Heavy snow blankets the Sierra ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Some opted to cut the long weekend short, hoping to hit the interstate before too much snow covered the road.
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Ashley Sharp is a reporter at CBS13 who moved all the way from her home state of Tennessee to California.
"Don't most people move from California to Tennessee?" people continue to ask.
Now, while they may have a point, Ashley says she is thrilled to continue her television career in California's beautiful state capitol of Sacramento.
Previously, she worked as an anchor and reporter in the Tri-Cities market, covering Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia for more than four years. She covered major events like the plane crash of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr., Donald Trump rallies, deadly Middle Tennessee tornadoes, record flooding events, police corruption, consumer investigations and daily stories that impact communities.
Prior to that, she worked for two years at WBIR in Knoxville, Tennessee as a visual storyteller before graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2018.
A Tennessee girl through and through, the chance to pack up and move to California to explore a brand new part of the country was exciting.
Outside of work, she's passionate about helping homeless animals. She's fostered more than 30 cats before finding their "forever" homes. She also cares deeply about children in underserved communities, volunteering for Big Brothers Big Sisters as a "big" for the past three years. In her free time, she also loves exploring new cities, getting outdoors, fitness and finding the best local craft brewery.
Some opted to cut the long weekend short, hoping to hit the interstate before too much snow covered the road.
The family of a beloved Sacramento DJ is now reunited with some of his stolen belongings after thieves struck his storage unit, taking nearly everything he left behind.
Early Tuesday morning, Jan. 10, the National Weather Service confirms an EF-1 tornado with 90-mile-per-hour winds touched down in Calaveras County just after 4:00 a.m.
Three animal groups had to be evacuated from their enclosures to safer ground on-site at the Sacramento Zoo ahead of dangerous storms that threatened their habitats.
The order comes as rising water is expected to spill over into roads across Wilton and cut off evacuation routes.
The lights are back on as of Thursday night for hundreds of Clarksburg neighbors who have been in the dark since New Year's Eve.
Hit hard by New Year's day storms, Sacramento County is bracing for Mother Nature to put a target on its back once again. Parts of the county are still flooded as Wednesday's storm brews, predicted to be stronger than the first round.
No government agency is taking the lead to repair two breaks along the Cosumnes River that flooded Highway 99 and Dillard Road over the weekend in the Wilton area, CBS13 learned Monday.
Sacramento police are investigating a string of more than 60 overnight car break-ins. Tuesday morning, the victims at two different apartment complexes in East Sacramento neighborhoods found their cars vandalized, with windows busted out entirely.
Generosity among Sacramento-bound strangers helped one trio escape holiday travel chaos and keep their Christmas plans alive.
Some friends that knew the Hardings well are now saying in the final year the relationship turned sour, describing it as toxic and troubling. As CBS13 learned Thursday, one friend was concerned enough about Julie and Michael's relationship to get the police involved last year.
An investigation is underway into the shooting death of Yuba-Sutter California Highway Patrol Commander Julie Harding in Tennessee whose husband was also found dead after being reported missing in September.
A West Sacramento woman got the surprise of a lifetime Saturday when she was reunited with her missing cat after nearly 6 years.
While the Sierra got rocked by back-to-back weekends of heavy snow storms, this marks the first big snow of the season down in the lower elevations of the foothills.
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