Summer, which is kind of normal for us this time of year. What we got out there in the east bay is nice. Clearing skies. We started the day with a lot of cloud cover and this location, the east bay hills. But youve really cleared out now, brett . What our first spot up to 70 degrees on your temperature map. The rest of us in the 50s and 60s right now winds are nice and calm across the bay area and we are looking at skies. Nice and clear. So solid start just a little on the cool side later on today, we are going to warm up further than yesterday. Highs in the 70s to even low 80s. And its just the start of even warmer weather just around the corner. Ive got that your full forecast back to you. Thanks a lot of his 10. 0, 1, and our top story. 75,000 Kaiser Health care employees are ready to go on strike. They are the labor contract with the Health Company expired over the weekend crawfords Michael Thomas is following the story for us live from walnut creek. Michael. Hi, good morning, ever
Eight different unions, expired at midnight with no deal from management. That means a walkout out at hundreds of medical facilities in several states could happen as early as wednesday, impacting more than 12 million members. Ktvu is Bailey Ocarroll live tonight in the newsroom. Bailey, you spoke to a kaiser worker. What is the biggest reason here for the holdout . Hey, good evening, guys. Yeah, i spoke to a longtime kaiser radiologist today who said the number one concern that theyre dealing with is short staffing and how thats impacting current kaiser patients. But folks at kaiser today told me that their concerned over how a strike could impact them. I would be upset because, i mean, this is my hospital. This is where i go to write. And so trying to find emergency care, this is where you would think im going to the e. R. Or whatever. So, yeah, i would be very upset. More than 9 million california rely on kaiser for health care with an impending strike, patients are worried it could
Leader in choosing her newsom is fulfilling a pledge he made to appoint a black woman. If einstein seat have become open law professor and political commentator Jessica Levinson says the pick makes a lot of sense for the governor. The pick, a black woman who is also at the forefront of issues. He cares about about gender equality, about reproductive choice. And so i think for the governor, this pick makes a lot of sense. It also makes sense because Senate Democrats need another person there. They cannot be down a body and we expect that ms butler will be sworn within a matter of days. She could be sworn in as early as tuesday evening when the Senate Returns to session. Butler will be the 3rd black woman to ever serve in the senate. Now congresswoman barbara lee is running for that Permanent Senate seat this summer. She criticized the governors comments about choosing a black woman as a caretaker. In a statement tonight, she said, quote, i wish lafond so well and look forward to working
Youre watching kron. Noon. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im happy to be with you. Im Justine Waldman and we will start with the 75,000 Kaiser Health care workers and the employees who are getting ready to go on strike their labor contract with kaiser expired over the weekend kron fours Michael Thomas in walnut creek with the latest. Were just about 2 days away from c one of the largest healthcare strikes in u. S. History and locations just like this. Kaiser in walnut creek could be affected, causing patients to be delayed in multiple ways. In total, theres almost 75,000 healthcare workers set to strike nationwide in this threeday strike could start as soon as october 4th, which is this coming wednesday. It includes workers in washington, colorado, oregon, and almost 60,000 here in california with 20,000 coming out of the bay area. Their contracts expired over the weekend. Union officials telling us they have had good discussions with kaiser, but one of the Bigg
Her life work sending shockwaves through the political world. Lets bring in abc News Reporter Tara Campbell with more on what we know about this next appointee and new plans to honor senator feinstein later this week. Tara . Yeah j. R. Governor gavin newsom is appointing Democratic Party strategist Laphonza Butler to serve out the remainder of senator feinsteins term until the until the 2024 election. Butler is the current leader of the Political Action committee. Emilys list. The Group Supports Democratic Women candidates who favor abortion rights. Notably, she has served as an adviser to the Kamala Harris 2020 president ial campaign. Butler will be the only black woman to serve in the senate and the first openly lgbtq person to represent california in that chamber. Newsom says butler will step down from her. Emily emilys list role to assume the duties of senator and the governor. Also says butler will move from maryland back to california and rewrite register to vote here. Meanwhile