It is. Thank you for being with us. Im garcia mikaelian and good morning. Im dave clark. Welcome to the middle of the week. Its wednesday. Its october 4th. You brought sunshine with you didnt you . Well, i left my sweater at home. I didnt even need it, which is rare. You heard it from garcia. Now you hear it from Steve Paulson. Garcia, you better get out early for that hike today. Oh, god. Can i tell you, we have a Cross Country meet at 4 00. Im oh, im worried for you. Be lovely. All right. We have clear skies. Theres no fog. 50, 60. The warmest temp on this panel is San Francisco. They bottomed out at 60. Now 61 degrees. So its going to be nice on the coast and in San Francisco as well. London breeds said that as well. Some of our prettiest weather of the year has arrived this week. You are absolutely correct, mayor. 1 to 8 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. And some like it hot and we are warming it up next couple of days, the coast is clear, severe, clear. No low clouds, no high clouds. And we are all set for warmer temps here. Now, itll be a bigger jump today and well top it out on friday. But 70s to near 90. All right. Sal is here. Bay bridge toll plaza somewhere else. Where are we going . Were going to san jose. Steve northbound 101. Right at 85. Theyre clearing the crash, but traffic is quickly backing up almost to metcalf road. Kind of a long one there. And we have pockets of slow traffic stretching from morgan hill into the Silicon Valley. The rest of that commute doesnt look all that slow. Theres 280 downtown san jose that looks okay if youre going to the bay bridge, the east bay commute, these commutes look rather typical, which is to say we were okay. Theres going to be the routine slowdowns youre used to. 701 lets get back to the headlines. Sal, thank you. More than 75,000 kaiser employees will be on the picket line this morning after they couldnt come to an agreement with kaiser leadership on a new contract. And ktvu is Amanda Quintana is at the Kaiser Hospital in santa clara right now. Youve been out there for a while. I can see the people behind you and i can hear the sounds. Good morning, amanda. Oh, yeah. There is a lot of energy out here and there are a few hundred people now. In the last hour we were in san jose. There was a group here. Now were here in santa clara, a large, large group here. And this isnt even the whole group that you can see right now because theyre marching up and down the sidewalk. They have drums. They have noisemakers signs. There is a lot of energy here now, we did speak to Union Leaders last night and they told us they were on standby to see if they would come to an agreement at the last minute. But of course, that did not happen. Negotiations are still happening, though. Now the coalition of Kaiser Permanente unions says this is the Largest Health care worker strike in us history. Its expected to span hundreds of hospitals and facilities across the country, including here in california, colorado, washington, oregon, maryland, virginia and washington, dc. Employees say theyre protesting unfair labor practices and unsafe Staffing Levels that end up hurting patients by delaying or denying care. They say the pandemic has worsened working conditions and exacerbated the staffing crisis. Yes, all of us frontline workers kept coming to our executives and letting them know we need these positions backfilled. We need them filled again. But they were not listening to us. This was causing a lot of hardship and burnout for all of us. Frontline Health Care Workers. Now were taking on the workload of two and three people. Thats not safe. In a statement early this morning, kaiser officials said they were still at the bargaining table and have been working through the night to come to an agreement. They said there has been a lot of progress with agreements reached on several proposals late last night. They say they are committed to reaching an agreement, but Union Members say the Staffing Shortage issue, which is the main issue, has not been resolved. The coalition of kaiser unions has been bargaining with kaiser executives since april, but their contract expired on september 30th. Hundreds of positions are included in this union and will be striking, such as radiology techs, Emergency Department techs, respiratory therapists and Behavioral Health workers. That is just a few. As you can see, they are marching here. And, you know, we weve been out this morning watching this, watching people gather. They are really prepared to be here all day. Theyre prepared to be here for the next three days. Thats when they say this strike will end in three days, unless there is an agreement before saturday. But some of the people i spoke to say theyre not too confident that an agreement will be reached in the next three days. Live in santa clara, Amanda Quintana, ktvu fox two news. Amanda, thank you. Starbucks says its shutting down several Stores AcrossSan Francisco. These are the cafes that are set to close. Most of them in the financial district as well as one location on nob hill. The seven locations will close october 22nd. In a written statement, a starbucks spokesperson said in part, each year as a standard course of business, we evaluate the store portfolio to determine where we can best meet our community and customers needs. The company also says its added and reopened some stores that had closed in other parts of the city. We spoke with a Small Business consultant who said the popularity of other types of beverage shops could be a factor here. The emergence of the variety of boba shops that we see in the market place right now is a big reason for the closure of some of these mainstream coffee shops like starbucks, me in San Francisco, a lot of things are closing due to the economy due to a lot of issues that are going with the city. So i mean, im not surprised. Starbucks says all employees impacted by the closures can transfer to another store. Our time now, 706 in the north bay employees at a starbucks store there just voted to form a union at the store in the Solano Town Center in fairfield, employees voted 14 to 2 to join starbucks workers united. And this is now the 29th california starbucks store. The organized the union says since december of 2021, more than 360 Starbucks Stores in 41 states and the district of columbia have successfully formed unions in the past. Starbucks has said the Company Supports its employee labor movements. Says our time is 706. An official at caltrans says she was demoted after objecting to plans to widen highways. Jeannie ward waller was Caltrans Deputy director of planning and supervised long term projects involving road roads and bike lanes and pedestrian routes and railways. She told politico her job was to direct the state away from widening highways and find policies to encourage transport modes other than drive in. Ms. Ward waller says she was reassigned after she told caltrans officials she would file a whistleblower complaint about sacramento area Road Construction projects for allegedly working around environmental rules. The San Jose CityCouncil Unanimously approved a step that could change how the city gets its electricity. The council is moving ahead with a three year study to determine if its practical to end its relationship with pge and create a city operated utility. Council members gave the go ahead to the idea of establishing a new department called san jose power. One of the first projects is to figure out if the city can produce electricity more cheaply than pge and the cities of palo alto and santa clara already have their own city operated utilities. Our time now 707in san jose. We now know the names of the two Young Children who drowned at a home daycare center. Police say the two who died were payton alexandria cobb of hollister and lillian hannon of san jose. Both were only one year old. A third child has injuries described as nonlife threatening. Police say the three Young Children were found in an uncovered backyard pool that was surrounded by a tall metal fence. And somehow along the way, there are ways that those doors opened up. Whether or not that was a juveniles themselves, whether it was some other method. Were still looking into that nearly 24 hours after this incident. All of us are in shock, feeling the trauma. It is still not clear how many caregivers were on duty at the time and where they were when the children fell into that pool. Theres no word yet about whether criminal charges are going to be filed. A joint investigator session has started between san jose police, the santa clara das office and the department of family and childrens services. Oakland police say theyre stepping up efforts to prevent car break ins. Officers have launched an undercover operation and last thursday, Police Caught seven people in the act. Officers recovered three catalytic converters, two guns and personal property. Our goal is to significantly reduce this and get this problem under control so that people could come to the city and feel like they dont have to worry about their car getting broken into. The Department Funded six Police Academies this year to help with low staffing and recently reinstated foot patrol officers. The department is also pushing the city council to approve 300 new license plate readers to be installed in the next six weeks as San Francisco supervisors voted to extend a safe parking site lease at candlestick park, despite the high cost, according to the chronicle, there are 35 recreational vehicles on that empty lot in the bayview. Now the cost to extend the lease is more than 300,000 a year, and one parking spot is set to cost about 12,000 a month in operating costs. When the site opened in january of 22. The goal was to provide safe parking for 155 rvs, along with services. But a lack of electricity has limited it to serving just 35. Our time now. 710. The California Water resources control board wants the states biggest urban water districts to set permanent Water Conservation rules. And thats not making people happy within the north. Marin water district. State officials want local water boards to create and submit detailed plans that would take effect by the year 2025. Now, officials in north marin say that will put a heavy burden of paperwork on all local agencies. And they say districts have already successfully cut down on water use and they should not be included in that requirement. Time now is 710 and were going to start in the east bay, where we see routine backups on highway four, 680, and interstate 80 heading in the commute direction in not the worst commute ive seen. And if youre used to driving every day , youve seen it before. Highway 24, moderate as you get to the tunnel bay bridge toll plaza is backed up to the maze. San mateo bridge is also moderately heavy. Dumbarton bridge is better today than it was yesterday. Livermore valley. Not to slow, but 680 is from dublin to pleasanton. And if you look at san jose, northbound 101, we had that crash at 85 and thats slowing traffic down. As you come up to metcalf road, 85 and 101. Are also slow getting up to that west valley at 711. Lets go back to the desk. All right. 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Voting against Kevin Mccarthy is so the breakaway republicans led by florida congressman you see there, matt gaetz angry with mccarthy for relying on democratic votes to prevent a Government Shutdown without it getting the spending cuts they wanted. And i dont think voting against Kevin Mccarthy is chaos as i think 33 trillion in debt is chaos. North carolina congressman Patrick Mchenry will be the temporary speaker of the house. He canceled all votes for the rest of the week. All this happening with another possible Government Shutdown looming next month. If the stopgap funding measure that the house pushed through, which precipitated all this is only going to last until mid november. The possible candidates to be the next speaker include steve scalise, the House Majority leader. Now, the white house has called on the house to elect a new speaker quickly, a vote dave expected next week. All right, andre, thank you. Time now, 716. But one of the first things that the new acting speaker of the house did was to force nancy pelosi, the San Francisco congresswoman, to leave her office in the capitol building. And now pelosis office says former house speakers are often allowed to keep offices in the capitol instead of having to move to a different building. But North Carolina republican Patrick Mchenry, who is now the acting house speaker, all ordered her to immediately vacate that office. Nancy pelosi called that a sharp departure from tradition. Families are joining with Child Care Centers in calling on the government to create a permanent solution to what they call an ongoing funding crisis. Two years of federal aid has come to an end, and providers say millions of children in the families are now at risk of losing the service. Many child care programs say theyll be forced to close without additional investment. Data from a Research Organization found the most at risk providers are those in Rural Communities that mostly serve low income families. Our time now. 717. A popular bay area hiking landmark on mission peak in fremont has now been repaired. Its back in place a month after it was vandalized. The east Bay Regional Park District says it repaired and welded the Mission Peak Pole back to its original place after vandals cut it in half and threw it down the side of a mountain early last month. The socalled Mission Peeker is at the end of a steep three mile hike of mission peak, and hikers often pose by it after they make that climb. Still no word on who was responsible for the vandalism or why they cut it down. All right. 718 lets see what traffic is doing straight to the traffic center. Sal, what do you have your eye on . Well, we do have our eye on the south bay this morning. Garcia and dave, because of the problem, we had on northbound 101 at 85, theyre clearing. Its still pretty slow, although things are better, more people are getting through. And 85 is slowing out to the west valley. You can see the traffic is going to be slow there. Lets go back up to the east bay and you can see here that the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up all the way out to the maze and the metering lights are on. So, again, routine backups, but i do like it better than yesterday when we had a lot of issues. San mateo bridge is busy. Dumbarton bridge is better 718 lets bring steve back with todays weather. Thank you, sir. Yes. All right. Some locations are already at 60 degrees or even warmer, 63, by the way, at ocean beach. There are a few, though, have dipped back into the 40s. One is out at tomales, amy. Right. Said weve stayed chilly out here at tomales at just 47. 5, 48 degrees Point Reyes Station is 51. So there are a few ukiah, 51 degrees. But look at middletown, 63, they were 39 two days ago. Not now, 61in vallejo. Tiburon, 63. Look at lagunitas up in the warm layer there. War