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Thursday evening forecast: Feb. 2, 2023
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Rain and snow fell across Southern California on Monday while the northern half of the state turned windy and cold behind the weather system.
The federal government has boots on the ground and up in the air assessing the damage and flood mitigation efforts across the region.
The California strawberry industry may see millions of dollars in losses from storm damage.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for Sacramento and the greater area Sunday into Monday.
Whether a parade of storms will be enough to help lift the West out of its multi-year water crisis, experts say, depends on temperatures in the coming months.
A local non-profit organization that helps horses and people with emotional and physical disabilities is struggling to recover from major storm damage. Much of the Yolo County facility remains underwater and therapy classes are being canceled.
In California, only about 230,000 homes and other buildings have flood insurance policies, which are separate from homeowners insurance. That means only about 2% of properties are covered against flooding. The federal government is the insurer for the bulk of them – about 191,000 as of December. Private insurers issued the rest, according to the most recent state data from 2021.
A swimmer who went missing Thursday in the waters off the coast of Pacifica was identified Friday as a San Francisco State University student-athlete.
A cement and sewage mix came spewing out of the pipes throughout the church property during a city sewer project. City officials say a contractor mistakenly pumped concrete slurry into the church sewer lines while filling in an old sewer line nearby.
A UC Davis study shows a surprising number of mountain lions are being hit and killed by cars on California roads.
While the Sacramento Kings finally have one of their players, Domantas Sabonis, back in the NBA All-Star game, the city is still waiting for the NBA to give it a shot at hosting an All-Star Weekend.
The search is on for an escaped inmate in Calaveras County.
A man was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking on Highway 99 in the south Sacramento area, authorities said Thursday night.
One part of the new $1.3 billion project, dubbed "SMForward," is a pedestrian walkway that will run along the existing tram that runs between Concourse B and Terminal B, giving people the option to walk instead of ride.
A man is facing life in prison after being convicted on dozens of child sexual assault charges against several young girls in Sacramento County.
Tyre Nichols ' family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral that blended a celebration of his life with outrage over the brutal beating he endured at the hands of Memphis police and heated calls for police reform.
The largest construction project ever at Sacramento International Airport is taking flight. It's called SMForward and it's designed to improve passenger experiences and eliminate so-called pinch points.
Firefighters battled a fire on the outside of a home in Sacramento on Wednesday.
Tax season has arrived — the IRS began accepting and processing 2022 tax returns on Jan. 23. Taxpayers will get an additional three days to file this year; the typical April 15 deadline falls on a holiday weekend, so the deadline was pushed back to April 18.
In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users' personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent.
California could soon ban people from carrying guns in nearly all public places as Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies in the state Legislature seek to test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court's new conservative majority in the aftermath of six mass shootings last month that left 29 people dead
California released a plan Tuesday detailing how Western states reliant on the Colorado River should save more water. It came a day after the six other states in the river basin made a competing proposal.
A former executive of a California solar power company was sentenced Tuesday to 6 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $620 million in restitution for his role in a $1 billion fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Domantas Sabonis has been selected to represent the Kings at this year's NBA All-Star Game.
In a recent TikTok, Sydney Warner said she was heckled by Eagles fans.
A tight-knit community of bocce ball players is left wondering if they'll be able to start their season after the January storms turned their court into a disaster zone.
Domantas Sabonis scored a season-high 34 points and had 11 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings beat San Antonio 119-109 on Wednesday night, handing the beleaguered Spurs their seventh straight loss.
Tom Brady has retired again. He'll be the NFL's all-time leader in every passing stat for a long time.
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the government can't stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them from owning guns — the latest domino to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation's gun laws.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley recommended not shooting it down due to danger from debris, a senior defense official said.
Government statistics indicate that January saw the lowest levels of illegal migration along the border since President Biden's first full month in office.
The 89-year-old Feinstein has not made a decision about her political future.
Some lawmakers are expected to bring family members of victims of police violence to President Biden's State of the Union address.
Global Pharma's eye drops have been linked to a U.S. outbreak which has led to at least five people losing their vision.
It's an effort to bring chemistry, neuroscience and modern-day medicine together under one roof, giving the future of psychedelics a new trip.
U.S. health officials said Thursday a company is recalling its over-the-counter eye drops, EzriCare, that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections.
Dr. Ashish Jha said he was hopeful insurers would still cover COVID-19 tests after the official end of the public health emergency.
So far, no consumers have reported any illnesses as a result of the possible contamination.
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.
People with upcoming DMV written and behind-the-wheel tests are struggling to get their hands on a physical California Drivers Handbook.
It was an all-you-can-eat buffet for a Michigan boy last weekend.
Crooks around the country have been successfully stealing money by convincing people they may go to jail.
A clash over cannabis is heating up as two small business owners battle it out in a south Sacramento neighborhood over a proposed new marijuana dispensary.
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.
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.
The California State University system graduates Black students at lower rates than other groups – but why, and what can be done to fix it?
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.
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.
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.
People with upcoming DMV written and behind-the-wheel tests are struggling to get their hands on a physical California Drivers Handbook.
Crooks around the country have been successfully stealing money by convincing people they may go to jail.
The Mosquito Wildfire forced an engaged couple to do the unthinkable: pull off a wedding somewhere else, with one day's notice.
The clock was ticking down with only six months left on the warranty when a viewer started having problems.
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.
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 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.
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.
In the wake of the devastation, a new generation of foresters is taking interest in wildfire prevention.
Local seniors with vision loss are sharpening their cooking skills thanks to the Society For The Blind.
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.
The Sacramento Zoo announced on Monday the birth of a female giraffe.
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.
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.
A cement and sewage mix came spewing out of the pipes throughout the church property during a city sewer project.
A UC Davis study shows a surprising number of mountain lions are being hit and killed by cars on California roads.
While the Sacramento Kings finally have one of their players, Domantas Sabonis, back in the NBA All-Star game, the city is still waiting for the NBA to give it a shot at hosting an All-Star Weekend.
The search is on for an escaped inmate in Calaveras County.
Both drivers remained at the scene.