Another Personality Leaves KCRA

Catalina Martinez last day at KCRA is Friday Dec. 28th, 2007 the same as Sarah Gardner.
Unfortunately they were not able to come to an agreement on some sort (which isn't a surprise because we seen people come and go behind the scenes and in front of the camera due to agreements with the management). If Catalina considers to stay in Sacramento she should apply at News10 because they soon will be having an opening for a reporter after Monika Diaz left in November 2007.

The Yule Log comes to Sac TV

At last just right for Christmas morning, the Yule Log will air Christmas Morning from 5-6a.m and again at 8-9 a.m. If your not sure what the Yule Log is... It's just wood burning in fire (Like a fire place) with christmas music in the background. Between the gap of 6 a.m. you can catch FOX40 Morning news with Nataile Bomke and Evan Michael!
Merry Christmas everybody! =)

Sad News for long time KCRA Viewers

Sarah Gardner has been with KCRA 3 for the past 14-years, and on Friday Dec. 28th, 2007 will be her last day on-air anchoring after not coming to an agreement on her contract.

"We had hoped that Sarah would stay, but she decided for personal and professional reasons to move on," said Elliott Troshinsky, president and general manager of KCRA and My58. "We couldn’t reach an agreement that was satisfactory to both of us. We wish her all the best in the future."

"I love KCRA and love my job, getting to work with incredibly talented people," she said. "But it was one of those things where I wanted to make sure to give 100 percent to my family and 100 percent to my job, and the way things are now, it's impossible to do both." Released from the Sac Bee.

Gardner will definitely be missed on TV, but gladly will still be in Sacramento. Gardner and her husband Chuck are co-founders of the M.I.N.D institute at U.C Davis Medical Center
with the hopes of finding the cause and hopefully a cure for autism, Gardner's son was diagonsed with autism at an early age and her efforts have contributied to create an institute to find a cure.

Just a little history of Gardner, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1982 and worked at a DJ playing country music, later she moved into TV as a weekend weather anchor writer/producer at NBC-15's WMTV in Madison, Wisconsin. Gardner also spent time on the road as the local anchor of "PM Magazine" in Charlotte, N.C., traveling with the show to Europe, Egypt, Jamaica and Canada. Gardner has co-anchored with Kelly Brothers, Chris Riva and John Alston in the past. We wish Gardner the best in life!

Season Greetings From News10!

News10 has posted the News10 family holiday greetings up on their website.
If your interested in seeing the News10 family just watch News10, they will
appear during the commercial breaks if not then visit the link provided below.
Here are just a few families below.






http://www.news10.net/life/community/seasons-greeting07/season-greeting00.aspx

Jewish leaders wants to meet with Adrienne Bankert for a chit-chat

Some Jewish leaders in Sacramento County want to meet with Adrienne to try to educate her most likely of how its like to be a Jew. One person has said they were offened by her comments David Wechsler-Azen at Beth Shalom.

"As somebody who has been a poor Jew, as someone regularly approached by poor Jews for help, it’s just so factually inaccurate," Wechsler says. "It’s just really offensive for someone to portray Jews that way.

"She really needs to be made aware of all the Jewish philanthropies that make sure everyone’s taken care of. That’s the underlying Jewish premise: reach out your hand to the needy."

We'll see how the next step goes.

Apology Statement from KCRA

KCRA's news director Anzio Williams released a statement eariler this week about the comments said about Adrienne Bankert at a local college group not meaning to be harmful to the Jewish community.

"(KCRA) does not condone or endorse any comment that was made. We require all of our on-air talent to refrain from engaging in any outside activities or manners that impinge on our reputation of fairness, balance and accuracy.”

Adrienne's apology letter:
"I have been made aware that certain remarks that I made to a small student
group at Sacramento State last week could be regarded as offensive
stereotyping to some individuals and the community at large. I never
intended any of my comments to be hurtful or to stereotype any particular
group. I am well aware of the harm that stereotypical comments can cause to
specific groups and our society in general. I apologize if anyone was
offended by remarks."

Univision 19 Hires Producer from CNN

At last KUVS-Univision 19 has hired a producer Isabel Gonzalez from CNN en Espanol. Her begin date is next month and prior with being at CNN, she worked for Telemundo, TV Azteca and MVS in Mexico City. She will be replacing former news anchor and news director Pedro Calderon who left in September 2007.

Did you know?

Meteorologist Patty Souza has a sister (Tammie Souza) who is a Meteorologist as well at a FOX station in Chicago. They are the only female siblings in the nation to work in the same field. If your wondering why you see the clear NBC logo is because she used to work for NBC 5 in the same city until last year.

And what a coincidence they have the same outfits!