steven long is painting a dire picture of ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland. he said since partnering with ucsf in 2014, families have been finding it very hard to seek, for example, mental health doctors and lung specialists. east bay families are being forced to drive longer and funnel to the children's hospital in san francisco. >> it was sold to us as a marriage where both parties would be stronger because of the union. it feels as times like we're cinderella. kind of the step child. >> reporter: as a result, he says the oakland hospital is seeing an 11% drop in inpatient visits. dr. michael anderson, who's overseeing both hospitals, says the inpatient decline is a national trend. they're instead seeing an increase in outpatient visits. >> since ucsf has a facility, we've grown the heart center. we've brought ent surgeons. i understand that change is tough. but i also want to set the record straight that ucsf is dedicated to both signs of the bay. >> reporter: he says claims of mismanaging the hospital and funneling patients to san francisco are not true.

kron4's will tran is live at ucsf. will? (robin) (robin) thanks, wil. we'll check in with you throughout the morning. .(robin) with temperatures going up and no rain in site, it is time to start thinking about getting ready for wildfire season. this week ... cal-fire kicks off "wildfire awareness week." somethings to think about include, get your emergency plans in place. keep anything that can burn - like wood piles or brush- 30 feet awat from your home. and review your homeowners' insurance policy. (robin) the june election is just a month away, and some dramatic changes are ahead for registered voters in san mateo county. going forward, they will be receiving their ballots in the mail... as kron 4's dan kerman tells us, those ballots will begin arriving as soon as today. with election day just a month away, there's a flurry of activity going on at san mateo county's election headquarters. what sets june's election apart from those in the past, is every registered voter in san mateo county will be receiving their ballot in

kron4's will tran is live at ucsf. will? thousands of workers at are expected to go on strike today across the university of california system. ucsf hospital staff are among those set to walkout in a three-day strike as they demand fair and equal wages. the strike is planned by a major union representing university employees ranging from janitors to security guards to nurses. uc employees from this union and three others in the bay area will be walking out to demand that the university system make wages fair and equal for all genders. these are issues these unions have been discussing for years. additionally, employees say they are sick of jobs being outsourced to private contractors. staff at uc's six medical centers say the current conditions and wages impact the quality of care patients receive. the ucsf emergency room and clinics will remain open as the university will have temporary staff during this three-day strike. however, patients with serious needs are asked to go to affiliates of ucsf such as st. mary's medical c

but ucsf did have an update about 30 minutes ago. they had a good day, they say. remember, they had to cancel thousands of procedures and appointments so they say they hired a lot more people than what they actually needed and sent some people home. tomorrow will be a little bit more challenging because the nurses union will join the strike. more than 12,000 procedures and appointments at ucsf medical center alone had to be canceled and rescheduled because of this three-day strike by the american federation of local 3299, they are the kus towedians, security guards and cooks and anyone for patient who is not a doctor or a nurse. >> this is about a powerful message that workers stand against inequality and against outsourcing, period. >> he knows about outsourcing. before landing a staff position with ucsf, he was an independent contractor at the medical center. >> the pay wage is a lot -- it's a lot different. so it's like, you know, you could go from making minimum wage and then now you can go to making 20-something an hour. >> the union claims the most vulnerabl

so they cannot speak up when things are wrong. >> reporter: at ucsf parnassus, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> we reached out to ucsf's public affairs office but no response yet. >>> feisty face-off in the bay area in the race for governor. last night's debate in san jose finally included all of the top six candidates. and at one point it got personal for the front-runner gavin newsom. >> if you can't trust gavin with his best friend's wife, how can you trust him with your state? >> it's -- it's hard with respect to -- to hear from mr. allen, who is a desprout supporter of donald trump, talk about the issue of sexual harassment. >> besides that, they also talked about healthcare, taxes and immigration. one hot button issue, the state's new sanctuary law. >> security is the number one role of government. i will act as soon as i get the office to reverse the sanctuary state. >> the fact of the matter is these people are contributing to the economy. we ought to work with them. we ought to -- um, um, celebrate them and their work. >> newsom has skipped several previous debates and is not likely t

some hospitals even saw slight increases in their expenditures such as ucsf. on the left you will see the break down, the percent of total charity care expenditures to provide a general summary

. >>> kpix 5's emily turner is live at ucsf where the walkout has already disrupted medical treatment there. >> reporter: we're talking about thousands of appointments. thousands of patients affected, just within the bay area system. it has to do with the strike happening behind me, and if you think that is a crowd, just wait until tomorrow, when one strike one actually become three strikes with three different unions walking off the job. it is a 10 hour day for edgar perez, but instead of working in the operating room, the surgical tech is protesting on the sidewalk outside of it. he is one of about 500 people picketing outside the ucsf campus after one year of stalled contract negotiations. >> this is not acceptable. where's the appreciation? >> reporter: members have asked me -- -- the members of the union have been on strike since this morning. >> it is not just a disruption for the workers, but for the families who have had to take off time and have to reschedule their time. this has been a disruption as well. >> reporter: the rescheduled 12,140 patients. it includes 280 chemothe

and is severely hampering ucsf medical centers regular routine. kron 4's dan kerman is live there tonight with more. for the second day in a row thousands of uc medical center patient care and service workers across the state walked off the job to protest a variety of contract issues. sot marleanne legaspi/ucsf food service employee 11-20 we're losing our job security because they are outsourcing our jobs and they're not giving livable wages.tuesday these striking employees were joined on the picket lines by some of uc's registered nurses. sotit makes us strongersot erin carrera/ucsf registered nurse 28-38it's important to be here because we work side by side with afscme members. i honestly couldn't do the job i do without my pca's , unit secretaries, housekeeping, everybody here contributes to giving excellent patient care while many registered nurses joined the picket lines, uc officials say others scheduled to work did show up for their shiftssot sheila antrum/c.o.o., ucsf health 53- 103let's just say a majority of people came in to provide car

kron 4's dan kerman is live at ucsf's parnassus campus with more on the labor dispute. thousands of uc medical center employees across the state took to the picket lines monday as part of a 3 days strike, over a variety of contract issues including salary, benefits and the outsourcing of jobs.sot didi martinez/striking ucsf medical assistant 12-22we need to stop contracting out our jobs, we get inexperienced who come in , they don't know what to do they hurt themselves, they can hurt patients they break equipment. the walkout by afscme service and patient care workers forced uc's three san francisco medical campuses to reschedule more than 12- thousand surgeries, clinic visits and outpatient procedures.sot sheila antrum/c.o.o., ucsf health 41- 48it's been a major disruption, not just for patients but family members who have had to take off time and now have to rescheduleone of those who rescheduled didn't mind, she's a retired ucsf employee and union member sot judy mckeever/patient and retired ucsf employee 55-105 i had an appointment for an mri and i called them to ca

ucsf released details this this week about the successful procedure. a team at ucsf extracted money marrow from the mother to be and isolated stem cells. >> injected the cells in the up bilkle vein they hope to use this approach to eliminate genetic disorders high pressure she is out of the hospital and home with her family in hawaii. >> terrific. world news tonight with david muir coming up next. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric tho >>> tonight, the roseanne uproar. abc canceling her show. her racist tweet, and within hours, the decision to end the show. the star tweeting about a former top adviser to president obama. tonight, abc calling the tweet, quote, abhorrent. and this evening, many of her own costars now reacting. >>> also tonight, the deadly storms. the flash flooding. new images now emerging. the national guardsman swept away while trying to help a woman. tonight, the discovery. and in the middle of the country, the tornadoes, and now severe storms this evening up through minneapolis. and heavy rain headed for chicago. >>> breaking developments,

ucsf told reporters not every registered nurse went out today. in addition they hired enough replacement nurses to fill in the gap. >> we were able to move nurses around and give additional -- a ratio of coverage because we had additional staff. >> the uc system says it can't afford the salary increases the union is dpaning. in addition to higher wages they want less outsourcing of jobs. > they understand the inequality we're battling with the strike, the outsources we're battling, affect them all. eroding one piece of the time is like cutting off an arm. >> the average salary of an union employee is $40,000. a recent report by hud, found that a family of four in san francisco marin and san mateo counties earning $105,000 or less a year is considered low-income. uc's six medical centers have been impacted clueing student health center and campus facilities. today they held several rallies at uc berkeley. and tomorrow we expect more of the same. all of the unions will be back on the picket line. meanwhile there is no indication that both sides --

lyanne melendez has more from ucsf medical center. >> reporter: first it was ucsf registered nurses to support the hospital union already on strike. then a third union joined them. >> an injury to one is an injury to all and we can't tolerate that. >> we all work together. and if they are not high quality, i am notoing to be able to deliver high quality. >> reporter: hospital employees with the american federation of state county and municipal employees will be back thursday morning after the three-day strike. they are the thousands of employees who deal with the patient's care. ucsf told reporters not every nurse went out today. >> we were able to move nurses around and give additional ratio coverage. >> reporter: the system says it can't afford the salary increases that the union is demanding. the union wants less outsourcing of jobs >> the service workers who devote their lives to this hospital average $40,000 a year. >> reporter: a recent report by hud found that a family of four earning $105,000 or less a year is considered low income. meanwhile, there is no indication that both s

lyanne melendez has more from ucsf medical center. >> reporter: first it was ucsf registered nurses to support the ho already on strike. then a third union joined them. >> an injury to one is an injury to all and we can't tolerate that. >> we all work together. and if they are not high quality, i am not going to be able to deliver high quality. >> reporter: hospital employees with the american federation of state county and municipal employees will be back thursday morning after the three-day strike. they are the thousands of employees who deal with the patient's care. ucsf told reporters not every nurse went out today. >> we were able to move nurses around and give additional ratio coverage. >> reporter: the system says it can't afford the salary increases that the union is demanding. the union wants less outsourcing of jobs >> the service workers who devote their lives to this hospital average $40,000 a year. >> reporter: a recent report by hud found that a family of four earning $105,000 or less a year is considered low income. meanwhile, there is no indication that both sides are r

for the last six years we have struggled to work in collaboration with ucsf city wide to currently with hold those services contracts. we even engage in year long mediation in 2013 and '14 at the request of the director. at the time of the submission for this rfp, they refused to provide services city wide, a right which we have under our operating agreement with the city and county of san francisco, section 4.9.c. we also have been allows ucf city wide to operate without a current valid mou between ourselves and the city. chs terminated for cause the mou in september of last year. no one reached out to us in september to resolve this issue. it was radio silence. it stated that any agency applying for funds under rfp8 had to demonstrate site control to be considered. it was a threshold criteria. city wide does not have site control, mou, pay rent or a lease and they remain on site providing services at the generosity in service to our residents. i'm asking the commission today to instruct director garcia to not to enter into this new contract with city wide at this time. since chp does

of contract issues including salary, benefits and the outsourcing of jobs.sot didi martinez/striking ucsf medical assistant 22-27if we don't have permanent employees that have been adequately trained, what kind of care are the patients gettingthe first of a 3 day strike caused uc's three san francisco medical campuses change thousands of appointments.sot sheila antrum/c.o.o., ucsf health 35- 43we rescheduled 12 thousand clinical activities and that includes chemo visits, outpatients surgeries and outpatient visits.among those who rescheduled her mri, a former ucsf employee who joined union members on the picket line.sot judy mckeever/patient and retired ucsf employee 52-58i'm a retiree and i need to support the new generation coming up behind me .uc officials say while it clearly wasn't business as usual, they were prepared.sotthe day actually went very well , we had our replacement workers who were here on site and , all the patients are being taken care of. in fact we actually had an abundance of staff so some staff worked in other areas, some staff went home.standup dan kerman/sf 120-1

at ucsf in san francisco, workers were pleased with the turnout. >> it is good. i didn't expect this. yeah. it was good. >> reporter: hospital administrators say some workers did cross the picket line. >> actually, there's quite a few more people than anticipated coming to work so we're in good hands. >> they cancelled 12,000 points and 3,000 surgeries and brought in 3,000 replacement workers to prepare for the strike. >> even if we postpone surgeries for a couple weeks, the impact on the families are huge. we have people who took off to accommodate with their families, and so that's a disruption in major ways. >> reporter: workers say it was not an easy decision to walk out on their jobs. >> and i realize what we are doing it for, and i feel like it is the right thing to do. >> reporter: the university put out a written statement talking about the negotiations saying the union is asking for a nearly 20% pay raise over three years, and that the university could not justify that payment to taxpayers, also, saying this strike does not change the university's econom

medical center, we will tell you -- and how this is impacting patient care here at ucsf. >>> this is ktvu mornings on two. >>> in one, welcome back, it is monday, may 7. let's get you out the door, we had a breezy, cool weekend, we were at the ski part in dublin and it was chilly. >> dublin is a wind tunnel, especially yesterday. >>> clear, coast is clear as we like to say and that means temperatures will bump up, there is a breeze, though, for some. a little cooler tuesday, wednesday, and then turn around thursday with warmer weather on the way. lots of sun for napa today, starting off maybe a little on the cool side but won't take long to warm up, 79 today after yesterday's 73 degrees and it will be sunny side up for everybody. higher clouds in the low clouds of mystery have moved off, high pressures kicking in. the system will ride the ridge, and bring it down a little bit on tuesday into wednesday, that will be the source of our cooldown but not today, school -- skies are clear. 50's, 60s, brentwood is in there, concord, buchanan of course, everyone is pretty close and if you wan

and is severely hampering ucsf medical centers regular routine. kron 4's dan kerman has the latest. for the second day in a row thousands of uc medical center patient care and service workers across the state walked off the job to protest a variety of contract issues. sot marleanne legaspi/ucsf food service employee 11-20 we're losing our job security because they are outsourcing our jobs and they're not giving livable wages.tuesday these striking employees were joined on the picket lines by some of uc's registered nurses. sotit makes us strongersot erin carrera/ucsf registered nurse 28-38it's important to be here because we work side by side with afscme members. i honestly couldn't do the job i do without my pca's , unit secretaries, housekeeping, everybody here contributes to giving excellent patient care while many registered nurses joined the picket lines, uc officials say others scheduled to work did show up for their shiftssot sheila antrum/c.o.o., ucsf health 53- 103let's just say a majority of people came in to provide care and that was a good point for us and that helped us

>> reporter: ken, the baby treated at ucsf suffered from a genetic disorder that impacts up to 5% of the population and severe cases are deadly, if not treated. she is absolutely perfect in the eyes of her parents. but during an ultrasound months before she was born, doctors discovered she has the most severe form of the genetic bloodies order, which means her red blood cells don't work as they should and don't carry necessary oxygen around her body. >> a lot of patients with this disease, they are actually told it will be completely fatal. >> reporter: most offer fetal blood transfusions to keep babies with her condition alive until birth. and then do a stem cell transplant. but that course of treatment, they have their own problems, like finding a donor and powerfulnti-rejection drugs that blockhe baby's immune e to but we are hopi that with fetal therapy, more of these fetuses could survive birth. >> reporter: tiffany mckenzie spent more than ten years to do a stem cell transplant as well as the necessary blood transfusions in utero using cells from the baby's mother. >> we made t

they walked off the job in this morning, including those at ucsf. officials say the walkout forced the cancellation of 1200 appointments and more than 300 surgeries. union leaders say they called the strike after one year of stalled contract talks. >> they want to raise health care premiums, raise the retirement age. but most importantly, they want to outsource more jobs. >> thursday, we'll welcome everybody back. i think the people have to do what they have to do. hopefully, everybody will get back to the bargaining table. >> uct hired outside support to keep the facility open overt next three days. they represent 25,000 employees, including statewide. including custodians, lab technicians and nurse aides. >> while there were no problems at ucsf. there was trouble for strikers outside ucla. three people suffered injuries when they were hit by an suv as they blocked the street near west wood plaza and la kont avenue. you can see one man holding on to the hood of the vehicle. the driver was arrested. there is fallout from the uc walkout. california s

at ucsf, 300 surgeries have been canceled. the strike expected to of the la through wednesday. >>> attorney general jeff sessions is expected in california today. he'll visit the san diego border to talk about immigration enforcement. >>> number five, you can already see conditions are different this morning. look at that lack of cloud cover on the exploratorium camera. temperatures anywhere from two to seven degrees warmer than avera average. >>> number six, looking good for the monday morning commute. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights will be on very soon. >> i was away for the weekend. when i came home, i came in and saw the wind had broken the bloom off and that's when i got a whiff of it. >> it smells like decays meat. the famous conservator only has two corpse flowers, he has seven. how does this even happen? >> now, how is the neighbor doing? has he not told the neighbor? we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news including the start of early voting for the june 5th primary and the loomin

we are live from ucsf parnassus. >> we are waking up to tough driving conditions out there with fog hanging around. what this means for afternoon temperatures and i have a high wind watch to tell you about. >> we have fog advisory to tell you about and an update on the crash along 160. coming up. campaign against him. the recall is on the ballot in santa ty, for next m >>> judge aaron persky spoke tubly for the first time about the recall campaign against him. the recall is on the ballot now in santa clara county for next month's election. those behind the recall efforts say that judge persky was too lenient when he gave former stanford university swimmer brock turner a six- month jail sentence in a sexual assault case. judge persky said in general, judges should not have to be concerned about public opinions about their decisions. >> i think judicial rerecalls should be reserved for misconduct by a judge or incompetence. >> turner was released after three months for good behavior but register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. judge persky is not able to comment in public about th

tough treat us that way. >> ucsf say not every registered nurse went out today. but they hired enough replacement nurses to fill the gap. union members want higher wages and end to job outsourcing. >> recently there were a string of earthquakes in the east bay. but this morning in southern california where they got rattled. two quakes hit both centered just outside of palm springs. the first a magnitude 4.5 hit at 4:49 this morning. the second, a 39.2 hit two minutes later. no reports of any damage or injuries. >>> and earthquake experts at the california institute of technology say today's quakes happened in a complex section of the sand andres fault. geophysicalistis say it's not unusual but could mean something stronger may be in the next few days. >> the probability of a larger earthquake does increase. we estimate that there is a one to two% chance in the next week of having an event larger than today's magnitude 4.5. >> since the quake hit this morning siemsologists say there have been dozens of after shocks. she say the shake alert earthquake system perfor

give a couple of updates, and then i will have an update from our deputy director on a labor issue in ucsf. the health department along with the mayor announced a -- an effort to basically get more hands, feet on the street, pick up needles. and as you know, the department gives out over 275,000 needles every month. that's how many we bring in, but we almost give out 4 million a year. and so because we bring in around 3 million, a little bit more than 3 million, we really want to be able to help with the cleaning of our streets, in particular getting ready needles. so we're adding an additional ten individuals on our team, and at any given time, we have about 30 people collecting needles in our needle exchange. we also have put up kiosks in all of our pit stops. so that way, we can ensure that people have clean needles, and those needles are disposed of adequately. so i wanted to give you that update. that happened just this last week. also, the mayor honored 14 of our staff members and their work in puerto rico, and there's a little bit of an article on that. i will leave that and if you

>> reporter: ken, the baby treated at ucsf suffered from a genetic disorder that impacts up to 5% of the population and severe cases are deadly, if not treated. she is absolutely perfect in the eyes of her parents. but during an ultrasound months before she was born, doctors discovered she has the most severe form of the genetic bloodies order, which means her red blood cells don't work as they should and don't carry necessary oxygen around her body. >> a lot of patients with this disease, they are actually told it will be completely fatal. >> reporter: most offer fetal blood transfusions to keep babies with her condition alive until birth. and then do a stem cell transplant. but that course of treatment, they have their own problems, like finding a donor and powerful anti-rejection drugs that block the baby's immune system. >> it is rare to see survivors, but we are hoping that with fetal therapy, more of these fetuses could survive birth. >> reporter: tiffany mckenzie spent more than ten years to do a stem cell transplant as well as the necessary blood transfusions in utero using c

. >>> thousands of striking ucsf workers are back on the picket lines for day two of a statewide strike. >> ktvu alex savidge is live with more on the support the striking workers will be getting today. >> reporter: they will get a big boost. later on today, thousands of nurses and technical employees will be joining their colleagues on the picket lines here at the usf -- ucsf parnassus campus. today is day two of this strike. the nurses and the technicians are joining these service workers essentially as a sympathy strike. they want to draw attention to what they believe is the university's unfair treatment of its workers. about 25,000 service workers walked off the job yesterday at uc facilities and other medical facilities across california. it includes medical condition -- technicians, custodians and shuttle drivers, all of them represented by the federation of state, county and municipal employees local 3299. the union says the average striking worker makes about $40,000 per year. this is a planned three day strike. the big sticking points in the negotiations are job security, wage

. >> reporter: ucsf had several days, weeks to prepare for the strike, calling in temporary workers. tomorrow is a different challenge as the powerful nurses union joins this strike. more than 12,000 procedures and appointments alone had to be canceled and rescheduled because of the three-day strike. >> we actually had an overabundance of staff. some staff worked in other areas. and some staff went home. and so we are now preparing for tomorrow. >> reporter: tomorrow, the nurses will join those on the picket lines. those on strike are custodians, cooks, security guards and anyone who is responsible for patient care who is not a doctor or nurse. >> workers stand together against inequality and against outsourcing period. >> reporter: before landing a staff position with ucsf, he was an independent contractor at the medical center. >> the pay wage is a lot different. so it is like, you know, you can go from making minimum wage and no go from making 20 something an hour. >> tired of seeing my job exploit workers. especially immigrants and people of color. >> reporter: the union wants ra

young patients at ucsf hospital got to create special memories with the actor playing han solo. the force is strong with the star struck kids at ucsf benny off children's hospital in san francisco. smiles brighter than light sabers as they celebrated with alden. >> i like your robe. >> i got kicked out of flight academy for having a mine of my own. >> the movie tells the back story of han solo how he becomes friends with his copilot chewbacca and the notorious lander it gives jedi strepgt to the young patients like dallas who has siftic fie bureau size and diabetes. >> i think it's cool because how the celebrities and people come here and just, like, support the kids. ♪ >> the children delighted in playing with r 2 d 29 meeting angle pilot and posing for green screen that teach the magic of mofg making kids like gabler stewart who had surgery for seizures are learning of an important lesson. >> are you tough like luke sky walker or han solo. >> yeah i'm tough. >> r 2 how we doing today? this is the third annual may the 4 party at the hospital it's a collaboration between lucas

. >> reporter: ucsf had several days, weeks to prepare for the strike, calling in temporary workers. tomorrow is a different challenge as the powerful nurses union joins this strike. more than 12,000 procedures and appointments alone had to be canceled and rescheduled because of the three-day strike. >> we actually had an overabundance of staff. some staff worked in other areas. and some staff went home. and so we are now preparing for tomorrow. >> reporter: tomorrow, the nurses will join those on the picket lines. those on strike are custodians, cooks, security guards and anyone who is responsible for patient care who is not a doctor or nurse. >> workers stand together against inequality and against outsourcing period. >> reporter: before landing a staff position with ucsf, he was an independent contractor at the medical center. >> the pay wage is a lot different. so it is like, you can go from making minimum wage and no go from making 20 something an hour. >> tired of seeing my job exploit workers. especially immigrants and people of color. >> reporter: the union wants raises of 20

<"ucsf is tone deaf. what good is a pay raise if you're outsourcing our jobs?"> even with replacement workers u-c-s-f says.. there is no way it could maintain its normal workload and surgery schedule. officials say, they started reaching out to patients as early last friday... to reschedule their surgeries. ( pam ) it was a heartbreaking discovery for some east bay high school students over the weekend... returning to their cars after their senior ball, to find shattered glass everywhere. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story sotthat was the scene here for thirty seven college park high school students returning from the senior ball in oakland to find their vehicles had been broken in tosot

ucsf says they have already rescheduled hundreds of appointments. if there's an emergency, patients will be sent to other hospitals. the walkout is supposed to last for three days. it's part of a union effort to increase salaries. it involves workers only in the uc systemic affects the six medical centers the most. however, all ten campuses could be impacted. >>> more than 20 people on the peninsula have turned in guns they no longer want. yesterday abc 7 news was in redwood city when the san mateo county sheriff's office and other agencies hosted a gun buyback. a nonprofit group raised more than $100,000 to sponsor the event. a congresswoman who was shot while investigating the jonestown cult, spoke. >> as a survivor of gun violence many decades ago, i can tell you it is more profound than you can imagine to live with gun violence after you've been a victim. >> people who turned in guns received either $100 or $200, depending on the type of weapon. >>> so now we are entering the month of may, and what about the weather? >> well, we were certainly c

ucsf says they have already rescheduled hundreds of appointments. if there's an emergency, patients will be sent to other hospitals. this walkout is supposed to last for three days, in a union effort to increase salaries. it affects the six medical centers the most, but all ten campuses could be impacted. >>> more than 20 people on the peninsula have turned in guns they no longer want. yeer news was in redwood city when the san mateo county sheriff's office and other agencies hosted a gun buyback. congresswoman jackie speer, who was shot five times in 1978 while investigating the jonestown cult, spoke about her support for gun control. >> as a survivor of gun violence many decades ago, i can tell you that it is more profound than you can imagine to live with gun violence after you've been a victim. >> people who turned in guns received either a 100 or $200, depending on the type of weapon. >>> weather is going to be sort of like a roller coast they are week, up and down. >> yes. all right we have winds gusting by the delta, so that means there's a s

the union says sympathy strikes have been ucsf metcal officials said they rescheduled surgeries and appointments in preparation for the strike. >>> an expression of gratitude for those who serve their country. people in the south bay showing they care. >>> things looked different in the late 1800s. we are taking a trip back in time without leaving the area. >>> after sunshine earlier today, the clouds moving back in tonight. the weeks crystal geyser alpine springpasses through here, and is bottled right here. at the mountain source. naturally. crystal geyser is the only major u.s spring water bottled at the mountain source. naturally. geyser! [echo]stal! [echo] crystal! [echo] geyser! [echo] crystal geyser. always bottled at the mountain source. naturally. >>> volunteers spent part of their sundays to put together care packages. they sorted boxed and shipped clos close to 150 packages. the vice president behind the group remembers when he received a care package himself >> it had gum, peanuts, letters and pens to write home. it had a sharks t-shirt. and the giants hat in it. and that touch of ho

. >>> thousands of health care workers including those at ucsf are set to go on strike on monday. ucsf says they've already rescheduled hundreds of appointments, and if there is an emergency, patients will be sent to other hospitals. the walkout is supposed to last for three days and is part of a union effort to increase salaries. it involves workers only in the uc system and affects the six medical centers the most. however, all ten campuses could be impacted. >>> more than 20 people on the peninsula turned in guns they no longer wanted. abc7 news was in redwood city when the san mateo county sheriffs office and other agencies hosted a gun buy back. a group raised more than $100,000 to sponsor today's event. congresswoman jackie speier spoke about the importance of gun control. >> as a survivor of gun violence many decades ago, i can tell you that it is more profound than you can imagine to live with gun violence after you've been a victim. >> people who turned in guns received either $100 or $200 depending on the type of weapon. >>> still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00 -- >> it's i

ucsf says the hospital's emergency department will stay open but patients are being directed to other hospitals, including st. mary's in san francisco and john muir in walnut creek. members of other unions, and a show of solidarity, will also strike today. ktvu's allie rasmus is already working on the story will have a live report coming up. >>> an online site says elon musk sent an email to contractor saying they would not be allowed onto tesla property starting this morning unless say tesla employee vouches for the quality of their work. in the first quarter earnings call last week elon musk said that tesla is using an out of control amount of contracting companies and that they will scrub the barnacles. >>> today is the first day californians can vote in the june 5 statewide primary election. it includes races for governors and congressional seats. there is a race for mayor in san francisco and bay area voters will be asked to raise the toll bridge fees by $3.00. to vote in the june 5 primary, you have to be registered by may 21. under a new law, all registered voters in several co

these picketers at ucsf parnassus campus are among the 10th of thousands of workers striking at all -- tens of thousands of workers striking at all of the campuses. the average worker on strike earns about $30,000 a year. >> this is the most expensive city in the country, in order for us to have a livable wage, we need to fight for that. >> reporter: that was a similar scene on the mission bay campus. this family that drove here from yuba county was able to keep their cancer treatment appointment for monday, but the tuesday appointment had to be rescheduled because of the strike. >> they have the right to protest, but when people travel from afar, that is tough because we have to reschedule for next week to do what we was going to do this week. >> reporter: the union has rejected the latest offer of a 3% annual pay increase, and they are asking for 6%. >> they impose contractors to increase healthcare cost, raisa retirement age, flattened wages, and continue the outsourcing. >> reporter: the university issued a statement. union leaders are demanding a 3% pay raise over three years, tw

this is front of ucsf. picket lines like this at ten campuses. they are expecting larger clouds because they plan to picket in support of workers asking for more pay and equal pay for women and people of color. senator kamala harris said she will not speak at this saturday's graduation ceremony in berkeley as originally planned, because she wants to support the strike. workers say they appreciate her gesture. it is the talk of the picket line this morning. >> they are all excited. it is nice to hear our leaders are siding with us doing here is just to send a message and say we are tired of being treated as second class workers. we want to be treated right. >> reporter: uc spokesperson said the university cannot afford to give the raises they are asking for. uc brought in replacement nurses to staff the hospital these three days. they have canceled elective surgeries and thousands of appointments. they say they will welcome back employees on thursday when the strike is over. reporting live in berkeley, amy holyfield. >>> right now new information

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today from uc nurses and medical technicians who have joined them on the picket lines today here at the ucsf campus as well as other uc facilities across the state. this is part of a sympathy strike. the union wants to draw attention to what they say is the university of california's unfair treatment of its low wage workforce. yesterday about 25,000 service workers walked off the job at uc facilities across california, including medical technicians, custodians, food service workers and shuttle drivers. they're represented by the american federation of state, county and municipal employees, local 3299. now, the union says the average striking worker makes about $40,000 a year. this is a planned three-day strike that was called after negotiations broke down. of the big sticking point during those negotiations, job security for these workers, wages, and retirement benefits. >> this is a moral issue. this isn't just about dollars and cents. it is a moral issue. does the university of california stand for social mobility or stand for a monument for inequality? that is the core question. it is a q

we are now ten hours into day one of their three day strike that includes ucsf medical center. welcome to the four on 2 i'm andre senior. >> and i'm heather holmes. tens of thousands are participating in several issues. >> rob roth is live at ucsf with what is at the heart of this labor dispute. rrob. >> reporter: they have been at at it since 6:00 this morning. they are just now taking a dinner break but they will be back out on the lines shortly. this is the beginning of a three-day strike that has at times been loud but peaceful. >> we fired up. >> reporter: they are medical technicians, custodians, food service workers and shutting drivers among other jobs. these picketers at uc san francisco are among tens of thousands of workers striking at all ten university of california campuses. the average corker on strike -- worker on strike earns about $40,000 a year. >> this is the most expensive city in the country. in order for us to have living wanes, we need to -- wages, we need to fight for that. >> reporter: the union, the american federation of state county and municipal au

ucsf medical officials say they rescheduled appointments in preparation. >> the body of a missing fisherman from daily city recovered yesterday. they found the remains of 39-year-old johnson ink 2:00 yesterday on levy around the false river. missing since april 28 when he and another fisherman were thrown off their boat near antioch bridge. passer by rescued the other man. neither were wearing life jacket at the time. >> now a shooting that left one man in critical condition last saturday. police arrested 20-year-old of oakley and 21-year-old in attempted homicide. cell phone video you see here that night shows several gunshots being fired and people screaming at ship avenue. no one else was hurt. >>> we also have new details about the man who died following a hit-and-run crash in the east bay. victim is 63-year-old man from antioch. investigators said he was hit and killed friday night along highway 4 near bisqueler road. officers were on the scene searching for clue. they think they were sold by 2006 tundra pick up or sequoia suv that might be miss ago front right headlight. >> and shooti

. >> over the next three days, there's not going to be a whole lot going on inside of ucsf due to all the cancellations. all the action will likely be going on on the sidewalk behind me. the folks you see on the sidewalk behind me are only just 1/3rd of the total number. tomorrow these folks will be joined by the another union which statewide will be in the tens of thousands of people who walked out. there's no way to tell exactly how many people were involved in today's strike because ucsf says some people did cross the picket line, but i can assure you, they said it was a huge disruption. they said they rescheduled 12,140 patients. 800 of those patients were cancer patients for cancer appointments. that includes 280 chemotherapy and 300 surgeries. it's also delaying elective hospital admissions. union members say these three days of strike are nothing compared to the time they've been waiting on what they call a livable wage. they want a raise of 6% compared to the 3% they offered. they want their retirement age at 60 from 65. and they also want their health premiums lowered. >> uc

from ucsf parnassus, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> thank you. time now is 6:34. as we take a live look outside, a couple of beauty shots on the left we have a shot of san jose as the sun comes up and on the right, cloudy and foggy conditions at the golden gate bridge. can't even see the international orange that color on the bridge but we have bright orange right here. >> yeah. i'm representing. >> way to go, jaclyn. >> in studio. >> we'll bring your brightness for ya. but no sunshine in sight for the golden gate bridge. probably not at all today because we have a stubborn marine layer. in fact, yesterday the golden gate bridge was kind of coated all day, as well. >>> so this is going to impact your temperatures today. we are going to get that onshore breeze, that coastal influence. here's a look now in san francisco. yes, covered in low clouds. the sun trying to be seen but you have to go way up high to get a view of that. but yes, there's a little moisture in the clouds, as well. so you may have to use the windshield wipers a bit. expect some delays at the airp

coming up, we will talk live with a doctor from ucsf about addiction and vaping products and get her thoughts on prop e there. we will see you on the next hour of mornings on 2. >> thank you, mike. >>> the time is now 7:44. all right. a unique warning from doctors. avoid wearing yoga pants or spandex clothing during an mri procedure. >> he says some people have actually been burped while wearing those clothes. there are tiny metal fiber that's can interact with mri machines causing them to heat up. if they react with the machine, the clothing can actually burn your skin. doctors say you should wear strictly cotton clothing or change into one of the paper gowns when you get your mri. >> wow. okay. >>> the time is 7:44. let's go to sal. a lot going on in the morning commute. what is happening out there now. >> highway 24 has been a troubled freeway this week. today earlier we had a problem with 2413 with police activity that. is gone. but we have a crash that has been out there for a long time now with an overturned vehicle that blocked lanes and still is blocking a couple of lanes. we

some hospitals even saw slight increases in their expenditures such as ucsf. on the left you will see the break down, the percent of total charity care expenditures to provide a general summary of care across the hospitals. so just to condition collude -- to conclude, we have been allowed to collect 10 plus years of data around charity care. we have consistent data and it would be able to track the aca if they are applicable to charity care and have influenced our policy planning efforts for the future. currently of course as i was mentioning there are efforts made to dismantle the aca and although we don't know what those impacts might be yet, they could impact charity care moving forward and we'll hope that this report will be able to see some of those if there are any. now i want to acknowledge our hospital representatives here that worked with us on the work group and thank them for their continued support and partnership. i would like to thank the commissioners for the opportunity to present today and i'll be happy to take feedback or k questions. >> ther

>> that is the chant along the picket lines of ucsf medical center. it's some of the thousands of hospital workers who hit the picket lines today. nbc bay area's mark matthew is live with what the strike means for patients there. >> reporter: i think the hospital and strikers will tell you it hasn't affected patient care. some of the picketers are still out here. you can see them behind me. the picketers who numbered in the hundreds today, down to less than half that number. the strikers and the hospital have taken steps to preserve the level of service to patients. as the strikers marched for a 10% pay hike over the next five years and the right to protect their jobs from outsourcing. 12,000 patient appointments were postponed. those who couldn't be postponed told me their procedures went off without a hitch. >> it was fine. >> reporter: his brother is recovering from a kidney transplant. >> he's in recovery, so it's fine. >> reporter: any of this concern new. >> no. i'm a retired afsmce member. >> reporter: union workers say they want limits on how