Car crash reported on Sunrise Boulevard in Rancho Cordova

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. WE’RE EXPECTING TO LEARN MORE FROM COUNTY INVESTIGATORS TODAY ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF LAST WEEK’S EXPLOSION IN ESPARTO. THIS AS MORE FAMILY MEMBERS SPEAK OUT ABOUT THEIR LOSS. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. EVEN MORE ARE REMAINING MISSING AS THE SEARCH OPERATIONS IN TEXAS CONTINUE. HOW STATE LAWMAKERS ARE ADDRESSING THAT TRAGEDY AND GOVERNOR NEWSOM CONTINUES HIS TOUR OF SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE MESSAGE HE’S HOPING TO SPREAD TO VOTERS IN REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 5 A.M. IT IS TUESDAY, DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK, AND I’M TEO TORRES. GET READY FOR SOME REALLY EXTREME HEAT. HERE WE GO. RIGHT NOW, SUMMER’S HERE. TAMARA BERG. HOW HOT IS IT GOING TO GET? YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES STARTING TOMORROW. TODAY WE’RE GOING TO EASE INTO A WARMER AFTERNOON. THE MORNING? IT’S DELIGHTFUL. BEAUTIFUL VIEW HERE FROM THE SUTTER BEACH SKY CAMERA SHOWING OFF A REALLY CLEAR LANDSCAPE AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY. KICKING OFF THE MORNING ON A COMFORTABLE NOTE, BUT THE AFTERNOON WILL CERTAINLY FEEL MUCH WARMER. SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. WE’VE GOT LIGHT WINDS IN THE FORECAST AFTER THE MORNING STARTS OUT WITH A NICE DELTA BREEZE IS KEEPING US IN THE 50S AT THIS POINT. TOP OF THE 5:00 HOUR, 58 DEGREES OUT THE DOOR. MODESTO 56 IN STOCKTON, SACRAMENTO AND FAIRFIELD 59. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT RIGHT NOW IN YUBA CITY 63. IF YOU’RE SIPPING THE COFFEE THERE IN AUBURN, 63 IN PLACERVILLE AND 46 RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE WITH JUST A TOUCH OF A BREEZE THERE, KEEPING THE TEMPERATURE UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE SOUTH SHORE. BUT MEANTIME, TRUCKEE IS INTO THE 30S. WE HAVE SOUTH WIND FLOWING AT SIX IN SACRAMENTO. STRONGER BREEZE COMING THROUGH FAIRFIELD AT 23MPH. AND WITH THAT BREEZE IN PLACE, WE ALSO HAVE THE MARINE LAYER, WHICH IS BUILT UP ALONG THE COAST. AND YOU MAY EVEN SEE A FEW PATCHY AREAS OF STRATUS THERE IF YOU DRIVE, LET’S SAY INTERSTATE 80 FROM SACRAMENTO WEST AND OUT TOWARDS AREAS OF SOLANO COUNTY, EVEN PARTS OF YOLO COUNTY FOR THE MORNING. SO A LITTLE WARMER TODAY. SUNSHINE MID 90S EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER 80S IN THE FOOTHILLS, MID TO UPPER 70S IN THE SIERRA. NEXT TEN MINUTES I’LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE FORECAST. NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS 501. ERIN HEFT IS IN FOR BRIAN HICKEY TRACKING THE ROADWAYS. I AM, AND WE’RE STARTING AT 530 AT 28TH STREET. EVERYTHING JUST MOVING SO NICELY THIS MORNING. REALLY, THERE’S ALMOST NOTHING TO SPEAK OF ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA. ANOTHER VANTAGE POINT 80 AT WEST CAPITOL. THIS THE CAUSEWAY. THIS GETS REALLY BUSY, BUT IT’S NOT THAT WAY RIGHT NOW. NOW, THERE WAS A CAR FIRE OVERNIGHT. IT JUST FINISHED UP. NO ONE’S INJURED, BUT IT WAS A VEHICLE THAT CAUGHT FIRE, BURNED TO THE GROUND. IT HAPPENED AT SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND SOUTH BRIDGE STREET. JUST BE AWARE THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SEE. SACRAMENTO. YOU’RE LOOKING AT ALL OF YOUR SPEED SENSORS, AND THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY GREEN DOWN THE FIVE AND 99 CORRIDOR. ABSOLUTELY THE SAME STOCKTON GREEN TRACY TRIANGLE A LITTLE PAINFUL. THIS MORNING. WE’RE SITTING AT 23 MINUTES ALREADY, I-5 TO 580. THERE’S A BIG RIG THAT’S PUSHED TO THE SIDE. AND THERE’S ALSO A SMALL MINOR ACCIDENT IN THAT AREA NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BIG RIG. SO THAT’S WHY WE’RE LOOKING AT THESE DRIVE TIMES. THE REST OF OUR VIEWING AREA. LIKE I SAID, IN THE GREEN. DEIRDRE TEO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE ARE SOME NEW DETAILS OUT NOW ABOUT LAST WEEK’S FIREWORK WAREHOUSE EXPLOSION IN YOLO COUNTY. WE DO NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF ALL SEVEN PEOPLE BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED IN THAT BLAST. FAMILY MEMBERS AND THOSE CLOSE TO THE VICTIMS HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THE SEVEN MEN WHO VANISHED AFTER THE EXPLOSIONS. WE HAVE PHOTOS OF SIX OF THEM. LOVED ONES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE LATEST VICTIM AS 46 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER HOGG. AUTHORITIES ARE CONDUCTING RAPID DNA TESTS ON THE REMAINS OF THE SEVEN PEOPLE THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE TO CONFIRM THEIR IDENTITIES. THEY SAY THOSE RESULTS COULD BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS TODAY, AND WE ARE NOW HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF CHRISTOPHER HOGG. HIS WIFE SHARED THIS PHOTO OF HIM. SHE SAYS HE WAS A DEVOTED FATHER AND PARTNER. WE ALSO SPOKE WITH HIS SISTER CATHERINE, WHO TELLS US SHE’S DISTRAUGHT OVER THE LOSS OF HER BROTHER. IT’S NOT REAL TO ME JUST YET WITHOUT WITHOUT A BODY TO BURY, WITHOUT ASHES TO HOLD. IT’S NOT REAL YET. I’M REALLY, REALLY ANGRY AND I DON’T KNOW WHO TO PLACE THAT ANGER TOWARDS. I WANT TO RUN AND HIDE. I WANT TO RUN AWAY. WITHOUT HIM. I’M NOT WHO I AM. CHRISTOPHER WAS A SELF-PROCLAIMED BAY AREA RAPPER WHO WENT BY THE NAME OOPS. CATHERINE TELLS US HE HAD PLANS TO PLAY HIS MUSIC AT UPCOMING EVENTS. NOW, SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE IN MOURNING. THEY ARE EXPECTING TO MEET WITH THE CORONER’S OFFICE TODAY TO VERIFY THE RAPID DNA RESULTS. WELL, JUST ONE WEEK AFTER A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE FAMILIES OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS HELD A VIGIL IN THEIR HONOR. IN THIS MOMENT. ESTAMOS EN ESTE LUGAR. WE ARE GATHERED HERE. ACOMPANANDO ESTA FAMILIA. ACCOMPANYING THIS FAMILY, PASANDO UN PROCESO DE DOLOR THAT ARE IN GRIEF. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD OF SACRAMENTO LED THAT GROUP IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRAYED FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE BROUGHT FLOWERS TO GIVE TO THOSE FAMILIES, AND OTHERS BROUGHT GROCERIES FOR PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR DAYS. WELL, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO A SAN FRANCISCO HOME TIED TO THAT COMPANY THAT RAN THE WAREHOUSE. DEVASTATING PYROTECHNICS. NOW, YOLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE VEHICLE WAS SEEN AT THAT HOME ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE, AND THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONFIRMS ITS BOMB SQUAD WAS ALSO THERE ON A MUTUAL AID REQUEST IN THE ESPARTO FIRE CASE. THE YOLO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE EXPLOSIVE DISASTER IN ESPARTO. A BOARD MADE THAT DECLARATION DURING A MEETING YESTERDAY. THE DECLARATION ASKS FOR FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE DISASTER RESPONSE. LAW ENFORCEMENT, INVESTIGATIVE, FINANCIAL, AND OTHER ASSISTANCE. THAT ASSISTANCE IS FOR THE COUNTY AFFECTED RESIDENTS, FARMERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TELLS US THAT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THAT BLAST COULD ACTUALLY TAKE MONTHS. AND HE ALSO SAYS RIGHT NOW HE CAN’T SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS FIREWORKS OR SOMETHING ELSE COMBUSTIBLE THAT ACTUALLY SET EVERYTHING OFF. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THIS IS A CRIME SCENE. CLEARLY, SOMETHING WENT WRONG. IT’S A MATTER OF WHAT? BUT WE KNOW THAT THE FAMILIES DESERVE ANSWERS. WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ANSWERS. AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE SO FOCUSED RIGHT NOW. BUT WE DON’T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT THAT MAY JEOPARDIZE THIS INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE IT’S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DETERMINE HOW IT HAPPENED SO THAT WE CAN HOLD ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE. IF LAWS OR REGULATIONS WERE VIOLATED. BUT IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMETHING WAS DONE ILLEGALLY, THAT WE CAN HOLD THOSE INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE IN COURT. AND BERLANT DOES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE MAY NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE MOMENTS THAT LED UP TO THIS. BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO FIGURE THIS OUT. YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. THERE IS MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION INTO THE ESPARTA FIREWORKS FACILITY EXPLOSION ONLINE, AND YOU CAN ALSO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. TURNING NOW TO TEXAS, WHERE TEAMS WILL BEGIN THEIR SIXTH DAY NOW OF SEARCHING THROUGH THE RUBBLE AND DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND BY THE WEEKEND’S CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AND DEATH TOLL AT THIS POINT HAS NOW GONE UP TO 110. BUT MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, ARE STILL MISSING ACROSS THAT FLOOD ZONE. MANY OF THEM ARE MISSING IN KERR COUNTY. NOW. THERE ARE GROWING QUESTIONS AND FRUSTRATION OVER WHETHER THERE WAS ADEQUATE STAFFING AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND TIMELY WARNINGS AHEAD OF THE STORM. TEXAS STATE LEADERS, INCLUDING GOVERNOR ABBOTT, TOURED THE FLOOD RAVAGED AREAS TUESDAY, A GOVERNOR SAYING LAWMAKERS WILL BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE STATEWIDE ALERT SYSTEM DURING THEIR UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION. CALIFORNIA IS SENDING MORE HELP TO TEXAS AS THE SCOPE OF THE FLOODING DEVASTATION GROWS. YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT IT’S DEPLOYED 18 MORE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS TO CENTRAL TEXAS. THEY ARE FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AREA, RIVERSIDE CITY, MENLO PARK IN ORANGE COUNTY, FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THEY’RE GOING TO JOIN NINE OTHER MEMBERS THAT WERE SENT ON MONDAY FROM RIVERSIDE IN OAKLAND. WELL, SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE ALSO UNDERWAY IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO AFTER A FLASH FLOOD HIT A TOWN THAT WAS DEVASTATED BY WILDFIRES LAST YEAR. THIS IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, IN THE AREA CALLED RUIDOSO. THE FLOODS SWEPT AWAY HOMES, FORCED WATER RESCUES AND CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS. A DRAMATIC VIDEO HERE CAPTURING A HOME BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE SWIFT WATER. IT IS UNCLEAR IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. ALBUQUERQUE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CREWS CARRIED OUT AT LEAST 85 SWIFT WATER RESCUES IN THE RIO DOCO AREA, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR CARS. THREE DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR DUE TO THE FLOOD. TODAY, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS CONTINUING A TWO DAY TOUR WITH VOTERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS IS PART OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S ON THE ROAD SERIES. THE GOAL IS TO GET NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO COMMUNITIES WHERE THE PARTY FAITHFUL SAY THEY GET OVERLOOKED. GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS VISITING CITIES AND TOWNS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SERIOUS HARDSHIP, LIKE JOB LOSS AND CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS. AND DURING ONE OF THE STOPS YESTERDAY, HE TOOK SOME TIME OUT TO JAB AT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLICIES. BUT AMERICAN REVERSE WANTED TO BRING US BACK TO A PRE 1960S WORLD ON VOTING RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS, NOT JUST ACCESS TO ABORTION, BUT ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVE CARE. WHOA. YEAH. LITTLE DID I KNOW, THE STATES REPUBLICAN PARTY CRITICIZED THE TOUR, SAYING THAT LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING CALIFORNIA UNBEARABLE TO LIVE IN. AND THAT’S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING. LEAVING THE STATE. IT IS TIME FOR WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES, AND WE’RE GOING TO START FEELING A LOT LIKE SUMMER. LET’S GO TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG. YEAH, IT’S LIKE SOMEONE SAYS MOTHER NATURE IS TURNING UP THE THERMOSTAT A LITTLE BIT ON US. AS YOU LOOK OVER THE PLACERVILLE AREA RIGHT NOW. BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF CLEAR SKIES OVER THE SPRING STREET AREA THERE ALONG 50 RIGHT NOW, PLACERVILLE CHECKS IN AT 64 DEGREES. AUBURN AT 63, WAKING UP TO CLEAR SKIES MAINLY IN THE VALLEY 56 IN STOCKTON 58. MODESTO 56. IN SACRAMENTO FOR THE DAY AHEAD IN THE MOUNTAINS EXPECTED TO BE A CLOUD FREE DAY, SUNNY SKIES AND MID TO UPPER 70S WITH A BIT OF BREEZE THAT WILL PICK UP IN THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING AT LOWER 80S TODAY IN POLLOCK PINES AND ARNOLD NEIGHBORHOODS AND AROUND THE HIGHWAY 49 STRETCH A LITTLE WARMER THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SPOTS LIKE ANGELS CAMP AND SONORA HIT 90 DEGREES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S. AREAS LIKE PLACERVILLE AND AUBURN TO THE MID 80S, GRASS VALLEY AND UP THROUGH NEVADA CITY, ACROSS THE DELTA AND THE BAY AREA SPOTS. TEMPERATURES STAY COOL NEAR THE COAST OF THE UPPER 60S, AND A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER. IT’S PRETTY THICK THIS MORNING AND KIND OF SOUPY, IF YOU WILL. NEAR THE COAST. WE’LL GET TO THE 90S TODAY IN FAIRFIELD WITH LESS WIND IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY, AND FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, EXPECT TO HAVE TEMPERATURES WARMER. WE’RE GOING TO WARM TO 93 IN LODI, 94 IN STOCKTON, 95 MANTECA AND AS WARMS, 94 TODAY IN MODESTO, CERES AND KEYS NEIGHBORHOODS, YUBA CITY AND MARYSVILLE, UP IN THROUGH AREAS OF COLUSA. WE’RE LOOKING AT 96. WE’LL HIT 95 TODAY IN WOODLAND, 94 IN DAVIS, 96 IN ROSEVILLE AND ROCKLIN NEIGHBORHOODS. SO A LITTLE WARMER TODAY, EVEN WARMER AS WE WRAP UP THE WORKWEEK. WE’RE HEADING INTO SOME IMPACTFUL HEAT. I’LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT FORECAST HERE, COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. RIGHT NOW IT IS 511. LET’S SEND IT OVER TO ERIN WITH A LOOK AT YOUR HIGHWAYS. YEP. AND YOU CAN SEE SACRAMENTO’S DOWNTOWN RIGHT IN THE DISTANCE THERE. WE’RE STARTING ON HIGHWAY 50 AT 28TH STREET. THINGS MOVING ALONG. EVERYTHING IN THE GREEN THIS MORNING. TAKE A LOOK. THOSE ARE YOUR SPEED SENSORS THROUGHOUT SACRAMENTO. DOING REALLY NICELY DOWN THE FIVE AND 99 CORRIDOR. SAME STORY. TRACY TRIANGLE IS ALREADY SLOW. SO THESE ARE YOUR SPEED SENSORS. THEY’RE PICKING UP A 60 MILES AN HOUR AS YOU GET INTO THE TRIANGLE. 17 MILES AN HOUR. THAT’S THE THICK OF IT. BUT IT’S NOT THAT TERRIBLE. AND THEN BACK UP TO ALMOST 70. YOU’RE LOOKING AT 28 MINUTES RIGHT NOW, I-5 TO 580. 26 MINUTES, 205 TO 680. AND THE REST OF OUR VIEWING AREA REMAINING IN THE GREEN. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT IS 511 NOW. THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR IS KICKING OFF THIS WEEK. FAIR STARTS IN TWO DAYS. BUT THE EXCITEMENT IS ALREADY BUILDING. WE’LL HAVE A PREVIEW FOR WHAT’S IN STORE OVER THE NEXT 17 DAYS OF THE FAIR’S RUN. THAT’S COMING UP IN A LIVE REPORT.