Future now becky quick. We begin with a summer job for many of us it was working as a lifeguard, poeing lawns or maybe scooping ice cream a parttime summer gig was the first introduction to the workforce, but as kate rogers found, businesses these days have a tough time finding teens hungry for a paycheck. Still hiring is this weeks cover story. Reporter janai hill is kicking off her first summer working in new jersey. The 16year old is making 10. 50, 0. 50 above the minimum wage, serving up cold drinks and fries to customers on the boardwalk. When im not in school over the summer i like to keep myself busy. Reporter hill may enjoy working but the share of teens working or seeking work in june, july and august has been stagnant in recent year. Participation rate in last summer it was 40 , ten years ago it was 50 and in the late 1990s, 60 at the same time, the number of teens enrolled in summer courses has gone up significantly. In 1985, just 10 of teens took courses in july. Last year,
Francisco. This will not be in areawide heatwave for the weekend. For some of us this will be significant heat for saturday and sunday. Typically be 91 showing off the inland forecast today. 2 degrees above average. You noticed it is warm, but you will not necessarily feel the heat that comes saturday and sunday. Here is the good news. Back to normal monday. As fast as we warm up. We will warm up in a hurry. We will cool right back down again monday. I will show you all of this and a lot more detail, coming up in a few minutes. Lets get you ready for the drive. Im not seeing a whole lot as far as trouble spots are considered to. That is good news for those of you getting ready to hit the roads. Take a look at main travel times. Your backup to 30 minutes. You gained one minute and the last 15 of the Altamont Pass commute. You are still looking good 80 minutes of the eastshore freeway 28 on highway four and 101 no problem. 40 minutes out of the south bay. There is a visibility issue of t
Great several Business Owners in mill valley gathered for a Community Workshop today on what to do if these planned shut ddos happen. We cant tell our clients, we dont have power, call you next week. Thats not an option. Reporter Dave Jeffreys is a Public Safety consultant. Hes been holding these meetings across marin county. We want them to have a plan to put into place like the plans the local Public Safety is creating so that their plan the day this occurs is not just call 911. Reporter parts of mill valley are considered to be in tier three, areas with the most extreme risk while power has not been shut off there yet, mill valley fire chief tom welch believes its almost inevitable it will happen. Typically the Power Outages come with a high fire danger. We get those days about eight to ten to 12 days out of year, red flag warnings and so i do anticipate they will be shutting the power off. Reporter without much guidance, no sense when or how long the outages could occur. Business o
Few inland. Allie, what are we seeing on the roads . Westbound 80 a back up and westbound 58 to the 80 there is a vehicle at this transition point blocking one of the right lanes. Here is a live picture as you approach the macarthur maze. It is slow going through that area. It will take you about 24 minutes to get from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. On the east shore freeway there is a report from the chp of someone on the university overpass over 80 throwing clothes and Miscellaneous Items onto the freeway. Keep an eye out for that. Hopefully that will clear and the person will stop doing that. Seriously here is the bay bridge toll plaza. It is busy here although the carpool lanes, you can see there is no back up there. 6 01. Back to the desk. Thank you, allie. Teachers in the new Haven Unified School district will be back on the picket lines in about an hour. School lets out for the summer in a few days anktvus Elissa Harrington is live outside the School District office
Announcer building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. City workers preparing to strike. Now, city leaders are meeting to discuss wage issues to stop the disruptive work stoppage from happening. Reggie and crucial vote for the use of robotaxis. There use getting mixed reaction. Kumasi in the calendar says august, but for some of you, it is already Pumpkin Spice season. Starbucks, you see it here, is rolling out the fan favorite for you all, but is it too early . Reggie yes. Drew remember yesterday . We said summer is over, but it is not. Kumasi we should have said summer break. We have until at least septemberish, the end of september. Drew around here, it is until october. Reggie reggie i dont want to taste anything pumpkin. I dont want to see pumpkin. Jobina not even during the actual season. Sweet potato or bust over here. No thank you, kindly. [laughter] reggie thats true. Drew so no psl . All right. It is cooler compared to yesterday, getting