Five days after briefly putting up misleading ads on the state's child sex trafficking fight, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and the California Democratic Party's chairman remain silent.

The video ads, which KCRA 3 is the first to report, come amid the fight at the state Capitol over whether it should be a felony to purchase 16 and 17-year-olds for sex.

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Atkinson came just two years into KCRA TV's broadcasting history. ... KCRA took out a full page ad stating "Stan's back! And Channel 3's got him!" Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

KCRA 3 received a high honor in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night, accepting a Service to America award for the "Escaping the ...