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COMES FIRST. THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. A COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING OF THE LOSS OF A MOTHER AND CHILD. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND THE EFFORTS NOW BEING MADE TO HELP THEIR PEERS COPE. CALLS FOR PEACE. AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED TO CELEBRATE UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE DAY. WHILE IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A CELEBRATION AS THEIR COUNTRY REMAINS AT WAR. IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF DAVIS. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT FIVE OF THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE CELEBRATING SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR. THAT’S COMING UP IN A LIVE REPORT. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 5 A.M. IT’S MONDAY DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK, AND I’M TEO TORRES. I’M BETTING YOU PROBABLY DID YOUR RUNS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THIS WEEKEND. YEAH, I MEAN, IT GOT WARM VERY, VERY QUICKLY. LET’S GO AHEAD AND GO OVER TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLDOWN THIS WEEK. YEAH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRENDING DOWNWARD AT LEAST AS WE GET INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. WE’VE GOT A COMFORTABLE STRETCH TO GREET YOU IN THIS 5:00 HOUR AS WE AWAIT SUNRISE, PLAN FOR A COMFORTABLE KICKOFF TO THE DAY WITH WIDESPREAD, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND ALSO ENJOYING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. ONCE. OF COURSE, THE SUN DOES COME UP. AFTERNOON IS GOING TO BE FILLED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN, PRIMARILY OVER THE SIERRA. RIGHT NOW IT’S A QUIET MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS AT 50 DEGREES IN TRUCKEE. IT’S 47 RIGHT NOW IN LAKE TAHOE. 79 THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW AT PLACERVILLE AIRPORT. WE’RE DOWN TO THE LOWER 70S AROUND AUBURN, UPPER 60S IN YUBA CITY TO THE LOWER 60S IN SACRAMENTO, FAIRFIELD IN STOCKTON. AND GOOD MORNING, MODESTO. YOU’RE WAKING UP TO A PAIR OF SIXES ON THIS EARLY MONDAY MORNING SATELLITE SWEEP SHOWING OFF AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE SOME CLOUD COVER EXTENDING HERE ACROSS PARTS OF TRUCKEE AND TAHOE MAY EVEN SEE A FEW PATCHES OF FOG THERE RIGHT AROUND THE TRUCKEE AREA, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE AIRPORT. YOU GET INTO THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. THE SKIES IN GENERAL MAINLY CLEAR, AND THEN ONCE YOU START TO TRAVEL TOWARDS THE COAST, YOU START TO HEAD INTO SOME OF THAT MARINE LAYER. WE HAVE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS RIGHT NOW, 22, IN FAIRFIELD, SOUTH WIND GOING AT FIVE IN SACRAMENTO. SO THAT BREEZE HELPING VERY LIMITEDLY THIS MORNING. WE’RE LOOKING AT UPPER 90S IN THE VALLEY MID 90S FOOTHILLS MID 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. CLOSER LOOK WHERE THOSE STORMS MAY FIRE UP THIS AFTERNOON. COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. RIGHT NOW IT IS ALMOST 502 BRIAN GOOD MORNING TO YOU. IT’S MONDAY. HOW ARE FOLKS MOVING. GOOD MORNING. WE’RE TAKING A LOOK HERE ALONG INTERSTATE 80 HEADING OUT THROUGH THE CAPITOL TOWARDS DAVIS. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS EAST OR WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 80. AS YOU COME IN FROM ROSEVILLE OVER THE TOP AND OUT ONTO THE CAUSEWAY, AS YOU SAW ON THE CAMERA, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT ABOUT THERE. HIGHWAY 50 ALSO CLEAR OUT OF THE ROSEVILLE OR FOLSOM AREA THERE, AND THEN 599 COMING UP FROM ELK GROVE, ALL CLEAR ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE AND COMING IN THROUGH STOCKTON. NO ISSUES TO REPORT HERE. HIGHWAY FOUR AND 12 CLEARED OUT 205 THOUGH ACROSS THE TOP OF THE TRACY TRIANGLE DID JUMP UP TO AN EARLY DELAY. JUST CHECKED IN AND SO FAR NO CRASHES REPORTED, BUT WE’RE ALREADY AT 29 MINUTES ACROSS THE TOP OF 2055 80. 26 MINUTES OVER THE ALTAMONT PASS 99 A 12 MINUTE RIDE BETWEEN MODESTO AND MANTECA, NINE MINUTES OUT OF ROSEVILLE ON INTERSTATE 80 HIGHWAY 50, A 14 MINUTE RIDE. 99. WE’RE LOOKING AT TEN MINUTES I-5 AS WELL, COMING IN FROM ELK GROVE BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW DEVELOPING NEWS, A DOUBLE HOMICIDE CASE INVOLVING A WOMAN AND HER CHILD IN CAMERON PARK, A CAL FIRE CAPTAIN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN BOTH OF THOSE MURDERS. THE COUNTY CORONER IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN AS A 29 YEAR OLD. MARISSA LESSA OF SHINGLE SPRINGS. THE FAMILY HAS IDENTIFIED THE SECOND VICTIM AS HER SON, JOSIAH. HE WAS A SECOND GRADER AT BLUE OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE TWO WERE SHOT AND KILLED ON THURSDAY. TODAY, COUNSELORS ARE GOING TO BE AT THE BOYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUPPORTING STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF AS THEY NAVIGATE THE LOSS. THE 47 YEAR-OLD CAL FIRE CAPTAIN DARREN MCFARLAND, IS UNDER ARREST, AND HE’S NOW FACING TWO COUNTS OF HOMICIDE AND IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. HE’S EXPECTED TO BE IN COURT THIS WEEK. FAMILY SAYS MARISSA AND MCFARLAND HAD BEEN DATING. A GOFUNDME FOR FINAL COSTS HAVE BEEN SET UP BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. A BUSY STREET IN CITRUS HEIGHTS IS BACK OPEN AFTER A DEADLY CRASH. IT HAPPENED AROUND 815 LAST NIGHT ON MADISON AVENUE. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY TRIED TO SAVE ONE OF THE DRIVERS, BUT THAT PERSON DIED AT THE SCENE. SAC METRO FIRE SAYS THE OTHER DRIVER WAS NOT HURT, EVEN THOUGH THEIR PICKUP TRUCK ROLLED OVER. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT ALCOHOL DOES APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR IN THIS CRASH. ANYONE WHO WITNESSED IT IS URGED TO PLEASE CONTACT CITRUS HEIGHTS PD. LET’S TURN NOW TO WILDFIRE COVERAGE IN THIS MORNING. THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRYING TO GAIN CONTAINMENT ON THE PICKETT FIRE. THIS IS THE ONE IN NAPA COUNTY. THAT FIRE HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 6800 ACRES SINCE IT SPARKED LAST THURSDAY. SINCE THAT TIME, CREWS HAVE WORKED DAY AND NIGHT TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL. IT’S BURNING IN STEEP, RUGGED TERRAIN AND IT’S MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR CREWS TO GET THERE. CONTAINMENT IS AT 11%. EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS ARE STILL IN EFFECT. FIREFIGHTING CREWS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED ACROSS THE STATE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE HOT, DRY CONDITIONS AND THE CHANCE OF DRY LIGHTNING ON FRIDAY. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM DIRECTED THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO DEPLOY MORE RESOURCES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AFTER ALREADY SENDING RESOURCES TO LA KERN, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES EARLIER IN THE WEEK. AND OVER THE WEEKEND. HE ALSO ORDERED OAS TO DEPLOY THE EXTRA RESOURCES TO PLACER, SIERRA AND NEVADA COUNTIES. 64 FIRE ENGINES, 17 WATER TENDERS, NINE BULLDOZERS, FIVE HELICOPTERS, TEN HAND CREWS AND TWO INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS ARE NOW STATIONED IN THOSE COUNTIES. ON TOP OF THE CREWS AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT ARE WORKING THERE. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF NORTH SACRAMENTO RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE BATTLING A BUILDING FIRE. THIS IS ON DIXON AVENUE, JUST OFF DEL PASO. KCRA 3’S MIKE TESELLE IS AT THE SCENE. SO, MIKE, WHAT’S HAPPENED OUT THERE? YEAH, AND A VERY ACTIVE SCENE AT THIS MOMENT. WE JUST PULLED UP, JUST WALKED UP HERE AND YOU CAN SEE FIRE CREWS IN THE SMOKE. THEY’RE DEALING WITH A FIRE THAT IS HERE ALONG DEL PASO INVOLVING WHAT I’M TOLD IS A BUTLER STYLE BUILDING, WHICH MEANS THERE’S A LOT OF METAL EXTERIOR. BUT WHAT THEY’RE DEALING WITH HERE IS THEY HAD A PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE. SO CREWS HAVING TO GO DEFENSIVE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND THEN JUST GOT DONE TALKING TO AN INFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO SAID THERE’S A NEARBY APARTMENT COMPLEX, AN ADJACENT APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO BE EVACUATING SOME OF THE UNITS JUST SO THAT THEY CAN POSITION SOME OF THEIR FIRE EQUIPMENT THERE, AS THAT’S MORE OF A PRECAUTION, MORE THAN A THREAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. DON’T SEE ANY VISIBLE FLAMES AT THIS POINT COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THAT BUILDING. SO THEY ARE POURING A LOT OF WATER ON THIS FROM THE TOP OF THE LADDER TRUCK DOWN INTO THIS BUILDING WHERE THAT ROOF COLLAPSE WAS. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY ARE IN A DEFENSIVE STANCE. BUT FIRE CREWS SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NO REPORTS AT THIS POINT OF ANY INJURIES OR ANY PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE THIS COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE HERE ALONG DEL PASO BOULEVARD. SO WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION, BRING YOU THE LATEST DETAILS AS WE GET THEM. I KNOW AS WE SPEAK, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPARTMENT TRYING TO GET UP TO DATE ON MORE DETAILS THAN WHAT I JUST GAVE YOU. THAT’S EVERYTHING THAT HE KNEW UP TO THIS POINT. BUT AN ACTIVE SCENE THAT IS DEFINITELY IMPACTING EL PASO BOULEVARD. IN FACT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, THIS IS DEL PASO BOULEVARD AND YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF FIRE APPARATUS THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ROADWAY. SO IF YOU’RE COMING OUT OF DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, JUST BE AWARE, EL PASO BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW, BLOCKED BY A WHOLE LOT OF FIRE ACTIVITY FOR THIS ONGOING BREAKING NEWS LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, MIKE TESELLE KCRA 3 NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS BREAKING NEWS ON AIR AND ONLINE. BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR KCRA THREE APP, TURN ON PUSH NOTIFICATIONS TO GET ALERTS SENT TO YOUR SMARTPHONE. NOW TO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL COVERAGE. AND TODAY, DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MARKS ITS FIRST DAY. KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO JOINING US NOW LIVE IN DAVIS, WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE HEADING BACK TO CLASS. WE’RE AT KOREMATSU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE WE’RE SORT OF WITNESSING THE CALM BEFORE WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE THE BUZZ AND EXCITEMENT OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AND THIS SCHOOL, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHERS WITHIN DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAVE SOME NEW FACILITIES THAT THEY WILL BE CELEBRATING TODAY. DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCING ON ITS WEBSITE THAT THIS SCHOOL IS JUST ONE OF FIVE THAT CONSTRUCTED BRAND NEW EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FACILITIES, AND HERE ARE THE SCHOOLS WHERE THOSE FACILITIES WENT IN KOREMATSU, WHERE WE ARE THIS MORNING. ALSO, MONTGOMERY, NORTH DAVIS, PIONEER AND WILLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE DISTRICT SAYING THOSE FACILITIES WERE BUILT ON TIME AND ON BUDGET, ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND THAT NOW THEY’RE READY TO WELCOME THE DISTRICT’S YOUNGEST LEARNERS FOR THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, ACCORDING TO ITS WEBSITE, DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOME TO TEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, FIVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONE ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER. ALL OF THOSE KIDS AND ADULTS HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AS FOR THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL. SCHOOL GETS UNDERWAY AT 830 THIS MORNING, REPORTING LIVE IN DAVIS, MELANIE WINGO KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MELANIE THANK YOU. 509 NOW AS WE GET ANOTHER CHECK ON KCRA THREE WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES ON THIS MONDAY MORNING, HERE’S TAMARA. AND FOR THOSE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PLAN FOR A COMFORTABLE KICKOFF TO THE DAY. TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND THE LOWER TO MID 60S. SO DEPENDING ON YOUR TEMPERATURE AND COMFORTABLE COMFORT LEVEL IN THE MORNING, SOME OF THE LITTLE KIDDOS MAY JUST WANT A LONG SLEEVE LAYER. GOODBYE. BUT BY THE TIME LEAVING THE CLASSROOMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON, IT’S GOING TO BE PLENTY WARM WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES RIGHT INTO THE MID 90S THERE AROUND THE DAVIS AREA. RIGHT NOW I’VE GOT 60 DEGREES OUT THE DOOR IN FAIRFIELD, 62 IN SACRAMENTO AND 79 CHECKING IN WITH PLACERVILLE THIS MORNING. YOUR SIERRA FORECAST COULD SEE SOME IMPACTFUL WEATHER IN THE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FROM QUINCY INTO TRUCKEE AND SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. PLAN FOR THOSE THUNDERSTORMS TO POP UP, ESPECIALLY FROM NOON AND THROUGH 8:00 THIS EVENING. EVEN YOSEMITE MAY HEAR A RUMBLE OF THUNDER INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THOSE STORMS AND THE MOISTURE KIND OF WORK UP FROM THE SOUTH. TODAY IN ANGELS CAMP, LOOKING AT A HIGH OF 96. SUN AND CLOUDS AND 96 FOR PLACERVILLE. IT’S GOING TO BE A WARM SUMMER FIELD DAY AGAIN IN AUBURN, WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. TODAY IN LAKEPORT WE’RE GOING TO DO MID 90S WITH SUN AND CLOUDS ABOUT 93 THIS AFTERNOON IN FAIRFIELD, AND SUN AND CLOUDS AND 70 FOR SAN FRANCISCO IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. MONDAY DOES INCLUDE MAINLY SUNNY CONDITIONS 96 IN LODI WE’LL TOP OUT AT 98 IN STOCKTON AND POTENTIALLY AS HOT AS 100 FOR YOU IN TURLOCK, CERES AND KEYS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE’RE THE UPPER 90S AROUND VACAVILLE TO HIS WARMEST 96 IN DAVIS, 98 TODAY IN ROSEVILLE AND ROCKLIN COMING UP IN TEN MINUTES. I’LL TALK ABOUT THE DROP IN TEMPERATURES EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK AND SCHOOL WEEK. RIGHT NOW IS 510. BRIAN, WHAT ARE YOU TRACKING FOR OUR COMMUTERS? WE’RE GOING TO START HERE ALONG INTERSTATE 80, COMING IN THROUGH GREENBACK THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS MODERATE THROUGH THE AREA. NO DELAYS ALONG THE 80 CORRIDOR OVER THE TOP AND OUT ONTO THE CAUSEWAY. 50 IS ALSO CLEAR FROM FOLSOM AS WE CONTINUE TO CHECK IN ON THE FIVE AND 99 COMMUTE COMING IN FROM ELK GROVE, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF GREEN ACROSS THE MAP. WE’RE STARTING MONDAY OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT HERE IN SACRAMENTO STOCKTON. SAME STORY FOR YOU. ALL CLEAR. AND IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THROUGH THE DELTA, NO PROBLEMS ON FOUR OR HIGHWAY 12. 205 THOUGH. DID JUMP UP TO AN EARLY START EVEN PAST 11TH STREET. WE’RE ALREADY SEEING SLOW TRAFFIC THERE ON THE SPEED SENSORS. WE’RE LOOKING AT A 39 OR 29 MINUTE RIDE ACROSS 205 FROM I 5 TO 580. THAT PUTS IT IN THE RED. 580 28 MINUTES OVER THE ALTAMONT PASS AND 99 CURRENTLY AT 12 MINUTES BETWEEN MODESTO AND MANTECA. NO DELAYS THERE. 89 MINUTES OUT OF ROSEVILLE 50 IS A 15 MINUTE RIDE FROM FOLSOM INTO DOWNTOWN, 99 AT NINE MINUTES FROM ELK GROVE AND I5. A TEN MINUTE RIDE. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, APPRECIATE IT. WELL, THE PRESIDENT IS THREATENING TO EXPAND THE NATIONAL GUARD’S DEPLOYMENT ACROSS SEVERAL MAJOR CITIES. MORE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS COULD BE COMING TO STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I’M RACHEL HERSHEIMMER AT UNION STATION WITH WHERE WE COULD SEE THE EXPANSION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRAC