the FCC to annex South Lake Tahoe from the Reno market into the Sacramento market. On January 4, 2020, a fire broke out at KCRA's main building on Television Circle in Sacramento. The fire was contained to an older portion of the building that had been used as storage, but was otherwise mostly abandoned. Despite forcing the evacuation of some staff, the station remained on-air, broadcasting the West Coast feed of Saturday Night Live while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, KCRA, like many local stations, modified its news practices to allow reporters to file news packages from remote locations, including their homes. On April 17, 2020, San Joaquin County Bureau Chief Melinda Meza filed a news story on the difficulties hair stylists were facing during a state-mandated quarantine order. At the end of her report, a nude man was visible in the background as Meza filmed herself in her bathroom. The uncensored segment aired during the station's 6:30 p.m. newscast, generating a significant amount of social media attention. A few hours later, Meza deleted an Instagram post and a tweet promoting the story. No one from the station or its parent company Hearst had commented on the incident. On July 31, 2020, Meza was fired from the station. In December 2020, KCRA and several other news organizations were sued in federal court for copyright infringement stemming from the re-use of a Canadian photographer's wildlife images without authorization or payment. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion KCRA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 35, using PSIP to display KCRA-TV's virtual channel as 3 on digital television receivers. As part of the SAFER Act, KCRA ran a looping DTV program (also known as "nightlight service") for 30 days after the transition. The looping program aired public service announcements in English and Spanish about the digital transition. References External links NBC network affiliates MeTV affiliates Story Television affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1955 CRA-TV Hearst Television 1955 establishments in California