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• 1 Dead, One Injured In Shooting On Truxel Road

  09-11-2019 19:15
  
  NATOMAS (CBS13) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting that left one man dead and another injured Friday night.
  Sacramento police say they responded to a crash at Truxel Road and San Juan Road just before 11 p.m. Friday. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots fired at the scene of the crash.
  When officers arrived, they found two vehicles involved. One victim was located in a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities declared him dead at the scene.
  Police found another victim, an
  
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• Paradise Residents Say No Fire Can Destroy Their Bond

  09-11-2019 08:43
  
  PARADISE (CBS13) — The remaining 3,500 residents in Paradise came together Friday to remember how their lives and town have changed, and look to what’s next for them.
  It was a family reunion of sorts for some residents, gathering with friends and neighbors they haven’t seen in a year and remembering those who are gone forever.
  From the voices of Paradise’s smallest residents came music of remembrance.
  It was part of a community gathering for the people of Paradise, one ye
  
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• California’s Official Christmas Tree Under Scrutiny

  09-11-2019 08:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The first one had a crack. Now the replacement California State Christmas Tree is facing backlash. While one certified arborist calls it a perfect specimen, others say it’s ugly.
  “This is my first time seeing it, so I was kind of shocked,” Luis Galan said. “And then when you told me it was the Christmas tree for California, I was like, ‘Wow,’ like, ‘Where’s the rest of it?’ The branches are really far apart. It&rsqu
  
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• Rebuilding Paradise: Burned Down Trailer Park Hopes To Bring Tenants Back Home

  09-11-2019 08:06
  
  PARADISE (CBS13) — Businesses are being brought back to life after the Camp Fire brought the town to ground zero.
  The oak trees “Oak Hill Estates” is named after are now gone, but the sign is all that is still standing.
  “I’m sort of depressed, because I may have to find a new name for my park,” said owner Richard Stach.
  He jokes he may need to now call the park, “The Bald Eagle.” His park is just one of countless properties completely swe
  
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• Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Barrels Down Highway 50, Narrowly Missing Drivers

  09-11-2019 07:18
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — California Highway Patrol Officers risk their lives to stop a wrong-way driver on Highway 50.
  CHP is shocked this didn’t end with a bad crash or even death. An officer said the driver was headed east in the westbound lanes of Highway 50, ignoring police lights and sirens.
  “This really could have been a tragedy,” said CHP officer Jim Young.
  Dispatch first started getting calls about the driver as he passed through the Rancho Cordova area. The dr
  
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• Ridge Rising: Paradise Poised For Rebuilding

  09-11-2019 07:10
  
  PARADISE (CBS13) — Ridge rising is a term that’s being used to describe the overwhelming task of rebuilding in Paradise.
  The small town was nearly wiped out after the Camp Fire. The road to recovery will take decades. Paradise had 26,000 people before the Camp Fire and now less than 5,000 reside in the town. Friday, as neighbors held each other, they remembered the tragedy and the triumphs this past year.
  Carol Souza wiped back tears as she looked at plans for Hope Plaza in the
  
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• Paradise Undefeated: Football Team Becomes Symbol Of Hope In Recovering Community

  09-11-2019 04:25
  
  PARADISE (CBS13) – The Paradise Football Team has become a symbol of hope for the community recovering from tragedy. The team is undefeated for the first time in 15 years.
  Neighbors call Paradise a football town.
  “It’s one of the biggest traditions up here,” said Senior Casten Ortiz.
  And just as the Bobcats grew up knowing football, they grew up knowing fire.
  “I think everybody knew that it was a huge possibility, all the time this could happen,” said Ortiz. &
  
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• Why An Abandoned Car Sat For 6 Weeks In Front Of A South Sacramento Elementary School

  09-11-2019 04:10
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Why has an abandoned car been sitting in front of a south Sacramento elementary school for six weeks?
  Neighbors have filed complaints with the city, but nothing’s been done.
  This car has been in front of Barbara Comstock Morse Elementary for weeks, collecting dust.
  Nearby neighbor, Dean Dal Ben, has called south Sacramento home for almost 30 years. “I was born and raised in Sacramento,” he said.
  He says he’s filed multiple code complaints to the
  
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• School Resource Officers Arrest Two Teens For Illegally Possessing Firearm

  09-11-2019 02:20
  
  FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Police arrested two male juveniles Thursday after reportedly locating an illegally possessed firearm.
  Fairfield police say School Resource Officers (SRO) were notified that a juvenile was in possession of a firearm at school Thursday. The SROs removed the student from class and determined he did not have a firearm.
  But, the SROs learned the student planned to go to another high school after school to confront another student. The SROs remained in the area after school a
  
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• 2 Arrested And Over $250K Worth Of Drugs, 7 Guns Found During Sacramento Probation Search

  09-11-2019 01:39
  
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Two men were arrested after a probation search Thursday led to the discovery of over $250,000 worth of drugs and seven firearms in Sacramento.
  The Sacramento County Probation Department’s Investigation and Supervision Unit issued three search warrants on David Hansen, 48, who is on probation for possessing methamphetamine for sale.
  Hansen was at a residence on Hackberry Lane where a search of his vehicle uncovered over two pounds of methamphetamine, a quarter pou
  
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• Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Stealing Car From Manteca Dealership

  09-11-2019 00:45
  
  MANTECA (CBS13) — Manteca police arrested a man Thursday who led officers on a chase in a vehicle stolen from a local car lot.
  Officers said an alarm call went off around 2:30 a.m. at Sunset Motors at 910 W. Yosemite Avenue.
  A responding officer followed a silver sedan spotted leaving the lot. The vehicle then took off at a high rate of speed eastbound on W. Yosemite Avenue.
  The sedan, gaining distance from the officer, attempted to turn northbound on N. Main Street and crashed into a traf
  
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• CHP Officers Ram Wrong-Way Drunk Driver On Highway 50 Who Wouldn’t Stop

  09-11-2019 00:25
  
  RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) – Officers have arrested a person they say was under the influence and driving the wrong way on Highway 50.
  The incident happened a little after 1:30 a.m. Thursday. California Highway Patrol says a caller reported seeing a driver, identified as Mauricio Santiago Lopez, going the wrong way in the #1 lane on Highway 50 near Zinfandel Drive.
  A CHP aircraft soon spotted the car and officers tried pulled it over as it approached Highway 99.
  With the car still going the wr
  
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