Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Im andre senior and im claudine wong. Happening now nurses in Santa Clara County are officially on strike. They say hospitals in the county are asking them to do too much and not offering enough. Ktvu james torres explains how the two sides got to this point. Nearly 4000 nurses finished their shift early this morning and immediately took to the picket lines. Its all about ensuring Patient Safety and nurse safety. Strikes happening at a total of three area hospitals run by the professional registered nurses association. They say theyve not had a contract with Santa Clara County in months. Theyre demanding improvements in staffing, keeping nurses to just one hospital and improved security to prevent workplace violence. I was punched in the face by a patient simply because they were hungry and were upset that they couldnt eat anything, but it was doctors order because they were going to go in for surgery. And as a normal practice, youre not all
An alleged sex worker accused of a violent attack in San Francisco. Tonight, Community Members demanding action as they say prostitution is an ongoing problem in their neighborhood. This is not an accident. This is not an isolated incident. This is not an issue about sex workers. This is an issue about safety. Outrage in San Franciscos Mission district. Good evening. Im julie julie haener, and im greg lee. San Francisco Police say a woman was arrested for attacking a homeless woman over the weekend. The suspect an alleged sex worker. Neighbors pointing to this attack is just the latest incident involving prostitution on their block. New at ten ktvu, zac sos is live in the city after speaking with a neighbor who filmed the attack, zach. Yeah, and that neighbor is still pretty shaken by what she says she saw unfold just steps from where im standing for months now. She says she and other neighbors have been complaining about the sex trafficking taking place on this block. Now, this latest
During a Daring Rescue in the north bay. Tonight were hearing from the crew who pulled that man to safety and it is a new battle of the bay. The action taken tonight by San Francisco officials against the proposed name change at the Oakland Airport. This is ktvu, fox two news at 730. And more pushback tonight to the proposed new name for the Oakland International airport. Nice to have you back with me on this thursday night. Im heather holmes. San francisco supervisors tonight. Joining the chorus of critics worried about the airport changing its name to include San Francisco. As weve been reporting, the port of oakland wants to modify the airports name to San Francisco bay Oakland International airport. Now, the port of oakland says this change is meant to increase awareness of the airports location and to attract more travelers. But San Francisco officials are strongly against the idea. Supervisors tonight approving a Resolution Resolution opposing the name, saying the change will cau
Chopper. They say a rescue at night like this is especially challenging and codys position on the side of that steep cliff made it even more difficult. They tell me that his hands, his fingers were clinging to the rocks and his toes were also clinging there as the waves below crashed against the shore and the wind hit them, threatening his safety. They also say that it could have knocked him over some of that wind. Now, once martelli got hold of him, they brought him to the top of the cliff where firefighters rendered aid. The first couple of times larry touched the cliff, he lost his footing and the rocks crumbled away. So he had to kind of kind of reposition him a little bit. The priority is to get him out of that situation because if we dont get him moved, you know, even if he is injured, if we dont move him, theres a likelihood that he can die there. Now, they only had to move him about 80ft. But they also tell me that he had no scrapes or scratches. They say this is because of tea
Frustrating. Weve been negotiating with them for eight months now, and so theyre taking to the picket line for a three day strike that forced the county to bring in outside nurses to replace them. About a thousand of them were flown in from around the country at a cost of 20 million. Unfortunately, weve now had to take money and put it towards this essential coverage, and thats money that we then dont have as a system. So far. Administrators say things are running smoothly at the countys three hospitals and over a dozen clinics, while some appointments were converted to video visits and some elective procedures were postponed, the Trauma Center and Emergency Department are open inside the hospital. It really feels and looks and seems as though business as usual, you know, the patients are getting the care that they need, the staff who have come to work seem very pleasant. Patients gave mixed reviews. Michelle ramirez was directed toward an outside an urgent care. It seems like the shor