Of in the air where they sent tonight. A lot is up in the air on told by the Union President many of these people have served the team for decades that they take pride in their work, but they feel like theyre being taken for granted. Workers are pretty upset. I mean, i think that they feel that they havent been afforded the respect that theyre do a trip to the ballgame could look very different at Oracle Park unite here, local 2 concession workers have voted to authorize a strike at any time. Im told theyre upset about a number of issues last season was a lost season or no fans in the stands are members. Were way off the entire season. And has put a lot of pressure on workers and their families. So they they need real Wage President of unite here, local 2 on and saying says concession workers havent received a Wage Increase in 3 years. And no Hazard Pay during the pandemic. They also are having trouble qualifying for Health Care because the are working enough events. Some of the cancel
But team is the direct employer of these workers and the giants come to their senses and step up. And, you know, meet us on some of these modest. The mets. Tonight at 10 new covid cases among Concession Staff at Oracle Park has workers preparing for the possibility of a full blown strike. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight. Kron 4 news at 10. Im Justine Waldman of jonathan mccall. So far at least 20 concession workers have been infected with covid19. Since Oracle Park reopened after covid protocols back in june. Today. Hundreds of the concession stand workers who are part of the union voted that they would go on strike at any time. They claim that the giants are not doing enough to stop Covid19 Spread and not doing enough to enforce masking mandates while at Oracle Park putting those workers in jeopardy. Kron fours Amanda Hari live tonight after talking with Union President along with trying to get reaction from the giants about what is everyone saying im told by the Union P
But Cal Fire officials said tonight the fire is still burning to the east and they dont know when theyll be able to reopen south Lake Tahoe. The caldera fires explosive growth is slowing with lighter winds friday, but its three week hot streak through the sierra has left painful scars of burnt trees and homes. At a briefing, Cal Fire said they plan to aggressively fight flames Friday Night near kirkwood to preserve the ski resort. Weve got hose lays in place, multiple engines thats looking real well, hopefully in the next 24 48 hours or so that threat to kirkwood is going to be diminished. Firefighters say. One problem is the fires continuing to hot from tree to tree, so weve got crews and engine spread out grit in this area to make sure that there is no threat to the fire line. More evacuees are being allowed to go back. But Cal Fire warns their Fire Equipment and hoses are still their utilities are being restored and there are concernswater supplies which han used for fire, fighting
Officers to open fire. Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming in the bay area, change today for the california stayathome order, but there is still no timeline on when people can get back to work. Good evening. What the governor says needs to happen to reopen the economy. Reporter the governor said he wants to be able to trace every single case of covid19 back to the source and isolate cases before they affect the rest of the general population. A key part of the governors plan to determine when it is safe to loosen the stayathome restrictions is identifying and isolating any new cases of covid19. We believe we have the ers beginning with the goal of 10,000. Reporter he emphasized that this would not be an entirely fresh project in such programs are deployed on a local level already for hiv and tuberculosis. You have trained professional workers and local Health Departments that do this every single day. The question that is asked of us is to do it at a scale that we have n
World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who have symptoms cant get tested. Well now we have new insight into how testing got off to such a slow start here in the u. S. Karen caifa has more. President trump says a few states are ready to ope businesses within the next week we continue to see a number of positive signs. The virus has passed its peak. The president pointing to vermont and montana and texas where the governor says a phased reopen