Are 5G Cell Sites A Health Hazard? UC Davis Researcher Says No
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is trying to position the city as a demonstration hub for new technology, but with anything new comes questions about public safety.
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2 Arrested For Allegedly Stealing $3,000 Of Merchandise From Verizon Store
Two people are behind bars after reportedly stealing $3,000 of property from a Verizon store Wednesday.
Did Verizon Jump The Gun On 5G In Sacramento?
After Verizon Wireless chose Sacramento as one of its first 5G markets, it turned an early 5G Home installation last fall into a media event.
Verizon Planning Big Restructuring Ahead Of 5G Rollout
Verizon said Monday that the New York company will be organized into four groups at the start of the year: Consumer, Business, Media, and Global Network & Technology.
Search On For Suspects In Lodi Verizon Store Robbery
Lodi police are looking for four suspects involved in a robbery of a Verizon Store in the 1500 block of S. Lower Sacramento Road in September.
Verizon Launches 5G Home Internet Service; Can It Challenge Cable?
Cellular companies such as Verizon are looking to challenge traditional cable companies with residential internet service that promises to be ultra-fast, affordable and wireless.
California Lawmakers To Question Verizon Over Data Throttling During Mendocino Complex Fire
A hearing is set to happen at the State Capitol on Friday to figure out why Verizon throttled data to first responders during the Mendocino Complex Fire.
Fire Chief: Verizon Throttled Data During Mendocino Complex Fires
Firefighters battling the largest blaze in California history say Verizon throttled their data, crippling important resources during the emergency.
Questions Raised About 5G Health Risks Months Before Sacramento Launches Service
Sacramento will be the first city in the country to get 5G cell service later this summer, but health concerns are now being raised about the equipment.
Verizon To Take 'Oath' As New Company To Run Yahoo, AOL
Verizon Communications will create a new company called Oath after it completes its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo and melds the troubled internet company with its AOL operations.
Privacy Concern Raised Over Search Service On Verizon Phones
Is Verizon planning to spy on its customers? You might conclude that it is after reading Verizon's privacy policy on an upcoming AppFlash service, which promises easier access to search and apps on Android phones. The policy says Verizon may share data on features and services you use, along with the list of apps you have installed on your phone, with other Verizon businesses to target ads.
Verizon Buys Yahoo For $4.83B, Marking End Of An Era
Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet.
Call Kurtis: Someone Opened A Cellphone Account In My Name
When Carlson called Verizon, he says they told him he couldn't close the account, because his Social Security number didn't match the one they had on file.
Roseville Seniors Rallying Against Proposed Verizon Cellphone Tower Near Community
Residents wanted CBS13 to attend a meeting between them and their homeowner's association's board of directors, but the board kept us out.
Comcast, Verizon Outages Leave Solano County Residents, Without Internet, TV, Cell Service
At the peak of the problem, it wasn't just Comcast, but also a Verizon outage. Cable TV, home Internet and phones, as well as cellphones were affected from Vacaville to Fairfield.
Netflix Stock Price Falls As Investors Ponder Net Neutrality Ruling
Will broadband providers start charging Internet services such as Netflix to deliver the massive amounts of data that streaming video and other content require?
Call Kurtis: What Can You Do About Early Termination Fees?
Verizon had a limited-time deal, offering savings of $140 for her family, she said. She made the switch nine days before her contract ended, planning to just pay off the pro-rated remaining nine days of her AT&T contract.
Call Kurtis: Why Your Cellphone May Not Be Ringing
An Elk Grove man says his cell phone doesn't ring reliably. When, he says, his carrier couldn't fix the problem for six months, he called Kurtis.
Call Kurtis: If Companies Record Your Phone Call, Can You Record Them Too?
After getting hit with a $1,676.92 early termination fee on her Verizon bill, Shannon Boisvert wanted proof, she was told by three different reps, she could cancel without any penalty over poor reception.
Cell Phone Store Robbed In Davis On Monday Night
Davis police are searching for a man who robbed a cell phone store on Monday night.
Call Kurtis: What You Should Do Before Traveling Abroad With Your Cell Phone
A Sacramento woman went on a trip of a lifetime but later got hit with the biggest cell phone bill of her life. When she couldn't get the charges dropped, she called Kurtis.
Call Kurtis: Verizon Changed My Unlimited Data Plan to Limited Data
A major change for Verizon customers takes place on Thursday. Customers who upgrade their phones may not get to keep their unlimited data plans.
Call Kurtis: How To Ditch Your Cell Contract Without Paying Hefty Fees
Looking to get out of your cell phone contract without paying those hefty early termination fees? We call on Kurtis Ming with how to ditch your contract without paying a penalty.
Call Kurtis: Using Too Much Data Usage Can Slow You Down
It's amazing how much smartphones can do these days. But if you do too much online, you could face fees or slowed down service.
Call Kurtis: Mysterious Cell Phone Data Charges
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Showdown at city hall sheds light on Sacramento Truth and Reconciliation Project progress
Outbursts bubbled over at this week's city council meeting with people demanding police reform and accountability after city leaders voted last week on a new military vehicle for the Sacramento Police Department.
UC Davis researchers travel to Africa to study mystery of giraffe mating behaviors
It's a primal urge for most animals, but for the male giraffe, finding out the right time to approach a mate has been mired in mystery, until now.
Earthquakes death toll passes 16,000 as rescue hopes fade
More than three days after the devastating quakes and aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, what experts consider a "critical" survival window was closing amid harsh winter conditions.
Sacramento High retires jersey of alum, former WNBA player Vicki Baugh
A decorated women's basketball player and Sacramento native took the court again at her alma mater, Sacramento High School, not to score a basket, but for a new honor. In a halftime ceremony Wednesday night Vicki Baugh became only the second person in school history to have their jersey retired.
Pedestrian hit by sheriff's office patrol car in Modesto
A pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck by a Stanislaus County sheriff's deputy's patrol car in Modesto, authorities said Wednesday night.
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Showdown at city hall sheds light on Sacramento Truth and Reconciliation Project progress
Outbursts bubbled over at this week's city council meeting with people demanding police reform and accountability after city leaders voted last week on a new military vehicle for the Sacramento Police Department.
UC Davis researchers travel to Africa to study mystery of giraffe mating behaviors
It's a primal urge for most animals, but for the male giraffe, finding out the right time to approach a mate has been mired in mystery, until now.
Earthquakes death toll passes 16,000 as rescue hopes fade
More than three days after the devastating quakes and aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, what experts consider a "critical" survival window was closing amid harsh winter conditions.
Sacramento High retires jersey of alum, former WNBA player Vicki Baugh
A decorated women's basketball player and Sacramento native took the court again at her alma mater, Sacramento High School, not to score a basket, but for a new honor. In a halftime ceremony Wednesday night Vicki Baugh became only the second person in school history to have their jersey retired.
Pedestrian hit by sheriff's office patrol car in Modesto
A pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck by a Stanislaus County sheriff's deputy's patrol car in Modesto, authorities said Wednesday night.
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Members of Sacramento's Turkish community prepare relief efforts after earthquake
Members of the Turkish community in Sacramento are preparing their local relief efforts while organizations across California prepare to make the trip to earthquake-stricken Turkey.
New center in Davis will help address the homeless problem
There is one more solution to address the challenge of homelessness, with the grand opening of Paul's Place in the city of Davis.
Duran Duran set August 2023 tour date at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento
Duran Duran will be swinging by Sacramento as part of their new 2023 North American tour announced on Wednesday.
"Your hands are bloody": Chaos erupts at Sacramento City Council meeting over push for police reform
Raw emotion spilled over at Tuesday's Sacramento City council meeting as public comment turned into shouting until Vice Mayor Eric Guerra shut it down.
From Del Paso Heights to D.C., why a Sacramento man's story about redemption gets noticed
When the president delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday, a familiar face from Sacramento will also be in the crowd.
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5-year California health program experiment successfully cut hospital visits
A five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some of California's most at-risk Medicaid patients — including the homeless and those with severe drug addictions — resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits that saved taxpayers an estimated $383 per patient per year, according to a review released Wednesday.
California bill would protect native western Joshua tree
The western Joshua tree won't be listed as threatened — yet — as California's Fish and Game Commission again delayed a decision Wednesday after a bill was proposed to provide protections to the native desert plant.
California proposal would reinstate prisoners' voting rights
California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions under a newly proposed constitutional amendment.
Recovery continues after 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Northern California coast
Humboldt County authorities have released the latest statistics on recovery from the December earthquake and aftershocks that struck the Northern California coast.
700 pounds of acorns found stuffed by woodpeckers inside walls of California home
A pair of California woodpeckers are surely crushed after a pest control technician on a routine call recently found their massive trove of acorns cleverly stashed in the walls of a California home.
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Sacramento High retires jersey of alum, former WNBA player Vicki Baugh
A decorated women's basketball player and Sacramento native took the court again at her alma mater, Sacramento High School, not to score a basket, but for a new honor. In a halftime ceremony Wednesday night Vicki Baugh became only the second person in school history to have their jersey retired.
Fox's late FTs gives Kings 130-128 win over Rockets
De'Aaron Fox had 31 points, including three free throws with less than a second left, to lift the Sacramento Kings to a 130-128 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.
How Kareem really feels about LeBron breaking his NBA scoring record
"LeBron said we don't have a relationship. He's right—and for that I blame myself," Abdul-Jabbar wrote.
Aaron Rodgers will undertake four-day "darkness retreat" to consider NFL career
As speculation swirls as to what the future holds for the Green Bay Packers quarterback, Rodgers is taking a unique route to figuring out his path.
LeBron James breaks NBA's all-time scoring record
With 38,352 points heading into Tuesday night's matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James needed just 36 points to break the longstanding all-time scoring record set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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Lawsuit against city and county claims homeless camps on Sacramento sidewalks violates disability rights
Sacramento's disabled community is suing the city and county to clear the sidewalks of encampments they say violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
California proposal would reinstate prisoners' voting rights
California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions under a newly proposed constitutional amendment.
"Something good must come from this": Biden pushes police reform at State of the Union in name of Tyre Nichols
As millions tuned into Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Joe Biden shined a spotlight on police reform in the name of Sacramento native Tyre Nichols.
Biden pushes for unity in State of the Union as he speaks to divided Congress
Biden's calls for bipartisanship comes as a new CBS News poll released Tuesday showed many Americans are still anxious about inflation and the economy.
"Your hands are bloody": Chaos erupts at Sacramento City Council meeting over push for police reform
Raw emotion spilled over at Tuesday's Sacramento City council meeting as public comment turned into shouting until Vice Mayor Eric Guerra shut it down.
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5-year California health program experiment successfully cut hospital visits
A five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some of California's most at-risk Medicaid patients — including the homeless and those with severe drug addictions — resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits that saved taxpayers an estimated $383 per patient per year, according to a review released Wednesday.
What the end of the COVID-19 emergency means for free vaccines, health data and more
Most Americans will continue to get vaccines for free, but tests and antiviral pills could get costly later this year.
Health experts call for an end to exploitative baby formula milk marketing tactics
Less than half of infants around the world are breastfed as recommended, and baby formula is in high demand despite failing to offer the same health and developmental benefits as breast milk, experts say. According to a new report, misleading claims and political influence are to blame.
California won't require COVID vaccine to attend schools
Children in California won't have to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools, state public health officials confirmed Friday, ending one of the last major restrictions of the pandemic in the nation's most populous state.
Most US adults support banning sales of all tobacco products, CDC survey says
Although cigarette smoking has declined in recent decades, it remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the US, where an estimated 30.8 million adults currently smoke.
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Twitter users briefly unable to tweet, send messages
Twitter users on Wednesday briefly encountered various issues with the platform, including the inability to tweet, send direct messages or follow new accounts.
CalFresh's pandemic-related assistance set to expire
Families receiving CalFresh benefits also qualified for extra money following COVID-19 shutdowns.
Why Twitter users are upset about the platform's latest change
In simple terms, this means the site's innumerable automated accounts will grind to a halt, unless the person in charge of them decides to pay for access. It also means researchers who leverage Twitter's API to collect public data from the site will lose a key resource -- again, unless they pay.
Call Kurtis: Help me return this recliner
A Sacramento viewer says Macy's sent her furniture in the wrong color and she's tried for more than a month to send it back. When she couldn't get a replacement, it was time to call Kurtis.
Call Kurtis: Do you have to pay federal taxes on your gas tax rebate?
A San Joaquin County viewer was surprised to get a 1099-MISC for his Middle Class Tax Refund of $700. When Brian Johnson of Morada entered the info into the tax program he was using to file his taxes, it showed he owed the IRS more money. California says it would not tax the money.
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California Wage Theft: When Bosses Don't Pay
Wage theft robs workers of billions of dollars a year and costs Americans more than any other type of theft. In an effort to identify the scope of wage theft in California, and potential solutions, CBS News Sacramento teamed up with the CalMatters "Divide" team to produce this series of reports.
Exposing The Black Graduation Gap
Overall, graduation rates are up on California State University campuses. But stubborn racial inequities remain. In partnership with CalMatters, CBS Sacramento examined the graduation equity gaps on CSU campuses.
"We leaned into the uncomfortable": How some CSUs are working to close the Black graduation gap
The California State University system graduates Black students at lower rates than other groups – but why, and what can be done to fix it?
Justice Delayed: A tale of two counties. Could Sacramento have the solution to court backlogs statewide?
While at least one California court is so backlogged that judges are dismissing hundreds of criminal cases, the Sacramento County Superior Court is bucking the trend of delayed justice.
Handcuffs in Hallways: Thousands of California children are being arrested on K-12 campuses. Why?
In California, police were called at K-8th grade campuses more than 10,000 times in a single year and data reveals that students with disabilities were far more likely to be arrested than their non-disabled counterparts.
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Call Kurtis: Love the car, but it didn't pass smog
A viewer in Gridley says a car repair to pass smog would have cost her more than the car was worth. She decided it was time to call Kurtis.
Call Kurtis: IRS suggests Californians hold off on filing taxes over gas tax rebate question
After pressing the IRS for answers for more than a week, the agency says it is working on guidance on whether you owe federal taxes for your California Gas Tax Rebate also known as the Middle Class Tax Refund.
Call Kurtis: Help me return this recliner
A Sacramento viewer says Macy's sent her furniture in the wrong color and she's tried for more than a month to send it back. When she couldn't get a replacement, it was time to call Kurtis.
Call Kurtis: Do you have to pay federal taxes on your gas tax rebate?
A San Joaquin County viewer was surprised to get a 1099-MISC for his Middle Class Tax Refund of $700. When Brian Johnson of Morada entered the info into the tax program he was using to file his taxes, it showed he owed the IRS more money. California says it would not tax the money.
Call Kurtis: DMV field offices are out of drivers handbooks
People with upcoming DMV written and behind-the-wheel tests are struggling to get their hands on a physical California Drivers Handbook.
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$24M Settlement reached with PG&E over Dixie Fire, utility faces criminal charges in 2020 Zogg Fire
A $24 million settlement has been reached over the massive Dixie Fire with ten public entities agreeing to a deal with Pacific Gas and Electric to pay for some of the damage.
85% of California's rural land now in 'high' or 'very high' risk for wildfires, new analysis shows
The climate crisis is among the key factors in a new assessment that shows more than 85% of California's rural and unincorporated land is now in "high" or "very high" severity zones for wildfire danger, the state's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) recently announced.
California's wildfire risk map updated after 15 years
California's office of the State Fire marshal released an updated fire hazard map showing which unincorporated parts of California are most at risk for fires and what future destruction could look like.
Cal Fire encourages residents to create defensible space with more wet weather on the way
Recent rains have been heaven-sent during California's years-long drought, but concerns over flash flooding in wildfire burn scar areas have fire crews watching and working.
From devastation to inspiration, Foresthill students study wildfire prevention
In the wake of the devastation, a new generation of foresters is taking interest in wildfire prevention.
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"We want them to be confident": Sacramento nonprofit helps blind seniors sharpen cooking skills
Local seniors with vision loss are sharpening their cooking skills thanks to the Society For The Blind.
"Love at first sight': Foster pets find forever homes during happy holiday season
You may remember when people lined up outside the Front Street Animal Shelter right before Christmas last year to offer up their homes over the holidays so pets didn't spend them alone in a kennel. It's well into 2023 and time to bring them back, but CBS13 learned many just can't seem to let go.
A new giraffe was born at the Sacramento Zoo
The Sacramento Zoo announced on Monday the birth of a female giraffe.
Sacramento woman with 9 college degrees talks turning 102, secret to living long
Shirley Allen was surrounded by family and met with applause as she blew out the large candles on her 102nd birthday Tuesday, Jan 17. For more than a century, Allen has marked another year gone by, but she's never taken one for granted.
'I had to do it to save everyone': Man breaks into school and shelters more than 20 people from blizzard
As a deadly and historic blizzard barreled through Erie County, New York, last weekend, some residents found themselves in a dire scenario -- stranded in howling snow with nowhere to go, their cars dwindling in gas supply with police unable to come to the rescue.
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UC Davis team studies giraffe mating behaviors
It's a primal urge for most animals, but for the male giraffe, finding out the right time to approach a mate has been mired in mystery, until now.
Is shouting the new normal at the State of the Union address?
CBS13 political analyst Gary Dietrich dives into the heckling heard at this week's State of the Union address.
Showdown at city hall sheds light on Sacramento's truth and reconciliation project progress
Outbursts bubbled over at this week's city council meeting with people demanding police reform and accountability after city leaders voted last week on a new military vehicle for Sacramento police.
Local hoops hero immortalized at Sacramento High School
A decorated women's basketball player and Sacramento native took the court again at her alma mater, Sacramento High School, not to score a basket, but for a new honor. In a halftime ceremony Wednesday night Vicki Baugh became only the second person in school history to have their jersey retired.
Ballots behind bars? California weighs reinstating prisoners' voting rights
It would be a major expansion of suffrage for incarcerated people if passed.