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Tesla semi-truck fire on Northern California freeway leaves people stranded for hours
PLACER COUNTY — Crews have fully reopened Interstate 80 in Northern California following a Tesla semi-truck fire near Emigrant Gap.It started when a big rig went off the road and crashed into the trees around 3 a.m. Monday. This caused major delays for people traveling in both directions."So far, we're doing just fine, we drove to Colfax no problem. Here we are. We're going to get a sandwich. We don't know what's going to happen from here on in," Richard Bernstein, traveling to Tahoe, said.Some people were trying to make it to a camping trip."We were really looking forward to...
‘A massive enterprise’: California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track
EUREKA — If the American West represents the “geography of hope,” as author Wallace Stegner wrote, then what better place than California’s far north to illustrate the eternal tension between the limitless potential of big ideas and the brutal disappointment of broken dreams? The Golden State’s verdant North Coast, a great empire of trees and […]
California car insurance rates could jump 50% this year: study
A combination of multiple factors, including climate-driven natural disasters, inflation and the soaring prices of new cars is projected to send premiums rocketing in 2024, according to a study by online insurance marketplace Insurify.
Shasta's top planner leaving after 6 years to take job in another California county
Shasta County’s top planner is leaving to take a similar position with another county in California. Paul Hellman became Shasta’s resource management director in August 2018, about a month after the catastrophic Carr Fire started, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the county’s history. ...
California’s reform era led to lower crime, despite what the news media reports
Crime rates in California dropped dramatically after the state implemented reforms aimed at reducing incarceration, a new report shows. The report from the Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice shows that the impacts of three critical reforms between 2011 and 2016 are associated with lower crime across almost every category.
‘Welcome to Hawaii’: Pilot celebrated after 17-hour Cessna flight from Merced
HONOLULU (KSEE/KGPE) – From Merced to Honolulu, Tom Lopes flew a Cessna 172 plane well past its average range of 700 miles – and landed to find a hearty Hawaiian welcoming party at the other end. The total distance from Merced, California to Honolulu, Hawaii, is approximately 2,400 miles. On Aug. 6, Lopes flew the […]
Bear-y close call: Father survives bear attack inside home in Oakhurst, saves family
OAKHURST, Calif. — A local father calls it absolutely terrifying. Christopher Smith says, he had no choice but to confront a bear over the weekend, to save himself and his two babies. He says the bear broke into parent's home in Oakhurst. He was house sitting for them. What...
Viewer video catches close-up look at four mountain lions in Calaveras County
ARNOLD, Calif. — A KCRA 3 viewer in Calaveras County caught a rare video of four mountain lions on his property Friday. Mark Kubinec said the mountain lions were together on his ranch in Arnold. He said the property is about 50 acres and adjacent to U.S. Forest Service land and the North Stanislaus River Canyon below McKay's dam.
Spirit Halloween to open two Stockton locations this summer. Here's where and when
Halloween enthusiasts will not have to wait much longer to get in the spirit of the October 31 holiday. Spirit Halloween stores will soon start opening in Stockton for all Halloween needs from West Lane Plaza at 8001 West Lane to Pacific Town Center at 730 Hammer Lane. ...
DOJ: 3 arrested after Atwater correctional officer dies
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Three people have been arrested following an investigation into the death of a correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. On Aug. 9, 2024, a correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater opened a letter and minutes later began to feel ill. According to a […]
Crime Stoppers Daily Most Wanted: Harold Walker
FRESNO. Calif. (FOX26) — Our Valley Crime Stoppers Daily Most Wanted is Harold Walker. Harold Walker is wanted on a felony warrant of Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. 60-year-old Walker is 6' 0" tall, 200 lbs., and has black hair and brown eyes. If you know where...
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