 03:11
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — There’s no place like home for the holidays and tonight a seaman from Sacramento is spending Christmas with his family, after a surprise reunion that captured the world’s attention.
  This Christmas, Tressa Ohler was looking forward to skyping with her son Austin Kropp, a seaman in the navy.
  “This was the first time we had been away from each other for so long,” she said.
  Austin’s her youngest, and the last to leave home. He’s been sta
  
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• Foster Mom Pays It Forward With Nonprofit Hope’s Anchor

  26-12-2018 02:24
  WOODLAND (CBS13) — While thousands of families across the country are enjoying Christmas dinner and time together, for hundreds of thousands of children in the foster care system, that picture of family time might only be a dream.
  This Christmas, CBS13 found a woman that made that dream a reality by creating a nonprofit to help other foster parents like her.
  Renee and Gary Hemsley have two biological daughters and four foster children, Brooklyn, Eliana, Brandon, and Aiden, who have special
  
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• Funeral Service To Be Held Saturday For Fallen Consumnes Firefighter

  26-12-2018 01:26
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — A funeral service will be held for fallen Consumnes firefighter Albaro Meraz on Saturday, Dec. 29.
  Meraz died in a solo-vehicle crash on Highway 99 Saturday. He was not on duty at the time.The service will  be held at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Elk Grove at 11 a.m.
  Meraz leaves behind a wife and two children. He was a 17 year veteran with the Cosumnes Fire Department.
  He was described as an active and dedicated firefighter who was well respected by everyone w
  
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• Three Sent To Hospital In Christmas Eve House Fire, One In Critical Condition

  26-12-2018 00:20
  DEL PASO HEIGHTS (CBS13) — A house fire sent three people to the hospital late Christmas Eve night.
  Sacramento firefighters fought a “difficult fire” on the 3600 block of Willow Street that broke out at 10:45 p.m.
  Officials said two people rescued from the fire were in stable condition and one was in critical condition.
  Firefighters said the home was a difficult firefight due to several add-on rooms and “shoddy” construction.
  
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