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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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Mission: Impossible [DVD]

Mission: Impossible [DVD]

Throughout its history, Hollywood has tended to run in cycles, latching onto an idea and running with it until they run it into the ground. From screwball comedies, to Biblical epics, to disaster thrillers, to juvenile gross-out comedies, Hollywood producers love to run in ... ...

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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. ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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