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Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike in largest healthcare walkout in U.S. history

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job Wednesday morning, marking what is being called the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history.Negotiators between the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and the healthcare provider are ongoing and apparently making progress, but workers still opted to walk off the job for a scheduled three-day labor stoppage.The strike officially began at 6 a.m. in Southern California. Workers began to picket a few hours earlier on the East Coast. Nurses, technicians and support staff at hundreds of hospitals across multiple states are striking against what they call unfair labor practices and unfair working conditions that are affecting the quality of patient care.Kaiser Permanente workers across the nation are gearing up for a strike authorization vote, which is set to take place on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (KTLA) “We just can’t go on with this staffing crisis,” one worker preparing to picket outside the Kaiser hospital in North Holl...

If Kaiser Permanente workers strike, what happens to patients?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

Kaiser Permanente patients may be affected as over 75,000 workers could go on strike if negotiations over labor contracts for unionized workers are not finalized on Tuesday.Discussions between the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and the healthcare provider have been unsuccessful so far as workers say they’re struggling with a staffing crisis that is affecting the quality of patient care.Workers are asking for across-the-board pay increases, retiree medical plans and protections against subcontracting and outsourcing. Across the nation, workers are ready to walk off the job for three days starting Wednesday at 6 a.m. in what has been described as potentially the largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history.SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West announced on Sept. 14 that 98% of its members voted to approve the Oct. 4-6 strike in protest of “unfair labor practices.”Kaiser Permanente is the largest nonprofit healthcare provider in the U.S. It reported profits topping $3 bil...

Krayzie Bone reveals he 'fought for his life for 9 days', provides update from hospital bed

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

Krayzie Bone gave fans an update on his health with a selfie from his hospital bed. "Just fought for (my) life literally for nine days straight," he posted to Instagram on Tuesday. He then thanked all those who supported him during this time. "I only won the battle this time because I know Jehovah God was with me every step of the way fighting for me," he continued. "Never take life for granted, enjoy it while you have it! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers trust me I needed every last one of them."Krayzie Bone provided an update on his health to fans from his hospital bed on Oct. 3, 2023. Photo: InstagramMany big names took to the comment section to send more well wishes to the hip-hop star. "Love (you) brother, this post made me smile. God is good," wrote Kid Cudi."Sending strength king," Lil John wrote.Rapper Fat Joe said, "I love you my brother with all my heart, I been praying. God is great."Singer Krayzie Bone poses with his Grammy for BestRap Performance By a Duo or ...

Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 7, 2023

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

We’re back for Week 7 of our all-in-fun high school football picks competition.We pick 16 more games, highlighted by St. Ignatius at St. Francis, San Ramon Valley at Clayton Valley Charter and Wilcox at Menlo-Atherton.Joseph Dycus has fallen 15 games behind me and nine back of Mike Lefkow in the season standings. Lots of big swings and misses by the kid as he tried to make up ground in a hurry.Instead, he dug a few more feet into the hole.Dycus didn’t swing so wildly this week — so he won’t gain or lose too much ground.Our weekly pre-picks video roundtable was an open forum. No set topics.Parts of the conversation focused on Archbishop Riordan’s ascent into the Top 5 of this week’s Bay Area News Group rankings.Said Lefkow, who has followed Bay Area high school football for many years, “I am becoming more and more impressed with what Riordan’s doing. I am not saying I love the way they went about doing it (high-profile transfers). But t...

Mr. Touchdown: San Jose State Spartans’ Robinson has a nose for the end zone

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

SAN JOSE — Kairee Robinson only needed one good leg to make Alonzo Carter a believer.Sitting next to NFL All-Pro running back Maurice Jones-Drew and legendary De La Salle head coach Bob Ladouceur in the Owen Owens Field stands, Carter watched Robinson, then a Spartans senior, rush for over 100 yards on a broken ankle. Carter, San Jose State’s running backs coach, knew he had to offer the five-foot-seven, 190-pound running back a scholarship. He did just that a week later.“Just to see him out there leading his team even though he was injured, was amazing to see,” Carter recalled of his first impression of Robinson. “He gives you all he got. He has the warrior mentality and leaves it all on the field.”Fast forward five years, and Robinson is on track to have his best season as a San Jose State Spartan and is quickly moving up the SJSU record book.San Jose State’s Kairee Robinson (32) runs for 44-yards against Hawaii’s Meki Pei (28), in the fourth quarter Saturday, No...

Los Gatos: The Cats hosting Oct. 8 Maui benefit with music, Oct. 22 paella dinner

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

The recently renovated and rebooted The Cats — the legendary Los Gatos roadhouse — is amping up its special events and entertainment offerings.From noon to 4 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 8, a Maui fundraiser will feature 12 live music acts plus the restaurant’s barbecue and bar menu. Ten percent of The Cats’ sales that afternoon will be donated to the American Red Cross for its Maui Wildfire Relief efforts. Music for the event was coordinated by Mark Harville.Later in the month, owner Richard Tam’s venture to highlight new chefs, ChefCentury, will launch with the first Guest Chef Pop-Up Series.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Chipotle and San Jose tech company testing a robotic makeline that builds salads and bowls Restaurants, Food and Drink | Oakland’s Burdell offers elevated soul food and a love letter to grandma Restaurants, Food and Drink | Free and cheap tacos on National Taco Day 2023, Wedne...

Will the Gilroy Police Department’s new feedback feature reach the residents who need it?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

The Gilroy Police Department launched new survey software this week that seeks to get feedback about officers’ interactions with the public. GPD officials hope the new surveys will help them to police smarter and more effectively, but some community members aren’t convinced it’s the best approach.Surveys will be sent after certain service calls, such as when police respond in person. The caller will receive a text message in English and Spanish to the number that they called from, with a link to a short survey that includes questions about their interaction with the department and some demographic information, and provides an opportunity to comment.A community survey will also be available for community members who are interested in providing general comments about the department.My90, the company that created the survey software, collects and anonymizes the data, then sends a report back to the department to help identify trends that might point to positive or negative feedba...

Kaiser workers across the Bay Area hit picket lines in support of nationwide strike

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

In what they’re calling the largest health care worker strike in United States history, thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers across the Bay Area hit the picket lines on Wednesday morning as they seek increases in pay and solutions to understaffing in facilities across the country.RELATED: Kaiser workers go on strike around Bay Area: Five things to knowStriking workers include a group of about 75,000 across the country — with about 23,000 of those being in the Bay Area. United Healthcare Workers West, a union representing many of the striking employees, said workers would picket at Kaiser Medical Centers in San Jose; Oakland; Fremont; Redwood City; Santa Clara; Antioch; Richmond; San Francisco; South San Francisco; San Leandro; Walnut Creek; Vallejo; and Santa Rosa.Picket lines were also active across Southern California, as well as Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and the District of Columbia.At @KPThrive San Jose, we’re ready! #United4All #SolidaritySeason pic.twitter...

A few gripes, plus gratitude for a Bay Area transportation department: Roadshow

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

Q: I have a few gripes.1. According to the California driver’s manual, cars must have a front license plate. Occasionally I keep count and about 10% of cars do not have a front plate. It goes up to about 15% in Los Altos. It’s more than 60% for Teslas.2. For cars with a rear bicycle rack that hides the rear license plate: If they also lack a front license plate, they’re immune to bridge tolls.3. Some intersections have pedestrian crossing signals with three red lights that cycle when a pedestrian pushes a button to cross. When no pedestrian is crossing, all three lights are out, making it indistinguishable from an inoperative signal. But the California driver’s manual says that if a traffic signal is not operating, it should be interpreted as requiring a full stop.Dave Grossman, Palo AltoA: The stats you provide about no front plates are higher than I expected. And you’re correct that intersections where lights are not operating require a full stop.Q: Last Ju...

‘Miracle’ water year in California: Rain, snow put state’s reservoirs at 128% of historical average

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:16:40 GMT

By ADAM BEAM | Associated PressSACRAMENTO  — California ended its “miracle” water year on Saturday with enough rain and snow to fill the state’s reservoirs to 128% of their historical average, making it among the wettest years in recorded state history.That’s a welcome boon to a state that has spent much of the past dozen years in a deep drought, forcing state leaders to grapple with how the state should share and manage its water in the future. A series of winter storms in early 2023 busted the state’s most recent dry spell.State officials measured 33.56 inches (85.2 centimeters) of precipitation through the end of September. California’s “water year” begins annually on Oct. 1 so it can include all of the fall and winter months when California gets the bulk of its rain and snow. The state depends on those wet months to fill its reservoirs that supply water for drinking, farming and environmental uses throughout the state.The Oroville Dam, top right, holds back water at Lake Orovill...