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• Vandals Broke Into Fair Oaks/Orangevale Little League Snack Bar, Stole Speaker Equipment

  15-03-2019 23:58
  FAIR OAKS (CBS13) — Vandals have broken into the Fair Oaks/Orangevale Little League ballpark twice in two days, right before Opening Day.
  (credit: Fair Oaks/Orangevale Little League)
  The Little League said their back room was broken into and thieves stole all of their speaker equipment, breaking the door Wednesday afternoon at Pheonix Park.
  When two board members went to replace the door Thursday evening around 9 p.m., they found vandals broken into the snack bar as well.
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• Alleged Golden State Killer Was Busted In 1990s In Unrelated Case

  15-03-2019 22:18
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – The man suspected of being a notorious California serial killer who eluded capture for decades had been arrested by Sacramento police in the 1990s, years before he was connected to the killings, a newspaper reported Friday.
  Joseph DeAngelo, now in jail as the suspected “Golden State Killer,” was arrested in a 1996 sting operation on allegations he had held up a gas station, the Sacramento Bee reported. Sacramento police had promised Super Bowl tickets to peopl
  
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• Alleged Golden State Killer Joseph DeAngelo Was Busted In 1990s In Unrelated Case

  15-03-2019 22:18
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – The man suspected of being a notorious California serial killer who eluded capture for decades had been arrested by Sacramento police in the 1990s, years before he was connected to the killings, a newspaper reported Friday.
  Joseph DeAngelo, now in jail as the suspected “Golden State Killer,” was arrested in a 1996 sting operation on allegations he had held up a gas station, the Sacramento Bee reported. Sacramento police had promised Super Bowl tickets to peopl
  
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• Police: Woman Intentionally Drove Her Car Into Other Car In Stockton

  15-03-2019 21:22
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – A woman is under arrest after officers say she intentionally crashed into another car in Stockton.
  The incident happened near Benjamin Holt Drive and El Dorado Street just before noon on Thursday.
  Stockton police say some men reported they were driving when the woman – 22-year-old Tamia Piggee – intentionally struck their car with her car.
  Tamia Piggee’s booking photo. (Credit: Stockton Police Department)
  Piggee was later caught and arrested.
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• Sac City Unified Teachers Overwhelmingly Vote To Authorize Strike

  15-03-2019 20:54
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento City Unified School District teachers overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike.
  The teachers association revealed the results of their vote on Friday.
  The 92 percent vote in favor doesn’t automatically mean the approximately 2800 teachers, nurses, psychologists, social workers, librarians and specialists will strike.
  In response to the vote, the district said:
  “A strike would put the district on the fast track to a state takeover which would on
  
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• CHP: Teen Driver Escapes Serious Injury After Car ‘Limboed’ Under Crashed Trailer, Shearing Off Roof

  15-03-2019 19:45
  STANSILAUS COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities say a teenage girl is lucky she wasn’t seriously hurt after her car “limboed” under an overturned trailer.
  The incident happened Friday morning along rural Highway 132 near Paradise Road, due west of Modesto.
  According to California Highway Patrol, a big rig driver lost control after the trailer drifted into a gravel shoulder. The trailer flipped onto its right side and came to a rest perpendicular to both lanes of the freeway.
  The
  
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• Sacramento City Councilman Allen Warren: We Can Do Better

  15-03-2019 18:21
  OPINION – Sacramento, CA has been my home for most of my life. I was born in June 1964, a landmark year for civil rights and a year before the voting rights act was passed. It was a time of great hope with the promise of change by finally including a group of people who had been brought here against their will on slave ships some 400 years ago. The thought was, as full citizens and now able to vote, the United States of America would strengthen its position as a model country and sit as a
  
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• Assassinated Twice: Schubert Murders Stephon Clark’s Character

  15-03-2019 18:10
  OPINION (CBM) – This past week, we, the freedom-believing and fair-minded residents of Sacramento, California, were disappointed to our cores. Our worst fears became reality.
  Sacramento’s African American community had been holding its collective breath, our fingers crossed, hanging on to the unlikely hope that either Anne Marie Schubert, our county district attorney, or Xavier Becerra, our state’s Attorney General, would do the right thing and bring charges against the officer
  
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• Addressing Police Use of Force: Q&A With Asm. Shirley Weber

  15-03-2019 17:55
  With the Sacramento County District Attorney and the California Attorney General both passing on filing charges against local officers involved in the March 18 shooting death of Stephon Clark, many in the community are reinvigorating efforts to pass a police use-of-force reform bill.The Sacramento OBSERVER recently sat down with AB 392 co-author Assemblymember Dr Shirley Weber to discuss the future of the bill that was first introduced, then as AB 931, two weeks after Clark’s death.Q: In t
  
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• Agencies Upping Patrols Around Sacramento-Area Mosques After New Zealand Mass Shooting

  15-03-2019 17:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Local authorities are increasing patrols around area mosques after the mass shooting that left dozens dead in New Zealand.
  Both the Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department say they are increasing patrols near Muslim places of worship and schools on Friday. Officials note, at this point, there doesn’t appear to be any local threats.
  “We are closely monitoring the tragedy in New Zealand, and are working with our federal a
  
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• Weekend To Celebrate Stephon Clark’s Legacy

  15-03-2019 17:30
  SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorney and the California State Attorney General have made their decisions and ended their investigations into the shooting death of Stephon Clark. And while Clark’s family may not have gotten the outcome they wanted, they say they’ll continue on with their lives and continue to lift up the 22-year-old’s name. The district attorney outlined her conclusion on March 2, that no charges will be filed in the officer-involved shooti
  
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• Eric Church Announces 2-Night Visit To Sacramento Come November

  15-03-2019 17:08
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Country superstar Eric Church is coming to Sacramento for a two-night stay come November.
  Eric and the Double Down Tour are coming back for more. Visit https://t.co/ccGLkyyZMp for a list of new dates, and for information about pit tickets and pre-sales. pic.twitter.com/nlwIBydpU3
  — Eric Church (@ericchurch) March 15, 2019Church announced more than a dozen new dates to his “Double Down” Tour on Friday, Sacramento being among them. The Golden 1 Center w
  
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• CHP: Driver Escapes Serious Injury After Car ‘Limboed’ Under Crashed Trailer, Shearing Off Roof

  15-03-2019 16:45
  STANSILAUS COUNTY (CBS13) – Authorities say a driver is lucky they weren’t seriously hurt after their car “limboed” under an overturned trailer.
  The incident happened Friday morning along rural Highway 132 near Paradise Road, due west of Modesto.
  California Highway Patrol’s Modesto division posted a picture of the crash’s aftermath. It appears the Honda driver of a Honda drove under the drawbar of a truck hauling a trailer – shearing off the roof of the
  
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• Suspect In String Of Recent Vacaville Robberies Wielded Large Kitchen Knife

  15-03-2019 14:46
  VACAVILLE (CBS13) – Police say they have arrested a suspect in a recent chain of convenience store and gas station robberies.
  According to the Vacaville Police Department, at least five recent robberies are believed to be linked to the suspect.
  Surveillance photos of the suspect during some of the robberies. (Credit: Vacaville Police Department)
  Cameras show the suspect with all black clothing, including a black hoodie and mask and wielding a knife demanding the cash.
  Tuesday morning, poli
  
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• Former Sacramento Client Of College Admissions Scam Mastermind Rick Singer Speaks Out

  15-03-2019 08:03
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A one-time Sacramento client of disgraced college counselor Rick Singer is now speaking out following his arrest and guilty plea in a $25 million college bribery scam.
  Alexandra Biering said she has nothing to hide because Singer didn’t help her cheat her way into college. Biering has two young children of her own now.
  Twenty years ago, Biering was a child herself. A photo shows her in high school, around the time she was applying for colleges, and her parents hi
  
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• 2 Arrested For Allegedly Stealing $3,000 Of Merchandise From Verizon Store

  15-03-2019 06:54
  GALT (CBS13) — Two people are behind bars after reportedly stealing $3,000 of property from a Verizon store Wednesday.
  Officers were dispatched to the Verizon store on Twin Cities on a report of a “robbery in progress” When officers arrived, the found the suspects had stolen display phones before driving away.
  Galt Officer Castaneda found the vehicle traveling south on Highway 99. After attempted to pull the suspect vehicle over at Liberty Road, but the suspects drove away, ini
  
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• Stockton Student Arrested For Possessing Gun, Ammunition, Marijuana

  15-03-2019 06:42
  STOCKTON(CBS13) — It happened once again, a serious crime committed on a Stockton school campus on back to back days only this time involving a gun at Stagg High School.
  “There is zero tolerance for bringing weapons, knives, firearms on the school campuses,” said Officer Joe Silva with Stockton PD.
  A simple traffic stop Thursday led police to a shocking discovery.
  “When one of the passengers got out of the vehicle and officer noticed a magazine for a firearm in the passen
  
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• Police Find Unidentified Material In Downtown Sacramento

  15-03-2019 05:44
  9:50 p.m. Update: Police have cleared the scene and determined the unidentified substance was not hazardous,
  Residents will be allowed to return to their homes shortly.
  **UPDATE** Officers determined the unidentified substance was not hazardous and are clearing the scene shortly. Residents will be allowed to return. https://t.co/ffJRF5i59x
  — Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) March 15, 20196:50 p.m. Update: Sacramento Police say an unidentified hazardous material was found.
  The bomb unit is st
  
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• Disease-Carrying Insect Threatening Citrus Trees, Prompts Sacramento County Quarantine

  15-03-2019 05:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A new, deadly threat has arisen for the citrus trees so many people in the Sacramento area have in their yards. An insect that spreads a disease that kills trees has turned up in Sacramento County.
  The entire county is now under a new quarantine.
  The insect, the Asian Citrus Psyllid, does not kill citrus trees, but a disease it carries does.
  “If your citrus tree happens to contract this illness…it’s done and it’ll be removed,” said Sacram
  
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• Stanislaus County Deputy Will Stand Trial For Fatal Shooting Of Modesto Woman

  15-03-2019 04:48
  SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (CBS13) — The Stanislaus County Deputy involved in the shooting death of a Modesto woman two years ago will stand trial.
  A judge said there was enough evidence against Justin Wall, who is accused of killing a woman during a police chase back in 2017. The charges were filed against deputy Justin Wall for the February 2017 shooting of Evin Olsen Yadegar during a pursuit.
  Yadegar was sought in a battery at the Hampton Inn on Feb. 26, 2017, and deputies attempted to pull her
  
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• Funding Road Repairs: Gas Tax Won’t Be Enough On Its Own

  15-03-2019 03:13
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Facebook post by a local politician had many asking questions Thursday. Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost asked her followers if they would rather raise the sales tax or add toll roads, in order to pay for road repairs.Many weighed in saying they didn’t want either option.
  Frost said the gas tax will only cover a third of the cost to repair roads.
  As one of the most highly taxed states in the nation, many Californians don’t want more taxes. Toll road
  
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• How Many People Are Wrongfully Sentenced To Death In California?

  15-03-2019 03:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — As the fallout continues after Governor Gavin Newsom decided to halt the death penalty, the reasons behind the decision are coming to light.
  One of those reasons is the innocent people on death row. Most people argue that even one wrongful death row conviction is too many, but there have been at least five people have been exonerated in California since the 1980s.
  The most recent exoneration was last year. In all cases, their time on death row has ranged from five to 2
  
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• New Bills Focus On Rental Housing Market, Protecting Renters

  15-03-2019 01:53
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Thursday, three housing bills were introduced to the state legislature, focusing on the rental housing market.
  The Keep Families Home Bill package includes Assembly Bill 1482. Its goal is to protect renters from egregious and sudden rent increases. This new law would tie the percentage that a landlord could raise the rent to a formula based on the Consumer Price Index.
  “Their income’s not going up so they’re worried about losing their home, the roof o
  
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• Couple Has Fostered Over 100 Bear Cubs, Cares For Abandoned Infant Cubs

  15-03-2019 01:27
  TAHOE (CBS13) — Two motherless infant bear cubs, Yreka and Blaze, who were rescued in the wild, are now being fostered by humans.
  They were found alone in Yreka and are so young that in the wild, they would not be coming out of their den for another six to eight weeks.
  The cubs are only four pounds each and just six weeks old. But this is not their foster parent’s first rodeo.
  “With these two, we’ve done over a hundred now since we started this program in 2000,” sai
  
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• Police Arrest Son Of Accused Lodi Killer For Murder

  15-03-2019 00:44
  LODI (CBS13) — A second man is behind bars in connection with a murder in Lodi.
  The crime happened on February 10 when a 34-year-old man was shot in the head on Vine Street.
  ALSO: Police Investigating Shooting Death In Lodi
  Police arrested 45-year-old Marcus Trull Sr. on March 1, charging him with murder.
  Thursday, police arrested Trull’s son. Marcus Trull Jr., 23, is now behind bars, charged with murder and conspiracy.
  The Lodi Police Department says this is an ongoing investig
  
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• Bicyclist Suffers Major Injures In North Sacramento Hit-And-Run

  15-03-2019 00:43
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A search is on for the driver who struck a biker in North Sacramento and took off.
  The incident happened late Thursday morning near Palmer Street and Del Paso Boulevard.
  Sacramento police say a man was riding a motorized bike and was clipped by a driver heading in the same direction. The van took off, leaving the rider in the street.
  The collision left the rider with major injuries, officers say. He has been taken to the hospital.
  The suspect’s car has only been
  
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