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• Police: Woman Facing 72 Felony Counts Of Vandalism For Stockton Tagging Spree

  01-02-2019 22:51
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – A woman suspected in more than 70 acts of vandalism in Stockton has been arrested, police say.
  Samantha Morrison, 32, was arrested early Friday morning.
  According to the Stockton Police Department, Morrison is suspected of tagging dozens of places around the city. The vandalism has racked up more than $102,079 in damage, police say.
  Samantha Morrison’s booking photo. (Credit; Stockton Police Department)
  Investigators say the tagging, where she would allegedly write
  
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• Demolition Of Part Of ‘Ghost Mall’ In Elk Grove Begins

  01-02-2019 22:05
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – The “ghost mall” in Elk Grove will soon be home to a new Wilton Rancheria resort and casino.
  Demolition began Friday morning at the site near Grant Line Road and Highway 99.
  RELATED: Developer Tells City It Will Demolish Unfinished ‘Ghost Mall’ In Elk Grove
  Officials have designated 36 acres of the site tribal land.
  Construction at the site has been stalled for more than a decade. Several plans to redevelop the originally planned mall into a
  
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• Caught On Camera: Suspected Porch Pirate Waits Too Long To Cover Face

  01-02-2019 21:00
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A suspected porch pirate in Yuba City waited a few seconds too long to cover his face before grabbing a package off of a front porch.
  The home’s Ring doorbell started recording the man as he approached the home. You can see the man, who’s wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and a baseball cap, turn his head and attempt to cover his face. He quickly grabs the Amazon box and walks away.
  Credit: Ring
  The reported theft happened on January 29 around 3:20 pm.
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• 3 Boys Cited After Series Of Sexual Assaults At Cosumnes River College

  01-02-2019 19:22
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Cosumnes River College police say they have cited three boys accused in a series of sexual battery incidents on campus.
  The incident happened Thursday. CRC police say the boys – age 11, 13 and 15 – rode up to campus on bicycles and went up to a group of girls, slapped their behinds, then rode off.
  Police credit CRC community members with helping them later catch the boys.
  The boys, whose names are not being released due to their age, were given citations an
  
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• California May Add A New Ethnic Studies High School Graduation Requirement

  01-02-2019 17:55
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – California high school students may need to start taking a one semester class in ethnic studies in order to graduate.
  Assembly Bill 331, introduced Thursday, would require the students in grades 9-12 to take an ethnic studies course in either social studies or English starting in the 2023-24 school year. The Instructional Quality Commission would develop the course curriculum with input from ethnic studies professors at universities and colleges, along with representat
  
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• Police: Man, 19, Arrested With Drugs At Carmichael Park Was Waiting For School To Get Out

  01-02-2019 17:38
  CARMICHAEL (CBS13) – Police in Carmichael have arrested a man they say was waiting to sell drugs to students at a nearby high school.
  Officers with the Fulton-El Camino Park District police department say 19-year-old Spencer Howard was found hanging around the restrooms of Del Campo Park in Carmichael on Thursday.
  Spencer Howard’s booking photo. (Credit: FEC Park District Police)
  Howard had a scale, a pay sheet and methamphetamine that he was looking to sell, officers say.
  Officers b
  
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• Powerful Storm Sets Sights On Northern California

  01-02-2019 16:37
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – A powerful storm heading toward California is expected to produce heavy rainfall, damaging winds, localized stream flooding and heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada.
  Forecasters say rain will arrive in the north late Friday afternoon and reach the south late in the night, and last through Saturday night.
  A Winter Storm Waring is in effect due to multiple rounds of heavy snowfall Tonight – Monday. Snow levels will dropto 3500-4500 over the weekend, then drop further to 10
  
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• Stockton Man Suspected Of DUI After Crashing Into Several Parked Cars

  01-02-2019 16:21
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Police say a man is under arrest on suspicion of DUI after he crashed into several parked cars early Friday morning.
  California Highway Patrol’s Stockton division says officers responded to the area of Bruella Road, at the dead end of Emil Street, to investigate a reported crash. At the scene, officers found that five parked cars had been hit by a pickup truck.
  The dead end where several parked cars were hit. (Credit; CHP Stockton)
  The truck had apparently been spe
  
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• Highway 99 Crash Sends 3 People To The Hospital

  01-02-2019 15:40
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – All lanes of northbound Highway 99 are back open after a crash involving three cars sent three people to the hospital early Friday morning.
  According to California Highway Patrol, the incident looks to have started around 2 a.m. when a car crashed into the center divide near the 47th Avenue exit.
  Multi car accident on 99NB just South of 47th #Sacramento at least 3 people taken to the hospital 2 with major injuries.. both hit after they got out of their cars. 3 lanes cl
  
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• No Hibernation Here; Mama Bear Has Standoff With Placer County Lieutenant

  01-02-2019 08:55
  TAHOE CITY (CBS13) — A bear sighting in Tahoe City turned into a standoff this week. A Placer County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant noticed a mama bear and her cub outside of the station. But when mama bear spotted the camera, she marked her territory with a stare down.
  “This is their land, we’re just here visiting,” said Sgt. David Hunt, Placer County Sheriff’s Office.
  They’re smart, they’re resourceful and they never turn down a free meal. On Tuesda
  
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• County Supervisor Warning Constituents About Deceptive Facebook Ad Falsely Using Her Name

  01-02-2019 08:19
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento County Supervisor is warning her constituents of what she calls a ‘deceptive’ Facebook advertisement that uses her name without her permission.
  Supervisor Sue Frost says the post may appear to some Facebook users like it’s from her, but the post bearing her name is actually written by Hawthorne Gardening Company, a subsidiary of Scot’s Miracle-Gro.
  The ad reads:  “Sacramento County District Board Supervisor Sue Frost
  
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• Call Kurtis Investigates: Patient Goes 2-Years Without Teeth; Blames Broken System

  01-02-2019 07:52
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Teresa Duncan had lacked the confidence to smile since the Spring of 2016 when her dentist pulled all of her decaying bottom teeth.
  “I see an unhappy person,” she said while looking in the mirror. “I don’t see me. I just see my bottom lip just caving in.”
  The plan was to replace Duncan’s rotting teeth with custom dentures. After months of fittings, custom dentures would not fit in her mouth. A dentist determined she needed posts inst
  
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• Broken Denti-Cal System Leads to Patient Neglect

  01-02-2019 07:52
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Left without bottom teeth for more than two years, a patient was lost in a state program deemed broken and dysfunctional.
  Kurtis Ming uncovered that this patient was not alone. Many are struggling to get dental care in a program designed to help one-third of Californians. The Call Kurtis team worked with the viewer for nearly two years, watching her get bounced from dentist to dentist, office to office, without her bottom teeth, embarrassed and in pain.
  Teresa Dun
  
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• Hometown Heroes Granted French Citizenship For Stopping 2015 Terror Attack

  01-02-2019 07:34
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento’s hometown heroes have been granted French citizenship for their role in thwarting a terror attack on a French train in 2015.
  (credit: Spencer Stone)
  Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler were naturalized at a ceremony Thursday in Sacramento.
  READ ALSO: Local Men Who Stopped Terror Attack On French Train To Star In Clint Eastwood Film
  (credit: Spencer Stone)
  The three were traveling aboard a train in France when they tackled a suspecte
  
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• Lawmaker Looking To Lower Marijuana Taxes To Encourage Legal Sales

  01-02-2019 07:17
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California lawmakers are looking to cut state marijuana taxes in an effort to get more pot producers and consumers to leave the black market.
  Many businesses play by the rules, but those rules, when it comes to local and state taxes, can mean paying 45 percent more than what you would pay on the black market. Now some state lawmakers are trying to close that gap.
  On the first day that recreational marijuana was legal in California, the CEO of Harborside Dispensary, Ste
  
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• Check Your Trees: Winter Storm Could Bring Many Trees Down

  01-02-2019 07:10
  LODI (CBS13) — Experts are warning that the storms headed our way this weekend could bring down dozens of trees like the massive pine that smashed into a home nearly crushing a family inside.
  “It was that really windy night, 60 mph winds and it just cracked, and you heard a boom, and then my house shook next door,” said Lauren Hart who lives next door.
  The whole street felt the 50-foot tall pine tree that came crashing down.
  “I tried to jump off the chair to grab my
  
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• ‘No Credible Threat’ To El Camino High School After Violent Message Found On Desk

  01-02-2019 07:04
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — El Camino High School Principal Randy Holcomb assured families Thursday that there is ‘no credible threat’ to the school after a violent threat was found in a classroom.
  In a “safety update” sent out to the El Camino community Thursday, Holcomb said a teacher found a message written on a desk at the start of the semester when moving into a classroom that had not been used since the previous school year.
  The message reportedly included a threat o
  
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• Unusual Suspect Breaks Into Second Story Window Of Elk Grove Home

  01-02-2019 06:34
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — An unusual suspect set off a residential burglary alarm Thursday in Elk Grove.
  The Elk Grove Police Department said officers responded to the alarm in a residential area to find a second story window shattered. Upon further investigation, officers saw the suspect still in the house, hanging out in the living room.READ: Thieves Take Leashes, Toys From Lodi Animal Shelter Play Yard
  Officers attempted to make contact with the intruder but said: “he would only respond
  
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• Repeat DUI Offender Found Guilty Of Murder For 2017 Fatal Crash

  01-02-2019 05:34
  SOLANO COUNTY (CBS13) — A man is facing 15 years for life after being found guilty of killing a woman while driving under the influence in 2017.
  The Solano County Superior Court found Thomas Astarita guilty of second-degree murder Thursday after he killed a woman while driving under the influence in 2017.
  On July 31, 2017 police in Vacaville responded to a traffic crash on southbound Nut Tree Road and Marshall Road. Astarita, who was driving a GMC Yukon, ran a red light and struck and kill
  
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• Antique Store Removes Nazi Memorabilia After Concerned Citizen Complaint

  01-02-2019 04:07
  ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — Nazi war memorabilia has been removed from a Roseville antique store after a concerned citizen spoke out. It’s a case of history vs hate. In this case — the store decided to take action.
  “It’s a crazy amount of treasures”
  Walk into Antique Trove in Roseville and it’s hard to focus. The antique store is 40,000 square feet and has 300 vendors.
  (credit: Gold Country Media/Kathryn Palmer)
  “We have clothing, dishes, military items,&r
  
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• Thieves Take Leashes, Toys From Lodi Animal Shelter Play Yard

  01-02-2019 03:42
  LODI (CBS13) — The dogs at the Lodi City Animal Shelter are always adorable and always in need of a home, but recently they were also crime victims.
  Someone stole leashes, collars, and toys from the shelter’s play yard. Managers want the thieves caught soon.
  “I would just ask them why they did it? What made them feel it was ok to steal from animals?”  PALS Manager Stephen Curr said
  You can say security at the shelter’s play area was not super tight. The collars
  
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• Car Dealership Fixes Truck For Placer County Shooting Victim

  01-02-2019 02:23
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — Two weeks after a father of six was caught in the crossfire of an officer-involved shooting in Placer County, a local car dealership is helping fix up the truck he nearly died in.
  Brian Pierce got to see his fixed-up truck Thursday after Reliable Buick GMC Cadillac removed the remnants of his near-death experience.
  A few weeks ago, Pierce’s silver GMC truck was a little beat up, much like he was after being shot in the collar bone while driving with his daught
  
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• Utility Regulator Considering Public Takeover Of PG&E Amid Growing Protests

  01-02-2019 02:15
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Protesters stood before the state’s utility regulator in a meeting Thursday, reading off the names of the 86 people killed in the Camp Fire. The flames leveled the town of Paradise in a matter of hours and investigators are still looking into whether it was due to another faulty PG&E transmission line.
  The damages added to the utility giant’s multi-billion dollar debt, prompting its second bankruptcy filing since 2001, and forcing a critical c
  
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• Protesters Say Bankruptcy Is Too Easy For PG&E

  01-02-2019 02:15
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Protesters stood before the state’s utility regulator in a meeting Thursday, reading off the names of the 86 people killed in the Camp Fire. The flames leveled the town of Paradise in a matter of hours and investigators are still looking into whether it was due to another faulty PG&E transmission line.
  The damages added to the utility giant’s multi-billion dollar debt, prompting its second bankruptcy filing since 2001, and forcing a critical c
  
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• California Wildfire Victims Get Extension To File For FEMA Aid

  01-02-2019 01:57
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency is extending the deadline for Californians impacted by wildfires to file for federal assistance.
  The deadline to file was originally today, but Californians who suffered damages from the Camp, Hill, or Woolsey wildfires now have until February 15 to apply for FEMA aid.
  ALSO: Llama That Survived Camp Fire Being Used As Comfort Animal
  The State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services encourages survivors to
  
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• Michael Bublé Announces Sacramento Stop On Sold- Out U.S. Tour This Summer

  01-02-2019 01:11
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — No, it’s not Christmas, but Michael Bublé is coming to town for a show at the Golden 1 Center.
  Singer Michael Bublé will be coming to the Golden 1 Center on July 10 as part of his sold-out tour.
  READ: Kings And Bogle Vineyards Release ‘Proud Roots’ 2016 Vintage Red Wine
  Tickets go on sale Monday, Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. for Bublé’s July 10 concert. Every ticket purchased at Golden1Center.com includes a standard CD or digital copy
  
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