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 4-10 a.m. here.WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NORCAL’We are going to die out here’: Report finds that 2022 was deadliest year for unhoused people in Sacramento County | A record 203 unhoused residents died in Sacramento County in last year, a rise from the 199 in 2021, according to a report by the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness. In 2022, substance use deaths remained the number one cause of death, accounting for 46.7% of all homeless deaths. Read more here.Officers search for man who walked away from minimum-security facility at Folsom State Prison | Officers with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are searching for a man who walked away from a minimum-security facility at Folsom State Prison on Friday morning. CDCR said 22-year-old Zionarrow A. Taylor was reported missing after a routine county at 2:30 a.m. Read more here.How a Crime Stoppers tip helped capture a wanted man in Sacramento | Sacramento police arrested a wanted man after he tried to attack an employee in midtown, according to the department. Police said 23-year-old Alexander Odell banged on the door of a business near 21st and N streets late Wednesday night, and then he tried to kick and punch a worker at that business. Officers would not say where exactly the employee worked. Read more here.Change the law? Spend more money? State commission studies how to combat California’s retail theft problem | Smash and grabs, brazen shoplifting and large retailers holding everyday necessities under lock and key across California were the images at the center of a hearing held by the Little Hoover Commission, an independent, non-partisan group that reports to state lawmakers and the governor. Read more here.Sac County Sheriff’s Office prioritizing re-entry program to help inmates | No one sets out to end up in jail, yet every month more than 200 new inmates come through Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center’s (RCC) doors. They’re joining the nearly 1300 men and women who are already behind bars. “A perfect world is one time in and never come back, but it’s not reality,” said Lt. Chris Baker with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Read more here.Sac State to introduce new artificial intelligence program | Sacramento State is preparing to launch a new institute for artificial intelligence in education. KCRA 3 was joined on Thursday by Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Zorkin, who will be the university’s first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer. Read more here.WHAT’S HAPPENING ELSEWHEREUS, Israel discuss when to scale back Gaza combat but agree fight will take months, envoy says | The United States agrees with Israel that the fight against Hamas will take months, but officials are discussing the timetable for scaling back from high-intensity combat to more precise ways of targeting the militant group’s leaders, a top U.S. envoy said Friday amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza. Read more here.Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in a Georgia election workers’ case | Jurors began deliberating Thursday to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them that led to a barrage of racist threats and upended their lives. Read more here.House passes defense policy bill that includes pay raise for troops; Bill sent to Biden | The House voted Thursday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense annually. The bill will next be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The Senate passed the bill Wednesday. The House vote was 310 to 118 with 73 Republicans and 45 Democrats opposing the bill. Read more here.Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against British tabloid publisher, awarded 140,000 pounds | Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. Read more here.WHAT’S COMING UP TODAY10 a.m. | Twin Rivers Unified is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for the grand unveiling of Foothill High School’s new Aquatic Complex.10 a.m. | Community members are gathering as Women’s Empowerment graduates 17 women who have experienced homelessness from the two-month job-readiness program.TODAY’S WEATHER OUTLOOKMeteorologist Dirk Verdoorn says partly cloudy skies are expected this afternoon with warmer temperatures peaking in the lower 60s. Dry skies will continue into the weekend with a sunny Saturday and temps in the mid-60s.There’s still potential for rain on Sunday, but models push it to later in the day, so it may not arrive until Sunday night.| KCRA 3 FIRE THREAT INDEX | Track fire conditions across Northern California regionsREAL-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 4-10 a.m. here.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN NORCAL
‘We are going to die out here’: Report finds that 2022 was deadliest year for unhoused people in Sacramento County | A record 203 unhoused residents died in Sacramento County in last year, a rise from the 199 in 2021, according to a report by the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness. In 2022, substance use deaths remained the number one cause of death, accounting for 46.7% of all homeless deaths. Read more here.
Officers search for man who walked away from minimum-security facility at Folsom State Prison | Officers with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are searching for a man who walked away from a minimum-security facility at Folsom State Prison on Friday morning. CDCR said 22-year-old Zionarrow A. Taylor was reported missing after a routine county at 2:30 a.m. Read more here.
How a Crime Stoppers tip helped capture a wanted man in Sacramento | Sacramento police arrested a wanted man after he tried to attack an employee in midtown, according to the department. Police said 23-year-old Alexander Odell banged on the door of a business near 21st and N streets late Wednesday night, and then he tried to kick and punch a worker at that business. Officers would not say where exactly the employee worked. Read more here.
Change the law? Spend more money? State commission studies how to combat California’s retail theft problem | Smash and grabs, brazen shoplifting and large retailers holding everyday necessities under lock and key across California were the images at the center of a hearing held by the Little Hoover Commission, an independent, non-partisan group that reports to state lawmakers and the governor. Read more here.
Sac County Sheriff’s Office prioritizing re-entry program to help inmates | No one sets out to end up in jail, yet every month more than 200 new inmates come through Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center’s (RCC) doors. They’re joining the nearly 1300 men and women who are already behind bars. “A perfect world is one time in and never come back, but it’s not reality,” said Lt. Chris Baker with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Read more here.
Sac State to introduce new artificial intelligence program | Sacramento State is preparing to launch a new institute for artificial intelligence in education. KCRA 3 was joined on Thursday by Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Zorkin, who will be the university’s first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer. Read more here.
WHAT’S HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
US, Israel discuss when to scale back Gaza combat but agree fight will take months, envoy says | The United States agrees with Israel that the fight against Hamas will take months, but officials are discussing the timetable for scaling back from high-intensity combat to more precise ways of targeting the militant group’s leaders, a top U.S. envoy said Friday amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza. Read more here.
Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in a Georgia election workers’ case | Jurors began deliberating Thursday to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them that led to a barrage of racist threats and upended their lives. Read more here.
House passes defense policy bill that includes pay raise for troops; Bill sent to Biden | The House voted Thursday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense annually. The bill will next be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The Senate passed the bill Wednesday. The House vote was 310 to 118 with 73 Republicans and 45 Democrats opposing the bill. Read more here.
Prince Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against British tabloid publisher, awarded 140,000 pounds | Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. Read more here.
WHAT’S COMING UP TODAY
- 10 a.m. | Twin Rivers Unified is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for the grand unveiling of Foothill High School’s new Aquatic Complex.
- 10 a.m. | Community members are gathering as Women’s Empowerment graduates 17 women who have experienced homelessness from the two-month job-readiness program.
TODAY’S WEATHER OUTLOOK
Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn says partly cloudy skies are expected this afternoon with warmer temperatures peaking in the lower 60s.
Dry skies will continue into the weekend with a sunny Saturday and temps in the mid-60s.
There’s still potential for rain on Sunday, but models push it to later in the day, so it may not arrive until Sunday night.
| KCRA 3 FIRE THREAT INDEX | Track fire conditions across Northern California regions
REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAP
(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)
DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATEST
Here is where you can download our app.
