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• Man Buys 285 Gallons Of Diesel, Gets Arrested For Illegally Transporting Fuel

  26-04-2019 22:14
  OROVILLE (CBS13) – A driver found himself in handcuffs after stocking up on hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel, but not in the way you’re supposed to do it.
  California Highway Patrol’s Oroville division says the driver filled up five containers with a total of 285 gallons of diesel at an area gas station. The barrels were loaded up into a minivan.
  Officers say fueling up like this is dangerous and highly illegal. (Credit: CHP Oroville)
  Officers talked to him, gave him some info
  
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• CHP: Man Ignores Warning Not To Transport 285 Gallons Of Diesel In His Minivan

  26-04-2019 22:14
  OROVILLE (CBS13) – A driver found himself in handcuffs after stocking up on hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel, but not in the way you’re supposed to do it.
  California Highway Patrol’s Oroville division says the driver filled up five containers with a total of 285 gallons of diesel at an area gas station. The barrels were loaded up into a minivan.
  Officers say fueling up like this is dangerous and highly illegal. (Credit: CHP Oroville)
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• DUI Suspect Crashes Into San Joaquin Co. Deputy’s Patrol Car In French Camp

  26-04-2019 20:04
  FRENCH CAMP (CBS13) – A San Joaquin County Sheriff’s deputy didn’t have to go far to arrest a DUI suspect on Thursday.
  The sheriff’s office says one of their deputies was at the intersection of McKinley Avenue and Watters Road in French Camp when a driver struck him.
  The deputy’s patrol car after the crash. (Credit: San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office)
  The deputy says he noticed the strong smell of an alcohol drink the moment he went over to talk to the driver
  
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• 18-Year-Old Arrested In 2016 Stockton Shooting That Killed 3-Year-Old Girl

  26-04-2019 19:46
  STOCKTON (CBS13) – Detectives say a suspect has been arrested in connection to the 2016 shooting that left a 3-year-old Stockton girl dead.
  Back on Sept. 25, 2016, 3-year-old Melanie Martinez was riding in the back seat of a car near Jefferson and Commerce streets when gunfire struck the vehicle. Melanie was hit by the gunfire; she was taken to the hospital but was later pronounced dead.
  The incident prompted an outcry from the community and a $20,000 reward for information.
  Thursday, offi
  
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• Sacramento Post Office Worker Accused Of Stealing Packages Suspected Of Carrying Pot

  26-04-2019 19:04
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A US Postal Service employee has been charged with stealing packages from the post office she worked at in Sacramento.
  Friday, the district attorney’s office announced that a federal grand jury had returned a 10-count indictment against 51-year-old West Sacramento resident Shabina Debbie. She has been charged with embezzlement and theft of mail, as well as possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
  Prosecutors say Debbie, while working at the Royal Oaks P
  
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• Search On For Suspects In Pair Of Elk Grove Robberies

  26-04-2019 18:19
  ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Officers are investigating a part of robberies in Elk Grove that could be related.
  The incidents happened early Thursday afternoon. Elk Grove police say the first incident happened in front of a business along the 8600 block of Elk Grove Boulevard.
  A suspect reportedly walked up to the victim and told him to give up his stuff, but the victim refused. The two started fighting and a second suspect soon jumped in to try and rob the victim. However, the suspects took off em
  
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• Historic Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Could Be Turned Into Hotel

  26-04-2019 16:46
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Plans are underway to convert Sacramento’s historic Coca-Cola bottling plant into a hotel.
  The Stockton Boulevard facility opened in the 1930s, but has sat vacant since it closed in 2013.
  Developers want to retain the front of the brick building with a large window where beverage bottles once flew by. Other parts of the plant will be torn down for the planned five-story hotel, which will have 120 rooms.
  The old plant is located right across the street from the UC
  
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• Lincoln Home Damaged After Early Morning Kitchen Fire

  26-04-2019 15:01
  LINCOLN (CBS13) – A Lincoln family’s home was damaged in an early morning fire on Friday.
  It began as a kitchen fire around 2:30 a.m. on East Sixth Street, off East Avenue.
  A family member on scene says his relatives were heading to Oregon when flames broke out, forcing them to turn around.
  Firefighters say it appears the fire started in the kitchen.
  Exactly what caused the fire is still under investigation.
  
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• Family Has To Cut Vacation Plans Short After Fire At Lincoln Home

  26-04-2019 15:01
  LINCOLN (CBS13) – A family’s vacation cut short after a fire sparked inside their Lincoln home early Friday morning.
  It began as a kitchen fire around 2:30 a.m. on East Sixth Street, off East Avenue.
  A family member on scene says his relatives were heading to Oregon for a road trip when flames broke out, forcing them to turn around.
  Firefighters say it appears the fire started in the kitchen. Flames were mostly contained to the kitchen.
  Exactly what caused the fire is still under inv
  
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• Fire Department Looking To Add Bike Medics

  26-04-2019 08:56
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The city of Sacramento is looking to add a small fleet of bicycle medics to their toolbox.
  “They found it to be a great little tool to quickly maneuver around downtown as opposed to a large vehicle when your trying to navigate large crowds,” said Captain Keith Wade, Sacramento Fire Dept.
  Trucks and engines are not always the best tool for the job, especially in large crowds.
  “You would have bike medics to be able to quickly respond, to weave their way
  
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• Foresthill Residents Worry About Too Few Evacuation Routes Ahead Of Fire Season

  26-04-2019 08:06
  FORESTHILL (CBS13) — When the Camp Fire tore through the town of Paradise, a lack of roads leading out prevented people from getting to safety.
  A new analysis by the USA Today/California Network shows many Northern California communities have a serious, potentially dangerous lack of evacuation routes. On that list is the Placer County community of Foresthill where there’s only one main road in and out.
  In Foresthill, Foresthill Road is a lifeline for people. If an evacuation were ord
  
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• Mayor Steinberg Presents New Sacramento Waterfront Plans

  26-04-2019 08:05
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It is the new vision for Old Sacramento. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced to a crowd of supporters standing on the riverfront the changes he will push to bring to Downtown Sacramento.
  “For decades, for decades, we have talked and talked, and talked, about our waterfront,” Steinberg said.
  The mayor came a step closer to delivering on a campaign promise, by firing up supporters seeking to make Old Sacramento new again, a place where more people wa
  
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• Woman Wards Off Man Caught On Ring Camera Setting Fire To Front Porch

  26-04-2019 07:51
  STOCKTON(CBS13) — A mother warded off a man who allegedly tried to set fire to her front porch by telling him to leave using her Ring camera.
  “Who’s in there?” he said into the camera.
  “Can you get away from my camera?” she replied at 5:50 a.m.
  They’re calling him a neighborhood nuisance who has taken it too far.
  “I feel terrified,” one neighbor said.
  The confrontation was caught on a Ring camera. The man sets a pile of papers on fire, drops
  
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• CBS13 Investigates: How CHP Handles 911 Calls Reporting A Suspected DUI

  26-04-2019 07:32
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —  A Good Samaritan witnessed a suspected drunk driver sideswiping a tanker and endangering lives, but when she called 911 five times begging for help, CHP did not come, and she was eventually told to stop calling.
  We’ve all seen those signs on the freeway urging us to report drunk drivers, but when a local woman did just that, she says she was ultimately scolded by a dispatcher and ignored by the CHP.
  DiDi McElroy assumed CHP was on the way the first time she
  
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• Young Publisher Offers To Publish Bear Creek Student’s Controversial Article

  26-04-2019 07:02
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — After learning of the battle local high school journalists are in with their district over free speech, the young publisher of an independent newspaper in Pennsylvania, offered to publish their story unedited, and distribute it at their school for free.
  Hilde Lysiak, 12, runs the Orange Street News in her hometown and is a fierce advocate for journalists’ first amendment rights.
  READ ALSO: 12-Year-Old Journalist Questions Officer Who Threatened To Arrest Her
  
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• Young Journalist Offers To Publish Article About Student Working In Adult Entertainment Industry

  26-04-2019 07:02
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — After learning of the battle local high school journalists are in with their district over free speech, the young publisher of an independent newspaper in Pennsylvania, offered to publish their story unedited, and distribute it at their school for free.
  Hilde Lysiak, 12, runs the Orange Street News in her hometown and is a fierce advocate for journalists’ first amendment rights.
  READ ALSO: 12-Year-Old Journalist Questions Officer Who Threatened To Arrest Her
  
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• Visitors At County Jail Arrested For Trying To Smuggle In Meth, Marijuana, And THC

  26-04-2019 06:25
  SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (CBS13) — The San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office said two separate visitors at the San Joaquin County Jail were caught trying to smuggle drugs into the jail.
  (credit: San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office)
  The Sheriff’s office said the first visitor, Crystal Ann Stevenson, was caught with 2.2 grams of meth and 2.1 grams of THC on her. When the controlled substances were found, the patrol was called and charges were filed. Officials then searched Stevenson&rsquo
  
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• Caught On Camera: Man Pretends To Rob Store, Then Turns Around And Actually Robs It

  26-04-2019 05:56
  MODESTO (CBS13) — A bizarre crime was caught on camera in Modesto. Officers said a man pretended to rob a store, then seconds later, he really did.
  Police think he was planning to rob the place the whole time but did not have the guts to follow through, so he played it off as a joke.
  The incident happened more than a month ago at the Stop N’ Save on Yosemite Boulevard near Riverside Drive. Just before 3:30 a.m. on March 19, a man dressed in a hooded jacket with a light-blue cloth cov
  
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• Firefighters Rescue Kitten Stuck In Engine Compartment

  26-04-2019 05:35
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Some Sacramento firefighters rescued a kitten Thursday, but it wasn’t stuck in a tree.
  (credit: Sacramento Fire)
  The kitten was found stuck in an engine compartment of a Ford Fusion, that had just traveled from Salinas to the Arden Fair Mall.
  READ ALSO: Initiative Aims To Combat Climate Change By Charging Restaurant Customers An Extra 1% On Their Bills
  Luckily, the firefighters in Engine 19 responded and got “Clutch” out safely. One of the firefi
  
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• New App Hopes To Create E-Commerce Niche For Local Retailers

  26-04-2019 04:17
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Amazon has changed the way business is done, but not for the better for small business owners. Luckily there’s an app for that called Nytch.
  A Well-Stocked Home in Woodland is the creation of Kelly Newsom.
  “We consider ourselves a curator of lifestyle, plants, specialty gifts,” said Newsom.
  This former big-business executive turned small-town entrepreneur wanted to live and work where she grew up.
  “We are really unique to Woodland because we did
  
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• Sheep Shenanigans Overwhelm Family In Lincoln Backyard

  26-04-2019 04:05
  LINCOLN (CBS13) — Sheep shenanigans in a Lincoln backyard. It’s video that has thousands of people online chuckling. Flocks of sheep are out cleaning up open spaces to help prevent wildfires.Scott Russo just had to record the moment hundreds of sheep filed into his backyard Monday night.
  “We opened the gate to give the girls a better look,” said Erin Russo.
  The sheep were grazing in open space beyond their back gate, but once it opened the once skittish sheep became bold.
  
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• Folsom Grad Jonah Williams Drafted 11th By The Bengals

  26-04-2019 03:35
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Cincinnati Bengals picked Folsom High grad Jonah Williams 11th overall in Thursday’s NFL Draft.
  CBS Sports predicts “He’s a starting NFL offensive lineman, either at right tackle, or perhaps even at guard. Some scouts even think he could be a Pro Bowl center.”
  With the #11 overall pick in the 2019 @NFLDraft, the @Bengals select OT Jonah Williams! #NFLDraft (by @Bose) pic.twitter.com/0NRB4uhuQU
  — NFL (@NFL) April 26, 2019Williams is 6&r
  
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• Mayor Announces $45M Plan For Old Sacramento Waterfront

  26-04-2019 03:00
  OLD SACRAMENTO (CBS13) —  Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg unveiled a new plan to bring more visitors to the historic district and waterfront in Old Sacramento Thursday.
  #Breaking .@Mayor_Steinberg announces waterfront plan with floating terraces, festival lawn, and iconic water fount…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—stevelarge (@largesteven) April 26, 2019
  Steinberg announced a waterfront plan with floating terraces, a festival lawn, and an iconic water fountain. He
  
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• Who Are The Attorneys Investigating The Sexual Assault Claim Against Luke Walton?

  26-04-2019 02:34
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The NBA and the Sacramento Kings announced a joint investigation into sexual assault allegations aimed at new Kings new head coach Luke Walton.
  Former TV reporter Kelli Tennant filed a lawsuit on April 22, 2019, alleging that she was sexually assaulted by Luke Walton.
  Former sports reporter Kelli Tennant filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that Walton sexually assaulting her in a Santa Monica hotel room. The alleged incident happened between 2014-2016 while Walton was a
  
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• Family Flew From Sacramento To Nashville For The 2019 NFL Draft

  26-04-2019 02:19
  NASHVILLE (CBS13) — Over 300,000 fans from across the country are expected to be in Nashville for the 2019 NFL Draft festivities. How far would you go to support your NFL team? Over 2,200 miles? CBS13’s Sara Hodges met a family that did just that, coming all the way from Sacramento for a weekend of fun!
  It’s a divided house up in the Luna household. They come from a long bloodline of Cardinals fans, but there’s always that one in the family who strays.
  “I really lik
  
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• Man Hurt In South Sacramento Shooting

  26-04-2019 02:11
  SOUTH SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Police say a man sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a shooting Thursday afternoon.
  Officials said the incident happened around 3:20 p.m. when reports of a shooting were called in on the 7600 block of West Stockton Boulevard. Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the shooting.
  Sacramento Police said officers are investigating the incident and said there is no threat to the public at this time.
  
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• Mother Arrested For Murder, Child Cruelty In Toddler’s Death

  26-04-2019 01:05
  OLIVEHURST (CBS13) — A 31-year-old Olivehurst woman was arrested Wednesday following a four-month Coroner’s investigation into the suspicious death of her child in December 2018.
  The Yolo County Sheriff’s Department arrested Eleana M. Carbajal in connection to the death of her son, who would have turned two in February. Deputies said the toddler was pronounced dead at Rideout Hospital just after 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 24.
  READ ALSO: Sheriff: Man Arrested For Lewd Acts With 12-Y
  
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• Does The Kitchen In Sacramento Deserve To Be Named 30th Best Restaurant In US? Readers Weigh In

  26-04-2019 00:15
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The Kitchen, a stand-out restaurant in the Sacramento area, is getting some national praise after it placed 30th on a 24-7 Wall Street Review study of the best restaurants in America.
  In order for restaurants to have been considered for the list, they had to have earned a triple-A five-diamond rating, and at least a one-star review on the Michelin guide.
  Response to news of the restaurant’s honor was mixed, with some people saying they love the food and the exper
  
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