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Group says keep kids home on Harvey Milk Day
SACRAMENTO, CA - May 22 is Harvey Milk Day in California, a day recognizing the state's first openly gay lawmaker. Public schools are encouraged to commemorate him. However, a family values group called SaveCalifornia.com is running radio ads in certain cities, calling on parents to boycott the day by keeping their children home from school. "Children belong to their parents, not to ...
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Probationers Going Unsupervised in Sacramento County
SACRAMENTO COUNTY- There are nearly 20,000 probationers in Sacramento County andthere’s no way the Probation Department can monitor every single one of ...
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Serial Tree Killer Chopping Cedars in El Dorado County
EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) -- Someone is targeting cedar trees and Robert Dietz isn't happy about it. The El Dorado County resident has taken extreme measures against the person cutting down cedar trees including placing boobie traps and hidden cameras nearby. The trees he said, were planted about 25 years ago to keep out noise from busy Lotus Road. He finally caught the tree chopper in ...
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Sacramento disaster relief experts eager to help Oklahoma
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA - Sacramento-area disaster relief workers are waiting for the call to go to Oklahoma. The American Red Cross had already planned a mass feeding training long before the tornadoes in Oklahoma, but the recent disaster shows that volunteers need to be ready to go at a moment's notice. Ladon Mellen is a veteran of disaster relief in Japan, but Tuesday's drill was ...
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Heroes or Just Doing Their Jobs Teachers Save Lives During Okla. Tornado
Second-grade teacher Tammy Glasgow walks around what’s left of Briarwood Elementary, struggling to pick out of its wreckage the things that once made a school. ';This was the cafeteria.'; ';This is where my desk sat.'; ';This is my classroom door.'; ';That yellow wall that’s standing, that’s where we were,'; said Glasgow, pointing to ...
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Detectives Continue to Investigate Shooting of 10-Year-Old
NORTH HIGHLANDS- The search for the killer, or killers, of 10-year-old Elvira Campos continued Tuesday. The 5th-grader was gunned down while watching television in her homeSaturday night. The Sheriff’s Department tells FOX40 it has leads but no suspects yet. ';This person is a sociopath. They just don’t care'; Sacramento StateCriminal Justice Professor Jim Hernandez ...
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U.C. Medical Workers Hit Picket Lines
SACRAMENTO- More than 12,000 U.C. Medical Workers hit the picket lines across the state Thursday. In Los Angeles, workers in their green and yellow-colored shirts paced the street and held their picket signs high. There was a different dress code in San Diego, but a similarly sized crowd marched. U.C. San Diego Medical Centers says they had to cancel almost 200 surgeries and delayed other ...
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Sacramento Firefighters Physically Attacked
SACRAMENTO- Two Sacramento fire fighters were attacked in separate incidents this weekend while responding to medical calls. The police department said 29-year-old Daniel Sevall came at a paramedic after they responded to a call for help. The firefighter grabbed him until police came, but he suffered a slight muscle strain. Sevall was arrested for assault. Later that same day paramedics had ...
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Downtown Plaza owners No deal to sell to Kings
JMA Ventures LLC president and CEO Todd Chapman said tonight in an emailed statement that the sale of Downtown Plaza cannot be confirmed at this point, and more information will come later. The owners of Downtown Plaza have backed off of an earlier confirmation of a sale of the mall to the Sacramento Kings investors. JMA Ventures LLC president and CEO Todd Chapman said tonight in an emailed ...
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Roseville Solar Firms Show Bright Dim Sides of Industry
ROSEVILLE (CBS13) -- Two Roseville solar companies are at opposite sides of the spectrum--one says it's seeing a lot of green while another says it's losing power. Liz Freeman works at Paramount Solar in Roseville. Their focus is residential solar panels for homeowners. She says the phones have been ringing off the hook. "It's just been booming," she said. ...
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Storm Chaser Gives Insight on Moore Tornado
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- One look at Moore, Okla., from above and it was evident something with tremendous power ripped through the area. Tom Dolan saw the destruction unfold on TV and immediately knew Moore was dealing with a monster--an EF-5 tornado, the highest ranking a twister can have. For years he's chased twisters in Tornado Alley. "A lot of these storms go up to 40,000 feet in ...
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Kings ticket sales off-the-chart amazing
A crowd gathers Friday at Sacramento City Hall to hear about a deal to buy the Sacramento Kings. Since then, season tickets have been selling fast. Now that the Sacramento Kings are staying, a new arena is planned, and the team has new owners, the demand for tickets for the coming season is huge. The pace of season ticket sales has been shocking, Jeff David, Kings senior vice president of sales ...
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Tornado among strongest storms to hit US
The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ...
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10-year-old boy talks about night he was shot 5 times
NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA - The North Highlands boy shot five times while playing outside during a birthday party is home from the hospital. Eri Raya, 10, was released from UC Davis Medical Center Friday, and is now receiving some care at home, according to his older brother. Raya said the shooter pulled up in a vehicle in front of the house while he playing outside around 11:15 p.m. on April ...
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Teachers were heroic protectors during Oklahoma tornado
There are multiple stories coming out of Moore, Okla., of teachers putting their own lives on the line to protect their students, just as teachers in Newtown and other schools risked and sometimes lost their lives for students. During the worst of the tornado that destroyed Moore, teachers shielded children with their own bodies even as roofs collapsed around them, according to educators and ...
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Marysville Considers More Red Light Cameras
MARYSVILLE- The Marysville City Council will look at a proposal by the police department to add two more red light camera intersections to the eight the city already has. The police department says they will allow a short-staffed department to deploy its officers more efficiently. It denies that the motive is to raise money for the city, since most of the $500 fine for a violation goes to the ...
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Kings to Pick 7th in NBA Draft
Coach Keith Smart represented the Sacramento Kings at the NBA Draft lottery Tuesday. (File Photo) SACRAMENTO- The Sacramento Kings will pick seventh at the 2013 NBA draft. According to the team, this is the sixth time the team has gotten the number seven spot during its time in Sacramento. Chris Kelly, former Facebook executive and current investor in the team, tweeted Tuesday evening, ...
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Daily though Global MarchProtest Against Monsanto in Sacramento
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, there will be a protest/march from the CA Department of Food and Agriculture located at 1220 N. St Sacramento, CA beginning at 10AM and the march ends at the California State Capitol Building tentatively ...
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Things to Do Want to grow your own veggies Join a community garden
Want to plant a vegetable garden but have no space (or sun)? Join Sacramento's community gardens. "There's still plenty of time to get a plot and plant!" said Bill Maynard, Sacramento's community garden coordinator. "It makes a great summer activity for families." The annual cost ranges from $25 to $75, depending on garden location. Maynard offers free seeds ...
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CEOs say business climate is much friendlier in the Lone Star State
A growing number of California companies are fed up - and moving out - to Texas. Chief executive officers interviewed by KCRA 3 said they're finding Texas to have a much friendlier business ...
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“Long Live the Kings Rally” Detailed
SACRAMENTO- The Sacramento Kings gave details Tuesday about the ';Long Live the Kings Rally'; scheduled for Thursday. Mayor Kevin Johnson will be joined by prospective owner Vivek Ranadive, Kings players of the past and present, mascot Slamson and Kings dancers at Cesar Chavez Park. The rally will go from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Special guests and live music are also slated to be a part ...
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Body Found in Natomas Canal
File Photo NATOMAS- A body was found Tuesday afternoon floating in a canal in Natomas, police say. It was reported shortly after 4:30 p.m., near Natomas Boulevard and Bridgecross Drive. Stay with FOX40 and FOX40.com for the latest information as this story ...
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Army Suspends General Due to Allegations of Misconduct
File Photo FORT JACKSON, South Carolina (CNN)- The Army has suspended the top general at Fort Jackson in South Carolina due to allegations of adultery and assault, an Army spokesman says. Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts was relieved of his duties Tuesday as commanding general of the Army training center and Fort Jackson while the allegations are being investigated, said spokesman Harvey Perritt of ...
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Measuring your response to food Phenotyping and metabolomics in Sacramento
How healthy is one of the most expensive sandwiches in Europe? A sandwich which costs GBP 85.50 ( (US$ 148.30) sits on display at the department store Selfridges on April 10, 2006 in London, England. Selfridges have put on sale what they claim is London's most expensive sandwich. The cost is down to the Wagyu beef that makes up most of the filling. The other ingredients include fresh lobe ...
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Florida volunteers head to Oklahoma to help tornado victims
LONGWOOD -- Central Floridians are stepping up to help in a disaster elsewhere in the country, as a team of 10 people from Longwood prepare to help survivors of a ...
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Sacramento vulnerable to massive disaster
If a major earthquake were to occur tomorrow, Sacramento could potentially be devastated by massive flooding on-par with that seen in New Orleans during Katrina. The state’s major fresh water systems would be destroyed and 25 million would be without fresh water, while millions would lose their homes, but for all this, funding to upgrade the city’s levees is hard to come by.
When Hurricane Katrina barreled into US states along the Gulf Coast in 2005 it caused chaos and devastation in a part of the world considered among the most developed and stable. Read more
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