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
And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att first, the sir Francis Drake statue was taken down, then less than 24 hours later, the name came off of the high school. The governors new strike team. Their mission, fixed states overloaded unemployment system. Were locked into our typical summer pattern for now. Ill show you whats changing for the weekend coming up. San franciscos latest weapon against covid. Millions of dollars in support for immigrants and undocumented families. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. So, yeah, its a little scary for me because, to me, its life and death. Tonight, relief is finally on te way o californians who have been unable to get unemployment benefits. Governor newsom announced a new strike team to address the numerous problems and the backlog. This is an issue abc 7 and 7 on your side have been on since day one. In fact, weve received abou
Reporter governor gavin newsom is promising to fix the states overloaded unemployment system with a strike team. Newsom explained there should be no barriers between californians and the benefits they have earned. He pointed to Unprecedented Demand due to job loss during the pandemic and an antiquated system creating what he calls an unacceptable backlog of claims. His office estimating there could be about 1 million claims eligible for benefits with added information. Welcomed news for valerie dean. I hope that it brings about action for so many people. I mean, i think that theyre just completely overwhelmed and i feel for the Unemployment Department employees. Reporter dean initially reached out to 7 on your sides Michael Finney for help after losing her job at a Printing Company because of covid19, edd started paying her benefits, but then the money stopped. According according dean, edd flagged her for a job from three years ago. Deducting penalties this year. She went seven weeks
Put trend day too, because both of these i can celebrate today. I dont think that i have enough letters for International Friend day. Mike has on pajama pantses . No, i have pants on. That is our friend. Well let him be. Can we move on . I didnt know the library was open this early. Read. Always open. All right. Here is a look at what is going on weatherwise. Welcome to friday. International friends day, National Cheesecake day, whateer. Have a great day. 32mileperhour wind at fairfield, about 23 through the altamont pass. And you can see the clouds hanging out once again. The mist not quite as anth willll aittle bit ee o thi afternoon. There is now a clearer picture of what the start of the school year will look like for students in berkeley. The School Board Just signed off on their plan. Of course education is a big part of building a better bay area. We know a lot of families are looking for answers especially during this pandemic. Amy hollyfield is live for us in berkeley this mor
The bulk of todays we try to get some clearing happening through southern marin heres what happens as we go forward to the parable kind of freeze at 9. 15 still some work to be done along even the east bay shoreline at that point the peninsula in the north bay now it does clear out for much of the bexar least most of it at least but along the peninsula coast and up to southern marin it will be fighting to some of that overcast or at least some fog clouds temperatures in the lower 60s, some upper 50s picking up to the north bay 56 San Francisco, 59 livermore and 63 antioch ok help couple degrees ahead than we were from yesterday except the junk here in the peninsula. But all in all fairly mild as it will be today even in the inland areas where it could open up fairly quickly, well keep a few scattered clouds and here am still 11 00am at 7585 by 2 oclock and we have actually earn a school down by the middle of the week well get into that a little bit later on march. All right dave thanks