Interview goes wrong on Good Day Sacramento

A live interview on Good Day Sacramento with Joan Rivers did not go so well after entertainment reporter Mark S. Allen accidentally made Rivers upset after making a joke about her daughter. Rivers then decided to end the interview and said the F word on air. Everything went by quickly towards it end, it almost seemed like it was edited. The clip made it on TMZ.com and can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=a471a4d5-31b6-4b01-871e-880e79a6a508

Back in CA

Remember Jeff Raineri? Jeff worked at KCRA for a few years as the weekend morning meteorologist and left in 2005 to MSNBC and NBC Weather Plus to forecast on national TV. After working in Chicago for a while and New York City. Jeff is now back in California, and he's the Chief Meteorologist for KNTV- NBC 11 in San Jose, California. Welcome back Jeff.

KCRA Weather

If you watch KCRA constantly, then you probably have noticed a few unfamilar meteorologist's. Jeff Martinez is the newest member to join the Weather Plus team. He currently appears on the weekend morning editions and will fill in during the work week. He freelanced for KCRA back in 2005 for a while, and recently came from ABC in San Francisco where he freelanced as well.

Some changes at News10

Jennifer Smith, long time news anchor has stepped down from the Midday and Sunday night shows to a Multimedia Journalist position. She will on occasion fill-in anchoring, but her main duties will be to go out and report on stories. Also, according to some sources she is expected to retire sometime next year.

Cristi Jessee, one of News10's first Multimedia Journalist has decided to take a position as news director in Minnesota. Her last day will be on August 3rd.

News10's Nicole Chavez and Gregg Lalka will be leaving the station. They both joined in 2005 and will be headed to the central coast of California. They both are engaged and met while working together in Reno, NV.

Deborah Hoffman left the station in early July to work as the Communications Director for Senator Fran Pavley at the State Capitol. And yes, thats my arm.

So we can expect a few new faces at News10 in the Fall.

News10, only hiring Multimedia Journalist!

Since 2008, News10 has decided to take an approach to have every reporter shoot, edit, write their own stories instead of having 'crews' go out. Stacy Owen, former news director at News10 decided to take this path before she left the station earlier this year. KRON 4 in San Francisco also does the same thing and it's where Stacy Owen came from before joining News10.

So how does this all work? The reporters get assigned a story at the beginning of their shift, they grab a camera that is smaller from a regular field camera, and go off to shoot their interviews and "b-roll". Once they finish, they return back to write and edit their story and once it's time for a live shot, they go out with an actual photographer into the field. Usually, the photographers go out to the breaking news stories and if the story is huge, they will dispatch a reporter right away. Normally, if it's big like a protest or capitol budget story, both photog's and the reporter will be there. Slowly, more and more stations are doing this. FOX40 is looking to hire a few Multimedia Journalist, and when most reporters start off out from college they are required to do the whole shanagans.

Hope's to free Laura Ling & Euna Lee...

Lisa Ling will be in Sacramento Thursday July 9th for a vigil that will be held at the State Capitol to bring her sister Laura Ling, and Euna Lee of "Current TV" back home from North Korea after being arrested and sentenced for 12 years of "Harbor Labor". Lisa was featured Live_Online on News10.net discussing the event at the capitol and answering viewer questions. Moments after, she did a live interview outside the News10 studios for KCRA's 6:30 pm newscast.

The event will take place from 6:30pm- 8pm on the west steps of the State Capitol. The mayor and governor are expected to be there and Sharon Ito will MC the event. If you would like to send your support or help out, you can visit the website just lunched today below.

http://www.lauraandeuna.com/

Mini Update's

Mike Bond recently left FOX40 in May. He still plans to stay in Sacramento.

Edmundo Aguliar, CBS13 Stockton bureau reporter's contract was up and was not renewed. Andrea Menniti, is now covering stories in the Stockton area.

Amity Addrisi, is currently freelancing for FOX40.

Danny Pommels contract was not renewed, KCRA is decided to shorten their sports staff.

Rick Boone is now co-anchoring the weekends with Terri Cox at FOX40, Joe Orlando is now working on the FOX40 Live Morning Show.

Update

Hi everyone,

I know it's been a while since I've updated my site, but I've been busy with school, and since applying for a job position at a TV station, it's kind of in a way stop me from continuing to write more. But, I will be updating it soon.

New News Director

Gannett, the owner of News10, recently picked Tim Geraghty from the ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Michigan to be the vice president and information director for News10.

"My family and I are excited to go to Sacramento," Geraghty stated in a news release. "I am looking forward to connecting with my new community and leading the News 10 Information Center. Geraghty is expected to start in late May.

As for Stacy Owen, former News director (2005-2009) she recently started her own company in Sacramento.... "Owen Media Group" which is a multimedia consulting company.

Check out her website:

http://www.owenmedia.com/

Call Kurtis Story Goes to Judge Judy....

A wedding is suppose to be a special day to remember, but that wasn't the case for a Roseville couple. The only thing their guest's remembered was the heat during the reception.

The Roseville couple said the air conditioning was not working in the hall, and it was a 100+ degree day.They decided to take their case to Call Kurtis, and later to Judy Judy after the owner of the hall faxed a contract to the Call Kurtis team that was different than the one Kurtis received from the newly weds.

At the end, the owner of the hall was fined $1,400. You can watch the story, and the full interview's of Judge Judy and her bailiff by clicking on the link below.

http://cbs13.com/consumer/judge.judy.interview.2.1007397.html

Sports Show on Hiatus

The Sports Show that airs Saturday and Sunday at 10:45 p.m. is on hiatus for the moment while CBS13 redevlopes their sports coverage, according to news director Cameryn Beck. And with that Arran Anderson's contract recently expired. In the meantime, Beck also stated they do plan to cover sports when it makes news. As for Arran, he plans to stay locally.

Local Anchor Survives Cancer Treatment...

Good Day Sacramento traffic anchor Tina Macuha recently found out she had Stage Zero breast cancer. According to her colleagues, she has always been very proactive about her health and because of that she was able to catch it early before it could spreed. Tina has undergone surgery to remove her breast's and she is currently resting at home making a full recovery before she returns back to the show. Recently a car was was held in Carmichael to help raise money to benefit the Susan G. Koman race for the cure of breast cancer awareness program. $5 from every car wash was donated. Tina plans to be return sometime in June 2009.
A special page has been set up to keep viewers informed about Tina's recovery and what you can do if your a female wanting to know more.

http://gooddaysacramento.com/tina