Mike TeSelle

2 weeks ago | kcra.com | Mike TeSelle

Addie Lao is a 9-year-old who, like an estimated three million other Californians, has a potentially life-threatening food allergy. She and her third-grade class are expected to appear before state lawmakers at Wednesday's Senate Health Committee hearing to advocate for a proposed new law, Senate Bill 68. "If this bill passes, it will be a lot easier for me and some other kids and their parents to stop worrying about if their child is going to die," Addie said.

3 weeks ago | kcra.com | Mike TeSelle |Jonathan Ayestas

TO DETAIL THIS FOR US. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. AND GOOD MORNING. AND THIS IS AN ISSUE LAWMAKERS ARE DEBATING HERE WITH DEEP FEELINGS ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE GOVERNOR EVEN WEIGHING IN RECENTLY TO SAY THE ISSUE OF TRANS ATHLETES ON THE FIELD IS, IN HIS WORDS, AN ISSUE OF FAIRNESS. SO WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED THIS MORNING ARE TWO REPUBLICAN SPONSORED BILLS. ONE IS AB 89. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BAN TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN GIRLS INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS.

1 month ago | kcra.com | Mike TeSelle

As sunnier skies and warmer temperatures are arriving in time for the weekend, soccer fields throughout Northern California will likely be buzzing with parents and players taking part in youth soccer contests. A new study suggests those contests may be safer, in part, due to a policy change the United States Soccer Federation made a decade ago. In 2015, the USSF banned the use of the head to impact the ball in athletes younger than 10 years old.

1 month ago | kcra.com | Mike TeSelle

WE RIGHT NOW? WELL, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, JUST LOOK AT THE SCENE BEHIND ME. POLLOCK PINES. YOU KNOW, BEFORE THESE RECENT STORMS BEGAN, THERE WAS ALMOST NO LOW SNOW TO REALLY TALK ABOUT. AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THE PILES ON THE GROUND AND ON THE TREES HERE IN POLLOCK PINES. SO LET’S GET TO THE NUMBERS. HERE’S HOW BIG OF A DIFFERENCE THESE MARCH STORMS HAVE MADE. REMEMBER BACK ON JANUARY 30TH, THE STATEWIDE SIERRA SNOWPACK FELL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO JUST 66% OF ITS HISTORICAL NORMAL.

1 month ago | kcra.com | Mike TeSelle

YEAH, IT’S A BIG ENOUGH DEAL THAT THE WHOLE TEAM DECIDED TO COME OUT TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. SO WE DECIDED TO GET THEM ON CAMERA TO GET THEM A CHANCE TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE PUBLICITY. BUT THE MAN OF THE HOUR RIGHT HERE, SEBASTIAN MORETTI, OR TURN AROUND REAL QUICK SO WE CAN SHOW HE’S KNOWN AS THE BAGON DRAGON, NOT HIS NICKNAME, BUT A PRETTY GOOD NICKNAME. RIGHT, SEBASTIAN? YEAH, IT’S PRETTY FITTING. I MEAN, AFTER ALL, I BAGGED THE WIN. WELL, YEAH, HE ALREADY TOOK THE PUN AWAY FROM ME.