Raise next year followed by 6 and 5 each year after. The city offered 5 the first year followed by 4 in three years. The city and unions reached a deal. The terms announced on tuesday. It is a 14. 5 wage followed by 5 the year after and 3. 5 to 4 in year three, depending on the budget scenario. Its not meeting the unions original ask, but it is terms they are happy with. We would have preferred to settle where we were at, as im sure the city manager and council would settle where they were at. Zach the unions are happy with the agreement, the mayor is not. He says he appreciates the work the unions are doing, but the city cannot afford the increases. They did their job. They have a responsibility to organize, advocate for higher wages, and represent their members. But our counsel do not do its job. Zach the wage increase would result in cuts to other city services. We are gambling with the Services People rely on. Services that take care of children, old folks, and get our homeless neighbors indoors and off the streets. That is not fair to residents or workers. Zach the union asked workers to help keep up with the cost of living, retain workers instead of the higherpaying jurisdictions, and to attract people to build nearly 800 job vacancies. I respect what the mayors opinion is. I feel that this additional wage increase is a necessary component in order to alleviate a longterm issue. Zach there are more steps that have to happen. The union will take the agreement to its members to vote on, Something Union leaders are confident it will happen. As far as the citys next steps, they will have to finalize it in open session. The mayor expected to happen next month, the same time the city manager will make recommendations as of potential cuts. Larry a weird situation where there should be jubilation. The city council says yes, we like this. The the mayor says no, this is a bad deal. Can you address that . In addition to the questions about increased paid family leave. That was up in the air as well. Zach there were multiple components. The mayor has said he thinks the city workers should have an increase in wages. He talked about coming from a family of Union Workers. It is the percentage he takes issue with. The city offered 5 . He didnt want to go anything more than that. One area they agreed on was paid family leave. The city has one week of paid family leave. The unions wanted eight weeks. They got that. The mayor says he supports that increase. Larry zach fuentes. Terrific job, of putting a wrap on all the moving parts in the negotiations. The man accused of stabbing and killing the tech executive wildly in court bob lee in the court. He wave the right to a speedy trial giving his attorneys the opportunity to prepare. The white bmw can be released. Now the prosecuting attoray they are done processing it for evidence. A status update is scheduled for october 2. Kristen new details involving the woman whose body was found near the golden gate park. Her mother opened up to us about the womans Mental Health struggles as she remembers the good times with her. She talked to abc7news castro valley. Her daughter, kelly, was found dead sunday night. A dog walker found kellys remains in a duffel bag. She says her daughter was living on the streets and suffered from mental illness. I know deep, deep down in her, without this part, here she was a good girl. She was but, she got being homeless in the city, i knew something bad would happen. Kristen roya says graduated from Culinary School and worked as a concierge in San Francisco. But the mental challenges that started in her teens overtook everything else. She wished kelly would have been more open to getting help. Royas hopeful for answers on what happened to her daughter. Police are only telling us this is a suspicious death. No arrests have been made. Even though there are many clues to piece together in this case. We want to make sure you know about the help that is out there when it comes to Mental Health challenges. If you or a loved one is struggling visit abc7. Com takeaction. For urgent matters you can call the National Suicide and crisis lifeline by dialing 988. Larry the number dead from the hawaiian wildfires maui wildfires is 99. We are using dna to identify some of the victims. The scope of the disaster, is not just limited to property and people, the Maui Humane Society says 3000 animals were lost or missing. Federal assistance is pouring in with workers from fema helping with the recovery. A lot of locals are saying they are not seeing it on the ground. One person was arrested for trespassing as crews searched through the rubble. They need our understanding to not going to ground zero for a couple of more days, so firefighters can do their job. Larry through yesterday power had been restored to all but 2000 customers on maui. One of the fires is fully contained now. The cause of the fires remains under investigation. President biden spoke about the catastrophe of the fires on maui. My wife, jill and i will travel to hawaii. I want to get go and mak sure they have everything they need. I want to be sure we dont disrupt the ongoing recovery efforts. Fema administrator is the best weve ever had, was on the ground this weekend. I talked to her. She is back in the states. I have directed her to streamline the process as quickly as possible, to help registered survivors who need federal assistance. Larry the president addressed the fires in malawi in maui. On sunday, video from a weekend vacation in delaware showed the president apparently saying, no, when a reporter asked about the rising death toll. Kristen in the bay area, local dockworkers are continuing their effort to collect critical supplies for the victims in maui. Members of the International Longshore union are hoping to get this 44 container. They are specific about the items they need or do not need. We are not asking for anymore clothing. We are good on water. What we are stressing about is hygiene products, toiletries, baby diapers, wipes, anything for babies. Kristen they will graciously accept air mattresses, blankets as well as cash. The effort runs from 6 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. Every day on friday at the parking lot in north point and mason street. If youre looking for ways to help the people of hawaii to recover, you can go to abc7. Com. Our web team is put together a list of fundraisers, charities, and nonprofits that could all use your support. Larry gma will broadcast live from hawaii on thursday, a one hour special, entitled maui strong, highlighting the people, organizations and stories, surrounding support for maui. It starts at 7 a. M. On abc 7. The maui strong special begins at 8 p. M. Adm the exact cause is under investigation. Lawsuits explained blame downed power lines. Kristen we looked into the strategy california as employee to decrease our wildfire risk. Reporter lawsuits filed over the weekend claim hawaii electric cap powerlines electrified despite high Wind Warnings last week. We dont really know what the admission cause was really know what the ignition cause really was, but if it was down powerlines, which looks likely, a psps will would have mitigated the event. That will be coming online in the future for hawaii. Reporter pg e started implementing psps or Public Safety power shut off after pg e was blamed for a series of deadly wildfires. This is the sixth summer, but none was needed last year or this year so far. What is increasing are enhanced powerline safety settings or epss, a Circuit Breaker cuts off power automatically if anything touches a powerline. Overnight, almost 8000 customers were without power for six hours in the danville area. They will text me when theres an outage and when the powers coming back on. This last time there was no text. My attitude is well, i think pg e is going to fix it. Lots of people complain. Reporter after three nights in a row of power outages, pg e released a statement saying, we are aware of the recent outages in the downieville, alamo and san ramon communities. Were taking steps to improve reliability. The number of wildfires and the acreage burned is down significantly this year compared to the average of the last five years. Pg e credits the psps and the epss automatic power shut off. The weather is the biggest wildcard, according to calfire. Right now, with dry forecasts we are having, hotter weather, 100 degree weather in some areas, that will dry out the fuels that have not been dried already. Larry california and joining forces in the effort to combat climate change. Governor newsom and australias ambassador to the u. S. Watched as officials from both governments signed a memorandum of understanding on future collaboration regarding climate change, clean energy, and green finance. The collaboration is another step to bolster californias efforts in the green energy sector. We want to dominate, we want to dominate in this economic space. Were already, as i was telling the abbasid or, six times ambassador, six Times Green Energy jobs. This is a fossil fuel job producing state. Larry the agreement sets the stage for research in climate initiatives between universities and institutions in california and australia. Kristen the Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department is looking to award money to nonprofits responding to the climate crisis. The department is handing out 80,000 in grants. Eligible organizations must work on projects on mitigation and prevention, as well as adaptation strategies focusing on extreme heat or poor air quality. Applications are available on the Santa Clara CountyPublic Health departments website. Larry coming up, the dangers of San Franciscos fentanyl crisis. New numbers show how deadly the trend is and the citys Health Department response. San jose eyeing and energy solution, building its own Utility Company, what it means for the south bay. A game changer for those living with diabetes. Amazon offering a simple way to get insulin at a big discount. I am spencer christian. Another day of inland heat. Higher than average humidity for the bay area. Find out when this pattern will end in my accuweather 7day forecast, coming up. Keep. Coming. Back. Inflammation might be to blame. Over the counter eye drops can provide temporary relief. Xiidra. Can provide lasting relief. It targets inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. Xiidra treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. Dont use if allergic to xiidra. Common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied, and unusual taste sensation. Why wait . Ask your doctor about a 90day prescription and pay as little as 0. Xiidra. Oof kristen the San Jose City council is exploring its own electric service run by the city. The proposal could offer a cheap and more efficient solution than offered by pg e. Larry the south bay reporter explains how the community may be impacted by this change. Reporter san jose wants to have the power over its own power. The city council is looking into creating san jose power, its limited Utility Company managed by the city. The councilmember said it could make up for the shortcomings pg e has, as s are being planned for the city. Pg e has a lot of focus on rural areas and places with fire danger. It might not have had the resources in san jose to expedite those connections. I think it might be good in the future to have an alternative. Reporter he says he is in favor of the exploration. Early city estimates found residents can save between 15 and 25 of bills, and see more resiliency in light of more outages, through may 2023, that impacted nearly 100,000 people in two hospitals. He says the time to act is now as the family California Independent systems operator has plans to build two new transition lines. The transition lines will be else between now and 2028. If we get involved early and in, the design process we may be able to tap into that systemand have the connections to tap into that system and have the connections to have this opportunity in the future. Reporter pg e and the International Brotherhood of 1235 at 332 sent letters to the council calling on the deferral of the agenda item, citing issues involving loss of jobs for union pg e workers, the cost of start up a new utility service, and qualifications to run the red. The councilmember says it will not take infrastructure from pg e. Hes hopeful with more time the council will see san jose power is best for the city. It cannot hurt for us to explore and see whether that will end up being possible. Right now, pg e is the only provider. I dont think it is ever healthy to have one single provider. Larry lets check on the forecast. Kristen not too bad in the city. Spencer not only heating up but feeling a bit humid and sticky. We have the surge of monsoon moisture in our direction from the desert southwest. Live doppler 7, can see in the sierra, an outbreak of thunderstorms associated with the surge of monsoon moisture coming out from arizona. We have sort of a bit of a Coastal Cloud bank trying to develop, a marine layer. We are looking at a calm but light wind, 25 miles per hour, as the marine layer is to build. It will not build soon enough to make a difference with the temperatures. Its warmer in every bay area location by several degrees that it was this time yesterday. Lets take a live view from our mount camera. Notice the cloud buildups, associated with the monsoon flow. Thursday possibility that there could be an isolated there is a possibility that there can be an isolated showers. Skies are clear over the bay area. The coast is clear and dry. 70 in San Francisco, o mountain view, 81, san jose, 88. Heres a view from emeryville. Clouds in the distance trying to move up the coastline. The coast is mainly sunny. 89 in santa rosa, novato 99, 83 at napa, 100 in fairfield, upper 90s in concord and livermore. At santa cruz beach, we take a view, as we look at forecast headlines. Low clouds and patchy drizzle overnight. It will be hot inland and muggy again tomorrow. The heat eases on thursday, further cooling is likely on friday and saturday. Tonight, the forecast animation looks like this. Well see that surge of clouds moving up Central Valley. We will see marine layer building up in the bay area and along the coast. There will be scattered drizzle. It will not amount to very much. Overnight lows, mild to uncomfortable, mainly low to mid 50s. Tomorrows highs, mid to upper 60s at the coast, upper 70s to low 80s around the bay. Up to about 100 inland, once again tomorrow in the warmest inland spots. Heres the accuweather 7day forecast. The heat eases a few degrees as temperatures moderate on thursday. We expect 90s in the warmest inland bought. There will be cooler weather on friday, saturday and sunday, as inland highs reach into the upper 80s. Highs around the bay are mild, upper 70s. We warm up again early next week, mid to upper 90s inland and tuesday. Three days of relief from the heat and humidity. A bit of a heat buildup again. Kristen the microclimates are in action today. Spencer they are indeed. Larry monsoonal moisture. Coming up, the latest tiktok trend, called girl math. How it can make you feel better about your next shopping splurge. Kristen a tourist caught behaving badly, very badly. Shocking video showing a woman walking across the iconic fountain in rome to fill up her water bottle. Michael starbucks finds a new way to go green. It comes from the bay area. Try it first. Im Michael Finney, with more coming up. I live in vancouver, washington and i write mystery novels. Dogs have been such an important part of my life. I have flinn and a new puppy. As i was writing, i found that i just wasnt as sharp and i new i needed to do something so i started taking prevagen. I realized that i was much more clear and i was remembering the details that i was supposed to. Prevagen keeps my brain working right. Prevagen. At stores everywhere without a prescription. Wow, look at this selection tile, wood, stone, laminate, vinyl. And this one is. Perfect. At floor and decor, our everyday low pricing on highquality products and ontrend styles, means you can really bring your room to life. Discover floor and decor today kristen time for consumer news. Larry Michael Finney is here with apple news. As a man who held onto his iphone4 like this for decades, this is big news for you. [laughter] michael you only get one payment per phone. It should be per year. Iphone users who are part of the Class Action Lawsuit that was settled in 2020, against apple, it will finally be paid. A judge has cleared the way for apple to pay as much as 500 million to settle charges it purposely slowed older iphones. So customers would opt to buy a new one. Those who signed up for the class action, will get around 65 per iphone. That was accused of being slow down. Amazon is making it easier for customers with diabetes to get the lifesaving insulin they need ata good cost. The retail giant is introducing automatic coupons that entered dues introduce savings on 15 Diabetes Care brands including insulin vials, glucose monitors. Amazon pharmacy offers customers free delivery and 24 access to pharmacists. Starbucks launched its latest reusable cup test. The coffee chain is doing tests at 12 Starbucks Stores in napa and petaluma. They are these particular stores. Customers can go green by bringing their own personal cups inside or to the drivethru. The company is also offering a borrow a cup option and reusable cups for customers who are to stay in the cafe. Customers who bring their own can get a . 10 discount or starbucks reward stars. I like the idea of using washable cups but i dont know dont want somebody elses grubby cup. Kristen you never know. You can catch something contagious. Larry dont start. Michael i want them to have washable cups that they own. Larry bring your own cup. Michael i dont want to do that. [laughter] larry i can help you then. Kristen just drink your own coffee. Save some mo