Barra. Hes an operating room surgical technician. He refers to the current Staffing Levels as a staffing crisis. The less people you have doing the same job, youre making more money, youre still charging the same to your patients, but youre not paying the labor to do so, right . So its hard. Were burning out. Were quitting employee swease say kaiser committed to hiring up to 10,000 more employees by the end of the year. They claim kaiser is behind on that commitment. Now, Kaiser Permanente declined to be interviewed, but in a statement to abc7 news, kaiser disputes that claim. The company says theyve met that goal and are looking to hire even more people. They also say theyve reached a tentative agreement on several other proposals, including wage increases. Thats important to note that the hospitals are open, the doctors are not on strike. Employees tell me if no agreement is reached by friday, they will consider a longer two week strike. Reporting live on san hassan, abc seven news.
Senator Dianne Feinstein as well as her friends and family descend upon San Francisco city hall to pay their respects. Good evening. Im ahmad daetz. And im dan ashley. Thank you for joining us. The late senator lying in state at San Francisco city hall. And we have abc seven news team coverage. Stephanie sierra has details on the final preparations underway for tomorrows Memorial Service. Thats in a moment. But lets begin with abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard who is live at city hall where people have been paying their respects to the late senator all day long. Today cornell. Yeah, in fact, dan and hundreds of people from across the bay area still coming here to San Francisco city hall to pay respects to senator feinstein. I have to tell you, it is a rare hot day in the city, but many folks say thats okay. They did not mind waiting in line to pay respects to the woman they loved and admired. City halls rotunda echoing with music on this solemn day, one by one, members of the public f