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• BREAKING NEWS: DA Will Not Charge Police Officers Who Shot Stephon Clark

  02-03-2019 22:25
   
  1:24 p.m. Update – CBS13 has crews with the Clark family, Mayor Steinberg, and local faith leaders. We will have complete coverage at 5, 10, and 11.
  1:23 p.m. Update – Press conference has ended.
  1:20 p.m. Update – Schubert still answering questions from the media.
  1:08 p.m. Update – Schubert will not charge the Sacramento Police officers who shot Stephon Clark. 
  1:00 p.m. Update – Schubert getting into the legal analysis of the shooting incident.
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• Stephon Clark Story In Images

  02-03-2019 18:23
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Stephon Clark’s name has been in the Sacramento headlines for a year. Here are some of the most memorable images from the case.
  Swipe through the photos below.stephon clark chase policy changesstephon clark independent autopsyStephon ClarkSource: Clark Family Funeral Services Held For Unarmed Man Killed By Sacramento PoliceSACRAMENTO, CA - MARCH 29:Rev. Al Sharpton, left, speaks to Stevante Clark during the funeral services for police shooting victim Stephon Clar
  
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• BREAKING NEWS: DA Decision In Stephon Clark Shooting Investigation Coming Today

  02-03-2019 18:02
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert just announced her office will host a press conference today at noon to announce its findings of the Stephon Clark shooting.
  Two Sacramento Police officers shot Clark eight times in his grandmother’s backyard on March 18 of last year.
  The District Attorney’s office has been reviewing the case since late October.
  TIMELINE: Events Following Stephon Clark Shooting
  Originally, the DA’s office said it
  
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• Sierra Weather: Chain Controls In Effect

  02-03-2019 17:46
  LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) — Caltrans is currently requiring chains on several local roads in the foothills and mountains.
  Chain controls now up on Interstate 80 over Donner Summit. Eastbound between Cisco and Truckee and westbound between Truckee and Eagle Lakes. #TrafficAlert
  — Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) March 2, 2019ALSO: Sierra Weather: Drivers Warned To Expect Delays In The Mountains This Weekend
  Current chain control requirements are:I-80 eastbound from Kingvale to Truck
  
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• Halloween Clown Suspect Who Terrorized Trick-Or-Treaters Arrested

  02-03-2019 08:15
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — A 41-year-old Stockton man is under arrest for a Halloween night attack on a family of trick-or-treaters that sent a man to the hospital.
  Stockton Police say Matthew Davies was wearing a Pennywise clown mask as he carried out the attack. Mary Iles was there as Davies allegedly began harassing her special needs grandson. Davies then attacked her son, breaking a bottle over his head while he tried to protect the child.
  “I saw that image of my son laying there just co
  
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• Help Find This Bike! Thieves Steal Deaf Mom’s New Bicycle

  02-03-2019 08:03
  DAVIS (CBS13) – A local deaf mother is speaking out through an interpreter after her only mode of personal transportation was stolen.
  Sarah Waegli has her hands full with two young children, Hannah and Jayden, and she also teaches American Sign Language. But being deaf and partially blind has its parameters.
  “I really have to depend on other people lot, my husband to drive me around. That’s part of the reason why we moved to Davis so that I could bike everywhere,” Sarah W
  
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• Help Find This Bike! Thieves Steal Deaf And Partially Blind Mom’s New Bicycle

  02-03-2019 08:03
  DAVIS (CBS13) – A local deaf mother is speaking out through an interpreter after her only mode of personal transportation was stolen.
  Sarah Waegli has her hands full with two young children, Hannah and Jayden, and she also teaches American Sign Language. But being deaf and partially blind has its parameters.
  “I really have to depend on other people lot, my husband to drive me around. That’s part of the reason why we moved to Davis so that I could bike everywhere,” Sarah W
  
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• Woodland Police Searching For Arson Suspect In 15 Fires

  02-03-2019 07:28
  WOODLAND (CBS13) — Woodland Police are asking for the public’s help catching the person or people responsible for a series of arsons since the beginning of the year.
  The latest incident happened about a week ago when neighbors were rocked out of their sleep at about 10:30 at night by an explosion and came out to find a car on fire.
  “We just felt this severe thunderous explosion. It shook the whole house,” said Lucy Salazar.
  Salazar and her husband couldn’t believe t
  
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• 2 Shot In Residential Area Of North Highlands

  02-03-2019 07:08
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting that injured two on the 4000 block of Santa Fe Way in North Highlands.
  According to the sheriff’s office, two white males were walking in the street when three Hispanic males in a gray Honda Accord drove by and shot at them.Officials said two people had been shot. One person is in critical condition and the other sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The victims were transported to an area hospital.
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• Fire Chief Facing Possible Felony For Allegedly Threatening To Shoot Neighbor, Puppies

  02-03-2019 06:47
  MERIDIAN (CBS13) — The Meridian Fire chief is facing a felony after a dispute with his neighbor.
  Jason Cooper, 43 was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot his neighbor and the puppies on his property, and then burn his house down.
  Cooper says he was getting ready to take several puppies to a shelter after they turned up on his neighbor’s property, but an argument escalated with the neighbor.
  The Appeal-Democrat reported he is charged for “threats to commit a crime resu
  
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• Good Samaritan Returns Wallet Containing Nearly $3,000

  02-03-2019 06:05
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento man did the right thing after he found nearly $3,000 in a wallet someone dropped.
  Brian, who did not want to be identified, accidentally dropped the wallet at a post office parking lot.
  “I must have put it back not all the way in my pocket and when I hopped out it must have fallen out,” Brian said.
  He said the nearly three grand in the wallet was for his house payment and other bills.
  “It would have definitely like been a setback for us e
  
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• Softball Batting Coach Held On $1M Bail, Charged With Sexual Assault On 2 Minors

  02-03-2019 05:30
  WOODLAND (CBS13) — A 42-year-old softball coach from Arizona was arraigned in Yolo County Friday for multiple counts of sexual assault on two juvenile female victims.
  The complaint against Buck Maldonado Thomas alleges the crimes occurred during the summer of 2018 while he was working as a batting coach for the victims. One victim is from Loomis, and the other is from West Sacramento.
  READ: No Laughing Matter: Clown Suspected Of Assaulting Family In Stockton Behind Bars
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• Capitol Staff Warned As Sacramento Awaits DA’s Stephon Clark Decision

  02-03-2019 05:05
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s been almost a year since Stephon Clark was shot and killed by two police officers in Sacramento and many are anxiously awaiting the District Attorney’s decision about charging the officers in the case.
  Lawmakers and their staff at the Capitol received a security memo Friday warning that the DA may make that announcement in the next few days.
  RELATED: Sacramento Bracing For Possible Protests That May Follow DA’s Announcement In Stephon Clark
  
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• Is California Out Of The Drought?

  02-03-2019 03:51
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — February saw storm after storm, filling reservoirs and swelling rivers, and putting the snowpack at above-average levels. Overall, the storms have created conditions that California has not seen in a pretty long time.
  So the big question on everyone’s mind is: is California officially out of the drought? The short answer is yes.
  Three months ago. 84 percent of the state was in some form of a drought. Now, most of the state is looking good and the Department of Wa
  
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• Study: Prenatal Vitamins Can Lower Chances Of Autism

  02-03-2019 03:26
  DAVIS (CBS13) — A new groundbreaking study from UC Davis has found that taking prenatal vitamins during the first month of pregnancy might lower the chances of having a second child with autism.
  “That was one of my biggest concerns with my oldest son being autistic was okay, is his brother going to be autistic too,” one mother, Jessica Coultrup, told us.
  Researchers say if you have one child with autism, your next child is about 13 times more likely to develop the disorder, but
  
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• Local Research: Prenatal Vitamins Can Lower Chances Of Autism

  02-03-2019 03:26
  DAVIS (CBS13) — A new groundbreaking study from UC Davis has found that taking prenatal vitamins during the first month of pregnancy might lower the chances of having a second child with autism.
  “That was one of my biggest concerns with my oldest son being autistic was okay, is his brother going to be autistic too,” one mother, Jessica Coultrup, told us.
  Researchers say if you have one child with autism, your next child is about 13 times more likely to develop the disorder, but
  
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• High School Student Saves Best Friend Choking On A Chicken Nugget

  02-03-2019 02:57
  FAIR OAKS (CBS13) — A student at Del Campo High School jumped into action this week to save his best friend’s life.
  Drake Bender and Wolfgang Stover were walking away from the cafeteria at Del Campo High when Stover started choking on a chicken nugget.
  “He stopped talking and started coughing and snorting and making all kinds of sounds and put his hands right here,” Drake said.
  “I looked at Drake and he was like, ‘Are you ok?’ and, I was like, *gasp* and
  
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• Felon Prowler Arrested For Weapons, Stolen Property Charges

  02-03-2019 02:06
  YUBA COUNTY (CBS13) — A convicted felon was arrested after for prowling in Olivehurst and carrying a firearm, according to the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department.
  According to the Sheriff’s department, deputies arrested 52-year-old Darrel Keith Higginbotham of Fernley Nevada Thursday night. A neighbor in the 900 block of Mryna Avenue in Olivehurst called 911 about a prowler in the area.
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  When deputies arrived on the scene, Higginbotham was
  
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• Police Investigating Shooting Death In Lodi

  02-03-2019 01:23
  LODI (CBS13) — Police are investigating a shooting that killed a 34-year-old man in Lodi Thursday.
  Officers said the man was shot in the head on the 200 block of E Vine Street. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition and succumbed to his injuries late Thursday night, according to police.
  READ ALSO: Search On For Modesto Man Suspected Of Abusing 19-Month-Old Baby
  Upon investigation, officers said this does not appear to be a random shooting, but they have not discove
  
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• No Laughing Matter: Clown Suspected Of Assaulting Family In Stockton Behind Bars

  02-03-2019 00:52
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Police say 41-year-old Matthew Davies is the man behind the mask they’ve been looking for since Halloween.
  Davies, who was dressed as a clown, was reportedly screaming at children trick-or-treating in the area of Chesapeake Circle when someone confronted him and told him to stop.
  ALSO: Police: Man In Clown Mask Attacked Stockton Trick-Or-Treaters
  That’s when police say Halloween turned violent, with Davies hitting the victim in the side of the head with
  
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