Car crash reported on Interstate 80 in North Highlands

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. TSUNAMI WATCHES AND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALL UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST. AFTER ONE OF THE STRONGEST EVER RECORDED EARTHQUAKES STRUCK OFF THE EASTERN RUSSIAN COAST YESTERDAY. WHICH AREAS ARE STILL FEELING THE IMPACT? PLUS, WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS KILLED IN MONDAY’S MASS SHOOTING IN RENO. WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, WHAT THE INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED SO FAR. SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MISSING ELK GROVE WOMAN AND HER INFANT TWO WEEKS AFTER THEIR DISAPPEARANCE. THE BABY’S FATHER AND MOTHER’S LONGTIME BOYFRIEND ARE NOW SPEAKING OUT. THE ANSWERS THAT THEY’RE SEARCHING FOR. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS WEDNESDAY. I’M BRANDI CUMMINGS IN FOR DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK AND I’M MIKE CHERRY IN FOR TEO THIS MORNING. LET’S GET OVER TO METEOROLOGIST KELLY CURRAN GOT ANOTHER SUBSTITUTE TEAM HERE IN FOR TAMARA BERG THIS MORNING. YEAH, WE’VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN THE SIERRA ALREADY THIS MORNING WE HAD SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS EARLIER. THOSE HAVE SINCE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE, BUT WE ARE STILL TRACKING SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE TRACKING THEIR WAY NORTHWARD. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT STRETCHING FROM TUOLUMNE COUNTY ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH SIERRA COUNTY AND NEVADA COUNTY THERE, AS WE ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO CELLS THAT ARE PRODUCING THE MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THEM JUST TO THE EAST OF SONORA, THE OTHER ONE MOVING THROUGH ARNOLD. THIS ONE HAS ALSO PRODUCED A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SMALL HAIL, SOME GUSTY WINDS. WE’VE ALSO BEEN SEEING A LOT OF LIGHTNING WITH SOME OF THESE CELLS AS THEY CONTINUE TO TRACK THEIR WAY NORTHWARD. AND OF COURSE, LIGHTNING. A CONCERN AS THAT COULD SPARK FIRES. WE’RE STILL SEEING SOME MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS HERE AS YOU’RE APPROACHING HIGHWAY 50. AND THEN THESE SHOWERS MOVING THEIR WAY UP THROUGH DONNER AND TRUCKEE, BUT AGAIN, KIND OF FALLING APART A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER AS THEY MOVE FURTHER TO THE NORTH. OTHERWISE CLEAR SKIES RIGHT NOW IN RANCHO CORDOVA. WE DO EXPECT TO SEE NOT JUST THESE SHOWERS THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IN THE SIERRA, BUT THERE’S A POSSIBILITY FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY, WE WILL SEE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE VALLEY, AND WE DO HAVE A WARM WEEKEND ON THE WAY. RIGHT NOW, SACRAMENTO IS COMING IN AT 59 DEGREES, SO NICE AND COOL AS YOU’RE STEPPING OUT THE DOOR. STOCKTON 58. STILL THE LOW 70S FOR YOU IN AUBURN AND TRUCKEE. YOU’RE COMING IN AT 54 DEGREES HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES, LIKE I SAID, A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. SACRAMENTO THAT HIGH TOPPING OUT RIGHT AROUND 90. BUT WE’RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE SIERRA THUNDERSTORMS IN TEN MINUTES. FIRST, LET’S CHECK IN WITH TRAFFIC WITH BRIAN. THANKS, KELLY. WE’LL START HERE ALONG THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY. THIS IS AT ARDEN WAY. AND YOU CAN SEE JUST OFF THE FREEWAY HERE, SOME SMOKE COMING UP. THIS BEING REPORTED AT A AS A BRUSH FIRE. THIS IS RIGHT AT THE SPLIT THERE BETWEEN THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY AND HIGHWAY 160 COMING INTO DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. AND SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE AND THE SMOKE BUILDING THERE ALONG THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY. BUT TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA, AS YOU SAW, NOT IMPACTED BY THIS, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING I’LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON FOR YOU AS THE FIRE CREWS ARRIVE ON SCENE. HIGHWAY 50 IS ALL CLEAR COMING IN FROM THE FOLSOM AREA. NO PROBLEMS. HEADING OUT ONTO THE CAUSEWAY. FIVE AND 99 OUT OF ELK GROVE. ALSO CLEAR AND THROUGH STOCKTON. NO INCIDENTS TO REPORT HERE. WE DO HAVE SOME SLOWING STARTING TO HAPPEN HERE ON THE TOP OF THE TRACY TRIANGLE. ALREADY AT 37 MINUTES HERE AT THIS EARLY HOUR. 580 AT 27 MINUTES OVER THE ALTAMONT PASS, 99 12 MINUTES BETWEEN MODESTO AND MANTECA. IF YOU’RE HEADING INTO SACRAMENTO OUT OF ELK GROVE ON 99 OR 5, A TEN MINUTE RIDE THERE, 15 MINUTES ON 50 AT FOLSOM, NINE MINUTES FROM ROSEVILLE ON 80. BACK TO YOU, BRIAN. THANKS SO MUCH. THIS MORNING, A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST AFTER THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE TO HIT THE PLANET IN MORE THAN A DECADE ROCKED PART OF RUSSIA YESTERDAY. THAT POWERFUL 8.8 EARTHQUAKE STRUCK OFF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. IT’S THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKE TO STRIKE ANYWHERE SINCE 2011, PROMPTED WARNINGS, WATCHES AND ADVISORIES ALONG THE WEST COAST THAT STRETCH FROM ALASKA DOWN TO THE MEXICAN BORDER. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS OVERNIGHT VIDEO. THIS IS OUT OF HAWAII SHOWING TSUNAMI WATERS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AT A BOAT HARBOR. THIS ON OAHU’S NORTH SHORE. GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN SAYS WATER WAS OBSERVED RECEDING BY 20 TO 30FT ALONG THAT SAME SHORELINE, INDICATING THERE WOULD BE INCOMING TSUNAMI WAVES. NOW, LET’S GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK AT WAIKIKI. THAT’S WHERE THINGS APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CALM THIS MORNING. SO FAR, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY REPORTS OF LARGE WAVES OR DAMAGE, BUT THE GOVERNOR SAYS THEY WON’T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL THE EVENT HAS PASSED AND OFFICIAL EVALUATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. NOW TO THE VERY LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MASS SHOOTING IN RENO THAT LEFT THREE DEAD AND THREE OTHERS INJURED. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN. HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS. TWO OF THEM WERE IN TOWN FOR A BACHELOR PARTY WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS WHEN THEY WERE SHOT FROM BEHIND. ANOTHER WAS DRIVING AWAY FROM THE BUILDING WHEN HE WAS SHOT. THE TWO VICTIMS IN THE HOSPITAL ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DAKOTA HAWVER. THE 26 YEAR OLD LIVES IN RENO. HE’S STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER THE SHOOTOUT WITH OFFICERS. POLICE SAY HE WAS ARMED WITH A NINE MILLIMETER HANDGUN AND FIRED ABOUT 80 ROUNDS USING MULTIPLE MAGAZINES. THEY SAY HE LEGALLY PURCHASED THAT GUN TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE AMMUNITION WAS PURCHASED RECENTLY. HE HAS NO CRIMINAL HISTORY, MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY, AND ULTIMATELY NO CONNECTION TO THE CASINO. NOW TO AN UPDATE ON THE SHOOTING IN NEW YORK THAT HAPPENED THE SAME DAY. POLICE NOW SAY THE MAN BEHIND THAT MASS SHOOTING INTENDED TO TARGET THE NFL’S HEADQUARTERS, BUT TOOK THE WRONG ELEVATOR EXIT. THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 27 YEAR OLD SHANE TAMURA, A LAS VEGAS CASINO SECURITY WORKER. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS TAMURA LEFT A NOTE AT THE SCENE BLAMING HIS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ON THE NFL. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT NOTE MENTIONED CTE, WHICH IS A BRAIN CONDITION LINKED TO HEAD TRAUMA, AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF HIS CONDITION. NEW YORK’S POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE SHOOTER TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THIS CRIME. IT’S BEEN TWO WEEKS NOW SINCE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WHISPER OWEN AND HER EIGHT MONTH OLD BABY, SANDRA MCCARTY, THE ELK GROVE MOTHER AND CHILD VANISHED WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME FROM A DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT IN FRESNO. WE’RE NOW HEARING FROM ROBERT MCCARTY, OWEN’S BOYFRIEND AND THE BABY’S FATHER. SANDRA IS JUST ONE OF THREE CHILDREN THAT THEY HAVE TOGETHER. HE SAYS HE AND WHISPER HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. MCCARTY TELLS US THEY’RE IN A HAPPY RELATIONSHIP, AND THERE’S NO REASON WHY OWEN WOULD NOT RETURN HOME. I REALLY I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY COULD BE, AND WHY THEY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT IN CONTACT WITH ANYBODY. IT’S NOT TOTALLY NOT LIKE HER. I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY ARE OKAY AND THAT THEY’RE NOT, YOU KNOW, HURT OR IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY PASS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO SIT THERE BE, YOU KNOW, DYING FROM EXPOSURE, STARVATION OR NO WATER. THE FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION. KCRA THREE HAS REACHED OUT TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE SEARCH, AND IS YET TO HEARD BACK. TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW, THE STATE CAPITOL. CALIFORNIA IS AMONG 24 STATES SUING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER THE MEDICAID CUTS FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AS PART OF THE RECENTLY SIGNED BUDGET BILL, MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS FOR CANCER SCREENINGS, BIRTH CONTROL AND STI TESTING AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH CENTERS IS BLOCKED. CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA IS CO-LEADING A COALITION OF STATES SAYING THOSE CUTS WILL LEAD TO DISRUPTIONS IN PREVENTATIVE CARE AND INCREASED HEALTH CARE COSTS. BONTA SAYS THE PROVISION VIOLATES CONGRESS’S SPENDING CLAUSE POWER. PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS ALREADY SUED THE ADMINISTRATION OVER THESE CUTS. THIS WEEK, A COURT SIDED WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD, PUTTING THE FUNDING CUTS ON PAUSE, SAYING THEY DO VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT. BONTA SAYS THE LAWSUIT WILL MAKE SURE THAT FUNDING IS RETURNED TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD. NOW TO A STORY YOU ARE SEEING FIRST ON KCRA THREE, A STANISLAUS COUNTY WORKER EXPOSED THE PERSONAL DATA OF NEARLY 10,000 VETERANS. THE INFORMATION WAS ATTACHED TO AN EMAIL AS AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. THE COUNTY TELLS US THE WORKER ACCIDENTALLY SENT IT TO NEARLY 500 PEOPLE. NOW, THAT SPREADSHEET INCLUDES NAMES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, BIRTH DATES, AND CONTACT INFORMATION. IT WAS SENT FROM AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE STANISLAUS COUNTY VETERANS OFFICE, AND THAT OFFICE HELPS VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS GET BENEFITS. WE REVIEWED A SCREENSHOT OF THE EMAIL. IT WAS INITIALLY SENT AT 2:09 P.M. ON MONDAY, AND MORE THAN AN HOUR LATER AT 3:18 P.M., THE SAME EMPLOYEE SENT THIS MESSAGE. QUOTE. PLEASE DELETE EMAIL SENT IN ERROR. FOLLOW UP EMAIL WOULD BE EMAILED BACK OUT TO YOU. A COUNTY SPOKESPERSON SENT US A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT SAYING, QUOTE, WE TAKE OUR ROLE OF SAFEGUARDING CLIENT PERSONAL INFORMATION SERIOUSLY AND WE ARE INVESTIGATING HOW THIS OCCURRED AND HOW WE CAN ENSURE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THE COUNTY IS WORKING TO NOTIFY ALL IMPACTED PEOPLE DIRECTLY. WE DO EXPECT TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION LATER ON TODAY. SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE BANNING HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM CAMPING IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. THE VOTE WAS 6 TO 3 LAST NIGHT, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS LISA KAPLAN, KATIE MAPLE AND MAI VANG VOTING AGAINST IT. NOW THIS REVERSES A POLICY THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN 2018, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SLEEP ON THE PROPERTY FROM NINE AT NIGHT TO SIX IN THE MORNING, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MAYOR KEVIN MCCARTY HAD PUSHED FOR THE CHANGE, CLAIMING IT COST THE CITY $355,000 A YEAR FOR CLEANUP AND FOR A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM. BUT OPPONENTS SAY THIS WILL BE EXPENSIVE TO ENFORCE, AND IT WILL PUSH THE HOMELESS INTO MORE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS. IT’S STILL NOT CLEAR THIS MORNING WHEN THAT BAN WILL START TO BE ENFORCED. TIME NOW 509 LET’S GET ANOTHER CHECK OF KCRA THREE WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES. LET’S START. METEOROLOGIST KELLY CURRAN PRETTY QUIET IN THE VALLEY, BUT THE SIERRA IS A DIFFERENT STORY. YEAH. CERTAINLY IS. WE’VE BEEN TRACKING SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE SIERRA ALREADY THIS MORNING. THERE WERE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST A COUPLE HOURS AGO. THOSE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO THOSE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AND THE STORMS ARE STARTING TO WEAKEN HERE AS WELL. SO WE HAD THIS CELL THAT JUST MOVED THROUGH ARNOLD PRODUCING SOME MODERATE HEAVY RAIN, STILL PRODUCING SOME MODERATE RAIN. BUT THERE WAS ALSO POSSIBILITY FOR SOME HAIL WITH THIS CELL. BUT THE CELL, LIKE I SAID, IS STARTING TO WEAKEN. THERE’S ANOTHER ONE HERE JUST TO THE NORTH OF SONORA, ALSO TRACKING ITS WAY NORTHWARD. IT’S GOING TO BE HEADING UP TOWARD ARNOLD. WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME MORE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS, LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THERE’S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNING OUT THERE, BUT THIS AFTERNOON IS REALLY THE BIGGER CONCERN, AS WE DO EXPECT TO SEE MORE THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP IN THE SIERRA NOW. HIGHS TODAY AROUND TRUCKEE GOING TO BE IN THOSE MID 70S MID 80S TOWARD POLLOCK PINES. BUT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. SO CERTAINLY A CONCERN. NOW WE WILL SEE A FEW CLOUDS IN THE FOOTHILLS, BUT OTHERWISE MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS. ANGELS CAMP TODAY ABOUT 91 AUBURN, THOUGH 89 SO A LITTLE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. THE DELTA AND THE BAY AREA FAIRFIELD 87 NAPA TODAY 77. THAT’S A LITTLE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY AS WELL. NOW THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM, BUT STILL A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. SO 94 FOR THE HIGH TODAY IN STOCKTON AT IN MODESTO AND IN SACRAMENTO WHERE YESTERDAY WE MANAGED TO HIT 95. TODAY WE’RE EXPECTING A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES 93 FOR US TODAY IN WOODLAND. WE’RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE SIERRA. THAT’S COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. BUT FIRST LET’S CHECK IN ON THOSE ROADWAYS WITH BRIAN. THANKS, KELLY. CHECKING IN ON THAT BRUSHFIRE HERE ALONG THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY AT ARDEN. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE TRUCK STILL ON SCENE HERE. THE FIRE WAS RIGHT THERE. THEY’RE MOPPING IT UP. THEY’VE GOT THE MAIN PART OF THE FIRE KNOCKED DOWN. THIS IS ARDEN RIGHT AT THE 160 SPLIT. AS YOU’RE MAKING YOUR WAY DOWN THE CAP CITY FREEWAY INTO SACRAMENTO. SO SHOULDN’T BE A CONCERN THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS GETTING BY JUST FINE. AND THE SPEED SENSOR SHOWING GREEN ON THAT STRETCH AS WE WIDEN THINGS OUT FOR INTERSTATE 80 OUT OF ROSEVILLE. NO PROBLEMS THERE. OUT ONTO THE CAUSEWAY. IF YOU’RE CONTINUING ON 80 AND THEN 50 LEADING INTO THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY OR INTO THE CAUSEWAY, I SHOULD SAY ALL CLEAR THERE AS WELL. NO PROBLEMS. 599 FROM ELK GROVE, ALSO CLEAR THROUGH STOCKTON. NO INCIDENTS TO REPORT ALONG THAT STRETCH. AND 205 THAT ACTUALLY GOT OFF TO A PRETTY SLOW START RIGHT AWAY. 35 MINUTES ALREADY ON 205 580 A 28 MINUTE RIDE ACROSS THE ALTAMONT PASS, AND THEN 12 MINUTES BETWEEN MODESTO AND MANTECA. NO DELAYS ON 120 AND NO DELAYS HERE IN SACRAMENTO ON ALL OF OUR FREEWAYS. BACK TO YOU, BRIAN. THANK YOU. 512 IS YOUR TIME. STILL AHEAD THIS MORNING. INTEREST RATES ARE LIKELY STAYING PUT. AMY LU IN WASHINGTON WITH THE ROLE. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS ARE PLAYING ON WHETHER THE FED WILL LOWER INTEREST RATES TODAY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEMANDING MORE FILES FROM THE EPSTEIN CASE TO BE UNSEALED. WHY THE ADDITIONAL RECORDS COULD BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE PRESIDENT.