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KGO ABC7 July 3, 2024

Start the check of our weather with drew. Hi, drew. Hey, good morning. So we do have a little bit of drizzle out there. The marine layer is with us overhead and it is on the way to a cooler afternoon to end out the workweek. Heres live. Doppler seven, see a little bit of green on the screen, mainly over the city and along the coast. You need your windshield wipers close to the coast this morning with that light drizzle. Overhead temperatures were actually elevated thanks to that marine layer. Its keeping numbers in most spots in the low and mid 60s. So were off to a mild start. Its a bit muggy out there, but temperatures will be cooler today compared to yesterday because the marine layer is going to be slower to break down this morning. Heres future weather. All of that cloud cover at 9 a. M. Its one of those days, even by lunchtime am, its still quite cloudy over the city. Were still seeing fog across parts of the east bay shoreline around emeryville. And well find that sunshine away from the coast. But temperatures will be on the cooler side compared to yesterday. So a cooling trend gets underway here today, mid and upper 80s in our warmest spots inland 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline and that cooling trend does continue over the weekend. Kumasi ill show you that in a few minutes. Thank you, drew. Now to the historic coordinated strike against detroits big three Auto Companies all at once, thousands of United Auto Workers members are walking off the job in three states overnight after failing to reach new labor deals with the big three jobina. The strike has the potential to get even bigger. Yes, kumasi so right now, just about 13,000 of uaw, 145,000 members are on the picket line at three auto plants, and that number could grow if a deal isnt reached soon. The presiden of the United Auto Workers union is not backing down in the fight with ford, General Motors and stellantis members want a 40 increase in wages and stronger benefits like cost of living adjustments, more paid time off pensions and an increase in retiree pay. Ford and gm offering a new 20 wage increase , just half of what the union is looking for. Abcs terry moran is asking ford ceo about his own pay increase, Something Union members often bring up. Theyre asking about ceo pay yours the ceo made 20 million and they say 40 increase since the last contract. Why cant they get a 40 increase . Well i think, first of all, we are offering an incredible, unprecedented increase, but we cant even get any feedback from the uaw about what they want. All they want is for everyone to make 300,000. Thats not sustainable. Well go bankrupt if we do that. We make this company billions of dollars on our backs. You know what im saying . My parents retired from here. You know, give us what we deserve. Thats all. Thats all were asking for. Nothing more, nothing less. We are the union. There are ten states from michigan to texas with union plants for all three automakers that could be impacted by the strike. Automakers say theyre facing extraordinary financial pressures as they build electric and gas powered vehicles. They fear labor costs could drive up vehicle prices above their foreign auto competitors. Reggie jobina, thank you. Weve seen a lot of high profile strikes this year, and thats led to some calling it the labor hot strike. Summer some of the strikes include oakland teachers is walking out of their classrooms. Of course, we know whats happening in los angeles and elsewhere with sagaftra and the wga. Experts say some of the unrest can be tied to the pandemic. The rise in workers strike since the pandemic is significant. And again, think it goes back to the fact that the pandemic mc ruptured the status quo. And when you are in the midst of a crisis where a lot of things that you took for granted have become unraveled, you also recognize that this is an opportunity to make changes, to move yourself forward. And as for all these labor actions potentially doing damage to the economy and might not be as bad as you might think, the increase of strikes is an interesting sign of unrest in the labor market and you might think that having a lot of strikes would disrupt out industries and whole sectors to the detriment of economic wellbeing. But in fact, history shows that that is not really the case. There are very few labor actions which have seriously disrupted in the long term. Of course, without the power of collective bargaining, workers would have little hope of making gains against these huge corporations. Another strike is looming. About 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have voted to authorize a strike if theres no contract agreement by the end of the month, it would be the Largest Health care strike in us history. Kaiser workers across seven different states are demanding new contracts. Workers want better pay and for the company to address Staffing Shortages. Kaiser says there are two bargaining bargaining sessions with the union next week. Kaiser tells us its committed to reaching an agreement that ensures market competitive pay before that contract expires september 30th, a bill that would provide Unemployment Benefits to striking workers is now heading to the governors desk. The state Senate Passed a bill yesterday after it was approved by the Assembly Earlier this week. If Governor Newsom signs the bill, it would take effect in january. The bill would allow striking workers to get Unemployment Benefits after being on strike for two weeks. San francisco co is cashing in big on Governor Newsoms new plan to crack down on retail theft across the state. Today, the citys police chief and da will be joining the governor to outline how that money is going to be used. Ed, abc seven News Reporter lena howland live in San Francisco this morning with the impact the money is going to be having here and in other cities across the state in bay area. Lena kumar as businesses here in the Union Square Shopping district have been no stranger to retail theft, we have learned the biggest chunk of funding for the bay area is being set aside for San Francisco. So we have learned that around 15 million will go to the citys Police Department. Itll be used to hire more officers and boost Crime Prevention efforts. Another 2 million is going to San Franciscos District Attorneys office. Mayor london breed said. This is increasing the Police Departments capacity to be more effective and proactive in the city. But she thinks more changes are still needed. Our hope is that this will help, but ultimately, you know, like there are some state laws that make it more difficult for us to be as aggressive as we want to be. And we hope that in addition to the resource that are desperately needed, that we look at some real changes, she says. A 2018 state law, which was meant to decriminalize street vending, has made it impossible for the city to enforce a lot of the illegal vending from retail theft. Thats been going on now. Three other bay area District Attorneys offices are each getting 2 million. Those offices are in alameda, santa clara and sonoma counties and three other local Law Enforcement agencies are getting money to 15 million to the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office. 11 million to the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office and 8 million to the San Jose Police department. Now, at 10 00 this morning, we have learned that District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and police chief bill scott will join governor gavin newsom along with two other Law Enforcement agencies, for a press conference about this plan. We, of course, will let you know what happens. Live in San Francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. Now, city leaders in oakland say they are planning to petition the Governors Office to try to get some of that money to fight retail crime. The city was disqualified because state Officials Say they missed the deadline. A city spokesperson says the Police Department had its application materials ready, but the Citys Department of economic and Workforce Development did not submit the application on time. The city administrator called the outcome unacceptable. If you are looking for something new to check out this weekend, we got you covered. The highly anticipated sunset night market is kicking off in San Francisco tonight. 80 vendors will be packing irving street and offer an array of asian foods ranging from boba tea to beef noodle soup to ube pies. The event will also include a dance zone with live music and djs and a fun zone for kids. Sunset night market will happen between 20th and 23rd avenues and it runs from 5 00 until 10 p. M. That is very cool. 509 this morning. Well take you to san jose. We do have mostly cloudy conditions. We have a pretty deep marine layer. This morning. Its about 2000ft deep. And when it gets to that level, we do have pockets of drizzle out there this morning. Be aware of that air quality. We have fresh air continuing. What a week of just good air quality that does continue into the upcoming weekend. Dense fog right now along the coast, half moon bay, were down to a mile and a half there with that drizzle away from the coast. We do have mainly overcast skies in most spots, but where you see the number ten, thats as good as it gets when it comes to visibility. Heres live doppler seven along with satellite. We do have changes heading our way over the next couple of days. High pressure is losing control and with low pressure now gaining traction, this will move into the west coast over the next couple of days. Usher in that cooling trend and it will keep us with a pretty deep marine layer each morning through early next week. So outside right now, clearly you can see that cloud cover overhead. Well have mostly cloudy conditions early on this morning. That cloud cover very slow to break down. So well see sunshine slower today compared to yesterday. And it is a cooler afternoon thanks to that slower clearing of the cloud cover for those brighter conditions. Now the three day forecast, we have a cooler afternoon today for Rosh Hashanah this evening. It is pleasant, but temperatures will be on the cool side in the 60s and 70s. That cooling trend continues over the weekend and much of next week, well find those temperatures below average. Well preview that coming up with the seven day forecast in about nine minutes. Lets check in with jobina, see how traffics doing today. Thank you, drew. Good morning, everybody. We are starting in walnut creek here with a live picture of 680, that southbound traffic is where you see the most vehicles moving there with those tail lights. No advisory or blocking issues to start off the commute is a true friday out there. Just a few cars coming across the richmondsan rafael bridge, you see here in the westbound direction where those headlights are. And you know, its a friday when the tracy to dublin ride is only 33 minutes and its after 5 a. M. Antioch to concord and san rafael to San Francisco are on time. Reggie sabrina, thank you. Ongoing technical issues on the las vegas strip. Still ahead, the effect by hackers and casinos and hotels bringing some of those destinations to a standstill. And a piece of star wars history in the north bay could soon be going away. How some are putting up a fight to keep it intact. A local pet peacock is looking for a new forever home. Well tell you about wingo star where you can meet h we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. Like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. Great on their own, even better together. Try cretors, handcrafted smallbatch popcorn. affordable design. Endless possibilities. Ikea. Proposed move to nevada at their meeting in november. The as submitted its relocation application to the league last month, and the plan calls for a 33 000 seat ballpark on the strip, which would open in 2028. Last week, a group called schools over stadium filed a petition to put the bill to fund the ballpark on the ballot in nevada. Some unfortunate news this morning. The man behind oaklands famous warriors home has died. And now theres a group trying to save the home and the mans two dogs he left behind. Lloyd kenmores home was decked out in blue and gold and all kinds of warriors memorabilia. His superfan status entered the spotlight as a dubs dynasty took off cannamore nearly lost the home because of a reverse mortgage that his mom took out. He passed away late last month, and now Oakland Animal Services is desperately trying to find homes for his dogs, baby and rambo. Theyre at the shelter. If you are interested or you know, anyone who is just check them out. Applications are now open for a new program in oakland. Its an effort to help boost local businesses, as mayor shengtao just announced, activate oakland. It offers 400,000 in grants to help facilitate events like festivals, block parties and pop up shops. When we activate our streets , this is how we keep each other safe. We get to know our community and of course we deter criminals from coming in. And at the same time, we are pumping the economy with funding. Officials say the plan includes an equity component to make sure events are held across the city. The deadline to apply is october 12th. Do you think the names for uc berkeley are too confusing . Thats what a 19 Member Task Force believes. And now that task force has released an 18 page report to outline the changes they suggest. And heres what it would look like. So currently, the academic part of the university is called uc berkeley. The task force is recommending changing that to just berkeley, the athletic entity is currently cal the Task Force Says that should be changed to cal berkeley. According to the chronicle, chancellor carol christ cabinet has accepted these recommendations. But the cochair of the Task Force Says a final decision has not been made. Whats likely the end of an era for a north bay studio that made movie magic . The original sound stage in Production Facility in san rafael for industrial light and magic, founded by george lucas, is going away. Lucas ended up moving his special effects shop to the presidio in 2005. However many props and models from famous movies are still right there in san rafael, including the millennium falcon and anchor from pirates of the caribbean and a model of chewbaccas head. The building currently houses 3210 studios, which is going out of business. A longtime employee says the landlord is planning to repurpose the building. Its a travesty. I mean, this is a historic place. The other part of it is its a tragedy for the bay area filmmaking community. This employee is now launching a Gofundme Campaign trying to save the campus. We reached out to the buildings owner. We havent heard back yet. Disney is the Parent Company of industrial light and magic, as well as abc seven news. Cruz wants to make its autonomous taxis more accessible to people in wheelchairs. The company unveiled what it says is the worlds first Wheelchair Accessible self driving vehicle they call it the wave. People who are invited to check it out at an event yesterday seemed impressed. This can open so many opportunities. Its basically like to have more accessible alternatives to move around. Hopefully like better prices because normally, like accessible transportation is much more expensive. This is very exciting to the disability community. Cruz provided this video of wave, which was designed over three years in cooperation with General Motors. The Autonomous Car Company Hopes to launch it next year, starting with the pilot for a small group of users, a one of a kind pet is up for adoption on the peninsula. We told you about this. Now you get to see wingo in all his glory. Wingo star is a domesticated peacock and a few weeks ago he was running around a School Parking lot in east palo alto. Rescuers captured him. The vets examined him and now he has a clean bill of health. An ideal situation is that, you know, hes in a relatively predator proof environment that can protect him. But he has like places where he can jump up to and maybe fly, you know, because theyll fly to like low branches and things, you know, perhaps if theres like a tree or even like a house tree or Something Like that. Look at this cane ended up at the peninsula humane society. He is only looking to adopt wingo star to someone who is an experienced bird owner. Okay. Its also important to know what kind of food peacocks like. They like chicken feed. They like nuts and veggies and fruit. Now if this is something that youre interested in, the adoption fee is 20. Oh, wow. Okay i wish i knew how to keep ringo wingo. Was it wingo . Wingo . Now in the city, my friend. And not in a place. No, no, i couldnt walk him down the embarcadero. Probably not in the top ten. Weirde

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