LiveCopter 3 is keeping a safe distance from this fire at a fireworks facility is Esparto. For good reason. We’ve seen at least three major explosions. People in the immediate area are now being evacuated.

One of several HUGE explosions LiveCopter 3 captured for us LIVE on KCRA. This is at a fireworks facility in the Esparto area. Three days before the 4th...this place was packed with explosives. People are evacuated from nearby homes. Our crews are keeping their distance.

Fireworks accident expert weighs in on massive fire at Yolo County facility | Click on the image to read the full story kcra.com/article/firewo…

NEW as of 12:00 pm Wednesday, 7/2: Cal Fire is confirming at 7 people are unaccounted for after this series of explosions at a fireworks facility in Esparto. Our team is asking officials how this started. **That has not been confirmed**

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING until 4:15 for South Lake Tahoe. Quarter-sized hail and 60 mph wind gusts possible with this cell. Stay indoors until 30 minutes after thunder ends!

HUGE smoke plume from the Madre Fire in southern SLO County. This started around 1:00 today. It had burned 9,600 acres as of 6:00 pm.

Boating plans on Tahoe? Tomorrow (Thursday) will get a little choppy in the afternoon. A Lake Wind Advisory will be in effect from 2pm to 8pm. Gusts to 30 mph are possible. kcranews

The Madre Fire started this afternoon in SLO County and has grown explosively since. As of 6:00 pm Wednesday, the fire had burned 9,600 acres. These images are screen shots from cameras around 8:00 pm Wednesday.

There's a lot going on in California today with new wildfires, incident command team deployments, and weather activity. Our new new post and video deliver the information and put it into a landscape-scale context! the-lookout.org/2025/07/03/nor…

We're following a fire in southern BUTTE COUNTY that is forcing EVACUATION ORDERS along La Porte Rd.

Satellite data answers a lot of day to day questions we have about the atmopshere. But sometimes it creates new ones. Like today when Dirk and I said "What was THAT?!" We did a fun few minutes of detective work and figured it out.

Air quality is tanking fast. Happy Independence Day, California. kcranews

Perfect water weather 🛶

Highs stay in the 80s for Sacramento and other delta spots on Tuesday! But that's like the "coolest" we'll be for a while. Dirk & I have the forecast all evening on KCRA.

By this time last year, Sacramento had already seen 11 days at 100°+ including a 110° on 7/6! This week won't get *that* hot but there's at least a few days that will be near 100° up and down the Valley.

Y’all, when it rains a lot, it floods. It’s always been that way. Flooding has existed as long as rain has. It can destroy homes, wreck communities, and take lives. That’s why we’ve built warning systems. That’s why I do what I do. But lately, there’s a rise in conspiracy

How hot was last summer? By this point, several places were already close to their average ANNUAL total for 100 degree days.

Meteorologists define a heat wave as 3 or more consecutive days with a high of 100°+ in the West. (90° for the East) Does our forecast *technically* call for a heat wave? Assuming these numbers verify perfectly, *technically* no. Will it feel like a heat wave? Yup kcranews

As of today (7/9) we're in the hottest 4-week stretch of the year for Sacramento. At least climatologically. The daily normal high temperature is 93°. It'll stay there until August 6th when it'll drop to 92°. Right now records are 110°+. Those are safe this week.

My dinner date on the kcranews patio 🐿️