KCRA 3 is rounding up all the information you need to know to get a head start on your day.Here you’ll find what you missed overnight, what’s happening throughout the day, the forecast and how your commute is shaping up.You can also watch our morning newscasts live from 4-9 a.m. here.WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NORCALCDC now recommends masking up indoors in Sacramento and 4 nearby counties | Federal health officials are now recommending that people mask up indoors in more places in California, including Sacramento and four surrounding counties due to high levels of COVID-19. Read more here.Sac City Unified to bring back mask mandate amid ‘high’ COVID-19 levels | This comes as the school district projected a week ago that it would bring back masks if COVID-19 cases reach a certain level based on CDC standards. It used these same standards in mid-April when it dropped its mask guidelines, roughly a month after California lifted statewide mask mandate rules. Read more here.’Enough is enough’: 90 arrested, 58 guns seized in Stockton gang takedown and drug bust, officials say | State and local officials announced the results from Operation Hybrid Havoc in a press conference on Thursday, saying the joint investigation into criminal activity by street gangs had also solved two homicides and prevented future shootings. Read more here.Another EDD backlog: Businesses and potential employees are impacted | KCRA 3 Investigates has received word of another backlog inside California’s Employment Development Department and this one is affecting both businesses and potential employees. The federal money is meant to help some of the most at-need in California obtain a job. Read more here. WHAT’S HAPPENING ELSEWHEREPresident Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage are we willing to accept?’ | “Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over as he delivered an impassioned address to the nation imploring Congress to take action against gun violence after mass shootings he said had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into “killing fields.” Read more here.Retired Navy Seal’s alert system could reduce response times for active shooter situations | A retired Navy Seal and Homeland Security special agent in south Florida developed a security system that he says reduces response times in the event of an active shooter or another emergency. Read more here.Study finds vaccines are 90% effective against severe COVID-19 for up to six months | Protection against symptomatic COVID-19 begins to decrease about one month from initial vaccination, while immunity against severe COVID-19 remains high for about six months, according to a recent study by scientists at Penn State College of Medicine. Read more here.Queen’s jubilee thanksgiving service goes ahead despite monarch pulling out | Members of Britain’s royal family attended a Friday church service honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, although the queen herself is skipping the event at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London due to difficulty getting around at age 96. Read more here. WHAT’S COMING UP TODAYThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and holding a teleconference today at 9 a.m. to speak more about the latest cases of monkeypox in the United States.Congresswoman Doris Matsui is holding a press conference today at 10 a.m. to call for action on gun violence prevention legislation. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is holding an End of Watch Ride to honor fallen deputy Adam Gibson at 1 p.m.TODAY’S WEATHER OUTLOOKMeteorologist Melanie Hunter says Northern California is running cooler Friday thanks to a Delta breeze in the morning. Today we’ll have clouds mixed with some sunshine and a possibility of showers for the weekend. Temperatures will be in the low 80s by noon, and topping out in the mid to low 80s by 3 p.m.(App users, click here to see Doppler radar).REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAP(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATESTHere is where you can download our app.
KCRA 3 is rounding up all the information you need to know to get a head start on your day.
Here you’ll find what you missed overnight, what’s happening throughout the day, the forecast and how your commute is shaping up.
You can also watch our morning newscasts live from 4-9 a.m. here.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NORCAL
CDC now recommends masking up indoors in Sacramento and 4 nearby counties | Federal health officials are now recommending that people mask up indoors in more places in California, including Sacramento and four surrounding counties due to high levels of COVID-19. Read more here.
Sac City Unified to bring back mask mandate amid ‘high’ COVID-19 levels | This comes as the school district projected a week ago that it would bring back masks if COVID-19 cases reach a certain level based on CDC standards. It used these same standards in mid-April when it dropped its mask guidelines, roughly a month after California lifted statewide mask mandate rules. Read more here.
‘Enough is enough’: 90 arrested, 58 guns seized in Stockton gang takedown and drug bust, officials say | State and local officials announced the results from Operation Hybrid Havoc in a press conference on Thursday, saying the joint investigation into criminal activity by street gangs had also solved two homicides and prevented future shootings. Read more here.
Another EDD backlog: Businesses and potential employees are impacted | KCRA 3 Investigates has received word of another backlog inside California’s Employment Development Department and this one is affecting both businesses and potential employees. The federal money is meant to help some of the most at-need in California obtain a job. Read more here.
WHAT’S HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
President Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage are we willing to accept?’ | “Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over as he delivered an impassioned address to the nation imploring Congress to take action against gun violence after mass shootings he said had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into “killing fields.” Read more here.
Retired Navy Seal’s alert system could reduce response times for active shooter situations | A retired Navy Seal and Homeland Security special agent in south Florida developed a security system that he says reduces response times in the event of an active shooter or another emergency. Read more here.
Study finds vaccines are 90% effective against severe COVID-19 for up to six months | Protection against symptomatic COVID-19 begins to decrease about one month from initial vaccination, while immunity against severe COVID-19 remains high for about six months, according to a recent study by scientists at Penn State College of Medicine. Read more here.
Queen’s jubilee thanksgiving service goes ahead despite monarch pulling out | Members of Britain’s royal family attended a Friday church service honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, although the queen herself is skipping the event at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London due to difficulty getting around at age 96. Read more here.
WHAT’S COMING UP TODAY
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and holding a teleconference today at 9 a.m. to speak more about the latest cases of monkeypox in the United States.
- Congresswoman Doris Matsui is holding a press conference today at 10 a.m. to call for action on gun violence prevention legislation.
- The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is holding an End of Watch Ride to honor fallen deputy Adam Gibson at 1 p.m.
TODAY’S WEATHER OUTLOOK
Meteorologist Melanie Hunter says Northern California is running cooler Friday thanks to a Delta breeze in the morning. Today we’ll have clouds mixed with some sunshine and a possibility of showers for the weekend. Temperatures will be in the low 80s by noon, and topping out in the mid to low 80s by 3 p.m.
(App users, click here to see Doppler radar).
REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAP
(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)
