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• ‘Pop-Up’ Events Attract Sacramento Children, Families On Friday Nights

  23-02-2019 09:09
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Eight youth “Pop-Up” events scattered throughout Sacramento gave children and their families a place to go for Friday night entertainment.
  One of the events was held in South Sacramento at the River Oak Center for Children.
  The Pop-Ups are part of Sacramento’s response to several fights that broke out at the Arden Fair Mall late last year. In one case, 100 juveniles were involved.
  “You gotta remember years ago, the City of Sacramento had a lot o
  
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• New Law Requires Bus Drivers To Scan For Sleeping Kids After Parking

  23-02-2019 07:39
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — While it can be frightening for some, it’s been a deadly mistake for others. Children are left behind on school buses, out of sight of drivers, locked in on sometimes sweltering days.
  That’s why beginning next Friday, California school buses will have to be equipped with a special device to prevent a child from being left behind.
  Left in a school bus for nine hours in 90-degree heat, 19-year-old special needs student Paul Lee was found dead. His school bus
  
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• Sacramento Bracing For Possible Protests That May Follow DA’s Announcement In Stephon Clark Case

  23-02-2019 07:08
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The City of Sacramento is bracing for decision day in the Stephon Clark shooting. An announcement by the DA whether charges will be filed against the officers who killed Clark.It’s a day that could bring mass protests.
  The wait for that announcement is giving the city time to prepare and work to prevent violent reactions.It’s been nearly a year since Stephon Clark was shot and the DA’s decision could come any day. However the decision comes down, it w
  
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• Mayor Steinberg, City Bracing For Possible Protests Following DA’s Announcement In Stephon Clark Case

  23-02-2019 07:08
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The City of Sacramento is bracing for decision day in the Stephon Clark shooting. An announcement by the DA whether charges will be filed against the officers who killed Clark.It’s a day that could bring mass protests.
  The wait for that announcement is giving the city time to prepare and work to prevent violent reactions.It’s been nearly a year since Stephon Clark was shot and the DA’s decision could come any day. However the decision comes down, it w
  
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• Arrest Made In Auburn Toyota Burglary From October

  23-02-2019 06:18
  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — Placer County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 30-year-old Tarahn Cowan of Galt for a burglary at a car dealership from last Halloween.The burglary happened at the Auburn Toyota dealership where the burglars got away with hundreds of thousands of dollars of car parts.Detectives also issued a search warrant in the case for Rodney Fox Jr, 30, of Los Angeles. The sheriff’s office said Cowan and Fox are suspected in car dealership burglaries across Northern Cal
  
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• Four Injured In Pursuit Crash, Suspect Arrested

  23-02-2019 05:21
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A vehicle pursuit in Sacramento sent four people to the hospital Friday evening, according to Sacramento Fire.
  The sheriff’s department said an intended traffic stop turned into a pursuit around 5 p.m. at 47th and Franklin. The pursuit ended in a crash at Franklin and Fruitridge when the suspect vehicle hit multiple other vehicles.
  A vehicle pursuit involving @sacsheriff ended near Fruitridge Rd/ Franklin Blvdwith a multiple vehicle accident and 4 patients being
  
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• Left In A School Bus To Die: How Tragedy Sparked A New Law

  23-02-2019 03:56
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — An avoidable tragedy in 2015 is behind the new legislation going into effect next week.
  After being left on a bus for nine hours in 90-degree heat on Sept. 11, 2015, 19-year-old Paul Lee, who had autism, died in Los Angeles County. He was reportedly found in his own vomit on the locked bus.“We failed to protect Paul. Paul, I love you. I miss you. I’m so proud of you. See you in heaven,” Paul’s mom said in a 2016 press conference.
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• Social Media Post Prompts Attempted Kidnapping Suspect To Contact Police

  23-02-2019 03:04
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Fairfield police met with a person of interest after what they call an attempted kidnapping earlier this month.
  “I had no idea,” said Alonda Garcia.
  Garcia says her apartment complex is a pretty close-knit community. So she was surprised to hear one of her neighbors was almost abducted.
  “I couldn’t imagine being stuck in that position,” said Garcia.
  The incident happened February 3 but it wasn’t until now that police decided to post a
  
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• Ex-AP California Capital Reporter Steve Lawrence Dead at 71

  23-02-2019 02:38
  SACRAMENTO (AP) — Steve Lawrence, a California government reporter who covered a major capital corruption scandal and governors from Ronald Reagan to Arnold Schwarzenegger during a nearly four-decade career with The Associated Press, died Friday.
  His wife, Jane, said he had been battling cancer and had been in the intensive care unit at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento for about three weeks. He was 71.
  Lawrence was the longest-tenured member of California’s capital press corps whe
  
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• Police: At-Risk Missing Person Believed To Be Victim Of Homicide

  23-02-2019 01:59
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento Police believe a 73-year-old man first reported as missing was actually murdered.
  On Wednesday of this week, Risetruth Vang’s family called the police and reported him missing from his residence on the 2900 block of North Meadows Place.
  ALSO: Man Found Shot Dead In North Sacramento Neighborhood
  But during the investigation, police became suspicious and called in crime scene investigators. CSI took over the investigation and detectives are now trea
  
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• 31 Trees Being Removed Along American River Parkway

  23-02-2019 01:30
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Crews will soon start cutting down 31 trees along the American River Parkway.
  Sacramento County Regional Parks says the trees are near the multi-use trail between mile marker four downriver to Discovery Park.
  Arborists say the trees are hazardous and blame the recent storms for bringing down two large cottonwoods nearby.
  ALSO: Check Your Trees: Winter Storm Could Bring Many Trees Down
  Park workers have also completed a field study and say there are no birds nestin
  
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