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• Police: Missing Father Jumped Into Delta Water To Save One-Year-Old

  29-03-2019 22:37
  UPDATE 2:35 p.m. — Police are not releasing the family’s name, but say the missing father is approximately 41-years-old.
  UPDATE 2:35 p.m. — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says it received a 911 call from a child on a boat, saying their father entered the water to try and save a one-year-old child that went overboard.
  Rescuers located the one-year-old who was wearing a life vest. CHP flew that child to a hospital in Sacramento. Crews are still searching fo
  
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• DUI Suspect Arrested After Flipping Car In South Sacramento

  29-03-2019 22:28
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) – A DUI suspect was arrested after a four-car crash in south Sacramento on Friday.
  The incident happened near Power Inn and Scottsdale roads.
  The suspect flipped their car in the crash. (Credit: CHP South Sacramento)
  California Highway Patrol’s South Sacramento division says the driver who caused the crash flipped their vehicle, got out and tried to run.
  Officers found the suspect and noted some obvious signs of impairment. The suspect was then arrested and
  
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• Nevada County State Employee To Get $3M After Supervisors Ignore Allergies

  29-03-2019 21:07
  NEVADA CITY (AP) — An appeals court has ruled in favor of a California state employee who was awarded $3 million by a jury that found his supervisors harassed him and ignored his documented allergies to perfume and certain chemicals.
  The Sacramento Bee reports an appeals court ruled Thursday the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, must abide by the jury’s 2017 decision to award the money to 62-year-old John Barrie.
  Barrie, a Caltrans employee in Nevada County, said
  
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• Water Rescue Underway In Delta; Multiple People Pulled From Water

  29-03-2019 20:50
  ISLETON (CBS13) — Multiple agencies are currently involved in a water rescue in the Delta.
  This is happening near Pirate’s Lair Marina, just south of Isleton.
  Mutual Aid, water rescue (on-going incident):Brannan Island Rd. River Delta Fire District
  RVFD Engine 55, jet ski 55 & Chief 5500.Multiple patients pulled from the water. One patient critical condition and one still missing. pic.twitter.com/3hDVwGaMTj
  — Rio Vista Fire Dept (@RioVistaFDPIO) March 29, 2019ALSO: Cau
  
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• Khalid To Play In Sacramento At Golden 1 Center In June

  29-03-2019 20:17
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Khalid is coming back to Sacramento – this time at the Golden 1 Center.
  The singer announced his first arena tour, the “Free Spirit World Tour” on Friday.
  MY FIRST ARENA TOUR!
  3 years ago, I did my first show in a coffee shop.
  Life is such a blessing, I love u guys, thank you so much @clairo for joining memore info/tickets coming super super soon pic.twitter.com/RnaUmJleCl
  — Khalid (@thegreatkhalid) March 29, 2019Sacramento will get a date with
  
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• Restaurant/Lounge Burning In Waterford

  29-03-2019 19:54
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Stanislaus Firefighters are on the scene of a large fire in Waterford.
  This is on the 1200 block of Yosemite Blvd. Several roads are closed in the area.
  Drivers are being asked to avoid the area.
  #SCFPD working a 2 alarm commercial fire in the 12000 blk of Yosemite, #waterford. Getting assistance from #ceresfire,@ModestoFire , #denairfire, and @TurlockFire. Several road closures, avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/2yY0ISrUkq
  — Stan Con Fire PIO (@stanconfirepio) March
  
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• Playboy Model Kelsey Turner Arrested In Stockton In Connection To Doctor’s Murder

  29-03-2019 19:32
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Kelsey Turner, a 25-year-old who posed for Playboy, was arrested in Stockton in connection to the murder of a California doctor whose body was found in the trunk of a car abandoned in the desert near Las Vegas.
  RELATED: Army Recruit’s Leg Amputated After Contracting A Flesh-Eating Disease During Basic Training
  Dr. Thomas Burchard, 71, was a psychiatrist who worked in the Monterey area. His body was found on March 7 in an abandoned car on Nevada State Route 147; he
  
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• Playboy Model Arrested In Stockton In Connection To Doctor’s Murder

  29-03-2019 18:32
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – A woman was arrested in Stockton in connection to the murder of a California doctor whose body was found in the trunk of a car abandoned in the desert near Las Vegas.
  Dr. Thomas Burchard, 71, was a psychiatrist who worked in the Monterey area. His body was found on March 7 in an abandoned car on Nevada State Route 147; he had been bludgeoned to death, authorities said.
  On March 7, 2019, an abandoned vehicle was located on State Route 147, near mile marker 14 with a decea
  
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• Black News Channel Announces Results of Re-Branding Efforts

  29-03-2019 17:13
  TALLAHASSE, FL – Black News Channel (BNC), the nation’s only African American news network, today reveals its new brand identity and logo after months of consumer research. With the efforts of partners like Screen Engine/ASI and the Carol H. Williams Advertising agency, BNC’s executive team has been to the top of the mountain and back in order to pinpoint the network’s precise look and feel that will be authentic to its target audience of African Americans.
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• Firefighter From Yuba City Dies In Helicopter Crash In Texas

  29-03-2019 17:11
  YUBA CITY (CBS13) – A firefighter from Yuba City has died in a helicopter crash in Texas.
  The U.S. Forest Service says 41-year-old Daniel J. Laird was helping with a controlled burn in the Sam Houston National Forest on Wednesday when the helicopter he was in went down.
  Laird, a Helitack captain from the Tahoe National Forest, died at the scene.
  Forest Service officials released a statement on Friday, writing that Laird was committed to his job.
  “His passion was in aviation, but he w
  
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• Kilos Of Cocaine Found In Cereal Boxes After CHP Officers Pull Over Driver

  29-03-2019 16:50
  MERCED (CBS13) – Cereal boxes weren’t enough to fool officers in Merced.
  California Highway Patrol’s Merced division says officers stopped a car on Highway 99 at Le Grand Road on Thursday. The car was pulled over for a tinted window violation, but officers also noted some suspicious activity and got probable cause to search the vehicle.
  The cereal boxes officers found. Nothing too suspicious, right? (Credit: CHP Merced)
  Officers soon found three cereal boxes. Instead of breakfa
  
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• All Lanes Of Highway 99 In Sutter County Back Open After Major Crash

  29-03-2019 16:15
  SUTTER COUNTY (CBS13) – A major crash blocked Highway 99 north of Sacramento Friday morning.
  The incident happened a little before 6:30 a.m. near Sankey Road, about 13 miles north of the Highway 99-Interstate 5 split and south of Pleasant Grove.
  California Highway Patrol says two crashes happened at the scene. The first one happened when a vehicle was making a southbound to eastbound turn from Highway 99 onto Sankey Road. A vehicle coming the opposite direction then collided with it &ndash
  
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• NB Highway 99 In Sutter County South Of Pleasant Grove Remains Closed After Major Crash

  29-03-2019 15:45
  SUTTER COUNTY (CBS13) – A major crash has Highway 99 north of Sacramento blocked on Friday morning.
  The incident happened a little before 6:30 a.m. near Sankey Road, about 13 miles north of the Highway 99-Interstate 5 split and south of Pleasant Grove.
  California Highway Patrol says two crashes happened at the scene. The first one happened when a vehicle was making a southbound to eastbound turn from Highway 99 onto Sankey Road. A vehicle coming the opposite direction then collided with it
  
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• Audit: EDD Put Millions At Risk Of Identity Theft

  29-03-2019 08:12
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The state auditor released a scathing report Thursday about the state’s largest agency, confirming that the Employment Development Department is putting millions at risk of identity theft.
  The audit was prompted by a series of reports from CBS13 investigator Julie Watts that started three years ago. Parts of the audit read like a compilation of the facts laid out in her stories over the past few years.
  Citing Watts’ investigation, lawmakers launched an inve
  
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• Neighbors Frustrated By Growing Piles Of Garbage At Run-Down House

  29-03-2019 07:22
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) — Neighbors on Wachtel Way in Citrus Heights keep complaining about a house that is increasingly looking like a garbage dump.
  In a nice neighborhood in Citrus Heights, one house has gone downhill.
  “It used to be a nice house, nice neighborhood,” said neighbor Mitch Myers. “It’s kind of odd, you know, to have this…in the middle of all this.”
  Other homes on the street look great, there’s a flower bed right next door to the hou
  
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• Neighbors Frustrated By Growing Piles Of Garbage At Run-Down Citrus Heights House

  29-03-2019 07:22
  CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) — Neighbors on Wachtel Way in Citrus Heights keep complaining about a house that is increasingly looking like a garbage dump.
  In a nice neighborhood in Citrus Heights, one house has gone downhill.
  “It used to be a nice house, nice neighborhood,” said neighbor Mitch Myers. “It’s kind of odd, you know, to have this…in the middle of all this.”
  Other homes on the street look great, there’s a flower bed right next door to the hou
  
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• First Building Permit Issued In Paradise Since Camp Fire

  29-03-2019 06:48
  PARADISE (CBS13) — The Town of Paradise hit a major milestone in the recovery aftermath of the Camp Fire. On Thursday, the town issued its very first building permit since the Camp Fire wiped out the community nearly five months ago, destroying 11,000 homes.
  Meagann and Jason Buzzard are the Paradise homeowners who received the first permit to re-build.
  “I think the moment we move in we’re going to be just happy to be here and we have so many neighbors that are right behind us,
  
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• Woman Looking For Owner Of Prosthetic Leg Found In Bushes

  29-03-2019 06:40
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) — A local woman is trying to find the owner of a prosthetic leg.
  Barb Day says her friend was walking through North Highlands when he saw the leg in the middle of the bushes of a liquor store parking lot. Day says her friend brought the leg to her house, but then left it with her.
  “He said if nobody claims it he’s going to take it to IHOP,” Barb said.
  Now, Barb is stepping up. She posted an ad on Craiglist, to get the word out. If there is someone
  
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• Vigil Held For Sacramento County Couple Presumed Dead In The River

  29-03-2019 06:14
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A vigil was held Thursday for the tow truck couple presumed dead after plunging into the Sacramento River. Family, friends, and employees gathered at the water’s edge to pay their respects.
  “You would never think that it could happen,” said the couple’s next-door neighbor, Brandy Wood.
  It’s now been more than two days since Roselyn and Shalvin Sharma’s tow truck disappeared. It happened at the same time a truck drove off the Pio
  
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• Police Still Don’t Know How Officer Corona’s Killer Got His Guns

  29-03-2019 05:41
  DAVIS (CBS13) — Davis police say we may never know how the man who killed officer Natalie Corona got the guns he used in the shooting.
  The 22-year-old rookie officer was shot and killed in January when Kevin Limbaugh opened fire as she was investigating a crash. Police said they’ve traced the origin of the guns used, but that not been able to determine how or when Limbaugh came to own them.
  RELATED: Report: Kevin Limbaugh, Suspect In Fatal Shooting Of Officer Natalie Corona, Had
  
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• Woman Accused Of Embezzling More Than $10K From Middle School Boosters

  29-03-2019 04:58
  ROCKLIN (CBS13) — A Fair Oaks woman was arrested Thursday, accused of embezzling $10,000 from a Rocklin middle school booster club, according to police.
  Last week, Granite Oaks Middle School contacted the Rocklin police after they noticed some money was missing from the Parent Falcon Club. Police and Rocklin School Resource Officers discovered that a board member for the Parent Falcon Club had acquired a debit card without the knowledge of the rest of the board.
  READ ALSO: Are You The
  
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• Caught On Camera: Firefighters Rescue Deer Stuck In Fence

  29-03-2019 03:30
  LODI (CBS13) —It’s not the typical 9-1-1 call. A Lodi woman discovered a deer stuck in a fence and called the fire department for help. She then grabbed her cell phone and recorded the remarkable rescue.
  Lodi resident Rhonda Perry Parker described the tense moments after she discovered the deer in distress.
  “It was thrashing around so at this point I called 9-1-1,” she said.
  The deer had somehow trapped itself between two bars of her neighbor’s backyard fence at the
  
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• Tug Boat To Assist In Search For Couple Believed To Have Crashed Into Sacramento River

  29-03-2019 02:41
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — There was a step forward in finding the owner of a tow truck company and his wife who are believed to have plunged off an area bridge into the Sacramento River two days ago.
  A tug boat is on its way to help, according to family members who have become frustrated with the process. The family says a little muscle and modern day technology will help locate their loved ones.
  “The tug boat is going to come from San Francisco to Sacramento and as soon as they are here
  
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• Violent Head-On Crash Involving RT Vehicle Sends 2 To Hospital

  29-03-2019 02:14
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Hazmat crews are on the scene of a violent head-on collision near McClellan Park.
  The Sacramento Fire Department says three vehicles collided on Winters Street late Thursday afternoon.
  One of the vehicles involved in the incident is a Regional Transit truck. Sacramento RT said their driver involved is in the hospital and doing okay.
  Fire officials say two people were injured in the crash. One person involved in the crash is in critical condition and the other sustained
  
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• California Lawmakers Push For Reforms To Prevent College Admissions Abuse

  29-03-2019 02:12
  (CNN) — Some California lawmakers are proposing several new laws in the wake of the college admissions scandal.
  The proposals unveiled Thursday by a group of Democratic lawmakers include banning preferential admissions for donors and alumni, evaluating the phase out of the SAT and ACT exams, and regulating private admissions consultants.
  The six proposals are intended to reform and curtail abuse in the college admissions process, the lawmakers said at a press conference.
  Fifty people &mdas
  
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• Meet Your 2019 Sacramento River Cats!

  29-03-2019 01:46
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento River Cats have released their Opening Day roster for the 2019 season.
  This will be the River Cats 20th season in Sacramento.
  The roster includes:
  Pitchers:ANDERSON, Shaun
  BEEDE, Tyler
  BLACH, Ty
  BLACK, Ray
  COONROD, Sam
  JEREZ, Williams
  JOHNSON, Chase
  LAW, Derek
  OKERT, Steven
  ROGERS, Tyler
  SAMPSON, Keyvius
  SUAREZ, Andrew
  VENDITTE, PatCatchers:FREEMAN, Ronnie
  GARCIA, Aramis
  VOGT, StephenALSO: Play Ball! Sacramento River Cats Announce First Home Scrimma
  
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• Video Released Of Deputies Attacking Inmate At Auburn Jail

  29-03-2019 01:41
  AUBURN (CBS13) — Video of an attack on a Placer County inmate was released Thursday after the lawsuit from 2017 was settled in court.
  The video shows four Placer County Sheriff’s Deputies violently attacking a mentally ill inmate, Beau Bengert, inside a suicide-watch cell in the Auburn Jail.
  The footage remained sealed in evidence since it was recorded in 2017. It led to the eventual firing of three Placer County officials and a class action lawsuit.
  RELATED: Placer County Sheriff&rs
  
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• DA’s Office: No Charges For Sheriff’s Deputy Suspected Of Domestic Violence

  29-03-2019 01:15
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13)  — The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said a sheriff’s deputy arrested on felony domestic violence-related charges back in January will not be charged because of insufficient evidence.
  Deputy Tyrie McIntyre was arrested at his home on January 5, 2019, on charges of felony domestic violence and felony corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, according to a statement from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
  Shelly Orio, a spok
  
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• North Sacramento Indecent Exposure Suspect Arrested

  29-03-2019 00:58
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested an indecent exposure suspect who is believed to have exposed his genitals in public near an elementary school.
  A citizen reported seeing the man exposing his genitals and provided pictures of the suspect to deputies on Tuesday.
  CBS13 spoke with that citizen, teacher Jessica White, Wednesday. She said she saw the same suspect at Alexander Twilight Academy on Wednesday.
  RELATED: Search On For Indecent Exposure
  
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• BREAKING: Violent Head-On Crash Involving RT Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital

  29-03-2019 00:44
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Hazmat crews are on the scene of a violent head-on collision near McClellan Park.
  The Sacramento Fire Department says two trucks collided on Winters Street late Thursday afternoon.
  One of the vehicles involved is a Regional Transit truck.
  UPDATE ** the vehicle accident on the 4000 Block of Winters Street has required the response of Sac Fire’s Hazardous Materials Team to help with cleanup and mitigation of liquids that spilled from the vehicles after the accident
  
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• Are You The Match? Woodland Baby In Search Of Blood Stem Cell Donor

  29-03-2019 00:38
  WOODLAND (CBS13) — A seven-month-old baby in Woodland is looking for a blood stem stell donor to save her life.
  (credit: Be The Match)
  Abby Sosa was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) at just five-months-old and is now fighting for her life.
  Her mom, Tety, didn’t think she would be able to have children and had dedicated her career to kids. When she found out she was pregnant, Tety and her partner Roberto were thrilled. Not long after she was born, the family got the new
  
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• BLM Sacramento Disrupts Luncheon Honoring Sacramento County District Attorney

  29-03-2019 00:20
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Reported members of the group Black Lives Matter Sacramento shared a Facebook Live video on Thursday of it disrupting a lunch honoring Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert.
  It happened this afternoon at the popular midtown restaurant Lucca.
  Today's action was a matter of FACTS… @SacCountyDA Schubert was being recognized by the Sacramento Women's Attorneys organization and we decided to stage a SILENT protest and hold a banner while she spoke.
  
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