Lyft issued a statement saying they are prepared to take this fight to the ballot box. Reporter being called independent contractors or employees . On wednesday california lawmakers passed ab5 that would reclassify contract workersars employees. She workers as employees. It was better than the super bowl for me. Very exciting to watch it. Reporter if it is signed into law it would mean drivers would qualify for standard ememployment employment benefits. A shift for the state and the nation. From minimum wage to paid sick leave, workers compensation. What california has done is going to be looked at elsewhere. Looked at by other states, new york is talking about doing similar action. Reporter uber said that uber will continue with business as usual. Drivers will not automatically be reclassified as employees even after january of next year. Reporter there will likely be Court Battles over a criteria in the bill. The independent contractor cannot be performing the same services thereat t
Last year were were just right and then the rain heres a outside at a berkeley this morning with plenty of clear skies overhead, you are enjoying a very fog free morning and temperatures this morning. A lot warmer than they were yesterday at this time you do see just a touch of fog of right along ocean beach besides that we are not seeing it out there really so skies are going to remain nice and sunny through the day and that is due to replace been of the ocean cool there in the room marine layer that results from that with some warm dry air from inland being pushed out all the way even out to the coastline that means warm temperatures for us all today. Obviously the hottest conditions though for inland valleys, 50s and 60s is where were sitting right now berkeley and San Francisco each at 65 will delay whoa and conquered as our berkeley and San Francisco at 63 sorry conquered in vallejo youre at 65 degrees this morning regardless of where youre at look at how much warmer. We were than
Sunnyvale, upper 80s near 90. 84 in the city and 72 and pacifica. Napa, 88. Proffered, crawford, 89 degrees. A little fog. There are some 40s to the north. Did not take long to start warming up. The city is still a 63, even though the buoy temp is 54. Note breeze whatsoever. Mid50s and the upper hills. Is warm but even the coast, bay, and lynn temps will be well above average today. The high kicking in for 2 1 2, three days. Just like that, it will start to cool down on sunday. A big change on monday. More that coming up in the next couple of days. May be our first rain of the season for some on monday. 70s, 80s, 90s today. 7 01 am. A little hiccup or two early. Now, it is better. It is better than it was. We had a couple of things, as we mentioned. We have not had a lot of serious crashes. Yesterday and today, weve been okay when it comes to super serious things. List begin with the east bay commute. Some people leaving the east bay. You can see a little bit of a backup at the east ba
San francisco is a great beard city. A lot of dudes, a lot of hipsters with beards in San Francisco. A lot of millennials, for crying out loud. No one shaves anymore. At a workplace, most people can come as they are. Im going to be out there. I dont have a beard. It is obvious. If you have a beard model, we are going to get a trim and we will talk about Prostate Cancer awareness month. I like a. Cyclist talk about what is happening at the state capital. The california governor was expected to sign into law a right that a bill that would classify rideshare employees at as employees. We are live to explain the bill. Allie, telus how it would impact drivers and customers. Reporter it was a group that lobbied hard for this change in the law. They had several test and demonstrations. They called them gig workers rising. We have some video to show you. Will go to the video right now. If the governor signs this bill into law, it would mean that rideshare drivers woulds would qualify for stand
Mark matthews, nbc bay area news. Thanks, mark. Another big move today by President Trump, john bolton is out. The president fired his National Security adviser and announced it on twitter. He said the two have had a string of policy disagreements including taliban negotiations and china trade talks. The president tweeted that he asked for boltons resignation but bolton claims to have resigned on his own. The two men had a history of differences which the president acknowledged in the past. John bolton is absolutely a hawk. If it was up to him he would take on the whole world at one time but that doesnt matter because i want both sides. By next week President Trump is expected to neighboring the fourth National Security adviser in less than three years. And nbc bay area exclusive we have learned one of the most controversial judges in recent bay area history has a new job. Recalled judge aaron persky is coaching tennis at a south bay high school. Now kay made National Headlines a few y