Caruthers

Let's bring up that live traffic tracker and take a look at your morning commute.

Starting things off near the Caruthers area, Henderson Road at Brawley Avenue, we are getting reports of a traffic collision here.

CHP and medical personnel are responding to the scene, so this part of your morning drive, be sure to slow down and use caution in the area.

Now heading up north into Merced County, Atwater Jordan Road at Cressy Way, we are getting reports of a traffic collision here as well.

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As a dangerous heat wave continues in the West, forecast to last most of the week, cooks at the annual fair in Caruthers, California, southeast of San Francisco near Fresno, brave the heat.

Right now, being back here is challenging because of the temperature kind of being high.

So it is, uh, it is quite challenging, but it-- we can do it.

Action News A-Live continues next with our five tops at 5:00.

This morning we're taking you to Oakhurst, Fresno, Lemoore, Caruthers, and Del Rey.

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It's time for our Five Stops at Five.

We're showing you what's making headlines across central California.

This morning, we're taking you to Oakhurst, Fresno, Del Rey, Caruthers, and Lemoore.

In Del Rey, cameras helped detective- cameras helped detectives catch 52-year-old Leopoldo Zaragoza for stealing pomegranates from an orchard at Lincoln and McCall.