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CITRUS HEIGHTS (CBS13) — Authorities are searching for a suspect who shot a 7-Eleven clerk in Citrus Heights Monday night. According to the Citrus Heights Police Department, the shooting happened at around 8:15 p.m. at the 7-Eleven at Auburn Boulevard and Greenback Lane. The suspect was described as a Black man with black clothing and…

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New safety measures are being planned in Old Sacramento. Following a string of gun violence incidents, including a deadly double shooting, the city is rolling out a $5 million plan aimed at regaining a sense of public safety. The move comes as many business owners are changing their store hours to avoid…

ALPINE COUNTY (CBS13) — A problem bear with an even more problematic appetite was shot dead. A family camping in Alpine County killed the 500-pound black bear nicknamed the “Safeway Bear.” Wildlife officials say the shooting was justified. Experts say a fed bear is a dead bear. And this particular animal had a long history…

By ROBERT BURNS, ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN PUTMAN WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, the boundary-breaking military leader and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84. A veteran of the…

SACRAMENTO (AP/CBS13) — Downtown Sacramento’s streak of dry weather has finally been broken. A cold front passing through drought-stricken Northern California brought snow to the northern Sierra Nevada and rain, showers and drizzle elsewhere. The Sierra snowfall was significant enough to impact travel over the higher passes, the National Weather Service said. All chain controls…

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Zeina Karam | Associated Press BAGHDAD — For many Iraqis, the name Colin Powell conjures up one image: the man who as U.S. secretary of state went before the U.N. Security Council in 2003 to make the case for war against their country. Word of his death Monday at age 84…

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A number of parents say they planning to pull their children out of school on Monday to protest California’s looming COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Hundreds of protesters descended on the California State Capitol on Monday morning. Other rallies are also planned across the state. Some parents say they are concerned about the long-term…

By Mark Sherman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most abortions, while the fight over the measure’s constitutionality plays out in the courts. The law has been in effect since September, aside from a district court-ordered pause that lasted just 48 hours,…