Today nbc bay area Jody Hernandez clarifies the dilemma. Its emotionally exhausting to go into work what if today is the day i get it . Thats how this 20yearold starbucks worker describes how she feels about serving guests at the drivethru window. The barista who didnt want us to use her name says most customers dont mask up. If youre close enough i can hand you something you should be wearing a mask. Reporter while starbucks has signage encouraging customers to wear a mask she says employees arent required to enforce it. This notice posted on the stores Bulletin Board says we will not enforce this requirement at the drivethru unless locally mandated. It also offered workers options what to say if a customer refuses to wear a mask inside the store including telling them they can go through the drivethru. A starbucks spokeman confirmed to nbc bay area thats indeed their policy. The last time i had verbal communication with my manager on the issue she told me no matter how hard i try sta
Were going to have the updated forecast now what you can expect in just a little bit. The first year the other stories we are tracking this thursday including the low voter turnout. It is now forcing Health Agencies to ban together and encourage participation as Important Health policies are on the table. Something out of scifi movies. Look at this humanoid robot. A company achieving this technological feat got new funding today. A new space for oakland the Welcome Center meant to revitalize the community this building is just the beginning. But first the rain is back in the bay area. While we are bracing for some possible flooding the sierra is bracing for its biggest storm of the season. We are talking about up to 10 feet of snow. Ski resorts are announcing closures and delays over the next few days to avoid potentially devastating impact. Officials also moved up there snow survey to today. They say the statewide snowpack is at 80 of average with a slow start to the water year. They
Effective Youth Mentoring Organization in the United States is Big Brothers Big Sisters, the bay area chapter was founded in 1958 and covers alameda, couldnt San Francisco mateo counties. Joining me is the organizations ceo kathy bella and chair of the board of directors tom kaiser. Kathy, i want to start with you. Thank you. Why is mentoring so important . Well, i think meantoring is important for both the mentes and our meantors. For us, we serve children who are really going through some very tough straits. Most of our kids come from lowincome families. About 90 of them come from single parent or guardian households. And a significant portion of them have an incarcerated parent. So theyre living through very challenging times. Theyre living in tough neighborhoods often. And there are lots of just daily challenges in terms of navigating all of the intricacies of live. How many children do you serve . We serve 1,000 kids through the five county area. For our kids meant rg really makes
Oakland before a rally. Clintons motorcade gets stuck in the evening commute. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony spent the day in oakland following the events. We begin with Wayne Freedman where protest are tonight. Reporter its safe to say if a fundraiser is not running on schedule, its still running on time. Let me show you the protestors protesting this event. People are paying from 45,000 to 5,000 to hear Hillary Clinton with senator feinstein and barbara boxer, here are shots of people. Lets show you videotape. Security here was tight, but not suffocating. There are more women than men and a certain fervor. We asked one hillary supporter why this years election is more important. More important because trump is the republican nominee, or at least the presumptive. We cant let him be in the white house. Would you say that about any other republican . A quiet protest. Nothing like what we saw in los angeles last might. I asked Erin Brightwell why she came. Representation, she said. Or
Live from the kgo Broadcast Center, this is abc 7 news. Never let the day end without making peace. Words of wisdom tonight from the pope in the city of brotherly love. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. The pope is spending his last night of this historic u. S. Trip in philadelphia. It was another day of huge crowds and high spirits. About a quarter of a Million People turned out for the closing festival of the world meeting of families. Earlier today, thousands lined up for a chance to see the pope drive by after his arrival in philly. And take a look, this touching moment shortly after the pope landed is going viral. He signalled for his driver to stop and walked over to young boy who was ill and blessed him and gave a blessing to his family before heading to mass. During his address to philadelphia he called for americans to honor their ideals of liberty and equality. Sergio quintana has more. Well, natasha, using the of brotherly love, the pope spoke at the lectern. His i