Through the glass doors you can almost see the Supreme Court building across the street. The Supreme Court is many times the last stop when it comes to c human rights, civil rights, after all the work thats been done by the congress but by ther president many times is the Supreme Court that has the last word. In the case of plessy versus ferguson when the supreme fecou held segregation was constitutional the last word was a disappointment. In abversus United States and the Supreme Court upheld the tournament of japanese americans during world war ii it was another disappointment. But other times the court has risen to the challenge the famous case of brown versus board of education which finally struck down the concept of separate but equal where the Supreme Court recognized the right to marriage equality. Today the Supreme Court faced another humans right issue involving another group. Now its become standard and defines a group of americans. People living in america. In their case th
A shift in state employment law. It requires companies to treat contract workers as employees. Good evening. The bill is now on the governors desk and she expected to sign it. It puts a target on the Business Models of app based Companies Like uber and lyft. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is in the city. Uber says the law doesnt apply to them . Reporter well, they are prepared to fight it out in court. This is a big change for the state as you mentioned and some experts say it could have impacts nationwide. Drivers who work for the Ride Share Companies say they were excited about this change but it could be setting up a much bigger battle. Millions of ride share drivers navigating the fine line between called independent contractors and employees. On wednesday california lawmakers passed a bill that would reclassify contract workers as employees. An uber driver was thrilled. Better than the super bowl for me. Reporter if it is signed into law drivers would qualify for standard employment benefit
Solano. That super commute for people who drive in from fairfield, american canyon, hidden brook, you know this whole area. This is look at the commute here. Driving through. Theres a little slow traffic on 29 and 12 which will surprise no one. Always seems like its slow there. Eve where else looks good. Driving in to hercules and on 680 through martinez. Its a nice looking drive through the maze. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is light for the most part. Theres a lit of a crowd but its not going to take you to long to get through. This morning the president is back in washington following an appearance at the g7 summit in europe. On monday the president announced trade talks between the United States and china were back on. Mark meredith is here now with what comes next for two of the largest economies. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The president left europe optimistic. The United States and china could reach a trade deal but the president made it clear there
Tonight and tomorrow. Otherwise itll be sunny to mostly sunny. The fog will stick around a little longer. Thats about double what it was. 50s, 60s, mid50s. Low 60s around the bay. City at 57. 58 in alameda. Same for oakland. Also Berkeley Hills not as warm as yesterday. Still on the mild side. Look for a fog and then sun and a few high clouds late tonight into early tomorrow. Sal is here. Right now we have pretty typical traffic here which is to say that we have traffic that is going to be slow on 205 and 580 which is always the case. Its not out of the ordinary. If you drive this way are you used to it. Once you get to livermore it looks good good. No problems driving into heyward or castro valley. This is a nice commute on the road. Taking advantage. Looks like the road work that was right here for just a few minutes ago is gone. Looks like they cleared it out and photograph sick moving along well. No problems at the bay bridge. A small delay in some of the cash lanes. The number of
By this evening. And overnight into wednesday morning will be our best opportunity. Maybe if we pick up dry lightning. Forecast highs will be above the average. Santa rosa, oakland, livermore. And san jose, not as hot as yesterday. But still above. Temperatures down 3 for santa rosa. Down 5 for San Francisco. Livermore, down 3. Very hot 91 yesterday. Higher clouds associated with what was once a tropical system. Now, still offshore. Moving a little more north northeast. Will put us in the window. Wont be until later on. Dealing with fog. Sunny. Higher clouds look like they are on the way. Not much of a delta breeze. 50s, 60s on the temps. A few 50s. But theres a lot more 60s. 67 by the conference. Also by el cerrito. And 54 in pinole. Fog will give way. And tonight, well start to see some of these clouds move in. And well get dry lightning out of that. Napa county, solano county. 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s through the interior. 7 02. Sal is here. Hes looking at his computer. And he will tell u