Stay connected to Sacramento with the KCRA 3 News app!
Be the first to know about breaking news, weather updates, and top stories in Sacramento and the surrounding area. With the KCRA 3 News app, you’ll have real-time news, sports highlights, traffic alerts, and entertainment updates – all at your fingertips. Download for free today and experience news like never before.
Over 300,000 Sacramento residents trust the KCRA 3 News app for breaking news, weather alerts, and local updates. Download today and join the community!
LIVE NEWS
- Get instant push notifications for breaking news.
- Launch full live newscasts using the Nowcast bar.
- Catch up on the latest newscast with On Demand playback.
REAL-TIME WEATHER
- Stay updated with current weather conditions and hourly forecasts.
- Plan ahead with a detailed 10-day outlook and weekend forecast.
- Zoom in to street-level detail with an interactive radar.
- Receive critical weather warnings and expert videocasts.
COMMUNITY FOCUSED
- Submit news tips, photos, and videos directly to our newsroom.
- Share stories easily via email, text, or social media.
- Discover live traffic incidents, local articles, and crime reports with the interactive Happening Near You map.
- Stay informed with in-depth coverage of local stories and events that matter to your community.
- Keep up with the Kings, 49ers, River Cats, Sacramento Republic FC, and your local college and high school teams with the latest coverage and highlights.
STAY AHEAD WITH KCRA 3 NEWS
Whether it's breaking news, live weather updates, or the latest from the world of sports and entertainment, the KCRA 3 News app delivers the information that matters most to you.
DOWNLOAD NOW AND STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
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Absolutely 👍 💯! This is my family’s news station! Thank goodness for being able to watch on our phones too. My Brother lives in Myers and cannot get Channel 3 any longer and is very upset because they only have a Reno station and all of our family lives in Sacramento. He lived in Sacramento and doesn’t understand because he still lives in California. They are always showing Highway 50 and Myers round about and he lives 3 minutes from it but can’t revcieve channel 3 on television. Very stressful for him! When I go to visit I can’t see it on tv either and it’s very stressful. Please help!!!!! He’s even called the station many times. Thank you all your all amazing!!! My Brother is your #1 Fan!!!! I’m his #1 fan and your # 2 fan!!!!!
Left in limbo
inquisitive 1
I am frustrated with this app because when I am in the middle of reading a story it will abruptly end, even mid sentence. The rest of the story is not there. This occurs often and usually in stories that are originally from other sources. The least one could do is make sure the entire story is there before posting it.There are also a lot of grammatical errors. It is like things are not proofread by anyone. I have watched only KCRA since I was a child. I am 57. In the past 2 years I have been turned off by the lack of integrity with the “journalism”. Reporters should not have a bias and this station clearly does. It has been especially blatant in the past year. I can’t watch or read it anymore and most of my family and friends have quit as well. Too many opinions are expressed in the articles. Sometimes even one simple adjective reveals the bias. Gone are the days of just reporting the facts - proven true facts that is. You also use too many stories from CNN. It is common knowledge that that are the least trusted, least ethical sham of a news agency. Why do you rely on them for stories? They misinform, give only opinions, and do not even cover true and important stories. Please try to be better than they are.
Ch 3 (CNN) light
fireguy2300
Several things. You used to be the newsl leader for Northern California. No more! You are beat out by a Redding television station, KRCR. You prefer to repeat CNN information. If I want CNN , I already have it on my phone , so maybe I don’t need CH 3. Your version of news is: loud and irritating pop up advertisements.... most others don’t.... National CNN things that don’t always pertain to Northern California, and in recent years you have gone very much in lock step with CNN and their left of center version of things. These aren’t just my opinion but that of many others who have become disillusioned with your programming. What have you attempted to achieve? You have lost viewership ever since the Kelly’s sold to Hearst and you affiliated more with CNN than even NBC, who has also fallen prey to the left line of reporting. I’ve been watching TV-3 since 1955 and you were always my first choice. No surprise, that has changed. I feel sorry for those of you who still work there. As for those loud and irritating ads, they won’t be bothersome any more. I will only look at your doppler radar and weather reports from now on. If you sneak those adds into the weather report, I’ll go elsewhere for weather, too.A lot of your viewers have left you for these same reasons. It’s up to you! Take this seriously or end up like so many folded newspapers who decided to take that same left turn and a few TV stations, too. Most folks won’t take the time to give you feedback like this but I have and I’m serious.
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I have had the KCRA App for a long time, I deleted it for about 3 months because I felt the content was mostly sensationalized pieces that had nothing to do with our local area. I added the app back recently, i’m still disappointed, some of the content has gotten better, however, the feature of pop up ads while reading an article has become beyond annoying. I know advertising is what makes the app free, I have no problem watching an advertisement before a video plays (it is annoying however I understand it makes the app free). Yet when just reading an article an advertisement pops up and blocks the entire screen and when it’s over I touch the X icon in the upper corner and the ad goes away for a few moments giving time to read just a few lines of the article and then the advertisement pops back up again. I changed settings for the app. I’ve deleted it and added it again and when reading the articles the pop-up ad comes back again and again and again and again. I can’t even read a full article. I’m done with this app.
Simple bug fixes and performance improvements.
Version 5.15.2125
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Seller
Hearst Television
Size
131.4 MB
Category
News
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.