We like to have certain number of minimum wage but going beyond 16 an hour i think thats going to hurt a lot of Small Businesses. Reporter dave is the owner of Black Diamond cafe. He pays 15 an hour. He says increasing his employees pay to 16. 30 would have increased his weekly cost an additional 331. 50. He couldnt afford that so prior to the amendment exempting Small Businesses from paying the higher wage, he said he let two parttime workers go. I think it will impact pretty good because we have to cut labors. So also we might prai price. The rising costs of rent, food, transportation, all the things in the bay area, that adds up for a restaurant worker. Reporter she says there are other ways to cut costs and save money. Lets talk with the city counsel about tax incentives for employers. Lets not talk about cutting workers wages. Reporter you know, if this amendment is not repealed tonight, Small Business owners stillincreate mentally increase it. By 2027 they are paying 16. 30 minim
Temperatures already heating up at this noon hour. We are looking at clear skies across the coast. And were also getting a little bit of smoke coming through the haze. Thats lingering. So from that camera sutro camera you cant quite see it but this camera you can. This is our transamerica tower and you can see that haze lingering. Unhealthy air quality in the bay area. Concord 89. Temperatures are heating up already. 75 in oakland. Livermore 91. San francisco 70. Temperatures will go up more. Heres the air quality for you. Spare the air alert today east bay and Santa Clara Valley unhealthy conditions. Its going to stay that way for the next couple of days all because of that heat thats in place. Right now, we have a heat advisory in effect tomorrow, an excessive heat warning because of those temperatures you see on your screen from 95 up to 115 degrees inland. A lot of records will be broken. Well talk more about that coming up. The weather is set to grow dangerously hot as the workwee
Recordbreaking heat. But tonight, brace yourself. Some parts of the bay area will be now at 11 00, the sun sets after a brutal day of record heat. Some parts of bay area will be even hotter tomorrow though. This is how hot it got today, livermore head 109 degrees hit 109 degrees. Napa, 106. Also 106 in San Francisco, and thats the hottest its ever been recorded in this city. Lets go live now to north beach. A lot of rest cant customers restaurant customers choosing to set outside for a late dinner and drinks, and its not cooling down very much. We have Team Coverage on the dangerous heat in some spots. First paul deanno. This is part of reason why we love living in the bay area. We dont get weather like this that often. As a matter of fact for most of bay area that is the hottest day in more than a decade. Never been hotter on any day. We were above 110 degrees in vacaville and santa clara. San francisco, we have 143 of weather history. Grant was the president when we started recording
South bay. Kpix 5 is in san jose tonight. Reporter yes, the hottest it got here in san jose was 108 degrees, and it felt like it. Its starting to get a little cooler tonight, and you can see people are take advantage. Several schools,including branham high cancelled their afternoon evening ga it was so hot today in the south bay several schools including branham high canceled afternoon Football Games and pushed back evening Football Games like this one to even later. We havent declared any emergencies. Reporter there was a flex alert asking people to conserve energy. Theyre watching the grid to see if its withstanding the demand as people turn on the air conditioners. What were seeing now is the effect of the flex alert. Reporter meanwhile Santa Clara County sent out emergency alerts to cell phones about the excessive heat advisory, warning people to limit time outdoor this is weekend as the south bay gets hit hard with a heat wave. Its supposed to be hotter even tomorrow. Oh, lord. Re
We have a connector ramp thats shut down along westbound 580 as you are connecting with 680 and it looks like they should have that reopened by 6 a. M. So youll need to use an alternate. We are tracking delays of 26 minutes between 205 and 680. We had a fatal crash overnight that had shut down two lanes of westbound 37. All lanes have just reopened. But were still dealing with delays if the area. Thats a check of your traffic. The program known as daca is being rescinded. The move has put hundreds of thousands of immigrants in limbo with many fearing the worst could unfold, deportation. The decision to end the program sparked protests across the bay area and the u. S. Yesterday. California is home to more dreamers than any state in the u. S. Kpix 5s andria borba breaks down their fears and their fight ahead. No hate, no fear reporter outside the Federal Building at 7th and mission a crowd of more than 1,000 was angry and loud. [ screaming ] reporter after this announcement from the Tru