That commitment to his colleagues, viewers, and Sacramento is why Stan Atkinson's passing is being felt across the region. The man who built KCRA 3 and will forever be considered Mr. Sacramento.

And Stan Atkinson had Hostess. "The floor man would roll in a table that was decorated with open or still packaged Hostess Cinnamon Dainties," Atkinson described in a 2015 interview.

Legendary Sacramento journalist Stan Atkinson covered historic moments across the world for KCRA 3 viewers. See some of the groundbreaking reporting from his career that we found in the KCRA 3 ...

Stan Atkinson is a name synonymous with Northern California news. The titan of television in Sacramento is remembered as a journalist whose career served as a blueprint for future generations.

Longtime Sacramento news anchor Stan Atkinson died on Sunday at the age of 92, Channel 3 (KCRA) and Channel 13 (KOVR) reported Monday morning. For nearly three decades, Atkinson was a mainstay of ...

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Stan Atkinson is a name synonymous with Northern California news. Long before The Sacramento Bee called him "the man who owns Sacramento," Atkinson studied journalism at Pasadena City College.