. >> reporter: civil rights attorney ben crump who also represented the families of george floyd and breonna taylor said that their dream job became a nightmare. >> because of bigoted, discriminatory, racist culture that exists within google. >> reporter: the company retaliated against them. their suit accuses the tech giant of a racially-biassed corporate culture where black employees are denied promotion and paid less than other employees of equal experience and qualification. google has not responded to multiple requests for comment on the suit. thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> opening statements are set to begin tomorrow in the second trial tied to the downfall of theranos. sunny balwani is facing the same fraud charges as elizabeth holmes, he's also her former boyfriend. the trial was delayed last week after potential covid exposure with a juror who has since tested negative. balwani is accused of misleading investors and patients. holmes currently free on bond. >>> still ahead, what's working no the bay area's largest city. the number of homicides is dropping in san jose. >>

. >> reporter: civil rights attorney ben crump filed the suit. said the clients shared common fact, dream jobs at google became nightmares. >> when they raised awareness about the racist, toxic culture, google did not retaliate against the racist culture but against these victims. >> reporter: april joined in 2018 and claimed she was stuck in entry level job for six years with no chance for promotion. speaking out against what she claimed were google's discriminatory policies, company tried to silence her. >> when it didn't work -- in pandemic. >> it was a nightmare. >> reporter: says google recruited her to work in mountain view campus and white male employee started harassing her. >> started with sly comments in micro kitchen and hallways and grew to sexually explicit messages over the company chat. >> reporter: says the complaint was not addressed and harasser not punished. we reached out to google, have not heard back. >>> setback in oakland's efforts to help the unhoused. this fire gutted three of the tiny homes near lake merritt this mornin

civil rights attorney, ben crump, along with others is leading the lawsuit and they filed this lawsuit seeking class-action status. former google employee april curley spoke as she said in 2014 she was sought after by google and landed her dream job is diversity recruiter on the university programs team. she said she felt compelled to be vocal about treatment on black employees, and what she says are racist policies and behaviors. she says she was terminated after speaking up.>> after dedicating so much of my life to make sure that black and brown students had access to opportunities intech and google, after being restrained at the entry-level prosecution for six years from after being blocked for promotion, i quote, google had no budget to pay me, google decided that the right next step of my career was to unjustly terminate. >> google's most recent diversity report shows that 4.4% of its u.s. workers were black. in the newsroom i am jocelyn moran , kpix 5 . >> we reached out to go for response and are waiting for word back. we brought you the news conference about the lawsuit live on

. >> reporter: civil rights attorney ben crump filed the suit. he says his clients' dream jobs at google became nightmares. >> when they raised awareness about the racist, toxic culture, google did not retaliate against the racist culture, but they retaliated against these victims. >> reporter: april curley joined google in 2014 and claims she was stuck in an entry level job for six years with no realistic chance for promotion. when she began speaking out about what she claims are the racial discriminatory policies, she said the company tried to silence her. >> when their strategy of trying to silence me didn't work, they reverted to termination during a pandemic. >> almost immediately it was a nightmare. >> chloe was a master student at howard when she says google recruited her to work at its mountain view campus. she says a white male employee began sexually harassing her. >> it started out with sly comments and grew to sexually explicit message over the company chat. >> reporter: she says her complaints were never addressed and the harasser wa

. >> reporter: civil rights attorney ben crump filed the suit. he says his clients share one common fact, their dream jobs at google became nightmares. >> and when they raised awareness about the racist toxic culture, google did not retaliate against the racist culture, but they retaliated against these victims. >> reporter: april curly joined google in 2014 and stuck she was stuck at an entry-level job for six years with no realistic chance for promotions. when she began speaking out against what she claims are google's discriminatory policies, she says the company tried to silas her. >> when their strategy of trying to violence me didn't work. >> almost immediately it was a nightmare. >> reporter: chloe was a master's student when google recruited her. that's when she says a white male employee began sexually harassing her. >> it started wof slide comments in the microkitchen and hallways and then crew tro sexually explicit messages over company chat. >> reporter: we repeatedly reached out for google for comment on the lawsuit but have not hear

that's when they came to people like ben franklin ben crump brought me and we started raising issue and local activists in brunswick was really consistent and persistent to the point where the governor brought in another prosecutor and they got the case so we wouldn't chasing him and as we were the ambulance the ambulance came and left it way it was and that's what people don't understand if we did not come then who was going to stand up for an army on other case and i think that that is what is really crazy to me and then when i look about like me there was a case in new york and oh 89 oh 1989 yousef hockey young man killed in a section of brooklyn bensoners where they didn't want blacks there. i lived in marches out there protesting calling for the killers to be arrested one saturday. ran out the crowd stuck a night from my chest you just from my heart how much you gonna pay me to get stabbed and almost killed. my daughters was four and five years old. i mean how much you gonna pay me to your staff? oh on days that we spent. i want spent three months in jail for leading the protests i

civil rights attorney ben crump announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against a racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in roles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with slight comments and the micro kitchen and

civil rights attorney ben crump announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against the racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in roles at google. despite her success of the company currently says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with slight comments and the micro kitchen

civil rights attorney ben crump announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against the racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in bowles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with sly comments and the micro kitchen and

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now she is being addressed as civil rights attorneys, including ben crump. >> don't condemn april curly, support her. zach: the lawsuit was filed on friday and crump says they have heard from others who were discriminated against, like chloe sled. she said she faced sexual harassment and tried to speak out about race issues but was bullied into resigning. >> it was clear they wanted me out. i didn't realize my rights and they took advantage of that. zach: crump is looking to make it a class action suit. in part they are looking for employees to be reinstated and awarded the compensation they lost and will lose in the future. >> google, we encourage you to do the right thing. zach: we have reached out to google for a response. so far we have not heard back. larry: thank you. hundreds of chevron workers walked off the job at the chevron richmond refinery. they are asking for a 17% pay raise to offset inflation and rising health care costs. leslie brinkley drilled into what is at stake with this strike. leslie: the picket line was clearly marked at the entrance to chevron richmond, which p

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civil rights attorney ben crump. >> announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate against the racist coach or. >> but they retaliated against these victims. all of the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in bowles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with sly comments and the micro kitc

civil rights attorney ben crump. >> announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against the racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all of the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in bowles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with sly comments and the micro kitc

civil rights attorney ben crump. >> announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against the racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in bowles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with sly comments and the micro kitchen

civil rights attorney ben crump filed the suit today in san francisco federal court. it claims there is a pattern and practice of racial discrimination at google . the lawsuit alleges the plaintiffs who are two black former google employees, experienced discrimination and hostility based on their race. google chose to ignore and ultimately attack black employees brave enough to speak up about google's embedded racism that actively harmed black employees on a daily basis. google believes great people. are white people. where with this lawsuit. we are proclaiming to google. that black people and brown people are great people, too. the lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and compensation for present and former black employees at google . we've reached out to google for a response, but have not yet heard back. police in los angeles are looking for a hit and run driver who crashed his tesla while attempting a dangerous stunt. video of a tesla model s flying into the air has now gone viral. the driver has seen speeding up a steep street in los angeles early yest

civil rights attorney ben crump filed the suit this morning in san francisco federal court. it claims there's a pattern and practice of racial discrimination at google. the lawsuit alleges the plaintiffs who are two black, former google employees, experienced discrimination and hostility based on their race. when they raise awareness about the racist. toxic culture. google did not retaliate against the racist culture. but they retaliated against these victims. of the racist culture that exists in google. the lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and compensation for present and former black employees at google. google has not yet commented on the suit. a rally and dyin is taking place outside of san francisco city hall to call for more attention to be placed back on hiv and to address the impact of covid-19 on people with hiv. a coalition of aids activists once city leaders to make hiv a priority again, they say, while san francisco has been a leader in the fight against covid-19, it's coming to price for other health programs. they say there have been a number of

civil rights attorney ben crump. >> announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against the racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all of the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in roles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with sly comments and the micro kitch

civil rights attorney ben crump filed that lawsuit today and federal court in san francisco. the lawsuit claims there's a pattern and practice of racial discrimination at google. it alleges the plaintiffs who are two black former google employees, experienced discrimination and hostility based on their race. google chose to ignore and ultimately attack black employees brave enough to speak up about google's embedded racism that actively harmed black employees on a daily basis. google believes great people. are white people. well with this lawsuit. were proclaiming to google. that black people and brown people are great people, too. the lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and compensation for president and former black employees at google . we've reached out to the company for response, but have not yet heard back. today fed chair jerome powell said more aggressive interest rate increases are being considered to reduce inflation. powell said the federal reserve would raise its benchmark short term interest rates faster than expected and high enough to slow down gro

civil rights attorney ben crump filed the suit today in san francisco federal court. it claims there is a pattern and practice of racial discrimination at google. the lawsuit alleges the plaintiffs who are two black former google employees, experienced discrimination and hostility based on their race. google chose to ignore and ultimately attack black employees brave enough to speak up about google's embedded racism that actively harmed black employees on a daily basis. google believes great people. are white people. well with this lawsuit. were proclaiming to google. that black people and brown people are great people, too. the lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and compensation for present and former black employees at google . google has not yet commented on the lawsuit. okay did you see this incredible video, scary video, a rented tesla just flying down the hill in los angeles. in this video that has now gone viral certainly looked like a scene from an action movie. but police say this was a highly dangerous stunt, which could result in hit and run ch

civil rights attorney ben crump. >> announced the class action lawsuit against google monday alleging that the company undervalues under pays and mistreat their black employees. google did not retaliate. >> against the racist coach or but they retaliated against these victims. all of the races coach or that existing google, former google employee shared their stories of discrimination, including april curley who was hired by the company in 2014. >> to recruit graduates from historically black colleges. i easily found over 500 extremely talented black students who are now employed in bowles at google. despite her success of the company, curley says she was terminated in september of 2020. this wasn't about my performance or lack thereof. >> this was about a company equipping managers with the power to with their black employees into shape by any means or make an example out of them. the allegations against google don't stop at racial discrimination. chloe sled says she was sexually harassed by a white male coworker and her department. it started off with sly comments and the micro kitc