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• Murder Victims’ Parents Urge Gov. Newsom To Stop Death Penalty Reprieve

  11-04-2019 23:45
  SACRAMENTO (AP) – Parents of Californians murdered by people now on death row shared gruesome details of their loved ones’ killings Thursday as they launched a statewide tour to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to reverse his moratorium on executions.
  “He was like a thief in the night that stole justice from us,” said Phyllis Loya, whose son Larry Lasater Jr. was killed on duty as a police officer.
  Newsom last month issued a reprieve to the more than 700 people sitting on Californi
  
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• Former Natomas Teacher Accused Of Having Inappropriate Relationship With Student

  11-04-2019 23:21
  CAMERON PARK (CBS13) – A local high school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
  The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office says they’ve been investigating 34-year-old Jason Bourdett after the student came forward and told detectives about the alleged relationship.
  Jason Bourdett’s booking photo. (Credit: El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office)
  Investigators say the student met Bourdett when he was a teacher at Natomas
  
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• Accused Cop Killer Pleads Not Guilty

  11-04-2019 21:26
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Paulo Mendoza, the man charged with killing Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh, pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Modesto courtroom.
  Police say Cpl. Singh made a traffic stop in Newman the day after Christmas. Singh pulled over the truck for not having any plates.
  Officer Ronil Singh. (Source: Facebook)
  A few moments after making the stop, the officer called out “shots fired” over the radio. Multiple agencies responded to the scene but the suspect had taken off
  
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• Family: Baby Boy Delivered Early After Mom Hit By DUI Suspect In Rio Linda Has Died

  11-04-2019 21:23
  RIO LINDA (CBS13) – Family says the baby who had to be delivered early after her mother was hit by a DUI suspect has died.
  Ciara Villegas was 6 months pregnant when a car plowed into her car Monday night, sending her flying down a Rio Linda street. Doctors had to perform an emergency C-section and the baby, Ricky, was delivered.
  Family members confirm: baby RJ- born via emergency C-section Monday has died. He and his mom were hit in a suspected DUI crash has died. His mom, 31 Year Old Ciar
  
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• High Speed Chase In Oakdale Ends With Hummer Crashing Into House

  11-04-2019 20:49
  OAKDALE (CBS13) — Police in Oakdale say a Hummer slammed into a house late Wednesday night after a short chase.
  This happened on Dillwood Road at Highway 108.
  ALSO: Police: Woman Intentionally Drove Her Car Into Other Car In Stockton
  Police say this all started with an attempted stop of a reckless driver.
  They say they backed off when the car took off and started speeding and driving recklessly.
  A short time later, they say the car crashed into the house.
  The female driver was transpo
  
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• Body Found In Sacramento River Near Garcia Bend Park

  11-04-2019 19:19
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Sacramento and West Sacramento crews have recovered a body from the Sacramento River on Thursday.
  The body was spotted down the river from Garcia Bend in the Pocket area.
  Crews from both Sacramento and West Sacramento fire departments teamed up to get the body out of the water.
  No information about the body has been released yet.
  The Yolo County Coroner’s Office will be investigating.
  
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• Sac City Unified Teachers Hit Picket Lines For One-Day Strike

  11-04-2019 17:48
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Thousands of Sacramento teachers are hitting the picket lines for the first time in three decades on Thursday.
  Sacramento City Unified School District officials stressed classes will happen at all schools today, despite the strike. Meals and busing will not be interrupted by the strike, officials said.
  Sac City Teachers Assoc. Walking the picket lines with parents during one day strike about a dispute over health care savings in their Dec 2017 contract. Schools are ope
  
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• Fire At North Highlands Home Destroys Garage

  11-04-2019 17:26
  NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – No one was hurt in a house fire that quickly destroyed the garage of a North Highlands home Thursday morning.
  The scene was along Keema Avenue.
  Fully involved house fire on Keema Way in North Highlands ⁦@GoodDayCourtney⁩ ⁦@GoodDaySac⁩ ⁦@CBSSacramento⁩ ⁦@DinaKupfer⁩ ⁦@GDSTracyKetchum⁩ pic.twitter.com/usWJu4PvWM
  — David Grashoff (@CameraGuyDave1) April 11, 2019Sacramento Metro Fire responded just befo
  
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• Red-Shouldered Hawk Shot In Sacramento Recovering, Person Cited

  11-04-2019 16:09
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A red-shouldered hawk on the mend at Gold Country Wildlife Rescue will need another surgery.
  Staff says a bullet was removed from the hawk’s wing after it was shot in the Sacramento area this past weekend.
  Veterinarians were able to remove the bullet from the bird’s wing, but staff says the bird will need another surgery in about four to six weeks.
  “The equivalent of a bird wing is like our arms, so it’s like having a broken arm,” said Gre
  
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• Expert: PG&E Rates Could Skyrocket If Another Wildfire Is Blamed On Utility

  11-04-2019 16:02
  BERKELEY (CBS13) – A UC Berkley utility expert says PG&E rates could skyrocket if the utility causes any more devastating wildfires in the state.
  In a memo to the governor, Steven Weissman says rates would have to double and continue to grow year after year if California continues to get hit with massive wildfires.
  The problems wouldn’t end there. Wiessman says if electricity rates skyrocket, high-energy costs would put California businesses at a disadvantage.
  The sale of electri
  
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• New DNA Evidence Leads To Arrest In The 2013 Brutal Murder Of A 94-Year-Old Woman

  11-04-2019 09:15
  YUBA CITY (CBS13) — Yuba City Police have arrested 29-year-old Armando Aryas Cuadras Wednesday in a homicide cold case from 2013.
  On January 23, 2013, the police were called to the 500 block of Park Avenue regarding the homicide of 94-year-old Leola Lucille Shreves, who was found to have been brutally murdered inside her home.
  RELATED: Police Confirm Yuba City Woman Found Dead In Home Was Murdered
  Police said DNA evidence was collected at the scene during the initial investigation tha
  
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• Access To Serene Lakes Restored After Sierra Snow Runoff Floods Soda Springs Bridge

  11-04-2019 08:59
  UPDATE: The Placer County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday morning that the ice dam has been cleared and access to Serene Lakes has been restored.
  Excavators continue to work on the creek, but authorities say the work is not expected to affect the road.
  Previous story below:
  SODA SPRINGS (CBS13) — It’s a sign of spring in there Sierra — crews are working to clear two ice dams in Soda Springs that caused flooding over a bridge.
  It’s impacting a couple hundred people wh
  
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• Coffee Shop Criminals Strike Again, Grabbing Computers From Patrons

  11-04-2019 08:30
  RIPON (CBS13) — Ripon police are investigating another coffee shop crime, following several others in Davis and Roseville.
  In each case, thieves target seated customers, grabbing their laptops, then running for the door. On Monday, Ripon police say three teenage suspects carried out the heist at a Starbucks on West Colony Road.
  Only this time a victim and a Good Samaritan teamed up to take down one of the suspects.
  “There was a lot of yelling,” witness Mark Sleming said. &ldquo
  
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• Man Dies From Shooting Injuries After Driving Himself To Kaiser Medical Offices

  11-04-2019 07:18
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Stockton Police are investigating a homicide after a 27-year-old man died from his shooting injuries.
  Police said the man drove himself to the Kaiser Permanente medical offices in the 7300 block of West Lane after he had been shot Wednesday afternoon. He was then transported to an area hospital where he died from his injuries.
  Homicide detectives have responded for the investigation and said they do not have a motive, suspect information, or a location where the shooting
  
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• 15-Year-Old Arrested In Shooting Death Of 2 Teens

  11-04-2019 07:04
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Police have made an arrest in the February shooting death of two teens riding their bikes.
  On Wednesday, a 15-year-old boy was taken into custody in connection to the double homicide. The victims, just 14 and 15-years-old were gunned down after midnight on Feb. 24 off Hammer Lane.
  RELATED: Teens Shot And Killed Sunday Were From Sacramento, Stockton
  Police are not releasing the names of the victims. One was a 15-year-old from Sacramento who attended Valley High Schoo
  
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• Aggies’ Star Center Morgan Bertsch Drafted To WNBA

  11-04-2019 06:50
  DAVIS (CBS13) — Some big news for UC Davis senior Morgan Bertsch Wednesday as she was picked 29th overall by the Dallas Wings in the WNBA draft.
  With the 29nd pick of with #WNBADraft, we have selected Morgan Bertsch from UC Davis. Our #WingsFam just got a little better.pic.twitter.com/JhtsDjXa1o
  — Dallas Wings (@DallasWings) April 11, 2019Bertsch is the first-ever Aggie to be drafted. Her time at Davis has been unforgettable as she broke a plethora of records, becoming the all-time l
  
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• Divers Set To Recover Tow Truck, Couple In Sacramento River Friday

  11-04-2019 05:58
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Divers are set to recover the tow truck that plummeted off the Pioneer Bridge into the Sacramento River this Friday.
  Shalvinesh and Roselyn Sharma (credit: Usman Batcha)
  This comes over a week after officials located the truck, but could not safely recover it and the couple presumed to be inside. The truck crashed into the river around 8 p.m. on March 26.
  CHP South Sacramento said the recovery effort will come from Global Diving and Salvage, with local agencies on the
  
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• Sierra Snow Runoff Floods Soda Springs Bridge, Leaves Hundreds Stranded

  11-04-2019 04:45
  SODA SPRINGS (CBS13) — It’s a sign of spring in there Sierra — crews are working to clear two ice dams in Soda Springs that caused flooding over a bridge.
  It’s impacting a couple hundred people who live in the area. Norm Sayler is what you might call an expert on Spring runoff in the Sierra. He ran Donner Ski Ranch for decades.
  “In my 65 years here on Donner summit, this is the seventh or eighth time I have seen this happen,” Sayler said.
  Sayler stopped by the
  
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• Caught On Camera: Dust Devil Tears Through Skate Park

  11-04-2019 04:28
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Young skateboarders at a local park in Fairfield got the scare of their lives as they got caught in what they thought was a tornado Tuesday.
  Turns out it wasn’t a tornado, but the video captured showed just how dangerous and surprising the wind storm was when it kicked up out of nowhere.
  The afternoon skate at Allan Witt Park had Anthony James and his friends running for cover.
  “We had heard it in the back of the skate park and saw some dust just spinning ar
  
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• Neighbor Rushes To Stop Elk Grove Home Invasion With Golf Club

  11-04-2019 03:46
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) — An Elk Grove man rushed to stop a home invasion happening at his neighbor’s house Tuesday. The homeowner was too afraid to go on-camera. She says she never thought something like this could happen in her neighborhood.
  Expecting her son to come over, she didn’t think anything of noises coming from her garage, but then the realized she was hearing multiple voices.
  “I saw the door jiggle and I said, ‘This is not my son I need to get out of here
  
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• Sacramento City Unified Families Brace For One-Day Strike

  11-04-2019 03:14
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Families of the 42,000 students in the Sacramento City Unified School District are bracing for a one-day strike as the Teachers Association says the district is engaging in unfair labor practices.
  It would be the union’s first strike in 30 years. Now parents are left to decide whether to stand alongside teachers and keep their kids home or send them to school.
  It is a big choice but an easy one for the Del Duca family. Magnus and Melissa Del Duca day they&rs
  
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• 3 In Critical Condition After Head-On Collision Along Harbor Blvd.

  11-04-2019 03:03
  WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Four people were injured in a head-on collision along Harbor Boulevard Wednesday afternoon, according to West Sacramento firefighters.
  Officials say three of the patients in the two-vehicle crash are in critical condition and the fourth sustained moderate injuries.
  One of the occupants needed extrication, firefighters said.
  The identities of the victims have not been released.
   
  
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• Man Arrested For Brandishing Toy Gun In Shopping Center

  11-04-2019 01:08
  MODESTO (CBS13) — Police say a 24-year-old transient man was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a weapon Wednesday.
  William Reeves, from Merced, reportedly prompted calls to 911 when he pointed what turned out to be a toy gun at people in a Modesto shopping center.
  The Modesto Bee reported the man appeared to be under the influence as he pointed the toy revolver at people and himself near the Hobby Lobby on McHenry Avenue.
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