Say that they are speaking out for peace and against some of the violence and civilian deaths in gaza. They said they are answering the call by palestinian workers for peace and more aid to palestinians. We did speak with one of the organizers. Here is what she had to say about the palestinian General Federation of labor unions called on labor unions worldwide to suspend their may day, demanding a cease fire and lifting up the voices of palestinian workers. That are clear. And back here live at Frank Ogawa Plaza, you can see a tent there. They said that they also wanted this to be a moment to really bring people together. They had information about community services, information about how people could help. There was the freedom flotilla that was here talking about their efforts in the past couple weeks to get humanitarian aid to gaza. Many of them said that they do not harbor any resentment against the people of israel. They are really trying to do this in order to stop some of the v
Isolated area up here in the mountains above san mateo and woodside. Listen to this number, though, kristen, 1,000 lightning strikes yesterday in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Seven fires were started by those lightning strikes. Three of those fires are still burning. The biggest one is here above woodside. The smoke can be seen from miles and miles around. The good news, its been dissipating over the past hour or so, as theyve dropped a lot of water on this fire. Take a look at this video from sky 7. Smoke and flames coming off the mountains above woodside. Only 10 acres right now. Cal fire says 100 firefighters from local agencies are battling the flames, water drops being done by helicopters and air tankers. More could be on the way if needed. Its really remote. Firefighters have to walk in about a mile to get to the flames or theyre being taken there by helicopter. And then they repel to the ground. It is not threatening any homes as we said. No estimate on when they hope to h