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• Woman, 46, Found Dead At Lodi Park; Police Investigating Homicide

  04-04-2019 23:50
  LODI (CBS13) – Officers are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead at a Lodi park late Thursday morning.
  The scene was at Hale Park. Lodi police say dispatchers got a call a little after 10:30 a.m. about a woman who was found at the park, possibly deceased.
  Officers got to the scene and found the woman dead. She had a suspicious injury, officers noted.
  Investigators believe the actual incident that led to the woman’s death happened late Wednesday night. People who walk
  
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• Rock Legend Ozzy Osbourne Postpones Sacramento Show One Year

  04-04-2019 21:34
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — 70-year-old rocker Ozzy Osbourne is postponing all of his 2019 concerts, including a scheduled stop at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center in July.
  The rocker reportedly injured himself in a fall at his Los Angeles home, reaggravating an old injury from a 2003 ATV accident.
  ALSO: Jennifer Lopez To Play At Golden 1 Center In June
  Osbourne was scheduled to play Golden 1 Center on July 18 of 2019. That show has been rescheduled for July 17, 2020.
  Fans are being asked
  
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• Daffodil Hill Closed For Season As Heavy Rain Expected To Damage Blooms

  04-04-2019 21:04
  AMADOR COUNTY (CBS13) – Rain is putting a damper on the Daffodil Hill bloom this year.
  With more heavy rains coming, the decision was made on Thursday to close the attraction for the 2019 season.
  The past few storms have already damaged the blooms – and the next round is expected to push them past the point where they can’t recover.
  Aside from damaging the blooms, rain has also made paths and parking areas slippery.
  “Together these factors have led the family to make the
  
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• Dutch Bros Holding Fundraiser For Teens Killed In Dixon

  04-04-2019 20:43
  DIXON (CBS13) — The Dutch Bros Coffee location in Dixon is raising money for the two teens who were electrocuted in a canal this week.
  On Friday, April 5, the company will give $1 from the purchase of every drink to the families of Jacob Hourmouzus and Jacob Schneider. The Dutch Bros Coffee in Dixon is located at 2375 North First Street.
  ALSO: Getting Answers: Why Was The Bridge Electrified Where Two Teens Were Electrocuted?Both teens attended Dixon High School.
  According to the Solan
  
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• Police: 10 Placer High Students Involved In Counterfeit $20 Bills Case

  04-04-2019 19:30
  AUBURN (CBS13) – Police say ten Placer High School students are involved in a case of kids trying to pass counterfeit $20 bills.
  The Auburn Police Department says officers have been investigating reports of kids trying to use counterfeit bills at several businesses in in the city recently. Officers discovered that counterfeit bills had been passed at four Auburn businesses recently.
  Two counterfeit bills were also passed at the Placer High cafeteria, police say.
  Investigators believe the s
  
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• Drive-By Golf Balling Incidents Under Investigation In Sonora

  04-04-2019 17:59
  SONORA (CBS13) – Police in Sonora are asking residents of one neighborhood to be vigilant after a series of drive-by golf balling incidents recently.
  The incidents are happening along Lyons Street in Sonora. Police say there have been at least eight incidents reported to them in past several months, with the first report being taken back in August 2018.
  Golf balls have been found in residents’ yards – and some people have reported golf balls hitting their houses and cars at nig
  
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• Celine Dion Sets Sacramento Date In April 2020 For ‘Courage World Tour’

  04-04-2019 16:32
  LOS ANGELES (CBS13/AP) – Celine Dion is ending her Las Vegas residency soon, but the superstar singer will keep herself busy by releasing new music and embarking on a new world tour later this year.
  Dion told a packed venue Wednesday that she will kick off her Courage World Tour in Quebec City, Canada, on Sept. 18, and will make stops in more than 50 cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago and Brooklyn. The 51-year-old Canadian singer said she is expecting to release &ldquo
  
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• Early Morning Fire Damages South Sacramento Home Undergoing Renovation

  04-04-2019 15:15
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – An early Thursday morning fire damaged a south Sacramento home under construction.
  The incident happened near 24th Avenue and Deeble Street.
  Crews say the fire fight was complicated by several factors. Due to the house being under renovation, there were holes in the floor that hindered firefighters’ progress.
  House Fire on 24th Ave! Appears nobody was living there and house was being renovated! #fire @sacfire on scene ⁦@GoodDaySac⁩ ⁦@CBSSacramen
  
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• Airbnb’s Most-Visited Listing Is An Oasis Just A Couple Of Hours From Sacramento

  04-04-2019 08:50
  APTOS (CBS13) — A small geodesic dome loft surrounded by trees in Aptos is the most-visited listing for Airbnb. The quirky location is just two and a half hours away from Sacramento and is the most popular listing in the entire Airbnb community.
  (CREDIT: Airbnb)
  The 100-square-foot “Mushroom Dome” has been listed on Airbnb since 2009 and has guests coming from around the world to stay in its cozy quarters. The dome has one bedroom, two beds, and one bath.
  It goes for just $130
  
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• Avian Radar Technology Installed To Reduce Bird Strikes At Sacramento International Airport

  04-04-2019 08:28
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento has one of the highest rates of bird strikes in the nation. Airport officials will soon be testing a new radar which could help identify flocks of birds that are flying dangerously close to aircraft.
  Every pilot that takes off and lands at Sacramento International Airport hears this radio warning from the control tower: “use caution for bird activity in the vicinity of the airport.”
  Sacramento sits along the Pacific Flyway, a migratory route mill
  
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• Hundreds Of Goats Stopped Highway 65 In Both Directions

  04-04-2019 08:09
  LINCOLN (CBS13) – CHP released dash cam video that shows what appears to be a routine back up, but instead something no one expected.
  “There was a goat that literally just ran right by our car,” said Percy Sanders of Lincoln while stuck on the highway.
  A sea of goats stretched on both the north and southbound lanes, shutting down Highway 65 Tuesday night.
  “It seemed like thousands, but I’m sure it was only a couple hundred,” Sanders said.
  Percy and Diana Sande
  
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• Hundreds Of Goats Stopped Highway 65 Going Both Directions

  04-04-2019 08:09
  LINCOLN (CBS13) – CHP released dash cam video that shows what appears to be a routine back up, but instead something no one expected.
  “There was a goat that literally just ran right by our car,” said Percy Sanders of Lincoln while stuck on the highway.
  A sea of goats stretched on both the north and southbound lanes, shutting down Highway 65 Tuesday night.
  “It seemed like thousands, but I’m sure it was only a couple hundred,” Sanders said.
  Percy and Diana Sande
  
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• Good Samaritan Tries To Save Woman’s Life In Deadly Highway 50 Crash

  04-04-2019 07:28
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — A morning commuter turned highway hero described how she tried to save a woman’s life after a chain-reaction crash on Highway 50.
  One person was killed in the crash that snarled eastbound traffic for nearly two hours Wednesday.
  Holly Matzke survived a crash that sent her flying 40 feet off a cliff a few years ago and said stopping to help Wednesday was a no brainer, but she says what she saw has shaken her to her core. Matzke’s voice was still weak
  
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• Woman Turns In Over $14K Of Cash To Police 20 Minutes After It Was Reported Missing

  04-04-2019 06:39
  AUBURN (CBS13) — A large amount of cash has been returned to its rightful owner after a Good Samaritan turned it into the police Wednesday.
  (credit: Auburn Police Department)
  Auburn police say a man reported losing a large amount of cash that he had set on his tire and forgot about before driving off. The report came into the Placer County Sheriff’s Office around 2:20 p.m.
  Approximately 20 minutes later, Jill James came into the Auburn Police Department and turned in over $14,000 in
  
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• Auburn Woman Turns In Over $14K Of Cash To Police 20 Minutes After It Was Reported Missing

  04-04-2019 06:39
  AUBURN (CBS13) — A large amount of cash has been returned to its rightful owner after a Good Samaritan turned it into the police Wednesday.
  (credit: Auburn Police Department)
  Auburn police say a man reported losing a large amount of cash that he had set on his tire and forgot about before driving off. The report came into the Placer County Sheriff’s Office around 2:20 p.m.
  Approximately 20 minutes later, Jill James came into the Auburn Police Department and turned in over $14,000 in
  
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• CBS13 Finds Tahoe Park Marijuana Lounge Was Operating Illegally

  04-04-2019 04:48
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — After investigating a so-called marijuana lounge, CBS13 found the Tahoe Park business has been operating without a license. Neighbors say the lounge was disrupting the quality of life with traffic and noise.
  Some neighbors confronted the owner of the lounge, Wayne Rosemond, Tuesday, frustrated about what reportedly goes on behind their closed doors.
  “People are smoking weed, hotboxing, and getting in their car and driving,” said one neighbor.
  Rosemond showe
  
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• UC Davis Medical Center Says 200 People May Have Been Exposed To Measles

  04-04-2019 04:20
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — UC Davis Medical Center confirmed Wednesday that 200 people may have been exposed to measles in the Emergency Department on March 17.
  The hospital sent out letters on March 25 and 26 to those patients, alerting them of the possible exposure, according to public information officer Charles Casey.
  Dean A. Blumberg, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, said a patient from Calaveras County came into the Emergency Department with a rash that turned out to be measle
  
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• McDonald’s Employee Celebrates 30 Years On The Job

  04-04-2019 02:32
  ORANGEVALE (CBS13) — You can find a lot on the menu at McDonald’s, but if you swing by the location at Hazel and Madison in Sacramento, you’ll get much more than a meal.
  One minute with Peggy Lombardi is enough to see her skill set has everything to do with her customer service. Some may say Peggy is a minister of McDonald’s happiness.
  Wayne Turley is a regular customer of Holly’s at the Hazel and Madison location.
  “It’s like the coffee I have to have in
  
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• Getting Answers: Why Was The Bridge Electrified Where Two Teens Were Electrocuted?

  04-04-2019 02:24
  DIXON (CBS13) — The Dixon community wants to know how two 17-year-old boys, enjoying their first day of spring break, could have died in an orchard. Jacob Hourmouzus and Jacob Schneider jumped into an irrigation canal to save a dog. While grabbing an overhead bridge for support out of the water, they were electrocuted.
  “He was saving his dog. He loved his dog a lot and I had the unfortunate role of jumping in after them,” Schneider’s cousin, Kelby Holland, said.
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• California Eyes Risk Pool As It Struggles With Costly Fires

  04-04-2019 01:38
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials were struggling Wednesday to find ways for homeowners to afford insurance in fire-prone areas of California and for utilities to survive liability from devastating wildfires that threaten to worsen with climate change.
  One option on the table is the creation of a new state catastrophe fund backed by tens of billions of dollars.
  Massively expensive wildfires in 2017 and 2018 partly prompted Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. to file for bankruptcy protectio
  
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• Police To Increase Patrol After Bullets Strike Elementary School

  04-04-2019 00:57
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Police will have extra security at New Joseph Bonnheim Community Charter School Thursday after a shooting left multiple bullet holes in a building while school was still in session. 
  It happened Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. near Tahoe Park. One witness said she heard about eight or nine shots go off. Police say two shots struck a building while one bullet broke through a window where a female employee was inside. Officials are calling it a close call, and
  
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• Police: 2 Bullet Holes Found In Elementary School Building, No One Injured

  04-04-2019 00:57
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Police found a building at New Joseph Bonnheim Community Charter School had two bullet holes after receiving reports of shots fired in the area Wednesday afternoon.
  Officers responded to the school around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.  The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution, and parents were told to pick up students on the north side of the school.
  No one was injured in the shooting. Only one staff member was in the building that was shot. Officers said a t
  
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• Police: Stockton Drug Store Employee, Suspects Exchange Gunfire

  04-04-2019 00:00
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Officers are investigating after a Stockton drug store employee and suspects fired shots at each other.
  The incident happened a little before 10 a.m. Wednesday at Doug’s El Dorado Drug Store along the 2000 block of East Mariposa Road.
  Stockton police say multiple suspects walked into the pharmacy, which had several people inside at the time. At some point, multiple gunshots were exchanged between the suspects and an armed employee.
  The suspects were last seen runni
  
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