Kron 4 Sarah Stinson live at the long haul at the hospital now she explains why they walked out sarah. Martin thats right. Im live here at the santa rosa Memorial Hospital or caregivers are out here on strike trying to be as safe as possible, but also fighting for change. In the contract that theyve been negotiating with the hospital for over a year now take a look at this you can see there on that side of the street a little more distance and they go all the way down the street along the hospital the Health Care Workers here are people of all kinds imaging technicians. And susie all just people working alongside nurses and doctors to care for people during a pandemic they have been in contract, they said for every year but have not come to a conclusion to sign that contract. Hospital workers say even though coronavirus numbers have been surging in Sonoma County the last 2 weeks they still dont have enough ppe theyre not being given to these types of Health Care Workers, youre looking
Disappointed their staff is on strike during a pandemic. These are Health Care Workers of all kinds medical technicians and susie all just theyre seeing assistance respiratory therapist even people who disinfect the rooms used by coronavirus patients all working alongside nurses and doctors, they have been in contact on in those negotiations as they said for months over a year now hospital workers say even though coronavirus numbers have been surging across the county the last 2 weeks they still dont agree with the ppe how its been dispensed and their First Response from the hospital when the pandemic lets hear from one of the guys whos out here on the picket lines. He is he works as one of the nccl adjusts lets hear from him. And this was not an easy decision for us to come to in the pandemic we did delay when it first started and you know their response here i personally have was not given an n 95 masks in the war. They only gave him to the Doctors First starting out even know us tax
Commissioners. The letter talked about political this being political speech, which is absolute horse [ bleep ], if you excuse my french. Reporter that from Vice President of the San Francisco Police Commissioner demali taylor, in reaction to a San Francisco Police Officers Association Letter that objects to putting black lives matter signs in each of the citys police stations. The leadership of the poa just simply does not get it. Reporter the measure, which was passed unanimously, will put a 32 by 24inch black lives matter poster or sign in each station. This strictly came from the black community and members in the community. Again, i think this is a step in the right direction. But we definitely need to step up and do more and nows the time to do it. Reporter San Franciscos Police Officers association represents more than 2,100 officers. In a letter to the city, they stated that stations are places for citizens of San Francisco to seek help and assistance. Going on to say, they are
In Critical Condition including a child after a fire broke out inside this home. A bay area man is flying to idaho and back in order to get a covid test quicker and results faster. Flags at half staff as San Franciscos city hall lit up in memory of civil rights icon john lewis. More on the tributes that continue to pour in tonight for the tireless champion of equal rights. It was a bright and breezy start to the weekend and tracking cooler weather arriving in abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. I feel like im taking a risk definitely but were taking a risk every day that we cant get an appointment and cant get results. A bay area man says hes trying to do the right thing but has waited more than a week for covid19 test results. The drastic measures hes now taking to get some answers. Good evening to thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. We begin with the latest coronavirus headlines. More than 9,000 new cases reported in california today and Officials Say the Positivity
Its cloudy in oakland at 62. Its 60 in hayward. Taking you back closer to the coast, mid50s in pacifica as well as santa rosa so we still have that air quality advisory for the so some of the hazy pconditions from the coast to te central bay and santa clara valley, this is from the smoke from the mineral fire as the smoke drifts up to the north and west. As we look at live picture outside from our roof camera we begin to see sun after 9 00 for some of you, the rest of you maybe 10 00 and noontime 808 inland. Mid70s around the bay and it will stay warm throughout the afternoon inland but the sea breeze picks up and well talk about a setup for cooler days for the week ahead. Liz . Lisa, thank you. Lets get to the latest coronavirus headline this is morning. More than 9,000 new cases were reported in california yesterday and Officials Say the Positivity Rate is trending upwards over a 14day average. A key indicator of community spread. In the bay area there are at least 39,000 cases and 6