Car crash reported on Highway 99 in Manteca

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT SIX. WELL, DEVELOPING WEATHER STORY. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING THROUGH THE VALLEY RIGHT OVER THE CAPITAL CITY IS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THERE’S LITTLE RAIN TO SOME BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT OUT OF AFRICA, A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE HAS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT A LARGE VILLAGE. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FEARED TO BE DEAD? AND TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE WORLD ARE MEETING RIGHT NOW. WHY? THE UNITED STATES IS PAYING SUCH CLOSE ATTENTION. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 6 A.M. I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK AND I’M TEO TORRES, SO LET’S KEEP IT WITH THE WEATHER. BOY. IMPRESSIVE. LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER THE CAPITAL CITY. KELLY. OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE’VE BEEN SEEING QUITE A FEW OF THOSE. AND IT’S NOT JUST US EITHER. IT’S FROM I-80 ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TOWARDS BAKERSFIELD. THAT’S HOW LONG THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES NOW. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER, BUT THESE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE THIS MORNING. IT’S THE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS THE FOOTHILLS AND UP INTO THE SIERRA THAT WE’LL SEE THOSE BEST CHANCES FOR ACTIVE WEATHER. 80 ON THE WAY AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE WEEKEND. BUT LET’S GET RIGHT INTO THIS RADAR HERE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT’S A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING HERE FROM I-80 ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TOWARD BAKERSFIELD. AS WE ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, WE HAVE ANOTHER CELL PRODUCING A LOT OF LIGHTNING. NOW MOVING ITS WAY THROUGH MODESTO. AND THEN AS WE HEAD FURTHER TO THE NORTH, YOU SEE RANCHO MURIETA PLYMOUTH SEEING SOME OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS, YOU SEE THE LIGHTNING STRIKE STRETCHING ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH CAMERON PARK, STARTING TO SEE SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES THERE IN WEST SACRAMENTO AS WELL, JUST TO THE WEST OF I-5 IS WHERE WE’RE SEEING THE MOST OF ACTIVITY AT THIS HOUR. MOST OF THE RAIN SHOWERS THERE, PRETTY LIGHT LIGHTNING, OF COURSE, IS CERTAINLY A CONCERN BECAUSE THAT CAN SPARK FIRES IN THE AREA. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT MORE RAIN WITH THESE STORM CELLS. SACRAMENTO RIGHT NOW AT 69 DEGREES 75 FOR US IN AUBURN, 79 DEGREES IN STOCKTON. THE CLOUDS, THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR, KEEPING THINGS A LITTLE BIT WARMER. 41 DEGREES IN TRUCKEE. NOW, LIKE I SAID THIS MORNING, IT IS PRIMARILY THE VALLEY THAT IS SEEING THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WE’RE GOING TO SEE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. THE FOOTHILLS MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING, MORE IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SIERRA WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S. NOW LET’S CHECK IN WITH TRAFFIC. BRIAN HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING OUT THERE? WE’RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO AREA RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A LOOK AT INTERSTATE 80 AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY OUT TOWARDS ENTERPRISE OR THROUGH ENTERPRISE BOULEVARD. THERE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE GLARE ON THE ROADWAY. WE DO HAVE A FEW RAINDROPS THAT HAVE FALLEN IN AND AROUND EVEN HERE IN OUR BACK LOT. JUST WENT OUTSIDE AND CHECKED IN ON THAT AND WE ARE SEEING SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS AS WELL. SO KEEP ALL OF THAT IN MIND AS YOU HEAD OUT ONTO THE ROAD THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO, AS KELLY WAS TALKING ABOUT. BUT OVERALL, WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY MAJOR DELAYS, JUST A LITTLE SLOWING THERE. ON THE CAUSEWAY. HERE’S WHAT 99 LOOKS LIKE COMING UP THROUGH FLORIN AND TRAFFIC IS RUNNING FINE ALONG 599. NO DELAYS. OUT OF ELK GROVE THROUGH STOCKTON. ALL CLEAR HERE AS WELL. BUT AS YOU HEAD UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS, WATCH OUT FOR FIRE CREWS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO A NUMBER OF FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN SPARKED NOW, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 16 AND 26 CORRIDORS THERE, 99 AND 205, 580 AREAS. THAT’S WHERE YOU’VE SEEN RAIN THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. THIS IS OUR ROAD WEATHER INDEX THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE RADAR AND SHOWS YOU WHERE TO EXPECT WET ROADS. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS HERE. AND THOSE ARE FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED. AND THEN AGAIN, SOME WET ROAD ACROSS 205 AND 580. BUT IN AND AROUND IONE, RANCHO CALAVERAS UP AROUND PLYMOUTH, AS KELLY WAS REPORTING, WHERE WE’RE SEEING SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SMALL FIRES REPORTED. SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THOSE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. OTHERWISE, HERE IN SACRAMENTO, NO DELAYS. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF AFRICA. LANDSLIDE IN SUDAN HAS WIPED OUT AN ENTIRE VILLAGE IN SUDAN’S DARFUR REGION. OFFICIALS WITH THE REBEL GROUP THAT CONTROLS THAT AREA ESTIMATE THAT 1000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THE LANDSLIDE IN THE VILLAGE, IN THE MOUNTAINS CAME AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN. IT HAPPENED SUNDAY, BUT IT WAS JUST REPORTED A FEW HOURS AGO, AND THEY ALSO HAVE PROVIDED SOME PICTURES. THE REBELS SAY THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE SURVIVOR FOUND IN THE ENTIRE VILLAGE. RIGHT NOW THEY’RE APPEALING FOR INTERNATIONAL AID TO RECOVER BODIES. THE GROUP, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, IS WARNING THAT SEVERAL OTHER VILLAGES ARE CUT OFF. MEANWHILE, THE DEATH TOLL IN AFGHANISTAN HAS NOW SOARED PAST 1400 PEOPLE. THIS MORNING AFTER THAT EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED THE COUNTRY’S EASTERN REGION. THE 6.0 EARTHQUAKE HIT IN A REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS AREA, THE ROUGH TERRAIN HAMPERING RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS. THIS MORNING, RESCUE CREWS ARE IN A RACE AGAINST TIME, TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BURIED BENEATH RUBBLE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE KILLED, THE TALIBAN SAYS THOUSANDS MORE ARE INJURED. HAPPENING THIS MORNING, STANISLAUS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HONOR A K-9 DEPUTY WHO DIED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE K-9 DEPUTY WAS NAMED ZERO. HE’S A THREE YEAR OLD BELGIAN MALINOIS WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE JANUARY OF 24. HIS DUTIES WERE PATROL AND NARCOTICS DETECTION. HE DIED WHILE UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY THIS MORNING AT TEN. THERE WILL BE A CEREMONIAL PROCESSION FROM STANDIFORD EMERGENCY VET CLINIC TO A PET MORTUARY IN TURLOCK. RESIDENTS WILL NOTICE A LARGE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN THE AREA. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL SET TO CONSIDER APPROVING TWO BENCHES TO HONOR FALLEN OFFICER OSMAR RODARTE. OFFICER RODARTE WAS KILLED IN MARCH DURING A SHOOTOUT WHILE SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT. THE BENCHES WOULD BE PLACED AT THE MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND VETERANS PARK. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE HERE. A PLAQUE ON THE BENCH WOULD INCLUDE HIS END OF WATCH DATE. SUPPORTERS SAY THE BENCHES WOULD HONOR HIS LEGACY AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR REFLECTION. TONIGHT’S MEETING IS SET TO START AT 6:00 PM. WELL, NEW THIS MORNING. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A FIRE SPREAD THROUGH TWO BACKYARDS IN FAIRFIELD. IT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ON FIRST STREET. THE FAIRFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT SHARED A PHOTO FROM THE SCENE, AND CREWS SAY THE FLAMES REACHED TWO BACKYARDS, BUT THAT IT DID NOT SPREAD TO THE HOMES. EVERYBODY MADE IT OUT SAFELY. STILL NO WORD ON WHAT STARTED ALL OF THAT. NOW LET’S GO TO KCRA THREE. WILDFIRE COVERAGE AND CREWS IN EL DORADO COUNTY SPENT THE NIGHT MAKING SURE THAT THERE WEREN’T ANY FLARE-UPS IN A FIRE THAT TRIGGERED AN EVACUATION FROM MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE. THAT ONE WAS BURNING NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF RESCUE, WHICH IS JUST OFF OF SWEET VALLEY ROAD. IT BURNED ABOUT 16 ACRES, AND AT LEAST AS OF LAST NIGHT, IT WAS AT 28% CONTAINMENT. PEOPLE OUT ENJOYING LABOR DAY ON FOLSOM LAKE COULD SEE THAT SMOKE IN THE HILLS TO THE EAST. THOSE EVACUATION ORDERS ARE NOW WARNINGS. AND CAL FIRE SAYS THAT THE HEAT WAS AN ISSUE FOR THE CREWS. BUT IT WAS THAT LACK OF WIND THAT REALLY HELPED THEM STOP IT. RIGHT NOW, FIRE CREWS ARE BATTLING A FIRE IN YUBA COUNTY. CAL FIRE SHARED THIS PICTURE OF THE FLAMES. THIS ONE IS NEAR MARYSVILLE ROAD AT OREGON HILL ROAD IN DOBBINS. IT’S BURNING AT A MODERATE RATE. IT’S IN TIMBER AND BRUSH, ABOUT 2 TO 3 ACRES. CREWS SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME SPOTTING AHEAD OF THE FIRE AS WELL. FORWARD PROGRESS HAS BEEN STOPPED ON A FIRE THAT WAS BURNING NEAR HIGHWAY 99 IN GALT. THIS IS THE TIME LAPSE VIDEO FROM AN ALERT CALIFORNIA CAMERA. THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE FIRE PUT UP HEAVY SMOKE AND CAUSED SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES ACROSS ALL LANES OF HIGHWAY 99 EARLY LAST NIGHT. CREWS ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON THE GARNETT GARNETT FIRE IN FRESNO COUNTY. THIS IS THE TIME LAPSE OF THAT ONE. THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE SAYS CREWS ARE NOT ONLY FIGHTING THOSE FLAMES, BUT THEY’RE ALSO DEALING WITH INTENSE HEAT. THE COUNTY HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS IN PLACE. LET’S SHOW YOU NOW LIVE WHAT THAT FIRE LOOKS LIKE. IT HAS GONE THROUGH ABOUT 27,000 ACRES IN THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST. CONTAINMENT IS AT JUST 12%. SACRAMENTO COUNTY. JIM SHERIFF JIM COOPER BLASTING STATE AS POLICIES HE SAYS IS LEADING TO BOTCHED ROBBERIES THAT ENDED IN A SHOOTING WITH THREE MEN KILLED. SHOOTING WAS SUNDAY MORNING AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON EL CAMINO AVENUE NEAR LINWOOD WAY IN CARMICHAEL. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED TO FIND BULLET HOLES IN THE BUILDING. NOW INSIDE, THEY FOUND THREE MEN IN THEIR 20S SHOT DEAD. DEPUTIES SAY TWO ROBBERS SHOT A VICTIM. THEN A FOURTH MAN IN THE APARTMENT FIRED HIS GUN AND KILLED BOTH ROBBERS. DEPUTIES SAY ALL FOUR MEN HAD PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS AND WERE BANNED FROM HAVING GUNS. WELL, LAST NIGHT, SHERIFF COOPER SAYS, QUOTE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR LAWS LET VIOLENT CRIMINALS BACK ON THE STREETS UNDER THE LABEL OF NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS, A LOADED GUN IN THE HANDS OF A CONVICTED FELON IS ANYTHING BUT NONVIOLENT. THESE FAILED POLICIES ARE PUTTING GUNS BACK INTO THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS AND TURNING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS INTO WAR ZONES, HE ADDS. UNTIL LAWMAKERS STOP WATERING DOWN LAWS WITH CATCH AND RELEASE JUSTICE, WE CAN FULLY EXPECT FOR THESE TRAGEDIES TO CONTINUE. DEPUTIES DID DETAIN 18 YEAR OLD JALEN DAVIS. HE WAS THAT FOURTH PERSON INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTOUT, ALTHOUGH HE IS NOT FACING HOMICIDE CHARGES BUT IS FACING A GUN CHARGE. HAPPENING TODAY, IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE DRIVING THROUGH MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THE CITY’S NEW PUSH TO PROMOTE RAILROAD SAFETY. SEPTEMBER IS RAIL SAFETY MONTH AND CALIFORNIA’S SECOND IN THE COUNTRY FOR RAIL RELATED DEATHS. LATER THIS MORNING, THE MIDTOWN ASSOCIATION AND UNION PACIFIC WILL PUT IN 37 BANNERS RIGHT ALONG J STREET. THEY’LL SHARE SOME SAFETY FACTS AND HELP REDUCE INCIDENTS, HOPEFULLY BY ALL THOSE TRAIN TRACKS. CREWS ARE GOING TO START HANGING THE BANNERS AT AROUND 930 AT J AND 20TH, AND THEY’LL START GOING EAST TOWARD 27TH. SHOULD TAKE THEM A FEW HOURS TO DO IT, AND YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THOSE DISPLAYS UP THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE THEM WHILE YOU’RE STOPPED AT A TRAIN CROSSING. YEAH, PROBABLY. IT’S KIND OF THE POINT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET A CHECK ON OUR FORECAST AS WE’RE SEEING SOME ACTIVE WEATHER RIGHT NOW. MY WIFE JUST ACTUALLY TEXTED ME AND SAID, IS THERE LIGHTNING? I BET YEAH. YEAH. YES, QUITE A BIT OF IT. IN FACT, WE’RE SEEING THOSE STORMS STRETCHING FROM SACRAMENTO ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN THROUGH MODESTO AND EVEN FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AS THEY’RE CONTINUING TO TRACK THEIR WAY TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST. SO WE ARE SEEING SHOWERS, LIGHT SHOWERS AND QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO. MOST OF THAT LIGHTNING CONTAINED TO JUST WEST OF I-5. THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER CELL HERE WITH MORE SHOWERS OVER BY PLYMOUTH. THESE ALSO MOVING THEIR WAY NORTHWARD. CAMERON PARK SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LIGHTNING AS WELL. TAKING A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE IN STOCKTON YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE RAIN SHOWERS HERE OFF INTO THE DISTANCE. MAINLY JUST SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE STOCKTON AREA SO FAR. SACRAMENTO IN THE UPPER 60S. RIGHT NOW, UPPER 70S FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THESE CLOUDS AND ALL THAT MOISTURE KEEPING THINGS A LITTLE BIT WARMER, LOW 80S IN THE FOOTHILLS AND LOW 40S IN THE SIERRA. NOW IN THE SIERRA, IT IS GOING TO BE AN IMPACT DAY WHILE YOU’RE DRY RIGHT NOW, WE EXPECT TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON, SOME OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. TRUCKEE HIGH TODAY, 80 DEGREES. FOOTHILLS ALSO GOING TO BE AN IMPACT DAY. STORMS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO SHIFT THEIR WAY FURTHER TO THE EAST, SO I THINK WE’LL SEE A WAVE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND THEN CHANCES AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. ANGELS CAMP TODAY, 96 PLACERVILLE ABOUT 92 THE DELTA IN THE BAY AREA MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS IN FAIRFIELD. OTHERWISE, PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH OF 90 FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. STILL VERY WARM. SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO EXPECT QUIETER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. STILL EXPECTING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S FOR STOCKTON AND MODESTO. MID 90S IN SACRAMENTO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SEEING THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. BUT AGAIN, QUIETER CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. WE’RE GOING TO CHECK IN AGAIN IN TEN MINUTES. BUT FIRST ANOTHER CHECK OF THE ROADS WITH BRIAN. AND WE’VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY OUT THERE IN TERMS OF UP IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH THAT LIGHTNING GOING ON. THERE’S A NUMBER OF SMALL FIRES REPORTED IN AND AROUND HIGHWAY 16 ALONG AMADOR. SOME OF THOSE COUNTIES THERE, YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE OUT TO THE SKY AND ALSO TO THE ROADS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN THOSE AREAS. HERE’S A LOOK AT HIGHWAY 50. THIS IS COMING IN THROUGH EL DORADO HILLS BOULEVARD RIGHT NEAR SHINGLE SPRINGS SHINGLE ROAD. THERE’S A REPORT OF A SMALL GRASS FIRE THERE CREWS ARE HEADING OUT TO. DON’T SEE ANY SIGNS OF THAT RIGHT NOW FROM THE FREEWAYS. BUT AGAIN, WATCH OUT FOR CREWS THAT ARE CHASING A NUMBER OF FIRES THAT HAVE POPPED UP, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS IN AND AROUND THROUGH, DOWN THROUGH SLOUGHHOUSE AND SOUTH OF THAT LOCATION. HERE’S A LOOK AT 99 COMING IN THROUGH FLORIN ROAD. ALL CLEAR HERE. OUR FREEWAYS. WE’RE REALLY NOT SEEING ANY TROUBLE. I-5 IS CLEAR THROUGH STOCKTON ALSO CLEAR. IT’S AGAIN OFF TO THE EAST WHERE HIGHWAY 26, A COUPLE OF FIRES REPORTED OUT THAT WAY AS WELL. THE 99 CORRIDOR AND 205 80. THOSE HAVE BEEN DAMP ALL MORNING LONG WHERE THOSE SHOWERS CAME UP FROM THE SOUTH AND IMPACTED THOSE EARLY ON. 80 RIGHT NOW OUT OF ROSEVILLE, A TEN MINUTE RIDE. 50. A 15 MINUTE RIDE FROM FOLSOM, RIGHT AROUND TEN MINUTES FROM ELK GROVE ON 99 AND FIVE. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, IT IS BACK TO BUSINESS ON CAPITOL HILL AS CONGRESS RETURNS FROM THEIR SUMMER RECESS. WE’RE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT’S THE MAIN THING ON THEIR AGENDA AS A DEADLINE LOOMS. AND THE LEADERS OF RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE MEETING WITH OTHER LEADERS JOINING THEM THIS MORNING. AND WHY THE U.S. IS KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON WHAT’S GOING ON. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. IT’S ABOUT 6:15 NOW. AND THE PRESIDENTS OF RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE MEETING. NORTH KOREA’S LEADER HAS ALSO JUST ARRIVED TO JOIN THEM. CHINESE LEADER XI JINPING WELCOMED THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, AS AN OLD FRIEND AS THE TWO DID A SERIES OF MEETINGS. TODAY, CHINA ANNOUNCED THOSE TALKS WOULD BEGIN AFTER OFFERING A 30 DAY VISA FREE ACCESS FOR RUSSIAN TRAVELERS STARTING LATER THIS MONTH. PUTIN IS AMONG THE 26 WORLD LEADERS WHO WILL JOIN XI TO WATCH WEDNESDAY’S MASSIVE MILITARY PARADE IN BEIJING THAT COMMEMORATES THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO AND CHINA’S FIGHT AGAINST JAPAN’S WARTIME AGGRESSIONS. HAPPENING TODAY IN JUST A FEW HOURS, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE OVAL OFFICE, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT IT’S ABOUT. WE DO KNOW IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND 11:00 THIS MORNING. ONCE WE DO GET MORE INFORMATION, WE’LL BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST ON AIR AND ONLINE. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. LAWMAKERS RETURNING TO CAPITOL HILL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A MONTH AS THEIR SUMMER RECESS ENDS. ON THEIR AGENDA, ANNUAL SPENDING TO AVOID A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. KCRA 3’S RACHEL KIRCHHEIMER IS ON CAPITOL HILL THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST ON THE IMPACTS THIS COULD HAVE. THERE’S NO TIME TO WASTE ON CAPITOL HILL. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT PAST SEPTEMBER 30TH TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THIS CAN GO. THE HOUSE AND SENATE CAN EITHER APPROVE A DOZEN ANNUAL SPENDING BILLS TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO FAR, THE HOUSE APPROVED TWO OUT OF 12, INCLUDING ONE FOR MILITARY SPENDING. THE SENATE ALSO JUST APPROVING THREE BEFORE THE AUGUST RECESS. OR CONGRESS CAN PASS A CONTINUING RESOLUTION, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A CR, TEMPORARILY EXTENDING FUNDS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. A POLITICAL ANALYST I SPOKE WITH SAYS IT’S NOT CLEAR WHICH DIRECTION LAWMAKERS WILL GO IN YET. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE FUNDED, AND THAT’S THE REALLY BIG THING. THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME OTHER THINGS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING. THEY MIGHT MAKE SOME MOVES ON TARIFFS. THEY MIGHT MAKE SOME MOVES. ON WHETHER THE THE PRESIDENT HAS CONTROL OVER THE NATIONAL GUARD IN CERTAIN AREAS. ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT BE SPENDING ROUGHLY $5 BILLION ON FOREIGN AID THAT’S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY CONGRESS. NOW, THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS A POCKET RECESSION. IT’S A WAY TO BYPASS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SOME LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING THIS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW ON CAPITOL HILL. RACHEL KIRCHHEIMER KCRA THREE NEWS. WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVING AN AWARD TO FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S GIVING GIULIANI THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, THE NATION’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR. THE AWARD COMES A FEW DAYS AFTER GIULIANI WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CRASH. GIULIANI WAS ONCE PRAISED FOR LEADING NEW YORK AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN SANCTIONED BY COURTS FOR PUSHING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. COURTS REJECTED THE FRAUD CLAIMS MULTIPLE TIMES, AND TWO FORMER GEORGIA ELECTION WORKERS WON $148 MILLION IN A DEFAMATION JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM. NOW LET’S GO TO A DEVELOPING STORY. STUDENTS IN MINNESOTA ARE CALLING FOR ACTION AFTER LAST WEEK’S MASS SHOOTING AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL THAT LEFT TWO CHILDREN DEAD AND SEVERAL OTHERS HURT. THERE ARE NO CLASSES ON LABOR DAY, BUT STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES GATHERED AT THE STATE CAPITOL, AND THEY DID A RALLY. THEY WERE JOINED BY ADVOCACY GROUPS, AND THEY’RE PRESSING LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO PASS STRONGER GUN LAWS. OUR LIVES ARE TREATED LIKE TALKING POINTS, THAT OUR LIVES ARE TREATED LIKE JUST VOTING BLOCKS FOR WAYS TO PERSUADE PARENTS TO VOTE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I WANT THAT BAN JUST SO I CAN FEEL SAFE, SO PEOPLE CAN FEEL SAFE SO THAT KIDS DON’T HAVE TO DIE BECAUSE OF SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE. TO KCRA 3 MONSOON SEASON HAS ARRIVED IN ARIZONA. HEAVY RAIN FELL ON PHOENIX YESTERDAY. MONSOON STORMS BROUGHT THUNDER, LIGHTNING, DUST STORMS AND FLOODING ACROSS THE STATE. THOUSANDS WERE LEFT WITHOUT POWER. MOST OUTAGES HAVE BEEN RESTORED AS OF THIS MORNING. MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN PHOENIX THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. AND OUR LIGHTNING THUNDERSTORMS ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW THAT’S NOT TIED TO MONSOON. THERE IS A LOT OF MONSOON MOISTURE THAT IS BEING PULLED NORTHWARD SO THAT THAT IS SEEING. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE’VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF LIGHTNING. WE CAN HERE EVEN AROUND HERE, WHICH IS UNUSUAL, QUITE GETTING QUITE ACTIVE FOR SURE. IT WON’T BE THIS ACTIVE IN THE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AFTERNOON IT’S GOING TO BE THE SIERRA CHANCE. SO RIGHT NOW WE SEE A LOT OF CLOUDS HERE IN SACRAMENTO. WE STAY ON THIS CAMERA LONG ENOUGH. WE’LL HAVE SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES HERE AS WELL. 70 DEGREES. THAT’S THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE. MOST OF THESE RAIN SHOWERS ARE PRETTY LIGHT. WINDS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT THREE MILES PER HOUR. NOW HERE’S A LOOK AT THE WIDER VIEW. AND WE’RE NOW STARTING TO SEE SHOWERS APPROACHING YUBA CITY. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR SOUTH THEY STRETCH. STILL TO THE SOUTH OF FRESNO. SO LET’S ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. WE DO HAVE SOME CELLS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE SACRAMENTO AREA. WE HAVE ANOTHER BATCH OF THEM MOVING THROUGH MODESTO AND WORKING THEIR WAY NORTHWARD. HERE’S THE CLOSER VIEW HERE. WEST SACRAMENTO SEEING SOME OF THAT LIGHT RAIN NOW SEEING SOME LIGHTNING HERE NEAR WOODLAND. AS WE HEAD A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST, YOU SEE SOME SHOWERS AROUND CAMERON PARK. FOLSOM PLACERVILLE SEEING SOME OF THIS AS WELL. AND THOSE LIGHTNING STRIKES STARTING TO HEAD UP TOWARD AUBURN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SO FAST. I’M CONSTANTLY HAVING TO KEEP CHECKING THE RADAR AND MOVING IT AROUND. WE ALSO HAVE SOME SHOWERS HERE NEAR BETHEL ISLAND NEAR LODI RANCHO CARAVELLE CALAVERAS WE’RE SEEING SOME OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS. THEN, AS WE HEAD TOWARD CHINESE CAMP RIVERBANK, SEEING SOME OF THE MORE MODERATE RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY, YOU SEE MORE OF THAT JUST TO THE EAST OF MODESTO, MODESTO AND WATERFORD. AND THEN AS WE HEAD DOWN TOWARD MERCED, LOOK AT THIS. NOW, THIS IS WHERE WE’RE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. A LOT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES HERE. BUT AS THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN HEADING NORTHWARD, THEY’VE BEEN KIND OF FALLING APART. THEY’RE STILL QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING, BUT NOT AS MUCH RAIN. WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THE RAIN, NOT THE LIGHTNING. SO JUST A FEW SPOTTY LIGHT SHOWERS LINGERING INTO THE LATE MORNING. THEN AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, LIKE I SAID, IT’S MORE THE SIERRAS TURN TO SEE SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. SO AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STAYING INDOORS. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SIERRA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. THEN THIS HIGH FINALLY STARTS TO SLIDE ITS WAY OFF TO THE EAST. WE’RE GOING TO SEE A COUPLE TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH, BRINGING IN MUCH COOLER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. IN FACT, WE’RE TALKING HIGHS IN THE 80S, AND THAT MAY EXTEND EVEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SEVEN DAY FORECAST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEY, THEN CLEARING UP IN THE AFTERNOON 96 DEGREES FOR THE HIGH. STILL WARM FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, AND THEN HIGHS IN THE 80S FRIDAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EVEN INTO NEXT WEEK. THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO FEEL GOOD. BUT YEAH, RIGHT NOW THE MAIN FOCUS, OF COURSE, THE THUNDERSTORMS. SO THIS MORNING, VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS, THE AFTERNOON FOOTHILLS IN THE SIERRA. SO JUST BE YOU BE READY FOR IT I GUESS. AND YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR APP AND TRACK IT YOURSELF. YOU CAN USE IT AND ZOOM RIGHT DOWN INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT’S REALLY HANDY TOOL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ROADWAYS. ANY ISSUES? WELL LET’S START WITH THE FOOTHILLS RIGHT NOW. COMING OFF OF THAT LIGHTNING, I PULLED UP ONE OF THE CAMERAS FROM THE ALERT WILDFIRE NETWORK. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FIRES THAT IS OFF IN THE FOOTHILLS. AND IF YOU LOOK OFF TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, YOU’LL SEE THE GLOW OF ANOTHER FIRE UP IN THE HILLS. PRETTY MUCH ANY CAMERA YOU PULL UP ALONG THE FOOTHILLS RIGHT NOW, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE SOME SMOKE IN AND AROUND ME FROM STOCKTON ALL THE WAY NORTHWARD. SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE WATCHING FOR. FOR THOSE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THE FIRES THAT THEY HAVE SPARKED, NOT ONLY IN THE FOOTHILLS, BUT ALSO DOWN IN THE FLATLANDS. THERE WAS A FIRE REPORTED IN THE FIELD NEAR WOODBRIDGE. SO MY POINT OF BRINGING THIS UP IN THE TRAFFIC REPORT IS, WATCH OUT FOR FIRE ENGINES THAT ARE HEADING OUT TO MULTIPLE REPORTS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES AND FIRES THAT CAME WITH THEM ALONG THE FOOTHILLS AND DOWN INTO THE FLATLANDS IN AND AROUND LODI GALT. WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHER HEADING TO GALT TO GO CHECK ON A FIRE THAT’S BEEN REPORTED THERE. HERE’S HIGHWAY 50 COMING INTO EL DORADO HILLS BOULEVARD. THE FREEWAY IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG LA TROBE ROAD AT SOUTH SHINGLE ROAD ON NEW GRASS FIRE REPORTED IN THAT SPOT AS WELL. SO IF YOU’RE ANYWHERE HIGHWAY 50, ESPECIALLY SOUTH 16 AREA, WATCH OUT FOR FIRE CREWS THAT AGAIN ARE REPORTING TO MULTIPLE INCIDENTS. 99 TO FLORIN ROAD. WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY DELAYS HERE COMING IN FROM ELK GROVE. ALL CLEAR ON THAT STRETCH. STOCKTON CLEAR IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS AGAIN. WE DID HAVE SOME ACTIVITY AROUND GALT EARLIER WITH SOME LIGHTNING THERE. WET ROADS ON 99 AND FIVE, 80 AND 205. THEY’VE BEEN UNDER THE RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN THAT MOISTURE CAME IN FROM THE SOUTH. HERE WE HAVE A TEN MINUTE RIDE OUT OF ROSEVILLE TO THE SPLIT 50, A 15 MINUTE RIDE FROM FOLSOM 99, TEN MINUTES OUT OF ELK GROVE AND I-5. 11 MINUTES BACK TO YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, AN IMPRESSIVE START TO HIS COLLEGE CAREER. SEE WHAT A FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK FROM LOOMIS DID FOR UC DAVIS THIS WEEKEND. THAT EARNED HIM NATIONAL HONORS. WE’RE BACK. LIVE SKYCAM VIEW HERE AT SUTTER HEALTH PARK. JUST TWO MORE SERIES LEFT FOR THE RIVER CATS THIS SEASON. THEY START A SIX GAME SET WITH THE VEGAS AVIATORS. THAT’S THE A’S TRIPLE A TEAM, SO IT FEATURES SOME PLAYERS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THE HOME CLUBHOUSE HERE WITH THE A’S THIS SEASON. IT IS FAMILY VALUE TUESDAY. SO ALL HOT DOGS AND ICE CREAM TREATS ARE JUST TWO BUCKS. STOCKTON PORTS BEGAN THEIR FINAL WEEK OF THE SEASON. TONIGHT. THEY HOST THE RAWHIDE FOR THE FINAL SIX GAMES. FANS CAN GET FIELD BOX TICKETS FOR JUST $8. FIRST PITCH AT BANNER ISLAND BALLPARK IS AT 705. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOW IN SACRAMENTO STATE’S ROLLOUT OF ITS NEW GO GO OFFENSE WAS A NO GO ON SATURDAY, AS THEY MANAGED LESS THAN 200 TOTAL YARDS. BUT SINCE THEY WERE ON THE ROAD AT THE SECOND RANKED TEAM IN THE NATION, THEY ONLY FELL THREE SPOTS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS TO NUMBER 18. MEANTIME, UC DAVIS AGGIES REMAIN AT NUMBER EIGHT IN THE NATIONAL POLLS FOLLOWING THEIR THRILLING COMEBACK WIN IN UTAH ON SATURDAY. SO THE AGGIES WERE DOWN 24 TO 7 IN THE SECOND HALF WHEN THEY ROLLED OFF 24 CONSECUTIVE POINTS TO DEFEAT UTAH TECH. THEY WERE LED BY FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK KADEN PINNOCK FROM DEL ORO HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS NAMED NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK AFTER THROWING FOR 253 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS. HE’S THE FIRST AGGIE TO WIN THAT HONOR SINCE 2019. WELL, TRAINS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. RAIL SAFETY MONTH KICKS OFF TODAY. WHAT’S BEING DONE IN THE CAPITAL CITY TO SAV