Significant. It comes with the day and raise the wage to 15 on hour by 2022. Currently a third of janitors paid below minimum wage and getting paid minimum wage still puts them below minimum wage. She said in silicon valley, being paid 14. 25 an hour is not enough to survive. We need the raise. We cannot live with that in silicon value limit were making a little bit and Big Companies are making millions and millions. Reporter members of the janitorial union has a contract thats up at the end of april so theyll be planning more marchs and rallies in the coming weeks. Mike. Thank very much, anne. It appears more fallout for the San Francisco Police Department of last years revelation of racist text messages. 14 officers involve inside that and more than a dozen criminal cases dismissed. Theyve turned up another fiver officers in a series of mesosangs. The police chief and District Attorney held press conferences in the past hour. Well bring you details coming up at 5. A spokesperson said
The bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Catherine happening now at 8 Catherine Day four of the bart strike. And there are hints that an announcement may be coming soon. Bart management and its unions have been talking. And while it may be too late to get trains running for the morning commute. There has been progress. We begin our Team Coverage tonight with kron 4s dan kerman. Hes live outside mtc headquarters in oakland. Where both sides are meeting. Dan . Reporter far from here we know that all sides are close to a deal. At this point all we know it is close. That sad, all sides have been marking hard throughout the day. We have work are not lee to meet their needs without out compromising there are safety. Reporter president Roxanne Sanchez says her team of negotiatiors is doing all they can to end this strike and reach an agreement . And in fact significant progress has been made reporter the unresolved issues appear to be about work rules and safety . Seiu has been cauc
In touch with the taxman, good luck because millions of phone calls are going unanswered this year. With us the we have Mattie Dufner from americans for tax reform and scott hodge, the tax foundation. Mattie, i will start with you, if the irs is not picking up itself, how do we get help. That is good question. Hopefully a lot of your viewers filed given we are 24 hours a way. This is the interesting proposition here. The fact that the irs is not able to complete its most basic responsibilities helping the american taxpayer know their liability and fulfill it. We also hear from the left this time of year about how we need to give the irs more responsibility. So right now were looking at obamacare coming into full effect and irs not knowing how to handle, most even basic requirement giving Tax Information you need for health care out and secure. But also we hear a lot of times from the left, because file something so difficult and because so many people have problems wit, we should natio
Things are getting quite worse on interstate 580 in the westbound direction. Although it to deliver more happening now out of San Francisco burglars broke inside a home in the castro mailslot. The sheriffs deputy who shot and killed 13yearold andy lopez last october has been charges. He shot lopez 7 times when the teen was seen with a toy gun. Lopez to drop the gun, and he compared to a real ak47. Justify criminal charges. Gelhaus will not face charges. They are directing their anger towards da jill ravitch. Outside of her office as she they then took to the street, lopez was shot and killed. A bay area man whose two year old step grandson was killed by spend a year in jail. Yesterday, a judge in martinez one year behind bars and three hayashi was convicted of his toddler grandson made his 2010. And was attacked by the pitt bulls. His fault. Pending his appeal. Pot stores in washington are open for business. Marijuana. With serious conditions. The store openings are expected celebratio
Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with robyn curnow. It is memorial day here in the u. S. And as americans prepare to honor their Fallen Service members, theyre also mourning the people theyve lost to the coronavirus. The death toll from the pandemic is quickly approaching 100,000 people. Thats higher than the number of americans killed in the vietnam war, the korean war, and 9 11 combined. And the country still hasnt emerged from the pandemic, more americans are heading outdoors. These images in missouri, dozens of people attended this crowded pool party over the Holiday Weekend. As you can see, everyone crammed in together in violation of safety guidelines. And they werent the only ones. All across the u. S. , people flocked to beaches, restaurants, and public parks. The large crowds are now raising concerns of another wave of infections. Were trying to understand during this period of coming out of the closure how do we maintain openness and safety . And i think