Tomatoes spill onto roadway following big rig crash in Stanislaus County

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT SIX. THE EXTREME HEAT WAVE IS STARTING TO TAKE A DEADLY TOLL. WHAT’S BEING DONE TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO CANNOT ESCAPE THE TRIPLE DIGITS? IT HASN’T SHRUNK, BUT FIND OUT WHY. ONE AREA WILDFIRE IS NOT AS LARGE AS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. THE MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO A 40 YEAR OLD MURDER CASE MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT. WHAT LED UP TO THAT COLD CASE BEING CRACKED COMING UP. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 6 A.M. I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK AND I’M TEO TORRES. SO TODAY WE’RE DIPPING BELOW THE 100 DEGREE MARK. I THINK IT’S WELL DESERVED. HOW FAR BELOW, THOUGH? THAT’S THE QUESTION, RIGHT? I MEAN, ANYTHING BELOW IS PROBABLY GOOD, RIGHT, TAMARA? ABSOLUTELY. AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, GUYS. THIS IS THE FIRST DAY I DON’T HAVE AN IMPACT OR ALERT ICON IN THE FORECAST. SO, YEAH, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COMING DOWN. YOU’LL NOTICE THIS MORNING EVEN HEADING OUT THE DOOR IN SPOTS AROUND SACRAMENTO COUNTY, YOLO COUNTY AND SOLANO COUNTY. THE DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE. SO IT’S A PLEASANT MORNING AS WE KICK OFF YOUR TUESDAY. LESS HEAT EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON, BUT MORE HEAT WILL BE BUILDING EVENTUALLY. LET’S FIRST GET THROUGH, THOUGH. TODAY YOUR TUESDAY WILL INCLUDE TEMPERATURES THAT START OUT 50S AND 60S. YES, I SAID THAT THERE’S A COUPLE 50S OUT THERE, MAINLY RIGHT ALONG THE DELTA 58 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. STEPPING OUT IN FAIRFIELD. WE’RE AT 60 ON THE NOSE AS THE SUN IS COMING UP IN SACRAMENTO, 65 IN YUBA CITY, 65 IN STOCKTON. AND THEN WE’RE TALKING 70S TO LOWER 80S IN THE FOOTHILLS MID TO UPPER 40S THERE. AS YOU GET INTO THE SIERRA, THE BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE MORNING IS THIS MARINE LAYER, WHICH IS SLOWLY BUILDING AND GETTING OVER ABOVE ABOUT 1000FT. SO WITH THAT MARINE LAYER IN PLACE AND THE DELTA BREEZE ON TOP OF IT, TRANSPORTING THAT COOL AIR IN, YOU FEEL THE DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DELTA AND ALONG PARTS OF THE VALLEY FLOOR. SOUTHWEST WIND AT 24. IN FAIRFIELD, WE HAVE WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH RIGHT NOW AT SIX IN STOCKTON. SO TODAY’S FORECAST MOST VALLEY SPOTS SHOULD STAY SHY OF THAT 100 DEGREE MARK. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THE FOOTHILLS, WE’RE STILL TALKING SOME HEAT THOUGH. AREAS LIKE AUBURN AND SONORA LIKELY TO GET ABOVE 100 ONCE AGAIN. AND FOR THE MOUNTAINS, WE’RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S. I’LL TALK ABOUT THE HEAT THAT’S COMING OUR WAY FOR THE MIDDLE AND BACK HALF OF THE WEEK. COMING UP IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES. 602 IS THE TIME, BRIAN, HOW DO THE ROADWAYS LOOK? WE’LL TAKE A LOOK HERE AT HIGHWAY 99 RIGHT NOW AT 47TH AVENUE. AND YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC PRETTY LIGHT THROUGH THIS AREA. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS HERE. BUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK RIGHT AROUND STEVENSON AVENUE AT STOCKTON BOULEVARD. WE’VE GOT SOME FLOODING THERE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN WATER MAIN. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE RIGHT ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AT 99 BETWEEN CALVIN AND MACK ROAD. POSSIBLE THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THAT REPORTS ARE THAT IT’S SHOOTING IN THE AIR, BUT I DON’T SEE ANY DELAYS ALONG 99 SO FAR. MIKE TESELLE IS GOING TO CHECK THAT OUT. I-5 LOOKING GOOD THERE. NO PROBLEMS COMING IN FROM ELK GROVE HIGHWAY 50 OUT OF FOLSOM, INCIDENT FREE ALONG WITH INTERSTATE 80 OUT OF ROSEVILLE. NO DELAYS THERE. STOCKTON LOOKING GOOD. IF YOU’RE HEADING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY FOUR. HIGHWAY 12. NO ISSUES THERE WHERE WE STILL SEE SOME SLOWING. WESTBOUND 205 TO 580. THAT’S JUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT NOW. 35 MINUTES BETWEEN I-5 AND 580. AND ONCE YOU GET ON TO THE ALTAMONT PASS ON YOUR WAY TO DUBLIN, A 27 MINUTE RIDE THERE AND 14 MINUTES BETWEEN MODESTO AND MANTECA ON 99 HERE IN SACRAMENTO, TEN MINUTES OUT OF ROSEVILLE ON 80 HIGHWAY 50, A 15 MINUTE RIDE FROM FOLSOM AND TEN MINUTES OUT OF ELK GROVE ON 99 OR 5. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANKS. SO EVEN IF WE DON’T HIT 100IN SACRAMENTO TODAY, IT WILL IN SOME AREAS. AND AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK OF NO RELIEF, PEOPLE ARE JUST KIND OF YEAH, GETTING DONE WITH IT. TOTALLY. YEAH. SACRAMENTO COUNTY CORONER HAS CONFIRMED IN FACT, THE FIRST HEAT RELATED DEATH FOR NOW, OFFICIALS ARE STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO GET HELP TO THOSE WHO HAVE TROUBLE FINDING A PLACE TO COOL OFF. SO ON BROADWAY, HERE IS A COMMUNITY COOLING CENTER. IT OPENED WHERE THEY PROVIDE WATER, FOOD, AND COOL AIR. SINCE LAST TUESDAY, ORGANIZERS SAY MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED BY. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PLACED SEVERAL BINS WITH ICE AND WATER AROUND THE CITY. SACRAMENTO RESIDENT MARK LITTLE BRINGS HOPE TO MORE THAN 100 UNHOUSED RESIDENTS THROUGH HIS FREE MOBILE SHOWER PROGRAM, WHICH IS CALLED SHOWERS BY TOUCHSTONE. I’M HOPING THAT SOME OF THESE ARE TOO HOT. THEY NEED SOME REST, OR THEY NEED SOME COOLING OFF. THEY’LL COME OVER HERE AND SEE ME AND MAYBE WE’LL HELP ONE PERSON MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER DAY WAS BEING EXPRESSED TO ME A LOT AS PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DIE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS HEAT. THE FREE SHOWERS ARE AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND, AND THE ORGANIZERS OF THE COMMUNITY COOLING CENTER SAY THEY EXPECT TO BE OPEN AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. A GREAT IDEA THAT SHOWER THING. REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. YEAH, WELL, IT’S NOT JUST NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FEELING THE HEAT IMPACT. OFFICIALS IN PORTLAND, OREGON ARE BLAMING FOUR DEATHS MONDAY ON EXTREME HEAT. A FOUR MEN RANGED IN AGE FROM 33 TO 84. FORECASTERS SAY THE HEAT WAVE WILL STICK AROUND FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. IN OREGON, HAPPENING TODAY, CITY LEADERS IN STOCKTON ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY. IT’S COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT ALLOWS GOVERNMENTS TO ENFORCE BANS ON SLEEPING OUTSIDE, EVEN IF THERE IS NO SHELTER SPACE AVAILABLE. THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON HOW THE RULING APPLIES TO THEM AND THE OPTIONS THAT THERE MIGHT BE WHEN DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS. A HEARING IS GOING TO HAPPEN DURING TODAY’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO WEIGH IN AND GIVE AN OPINION. THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ONLY THAT NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. TONIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING WILL START AT 530. 605 NOW, AND AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN A MURDER THAT HAPPENED FOUR DECADES AGO. SUSPECT MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE YESTERDAY. KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO JOINING US NOW IN ROSEVILLE WITH MORE ON HOW THEY CRACKED THAT CASE. YEAH. THE MAN FACING CHARGES FOR THAT 40 YEAR OLD CASE FINALLY MAKING A COURT APPEARANCE IN CONNECTION TO IT. 59 YEAR-OLD RICHARD MOORE WENT BEFORE A JUDGE YESTERDAY, PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF MURDER, KIDNAPING AND RAPE. THE ATTACK HAPPENED BACK IN 1984 ON ATLANTIC AND BRANDSTETTER STREETS IN ROSEVILLE. PROSECUTORS SAY MOORE WAS 19 YEARS OLD WHEN HE ATTACKED 69 YEAR-OLD MADELINE GARCIA. THEY SAY EVIDENCE COLLECTED AT THE SCENE INDICATES MOORE DRAGGED THE VICTIM INTO AN ALLEY AND KILLED HER. THE DA’S OFFICE SAYING ITS INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, ALONG WITH THE ROSEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI, SACRAMENTO FIELD OFFICE, BROKE THE CASE AFTER FOUR DECADES OF INVESTIGATION AND THAT MOORE WAS ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES IN LOS ANGELES. THE LA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO THE LA FBI FIELD OFFICE THERE. MOORE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER WITH SPECIAL ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO KIDNAPING AND RAPE. AND PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MORGAN GIRE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE DA’S OFFICE IN COURT YESTERDAY, AND MOORE WAS APPOINTED A PUBLIC DEFENDER. HE IS SET TO BE BACK IN COURT ON JULY 22ND, REPORTING LIVE IN ROSEVILLE MELANIE WINGO KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MELANIE. SACRAMENTO POLICE, BY THE WAY, ARE WORKING TO FIND THE PERSON WHO KILLED A WOMAN IN NATOMAS HAPPENED AT A HOME NEAR NORTHSTEAD DRIVE AND POTOMAC AVENUE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 10:00 YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY FOUND A WOMAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. CRIME SCENE TAPE BLOCKING THE STREET FOR HOURS AS HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEWED WITNESSES. ONE NEIGHBOR WHO DIDN’T WANT TO BE SHOWN ON CAMERA, SAID HE WAS IN DISBELIEF WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME FROM WORK. JUST KIND OF A SHOCK TO GET HOME FROM WORK AND HAVE THIS HAPPEN AND LITERALLY YOUR YOUR FRONT YARD. SO YEAH, A LITTLE, LITTLE DISTURBED BY IT. AND NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU’RE ASKED TO PLEASE CALL SACRAMENTO POLICE OR VALLEY CRIME STOPPERS AT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN. (916) 443-4357 WELL, TWO SACRAMENTO MEN ARE UNDER ARREST IN OAKLAND AFTER OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND THEM WITH AN ARSENAL OF GUNS, AMMO AND BODY ARMOR. A CHP OFFICER PULLED THE SUSPECTS OVER ON THE BAY BRIDGE OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. DURING THE STOP, THEY SPOTTED A CONCEALED GUN ON THE DRIVER. OFFICERS SEARCHED THE CAR AND FOUND THIS A NUMBER OF GUNS AND AMMUNITION, INCLUDING HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES. THEY ALSO SAY THE DRIVER WAS WEARING BODY ARMOR. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAVE BEEN BOOKED ON A RANGE OF CHARGES. NOW LET’S GO TO WILDFIRE COVERAGE AND FIRE CREWS ARE WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINST THE ROYAL FIRE IN PLACER COUNTY. IN FACT, THE NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT LAST NIGHT SHOW IT’S ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. THE NEW ESTIMATE IS NOW 154 ACRES, WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS ESTIMATES. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THEY’VE GOT MORE ACCURATE MAPPING. LIVECOPTER WAS UP OVER THE FIRE YESTERDAY, AND YOU COULD DEFINITELY SEE THOSE FLAMES. THE RIDGES NOW PINK FROM ALL THE RETARDANT DROPS. FIVE HOMES, HOWEVER, ARE STILL UNDER EVACUATION WARNINGS DURING THIS VERY BUSY FIRE SEASON. WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FAMILY IS PREPARED. SO COMING UP THIS WEEK, WE’RE DOING A KCRA THREE WILDFIRE READY SPECIAL AND WE’LL TELL YOU WHY. THIS SUMMER IS SO HOT AND DRY, HOW CREWS ARE TRAINING FOR FOREST JOBS IN THE FUTURE, AND HOW TEAMS ARE HELPING PROTECT AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BURNED. ALL OF THAT AND MORE COMING UP IN OUR WILDFIRE READY SPECIAL. IT’S THURSDAY NIGHT AT 730 FAIRFIELD POLICE OFFICER BEING PRAISED FOR SAVING A HOME FROM A FIRE. TAKE A LOOK HERE. THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE 4TH OF JULY. HERE’S OFFICER DAVE NEAL. HE WAS RESPONDING TO A FIRE ON SHERWOOD COURT, BUT HE NOTICED THE NEIGHBOR’S FENCE WAS ALSO ON FIRE AND EMBERS WERE BURNING ON THE ROOF. HE TRIED TO NOTIFY THE HOMEOWNERS, BUT NOBODY WAS THERE. I JUST WENT, OFFICER NEAL GRABBED A GARDEN HOSE AND SPRAYED THE FLAMES HIMSELF. THANKS TO THE OFFICER, THE FAMILY SAYS THEIR HOME WAS SAVED. IT IS 609 RIGHT NOW. LET’S GO AHEAD AND CHECK ON WEATHER ONCE AGAIN. AND IT MUST BE NICE TO NOT BE USING ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, EMOTICONS THAT YOU HAVE TO. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND NOT USING THE ALERT AND THE IMPACT ICON ON A DAY LIKE THIS, YOU NOTICE AS YOU STEP OUT THE DOOR, I KNOW I DID WHEN I WALKED OUT THIS MORNING THAT IT’S GOT JUST A KIND OF COOL TINGE FEEL TO IT AS THAT COOLER AIR IS COMING IN FROM THE COAST, HELPING TO DROP OUR TEMPERATURES BACK. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK IN STOCKTON AND GOOD MORNING, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, 65. DOESN’T THAT SOUND PRETTY DELIGHTFUL? IF YOU’RE JUST SIPPING THE COFFEE OR GETTING READY TO GO, TEND TO THE GARDEN OR TAKE THE DOG FOR A WALK. IT’S 60, RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO, 70 IN MODESTO AND 45 IN LAKE TAHOE. HERE’S WHERE WE’RE HEADED FOR YOUR NINTH DAY OF JULY. AND LOOK AT THAT. IT’S NOT A TRIPLE DIGIT FOR A CHANGE 98 EXPECTED IN SACRAMENTO, STILL RUNNING ABOUT FOUR DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE. AND FOR PERSPECTIVE, JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN 2021, WE BROKE A RECORD ON THIS DAY AT 113 DEGREES. WE KNOW WHAT RECORDS FEEL LIKE. WE DID THAT OVER THE WEEKEND. TODAY, I JUST DON’T EXPECT WE’LL HAVE ANY RECORDS FALL 102 EXPECTED IN QUINCY. IT’S GOING TO BE WARM IN TRUCKEE AT 92. AND ARNOLD YOU’LL TOP OUT AT 94 AROUND THE 49 CORRIDOR 99 FOR YOU IN AUBURN AND AS HOT AS 100 AND ANGELS CAMP AND 102 EXPECTED IN SONORA. CLOSER TO THE BAY, YOU CAN FIND THE BENEFIT OF THE BREEZE AND SEE THAT MARINE LAYER INTACT THERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WITH A HIGH OF 70. WE’LL GO UP TO 92 IN FAIRFIELD AND DROP DOWN TO THE MID 80S IN NAPA IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, STILL HOT FOR MANY FOLKS AT 102 IN STOCKTON, 101 FOR MODESTO WILL BE IN THE RANGE HERE OF ABOUT 100 TO 102, IN SPOTS LIKE ROSEVILLE, FOLSOM AND YUBA CITY. BUT AROUND SACRAMENTO WE’RE CLOSER TO THAT DELTA BREEZE INFLUENCE. WE’RE LOOKING AT UPPER 90S, ALONG WITH DAVIS VACAVILLE AND ELK GROVE COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES, I’LL TALK ABOUT THE ALERT DAYS AHEAD FOR LATER ON THIS WEEK. IT IS 611. BRIAN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US ON THE HIGHWAYS? LET’S GO CRUISING OUT ON THE CAUSEWAY RIGHT NOW. TAKE A LOOK OUT THERE. BEAUTIFUL RIDE AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT THROUGH YOLO COUNTY, OUT TOWARD DAVIS THERE. IF YOU’RE COMING INTO SACRAMENTO, NO PROBLEMS. AND COMING INTO SACRAMENTO FROM ROSEVILLE ON 80 WESTBOUND THROUGH THE TOP AND DOWN THROUGH THE CAP CITY FREEWAY. NO DELAYS TO REPORT THERE. AND WE HAVE THAT REPORT OF ROADWAY FLOODING. WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT. IT WAS STEVENSON AVENUE AND STOCKTON BOULEVARD. MIKE TESELLE SAYS THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL, JUST SOME WET ROAD. THERE AND LOOKS LIKE THEY’VE ALREADY GOT THE WATER SHUT OFF. FIVE AND 99 ALL LOOKING GOOD THERE ON THE FREEWAYS AND THROUGH STOCKTON. NO PROBLEMS HERE. WESTBOUND HIGHWAY FOUR, A LITTLE BIT OF SLOWING THERE AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH DISCOVERY BAY AND THROUGH TRACY. WE’RE LOOKING AT A MINOR DELAY THERE. 37 MINUTE RIDE ON 205. AND AGAIN HERE IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT DELAYS TO TALK ABOUT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BRIAN. WELL STILL AHEAD WORLD LEADERS CONVERGE ON THE WHITE HOUSE FOR AN HISTORIC SUMMIT. COMING UP, HOW ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN EUROPE COULD THREATEN THE FUTURE OF THE NATO ALLIANCE. AND A HOLLYWOOD STAR GOES ON TRIAL IN NEW MEXICO. WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW THEY WILL START SELECTING A JURY IN THE ALEC BALDWIN CASE.