
2,300 SFDPH nurses expected to hold strike vote over staffing
San Francisco public health nurses will hold a strike authorization vote next week over what they say are inadequate and unsafe staffing levels at the city's hospitals and clinics.
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San Francisco public health nurses will hold a strike authorization vote next week over what they say are inadequate and unsafe staffing levels at the city's hospitals and clinics.
Thousands of nurses in Santa Clara County began a three-day strike Tuesday, arguing for better pay and conditions. Katie Nielsen reports. Website: http://kpix.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kpixtv/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPIXtv
Nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward have voted to ratify a new four-year contract after reaching a tentative agreement with management last week.
The California Nurses Association (CNA) has announced that nurses will begin separate strikes next week at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward and at the John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord.
Nurses with MarinHealth in the Marin County community of Greenbrae reached a tentative contract agreement subsequently avoiding a strike that would have started Tuesday.
Registered nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campuses in Berkeley and Oakland gave notice Tuesday that they plan to strike starting on Christmas Eve.
Registered nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center are holding a five-day strike in response to high turnover rates and alleged workplace violence issues.
Mental health therapists and nurses at Kaiser Permanente in their fifth week of striking have called on state regulators to prevent the health care provider from using temporary replacement workers.
Northern California registered nurses and health care workers on Friday demanded that Sutter Health correct payroll errors that they say began last month.
Registered nurses AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City said Monday they planned to go on strike this week.
Registered nurses at a Peninsula hospital have issued a 10-day notice that they intend to hold a two-day strike later this month.
Members of the union representing thousands of striking Stanford nurses voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract offer, bringing an end to the week-long work stoppage.
Bay Area nursing students say Monday's nurses strikes have them worried about the current state of the healthcare industry and what that could mean for their careers.
More than 8,000 Sutter Health nurses and health care workers across Northern California are planning to participate in a one-day strike Monday to protest the health network's alleged refusal to address their concerns about safe staffing and health and safety protections, the California Nurses Association said in a press release Sunday.
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A 24-hour Christmas Eve strike by union nurses at eight Bay Area hospitals ended Tuesday morning with no reported incidents, according to a spokeswoman for one of the hospitals.
Roughly 5,000 registered nurses from 10 Sutter and Hospital Corporation of America hospitals throughout the Bay Area are striking Tuesday, charging that the hospitals are making cuts in nurses' benefits and patient care standards.
Union officials say thousands of Bay Area nurses are set to walk off the job early Tuesday in what will be the second strike this month by nurses represented by the California Nurses Association.
Nurses at a Sonoma County hospital walked off the job in a three-day strike to protest wages and other issues.
Nurses who work at seven Bay Area hospitals operated by Sutter Health are set to walk off the job Tuesday morning as part of a one-day strike.
Thousands of nurses at several Sutter Health hospitals in the Bay Area have walked off the job on Wednesday, part of a scheduled one-day strike over ongoing contract negotiations.
About 4,400 registered nurses at 10 hospitals in the Bay Area managed by Sutter Health are planning a one-day strike on Wednesday to protest concessions that they say management is demanding.
More than 4,000 registered nurses at 10 Sutter Health hospitals in Northern California are walking off the job in Tuesday's May Day protests.
Workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout California have gone on strike over contract disputes involving Kaiser's mental health and optical employees.
Kaiser Permanente workers throughout Northern California said Monday that they will stage a one-day strike on Tuesday in a dispute over a new contract for mental health and optical employees.
A proposal has been submitted to build a new skyscraper in San Francisco that would eclipse the city's 61-story Salesforce Tower and become the tallest building on the West Coast.
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A fire that broke out at a recycling facility in San Jose is under control, firefighters announced Friday afternoon.
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A proposal has been submitted to build a new skyscraper in San Francisco that would eclipse the city's 61-story Salesforce Tower and become the tallest building on the West Coast.
A five-month-old bear cub died after it was struck by a vehicle in the Lake Tahoe area Wednesday night, the BEAR League said on Friday.
Tenzing, a 12-year-old male red panda known for his playful charm and viral antics, has died at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens after a rapid decline in health caused by a parasitic infection, zoo officials said.
A fire that broke out at a recycling facility in San Jose is under control, firefighters announced Friday afternoon.
Kenneth Bianchi, the Los Angeles-based serial killer known as the "Hillside Strangler," lost his latest bid for parole after serving more than four decades in prison
A proposal has been submitted to build a new skyscraper in San Francisco that would eclipse the city's 61-story Salesforce Tower and become the tallest building on the West Coast.
Tenzing, a 12-year-old male red panda known for his playful charm and viral antics, has died at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens after a rapid decline in health caused by a parasitic infection, zoo officials said.
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A fire that broke out at a recycling facility in San Jose is under control, firefighters announced Friday afternoon.
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Mark, his wife Sara and their 14-year-old son Johnny are missing after the devastating floods in Central Texas on the Fourth of July. They were last known to be staying at a house along the Guadalupe River.
A Bay Area family is believed to be among those missing in the catastrophic floods in Texas that have killed dozens of people.
Just hours before it was set to begin, the Fourth of July fireworks show in Sausalito was canceled after "an unexpected issue," Sausalito Parks and Recreation said Friday evening.
More than a year after a bank branch in Santa Rosa was robbed, police said they made an arrest in the case Thursday morning.
The Golden State Valkyries are facing the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday in a nationally-televised WNBA matchup on CBS.
Tyler Soderstrom opened Thursday night's game with a long home run and closed it with a one-out RBI single to give the Athletics a 5-4 11-inning victory over the Atlanta Braves.
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Three 18-year-olds were arrested last month and charged in the gang-related attempted murder of a juvenile in San Jose in February, police said Friday.
A 22-year-old Oakland woman was sentenced Thursday for a string of bank robberies in the Bay Area and Sacramento, prosecutors said.
The city of Oakland has issued hundreds of tickets to abandoned vehicles that were reported stolen, creating a problem for both the victims of the crime and the city, according to an Alameda County Civil Grand Jury report.
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