THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. A NEWLY SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER IS CHANGING REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL ELECTIONS. WHAT THOSE CHANGES WILL ENTAIL. PLUS, REACTION FROM LOCAL GROUPS. OUTRAGE OVER A BREACH. NATIONAL SECURITY CHAT. COMING UP, A RESPONSE FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THE ACTION LAWMAKERS WANT NEXT. PLUS, TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE CITY OF MODESTO. HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN WEIGH IN. COMING UP IN A LIVE REPORT. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 5 A.M. I’M DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK AND I’M TEO TORRES. PRETTY WARM YESTERDAY. LIKE BIG TIME. YEAH, WE ACTUALLY BROKE SOME RECORDS TOO. LET’S GO TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG FOR A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST. WE DID? YEAH, IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA. AND STOCKTON IS WHERE WE SAW THOSE TEMPERATURES SKYROCKET. WE ACTUALLY TIED A RECORD IN STOCKTON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HITTING OFFICIALLY 86 DEGREES. AND THEN OF COURSE IN SACRAMENTO AND DOWNTOWN 88 WAS THE HIGH. NOW TODAY WE’RE EXPECTING TO HAVE A COMFORTABLE MORNING AS WE OVERLOOK THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY FROM SUTTER BUTTE SKY CAMERA. MORE CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST. LESS HEAT. THE BREEZY SOUTH WIND WILL START TO PICK UP, AND THAT’S REALLY HELP TO TRIM BACK OUR TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY WE’RE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S AROUND THE VALLEY. EXCEPTION IS YOU, MODESTO. YOU’RE AT 63 DEGREES ALONG WITH PLACERVILLE UP IN THE THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS. 55 FOR YOU IN FAIRFIELD, 30 RIGHT NOW IN TRUCKEE AND LAKE TAHOE. SATELLITE RADAR VIEW SHOWS THE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT IS ON THE ADVANCE, AND YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE ENERGY WITH THIS SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE MOVING UP IN THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN THE COMING DAYS. BUT WE’LL GET A LITTLE SLICE OF IT, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY START TO BRING IN A BIT MORE CLOUDS TODAY. MORE CLOUDS TOMORROW, AND EVEN SOME SHOWERS IN THE SIERRA AND AROUND THE VALLEY. CURRENTLY, THE WIND SPEEDS ARE OUT OF THE EAST AT 13. IN PLACERVILLE WE HAVE A STEADY SOUTH WIND AT 23. RIGHT NOW IN FAIRFIELD, SO THAT BREEZE WILL BE AROUND PRETTY MUCH ON THE LIGHTER SCALE IN THE VALLEY. HIGHS TODAY ONLY REACHING THE LOW TO MID 70S IN THE VALLEY FOOTHILLS. WE’RE LOOKING AT UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. AND TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS, MOSTLY SUNNY. WITH UPPER 50S. ALL THE CLOSER LOOK AT THE FORECAST DETAIL FOR YOU. WE’LL GO NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN TEN MINUTES. RIGHT NOW IT IS 502. LET’S CHECK IN WITH BRIAN AND SEE HOW THE EARLY COMMUTE IS SHAPING UP. TAMARA, WE’LL START HERE IN ROSEVILLE. THIS IS A LOOK AT INTERSTATE 80 HEADING IN TOWARDS SACRAMENTO, JUST PAST DOUGLAS BOULEVARD BEFORE YOU GET TO RIVERSIDE THERE. AND IT’S ALL IN THE GREEN ACROSS THE TOP AND OUT ONTO THE CAUSEWAY RIGHT NOW. NO PROBLEMS THERE. HIGHWAY 50 FROM FOLSOM AND RANCHO CORDOVA THROUGH SACRAMENTO ALSO CLEAR FIVE AND 99 NORTHBOUND OUT OF ELK GROVE. NO DELAYS ON THAT STRETCH. AND AS YOU’RE MAKING YOUR WAY THROUGH STOCKTON, JUST A LITTLE SLOWING ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF I-5. BUT SO FAR, NO INCIDENTS REPORTED IN THAT AREA BETWEEN MODESTO AND MANTECA, ALL IN THE GREEN ALONG THAT STRETCH OF 99 AND THEN ACROSS 205 OVER TO 580 JUST INTO THE YELLOW. NOW A 20 MINUTE RIDE OVER THE TRACY TRIANGLE, 580 NOW 25 MINUTES TO DUBLIN FROM THE 580 TO A FIVE CONNECTOR AND 99 12 MINUTES BETWEEN MODESTO MANTECA HERE IN SACRAMENTO. 80, 50, 99 AND I-5 ALL RUNNING AT THE SPEED LIMIT. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS SIGNED A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT CHANGES THE GUIDELINES FOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED. ACCORDING TO THIS NEW ORDER, ALL BALLOTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY MUST NOW BE RECEIVED BY ELECTION DAY. THE ORDERS ALSO REQUIRING PEOPLE TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IF THEY WANT TO VOTE IN A FEDERAL ELECTION. PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH HAD MIXED RESPONSES TO THIS LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER. IT’S CALLING FOR SECURE AND SAFE ELECTIONS. OF COURSE, IT’S A BROAD, SWEEPING EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH I THINK WILL BE IRONED OUT IN THE COURTS. BUT I THINK THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR. THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AND AS MANY DIVERSE VOICES TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY, NOT CUTTING OUT FOLKS ON THE ON THE MARGINS. AND THAT’S WHAT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO DO. THE PRESIDENT’S ORDER ALSO THREATENS TO PULL FEDERAL FUNDS FROM STATES THAT DO NOT COMPLY. NOW, CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE SHIRLEY WEBER CALLS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ILLEGAL, AND SHE BELIEVES IT WILL DENY AMERICANS ACCESS TO VOTING, MAKING IT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME. SHE SAID UNDER THE GUISE OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM VOTER FRAUD, THIS UNPRECEDENTED AND RECKLESS INTERFERENCE INTO STATE ELECTION PROCESSES, PROCESSES ARE NOW PREMISED ON A WIDELY DEBUNKED MYTH OF MASSIVE NONCITIZEN VOTING. MAKE NO MISTAKE, PRESIDENT TRUMP, THROUGH THIS ACTION, FEARS VOTERS AND OUR DEMOCRACY. IN OTHER NEWS OUT OF D.C. NOW WE HAVE NEW REACTION FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL AT THE CENTER OF THE SCANDAL, WHERE A JOURNALIST ENDED UP IN A GROUP CHAT WITH TOP LEVEL NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS AS THEY DISCUSSED WAR PLANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AMY LU JOINING US NOW AT THE WHITE HOUSE. AND, AMY, WHAT DID THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT OVERNIGHT? DEIRDRE TEO MIKE WALTZ SAYS HE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCIDENTALLY JOINING OR ALLOWING THIS JOURNALIST FROM THE ATLANTIC TO JOIN THE GROUP CHAT, BUT HE’S NOW RAISING MORE QUESTIONS OVER HOW EXACTLY IT ALL UNFOLDED. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, HE’S THE ONE THAT SOMEHOW GETS ON SOMEBODY’S CONTACT AND THEN GETS SUCKED INTO THIS GROUP. I DON’T KNOW THIS GUY. I KNOW HIM BY HIS HORRIBLE REPUTATION, AND HE REALLY IS A BOTTOM SCUM OF JOURNALISTS. AND I KNOW HIM. YEAH. WALTZ THERE WEIGHING IN OVERNIGHT ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S THE INGRAHAM ANGLE. BUT NOW THE MISTAKE IS OPENING UP LOTS OF CRITICISM FROM CONGRESS. MANY DEMOCRATS EXPRESSING OUTRAGE, CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION OVER WHAT SOME SAY IS A SERIOUS BREACH OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION PROTOCOL, NOT JUST SOME CASUAL MISTAKE EXPOSING AND POSSIBLY COSTING U.S. MILITARY LIVES. REPUBLICANS APPEARING MORE DISMISSIVE, SAYING THAT THE INCIDENT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO TO MAKE SURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO DOWNPLAY THE INCIDENT, ATTACKING THE JOURNALIST AND STANDING BY WALTZ. THEY’VE MADE UP MORE STORIES AND AND THEY’RE JUST A FAILING MAGAZINE. THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT HE’S A VERY GOOD MAN. THAT MAN IS A VERY GOOD MAN RIGHT THERE THAT YOU CRITICIZE SO STRONGLY. EITHER WAY. MEANWHILE, MEMBERS OF HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP ARE CALLING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FIRE DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH OR HAVE HIM RESIGN. MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES SAYS HE RECKLESSLY AND CASUALLY DISCLOSED THIS HIGHLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN THIS GROUP CHAT, QUOTE, RISKING LIVES AND VIOLATING THE LAW. REPORTING LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING. I’M AMY LU KCRA 3 NEWS. ALL RIGHT, AMY, THANK YOU. 506 NOW, SACRAMENTO WILL SOON HAVE A NEW TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TEAM. THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INITIATIVE DURING LAST NIGHT’S MEETING. THE NEW TEAM WILL CONSIST OF FOUR ENGINEERS, A TRAFFIC INVESTIGATOR AND ANALYST WHO IS GOING TO BE TASKED WITH IMPLEMENTING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT THE CITY CALLS QUICK BUILDS AT HIGH RISK INTERSECTIONS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND BIKE LANES. CITY IS PLANNING ON REDIRECTING THE EXISTING FUNDS TO PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND ANY COSTS THAT GO OVER A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION WILL GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL, BEFORE APPROVAL. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WANTS SAFE STREETS, WANTS SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND KNOW THAT WHEN WE WALK AND BIKE, WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING OUR LIFE. POSITIONS FOR THE TEAM STILL NEED TO BE FILLED. THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR. WELL, HAPPENING TODAY, A CHANCE TO EXPLORE IDEAS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN MODESTO CITY IS GOING TO BE HOSTING A WORKSHOP TO FOCUS ON POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE INTO MODESTO. KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO IS JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM MODESTO WITH HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE PART IN THIS. WELL, FOR STARTERS, THE CITY SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO SHOW UP TO THIS SPECIAL WORKSHOP THAT’S HAPPENING TODAY AND IT’S CONSIDERED A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO WEIGH IN ON THE FUTURE OF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE CITY OF MODESTO. AND THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BY ATTENDING THIS SPECIAL WORKSHOP. AND ALL OF THIS COMES JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER IT BECAME OFFICIAL THAT 2025 WILL BE THE FINAL SEASON, THAT THE MODESTO NUTS BASEBALL TEAM WILL PLAY IN THE CITY. THE MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM WAS SOLD AND WILL RELOCATE IN 2026. BUT NOT TO FEAR SPORTS FANS, THERE IS TALK ABOUT EXPANSION OF THE UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE OR USL INTO THE CITY OF MODESTO. SO CITY LEADERS WILL DISCUSS POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR A SOCCER STADIUM AND SPORTS DISTRICT TODAY. AND THAT’S WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS ASKED TO COME IN. PEOPLE WITH THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN MODESTO AND POSSIBLE USL EXPANSION. ALSO, THAT POTENTIAL STADIUM SITE AND OTHER IDEAS RELATED TO SPORTS EXPANSION HERE IN MODESTO CAN ATTEND THAT WORKSHOP THAT’S HAPPENING TODAY. IT’S SCHEDULED TO START AT 830 THIS MORNING AND RUN UNTIL ABOUT 1130 THIS MORNING, WHEN THEY’LL BREAK FOR LUNCH. AND IT’S ALL HAPPENING RIGHT HERE AT THE ARBOR THEATER IN MODESTO CENTER PLAZA. THE ADDRESS IS ON YOUR SCREEN. IT’S 1000 L STREET IN MODESTO. AND BACK OUT HERE LIVE. THERE IS ALSO A SECOND PART OF THIS WORKSHOP THAT’S HAPPENING TODAY AFTER LUNCH. IT’S RELATED TO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TOPIC. SMOKE SHOPS IN MODESTO WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR. BUT FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN MODESTO, MELANIE WINGO KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MELANIE, APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU’D LIKE TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP REMOTELY VIA ZOOM, VISIT THE CITY OF MODESTO WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS FOR A LINK. TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW AT SUTTER HEALTH PARK. WE ARE NOW JUST DAYS AWAY FROM THE OFFICIAL ARRIVAL OF THE A’S. THE A’S HAVE WRAPPED UP SPRING TRAINING IN MESA, ARIZONA, AND TOMORROW THEY START THE SEASON IN SEATTLE AGAINST THE MARINERS. THEIR FIRST GAME IN SACRAMENTO IS MONDAY. MEANWHILE, WITH THE A’S ON THE ROAD, RIVER CATS WILL HAVE THEIR SEASON OPENER ON FRIDAY AS THEY PLAY ALBUQUERQUE FOR A WEEKEND SERIES. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE HAVE WORKED OUT A SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY’RE ALTERNATING THE HOME AND AWAY GAMES ALL SEASON LONG. THAT DOESN’T SOUND COMPLICATED. NOT NOT ONE BIT. YEAH, I DON’T KNOW HOW THEY’RE WORKING THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 510 NOW. TIME FOR WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES. LET’S HEAD IT RIGHT NOW TO METEOROLOGIST TAMARA BERG. ARE WE GOING TO BREAK ANOTHER RECORD TODAY? IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BREAKING ANY RECORDS YOU SEE THE VALLEY PLANNER, WE’RE GOING TO SEE A SHARP DROP OFF IN THOSE TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AS WE’RE GOING TO BE GOING FROM THE UPPER 80S TO MORE IN THE LOWER 70S. LATER TODAY. A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW, AS I TAKE YOU ACROSS THE E. BIDWELL, THIS E. BIDWELL EXCUSE ME STREET FROM HIGHWAY 50. AND FOR FOLKS JOINING US IN THE FOLSOM AREA, IT GOT PRETTY TOASTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. TODAY WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MUCH OF THE SAME. WE’RE WAKING UP RIGHT NOW IN THE MID 50S ACROSS THE VALLEY, 54 FAIRFIELD, 56 SACRAMENTO STOCKTON YOUR OUT THE DOOR TO 57 AND WE’RE STILL PRETTY MILD IN MODESTO. TEMPERATURES AT 63 DEGREES. YOUR SIERRA FORECAST TODAY WON’T BE AS WARM. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE A BIT WARMER THAN THE STANDARD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S WITH INCREASING CLOUDS, BUT TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE A DRY DAY FOR ANY TRAVEL PLANS YOU HAVE UP AND OVER THOSE PASSES. MID 60S TODAY IN POLLOCK PINES ARNOLD AND YOSEMITE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU GET INTO THE FOOTHILLS. YOU’RE LOOKING AT A FORECAST OF UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S QUITE A CONTRAST TO THE HEAT OF YESTERDAY. 72 EXPECTED IN SONORA UPPER 60S PLACERVILLE TO 68 TODAY IN AUBURN, THOUGH, WORKING OUR WAY ALONG THE DELTA AND THE COAST, EXPECT TO HAVE INCREASING CLOUDS AND A BIT OF AN ONSHORE BREEZE THAT WILL DROP SAN FRANCISCO TO HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. 70 TODAY FOR FAIRFIELD, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FORECAST. AFTER A MILD BEGINNING TO THE DAY, STILL PRETTY WARM IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT NOT AS TOASTY. 79 TODAY IN TURLOCK 78 MODESTO 78. IN STORE FOR STOCKTON SACRAMENTO IN THE SUBURBS. LOOK FOR A RANGE HERE OF LOW TO MID 70S, WITH A BIT OF A BREEZE PICKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON. COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES, I AM TRACKING RAIN AND SNOW RETURNING BY THURSDAY. I’LL BREAK DOWN THE TIMING FOR YOU. IT IS 511 RIGHT NOW, CHECKING IN WITH BRIAN TO SEE HOW FOLKS ARE MOVING ON THE ROADS AND CRUISING RIGHT ALONG INTERSTATE 80. TRAFFIC IS LIGHT AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH ROSEVILLE, HEADING IN TOWARDS SACRAMENTO ON THE I-80 CORRIDOR. NO DELAYS COMING IN OVER THE TOP, AND AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT ONTO THE CAUSEWAY ON INTERSTATE 80, HIGHWAY 50 ALSO CLEAR NOW HIGHWAY 50, IN WEST SACRAMENTO, THERE’S A NEW LANE SPLIT. SO IF YOU NEED TO GET OFF AT HARBOR ENTERPRISE OR INTERSTATE 80, MAKE SURE YOU’RE STAYING IN THE RIGHT LANE. OTHERWISE, IF YOU’RE IN THE LEFT LANE, YOU’RE GOING TO BE STUCK GOING ALL THE WAY OUT ONTO THE CAUSEWAY AND HAVING TO GET OFF AT CHILES TO LOOP BACK AROUND AND COME BACK INTO WEST SACRAMENTO. THIS CAUGHT SOME PEOPLE OFF GUARD. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A NEW LANE SPLIT THAT WENT IN OVER THE WEEKEND. STAY IN THE RIGHT LANE IF YOU NEED TO ACCESS LOCAL ROADS IN WEST SACRAMENTO. OR THE LEFT LANES WILL GET YOU THROUGH AND ONTO PLACES LIKE THIS. THE CAUSEWAY WHERE THIS IS CHARLES ROAD RIGHT NOW, THE OFF RAMP AT CHILES IS OPEN. THE ON RAMP IS NOW CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION THERE AS WELL. SO A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING IN YOLO COUNTY. 5.99 OUT OF ELK GROVE. NO PROBLEMS THERE THROUGH STOCKTON. WE’RE LOOKING GOOD. AND IN THE MODESTO MANTECA AREA. NO PROBLEMS ALONG THE 99 CORRIDOR. A LITTLE SLOWING ACROSS 205 23 MINUTE RIDE THERE. 580 25 MINUTES INTO DUBLIN AND HERE IN SACRAMENTO, AS YOU SAW ON THE MAP, ALL IN THE GREEN. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRIAN. 512 NOW, AN ANCIENT SOUTH KOREAN TEMPLE BURNED TO THE GROUND. STILL AHEAD, A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT’S BEEN DONE. THE LIVES LOST AS WILDFIRES RAGE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY. AND IT’S BEEN AN ENTIRE YEAR NOW SINCE THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION ON ITS REPLACEMENT WILL START, AND WHEN CITY LEADERS ARE HOPING THEY’LL HAVE IT DONE.