Conditions, tonight, on the verge of another strike. This one by kaiser workers impacting more than a dozen hospitals here in the bay area that will have a direct impact on patients. Both sides are at the negotiating table today. If no deal is reached 23,000 kaiser workers will walk off of the job for a 3day strike starting at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow. These workers include nurses assistants, technicians, restory therapists, people that clean and disinfect rooms and much more. Today we are hearing from some of them. The cost of living is skyrocketing. I personally have been already pushed out of the silicone valley. I commute one hour and 45 minutes every morning, two hours in the pm. I have children that i have to support as i am sure the rest of my colleagues do. But with what we are getting paid it is not, not doing it. Never been this bad. Patients were able to get an appointment that day if not the next day. Now it is months, three to four to five months before a person can get their e
You will find a 12 minute delay getting from the back of the backup into San Francisco. You can carpool always a great way to go, we find those lanes pretty virtually free and at the limit most mornings. Slow and go for a 40 minute ride up towards the livermore area from the Central Valley. An earlier big rig that lost a cargo container thats been cleared out the lanes so no delays through the dixon area. We did have a motorcycle down westbound 80 near cutting that is blocking a lane of traffic and we are starting to see areas of slow into richmond. No injuries involved, thats the good news. Hopefully they will get that out of lanes for the rest of your morning commute. Yes, recreational pot will soon be legal in california but in some in San Francisco some people dont want to see advertisements for it. At least not on muni. Today the transportation agencys board will consider saying no to pot money. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield live along Market Street for us. Reporter good morn
Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. A candle light vigil in china captures a tribute for late San Francisco mayor ed lee, remembrance some members of the community included, what the memorial on sunday left out. Good evening and thanks for joining us, members of San Francisco china town gathered to remember the mayor who got his political start in that communities. Hundreds gathered including the acting mayor and other city f h officials, also members of the Bay Area Chinese Community of course, they held their own event earlier today because felt they werent represented at the public memorial on sunday. We have the story. At sundays Memorial Service chief of protocolo recalled his infectious laugh. He had a wonder half with that picture squinty eyes and wonderful smile. That deeply insulted many in the asian community. I was shocked, am i hearing it correctly. Everybody felt very uncomfortable and didnt know how thoohandle that. They spoke at a Different Service on thursday in ch
Crowd potentially topping number that turnout for 2008 phillies world series parade. Reporter remember that warm sunny october day. Well, this time around parade will end at art museum to avoid travel overload that happened in zero eight. What dawn expect from your perch, somewhere along broad and par way. We will go nice and slow to give people the opportunity to see everyone. Reporter we are told there will be plenty of foods but as for drinks keep it simple. Do not bring backpacks of beer with you because they will be taken from you. Reporter security, of course will be tight, there will be no metal detectors. We will have officers in both assignment and outside uniform so we will be able to detect anything that seems like it is out of ordinary. Reporter side i launch service to keep you in the know text eagles ready one word to triple a triple seven. That will allow everyone attending the event to share information about mass transit , parade details, weather, detours. Reporter off
I grabbed my purse and that was it. We had to get out. Reporter jessica watt spent the night at a friends house last night. Tonight shes not sure where she and her dad will be. Bob yates is heading to his dads place in placerville. I can get a shower change some clothes and feel a little better anyway. Reporter cal fire chief mike watson told residents going home will be tomorrow at the earliest. At the very very earliest. Reporter tonight the fire is burning south and east of Lake Berryessa. Where the fire is at right now, its very very remote. There arent really any homes right there right now. Reporter for the folks waiting to get pack to their places, it is just a matter of time. It is also early in what will be a long fire season. This is the second time in a year, and frankly its getting old. Reporter there have been nearly 7,000 acres burned. The fire is being attacked by 10 helicopters, four air tankers and 1300 firefighters who are working to get this fire contained. Right now