THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON IS IN FULL SWING. THIS AS NATIONAL GAS PRICES ARE GOING UP. LOCAL PRICES TRENDING DOWN. WE’RE BREAKING DOWN THE LATEST NUMBERS. OPERATION UGLY SWEATER. HOW LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE USING A NEWLY IMPLEMENTED LAW TO THEIR BENEFIT. AND A WOMAN IS SAFE AFTER A HOUSE FIRE. ALL THAT THANKS TO HER NEIGHBORS AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO JUMP INTO ACTION. PLUS, THE EFFORTS BEING MADE AS THE COMMUNITY RALLIES TOGETHER TO TRY TO SAVE A BELOVED MUSEUM IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M BRANDI CUMMINGS IN FOR DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK AND I’M MIKE CHERRY IN FOR TEO. IT IS ANOTHER FOGGY ONE OUT THERE. WE’RE GETTING KIND OF USED TO IT. THE HIGH BEAMS SOMETIMES SHIFTING, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THEY WANT. BUT YOU’LL NEED THEM. LET’S GET TO METEOROLOGIST TIM BERG RIGHT NOW WITH A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST. AND I’M TAMARA BERG IN FOR MYSELF TODAY. LOOKING OUTSIDE. SORRY, I JUST HAD TO I WAS LIKE, THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IN THE TOP OF THE 5:00 HOUR, HERE IS SOME HAZY SKIES. THAT’S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW FROM THE DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPE. AND YEAH, WE’VE GOT SOME AREAS OF FOG BREWING AND SOME DENSER POCKETS THAT YOU’LL FIND IF YOU’RE AN EARLY RISER HEADING OUT FOR THAT MORNING DRIVE, WE ARE GOING TO BE TURNING PARTLY SUNNY, THOUGH, AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE BACK HALF OF THE DAY, TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YESTERDAY. KEEP IN MIND, YESTERDAY’S HIGHS WERE REALLY STUCK JUST IN THE UPPER 40S AS THIS GREAT GRAY SKIES JUST DID NOT GO AWAY. DENSE FOG ADVISORY UP FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND EXTENDING INTO THE DELTA. WATCH FOR THOSE DROPS IN VISIBILITY SUDDENLY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. AND IF YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THE FOG, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT ASSURED DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE OTHER CARS ON THE ROAD. AND IF YOU REALLY CAN’T SEE THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DENSER ROUNDS, IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO POP OPEN THE WINDOWS AND LISTEN FOR THINGS AROUND YOU. WE’RE AT TWO AND A HALF MILE VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW IN YUBA CITY. HAZY SKIES AROUND PARTS OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND SEEING SOME DROPS IN VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY IN RANCHO CORDOVA. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S. EVEN A SPOT LIKE PLACERVILLE IS AT 57 DEGREES. MEANTIME, IN AUBURN, WE’RE SEEING HAZY SKIES AND 39 DEGREES. YOUR DAY AHEAD WILL INCLUDE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND THEN HIGH CLOUDS KIND OF BUILDING IN THE BACK HALF OF THE AFTERNOON. UPPER 50S IN THE VALLEY, LOW 60S IN THE FOOTHILLS. HIGHS TODAY IN THE LOW 50S FOR THE SIERRA COMING UP IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES, I’LL BREAK DOWN THE FORECAST FOR YOU DIALED DIRECTLY INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS 502. GOOD MORNING. BRIAN HICKEY ALSO IN FOR HIMSELF AND HOW DO THE ROADS LOOK? MORNING, TAMARA. TAKING A LOOK HERE AT INTERSTATE 80 RIGHT NOW AS YOU’RE COMING IN THROUGH TAYLOR ROAD HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN SOME OF THAT FOG HANGING IN THE AREA. IN FACT, I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED MORE FOG CLOSER TO ROSEVILLE THAN I DID IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I GUESS AS YOU START GOING UP THE HILL, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT HIGHER INTO THE CLOUD THERE, BUT THE REST OF THE RIDE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THERE. ALONG INTERSTATE 80. HIGHWAY 50 LOOKING GOOD COMING IN FROM FOLSOM INTO SACRAMENTO AND OUT ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY. 599 LOOKING GOOD. WE DO HAVE AN INCIDENT. NORTHBOUND I-5 AT LAGUNA. THEY’VE MOVED THAT OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER. BUT THERE WAS A CAR IN THE NUMBER ONE LANE CAUSING SOME SLOWING THERE. A LITTLE SLOWDOWN ON SOUTHBOUND I-5 INTO STOCKTON, BUT NO MAJOR INCIDENTS THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE TRACY TRIANGLE. NO DELAYS THERE. IT’S A 15 MINUTE RIDE FROM I-5 TO 580 WESTBOUND, 580. 23 MINUTES AND NORTHBOUND 99 FOR MODESTO TO MANTECA. CURRENTLY A 12 MINUTE RIDE HERE IN SACRAMENTO. 80, 50, 99 AND I-5 ALL RUNNING AT THE SPEED LIMIT, SO NO DELAYS. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANK YOU. 503 IS YOUR TIME. TAKING A LIVE LOOK INSIDE OF CHICAGO O’HARE INTERNATIONAL. THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON ALREADY OFF TO A BUSY START. TRIPLE A SAYS 119 MILLION AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE ROADS AND THE SKY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. EXPERTS SAY TODAY. WELL, THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE HEADING TO THEIR TRAVEL DESTINATIONS. THE NEXT BUSIEST DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DECEMBER THE 27TH AND DECEMBER THE 30TH. AS PEOPLE MAKE THEIR WAY BACK HOME. WELL, THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. THEY’LL BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT LESS AT THE PUMP. YEAH, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, THE AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS IN CALIFORNIA IS $4.31. THAT’S $0.28 LESS THAN LAST YEAR IN OUR AREA, SACRAMENTO IS SEEING. 421. A GALLON FOR REGULAR. IT’S 410 IN STOCKTON. IN MODESTO, YOU’RE AVERAGING 403. MEANWHILE, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF GAS HAS REVERSED COURSE. THE PRICE HAS GONE UP $0.02 SINCE LAST WEEK TO $3.04 PER GALLON. THIS COMES AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS PREPARE TO FUEL UP FOR HOLIDAY ROAD TRIPS. TRIPLE A SAYS 107 MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL BY CAR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER AFTER A CRASH THAT KILLED A VACAVILLE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN SENT TO A STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. OFFICER MATTHEW BOWEN WAS HIT AND KILLED WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC STOP. THAT WAS BACK IN JULY. SERENA RODRIGUEZ WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF DUI BUT WAS FOUND NOT COMPETENT FOR TRIAL. THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM A PREVIOUS COURT APPEARANCE THIS WEEK. THE SOLANO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS RODRIGUEZ WAS MOVED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS IN NAPA. IT’S ONE OF THE STATE’S FIVE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS. NO FUTURE COURT DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. WELL, PROP 36 WENT INTO EFFECT EARLIER THIS WEEK. IT CHANGES THE PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES AND SHOPLIFTING. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALREADY MAKING ARRESTS AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL. YOU’RE UNDER ARREST FOR SHOPLIFTING. THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF ORGANIZED A RETAIL THEFT UNIT, AND IT’S BEEN UNDERCOVER THIS WEEK CONDUCTING OPERATION UGLY SWEATER. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR SHOPLIFTERS. ON THE FIRST DAY, PROP 36 WAS ON THE BOOKS. 31 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. THAT INCLUDES THREE NOW IN JAIL WITH A PROP 36 FELONY. BEFORE THE NEW LAW WENT INTO EFFECT, SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR STEALING MERCHANDISE UNDER $950 ONLY FACED A MISDEMEANOR. NOW, IF A SUSPECT HAS TWO THEFT MISDEMEANORS, A THIRD ARREST RESULTS IN A FELONY. NO MATTER WHAT THEY STEAL. SUSPECTS ARE VERY OPEN ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEFT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNDER $950 IS A MISDEMEANOR. THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM TELLING US, WELL, I DIDN’T STEAL A FELONY AMOUNT. SOME OF THE ARRESTS INCLUDE ONE PERSON WITH COUNTERFEIT MONEY AND A SUSPECT ON PAROLE CARRYING A LOADED WEAPON AND METHAMPHETAMINE. THEY ALSO ARRESTED A FATHER AND HIS 14 YEAR OLD SON. DEPUTIES BELIEVE THEY WERE WORKING TOGETHER TO STEAL COLLECTIBLE TRADING CARDS. MEANWHILE, IN STANISLAUS COUNTY, MODESTO POLICE SAY THEY’VE ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE UNDER PROP 36. THEY WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND BOOKED INTO THE STANISLAUS COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY CHARGES. POLICE SAY THE FIVE SUSPECTS WERE ALL REPEAT OFFENDERS AND HAD STOLEN MERCHANDISE WORTH MORE THAN $3,000. FIVE PEOPLE ARE SAFE AFTER A HOUSE FIRE IN EL DORADO HILLS. THAT’S THANKS TO THE QUICK THINKING OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. THAT FIRE STARTED JUST AFTER SEVEN YESTERDAY MORNING ON BROOM COURT. FIRE CAPTAIN ADAM, TIFFANY AND CAL FIRE FIREFIGHTER GARY COLEMAN LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SAW THE FIRE BEFORE CREWS GOT THERE. THEY GRABBED A LADDER AND THEY HELPED THEIR NEIGHBOR GET A 78 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN STUCK ON THE SECOND STORY TO SAFETY. I WAS ABLE TO REACH IN AND FIND HER HAND AND THEN PULL HER TO THE WINDOW, AND THEN SLOWLY WORK THE WHOLE BODY OUT, AND THEN ONCE THEY GOT HER OUT OF THE WINDOW, WE KIND OF COLLAPSED ONTO THE EAVE AND HAD TO TAKE A SECOND. THEN THE NEIGHBOR CAME AND WENT TO THE BACKYARD, GRABBED MY A FRAME LADDER, CAME BACK AROUND, THREW UP THE LADDER, GOT IT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, AND THEN GARY AND JESSE AND I HELPED HER GET DOWN. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION. THE EL DORADO HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES THE HOME HAS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE. WELL, THE SOUTH SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY FIGHTING TO KEEP A BELOVED MUSEUM OPEN. THE SOJOURNER TRUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM HAS BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE IT OPENED IN 1996. OVER THE YEARS, IT’S BECOME A CREATIVE SPACE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS AND A VITAL RESOURCE FOR SENIORS AND YOUTH, OFFERING FREE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. LAST YEAR, THE MUSEUM DID NOT GET ANY FUNDING THROUGH GRANTS AND NOW IT’S STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT. STAFF AND PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDER SAYS IF THEY DON’T RAISE THE FUNDS, THEY’LL HAVE TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE EARLY NEXT YEAR TO SAVE THE MUSEUM. SHE ORGANIZED EVENTS TO RAISE MONEY. HOWEVER, HER HOPE IS THE CITY STEPS IN TO HELP. UNDERSTANDING. YOU KNOW ANOTHER PERSON’S HISTORY, ANOTHER PERSON’S CULTURE. IT JUST CONNECTS EVERYONE AND BUILDS STRENGTH. WE ARE HOPING FOR 2025 THAT, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR US COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPACTFUL. NOW, WE ALSO DID SPEAK WITH COUNCILMEMBER KATIE MAPLE, WHO REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT WHERE THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED. HER OFFICE TELLS US THEY’RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT SPACE FOR THE MUSEUM. 508 IS YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW. LET’S TALK WEATHER ONCE AGAIN. YOU’RE STARTING TO WAKE UP TO ANOTHER GLOOMY KIND OF START. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, TAMARA, IT SEEMS LIKE THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE WARMING UP A LITTLE BIT TODAY. IT IS? YEAH. TEMPERATURES WILL GO UP SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. WE WERE JUST STUCK. KIND OF IN A RUT, IF YOU WILL, WHERE THE GRAY SKIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, DID NOT LIFT. AND THAT HELPED KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW 50 DEGREES YESTERDAY. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW WITH SOME FREEZING FOG OVER LAKE TAHOE. NOT A LOT TO MAKE OUT THERE FROM THAT TAHOE VANTAGE POINT. THE FOG IS ALL AROUND THE LAKESIDE YET AGAIN. WE ALSO HAVE SOME HIGH CLOUDS COASTING ON BOARD HERE. SO FROM WEST TO EASTBOUND, YOU’RE SEEING THOSE CLOUDS KIND OF WORK DOWN, UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY FLOOR THIS MORNING, ALONG WITH THOSE AREAS OF FOG. SO TODAY, FREEZING FOG TO START IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EVENTUALLY CLEARING OUT, ESPECIALLY AFTER ABOUT 9 A.M. TRUCKEE SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES TODAY IN THE LOW 50S, ALONG WITH LAKE TAHOE, ABOUT 59, IN POLLOCK PINES, 61 IN ARNOLD ALONG THE 49 STRETCH, EXPECTED TO HAVE A HIGH 61 TODAY IN GRASS VALLEY, 60 IN AUBURN, SUN AND CLOUDS MIXING IN JACKSON ABOUT 63 SONORA A LITTLE WARMER TODAY AS HIGHS WILL PUSH INTO THOSE UPPER 60S. GREAT DAY FOR TRAVEL OR JUST WORKING OUTDOORS. ALONG THE COAST, YOU’LL FIND A WIDESPREAD VARIETY HERE OF SUN AND CLOUDS. UPPER 60S IN SAN JOSE, LOW 60S SAN FRANCISCO TO ABOUT 58 TODAY IN FAIRFIELD AROUND THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. WE WILL SEE MORE 50S AND 60S AS I EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE GRAY SKIES AROUND THROUGH ABOUT LUNCHTIME, AND THEN WE SHOULD SEE SOME BREAKS OF SUN STOCKTON ABOUT 60 DEGREES LODI TOPS OUT AT 59 ELK GROVE VACAVILLE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOKING AT HIGHS PRIMARILY IN THE UPPER 50S. SO A LITTLE BETTER THAN THOSE 40S OF YESTERDAY. VACAVILLE 58 ELK GROVE 57 DAVIS ALSO ABOUT 57 DEGREES. NOW IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES I AM LOOKING AT MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN CHANCES. STARTING TOMORROW, I’LL BREAK DOWN THE TIMING WITH FUTURECAST IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. 510 IS THE TIME. GOOD MORNING BRIAN, WATTS ON THE HIGHWAYS. MORNING, TAMARA. LET’S LOOK AT HIGHWAY 50 RIGHT NOW AT THE EL DORADO HILLS BOULEVARD OFF RAMP. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME HEAVIER FOG HERE IN THIS ZONE. AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN THE HILL, THE YOU GET UNDER THAT FOG. AND SO IT’S NOT QUITE AS DENSE THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE 50 CORRIDOR NO DELAYS. 80 IS ALSO IN THE GREEN MEANING NO DELAYS ON THAT STRETCH AS WELL. AND INCLUDING OUT ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY. HERE’S A LOOK AT I-5 AND 99 FROM ELK GROVE I-5 NORTHBOUND AT LAGUNA. THERE IS ONE LANE CURRENTLY PARTIALLY BLOCKED. WHILE THEY’RE LOADING UP A CAR ON A TOW TRUCK, BUT THE TRAFFIC IS SO LIGHT THERE’S NO DELAYS THERE, AND THROUGH STOCKTON FIVE AND 99, ALL CLEAR HERE. 205 IS CLEAR WITH JUST A LITTLE SLOWING AS YOU GET ON TO 580, THAT’LL BE A 24 MINUTE RIDE FROM 205 TO 6. 80. 99 IS 12 MINUTES OUT OF MODESTO TO MANTECA HERE IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA. 80 A TEN MINUTE RIDE FROM ROSEVILLE 50 15 MINUTES FROM FOLSOM TO HIGHWAY 99. NORTHBOUND 99 A NINE MINUTE RIDE OUT OF ELK GROVE AND I5 11 MINUTES. BACK TO YOU GUYS, BRIAN. THANK YOU. 511 IS YOUR TIME RIGHT NOW. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO BROUGHT RICO CHARGES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT ELECT HAS NOW BEEN DISQUALIFIED FROM PROSECUTING HIM. HER PLANS TO APPEAL THE COURT’S DISTRICT. AND WHAT HAPPENS IF SHE IS, IN FACT, REMOVED? ALSO AHEAD, THE MONTEREY COUNTY FARM BUREAU RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT TRUMP’S MASS DEPORTATION PLAN. WHY THEY SAY IT COULD IMPACT THE COUNTRY’S FOOD SUPPLY.