7.2 wake wake hit off of the eastern coast. you can see the buildings are leaning over. looking like they are ready to collapse at any minute. have have been several large aftershocks. let's go to anne makovec. >> reporter: we have major damage and we don't know the extent of it yet because it happened in the last couple of hours. it prompted tsunami warnings for the island and for south upper japan as well. several aftershocks, including one that was 7.5. the damage coming in. several buildings leaning, partially collapsed. this is video from the city of waleen. this is the strongest quake to hit the island in 25 years. the last big one was a

7.6 magnitude back in 1999. 2400 people were killed and 50,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. here is video inside of a tv news room after the quake. this was in taipei. it was 100 miles away. you see the monitors and the light fixtures swaying as the ground shook. closer to home. the tsunami warning center says no tsunami threat to california is expected. in some coastal areas they might experience sea level changes. nothing significant here, though, let's check in with our meteorologist darren peck in our future studio.. >> a little perspective 7.4 magnitude if you think back ours was a 6.9. it was notably farther away from say san francisco or a lot of the notable dblg that we think of loma prieta. the distance here is 80 miles from taipei. so, i am just giving you the comparison to the major

population center. there are small communities on this side of the island where the earthquake happened f. we look at the map differently all of the black dots show you where the population density is for taiwan. if there is any good news here it is that this significant 7.4 earthquake happened on the other side of the island. but there are smaller towns and communities here. just one way to look at that map for taiwan, the areas shaded in purple, there are a lot of similarities to some of the landscape risks here between taiwan and here at home. one of them is liquid faction. the areas here near the epi center. several towns, up and down. not major population centers. enough that are at a higher risk. and some of the images that we are seeing look eerily similar to soft understore collapsed understory collapses, too early to get specific information like this in a situation so near the event happening. but,

the pictures do look similar of weak soft understories collapsing. i seen a few pictures of that coming through from what is coming out of taiwan so far. certainly a developing story. i will be back with our forecast coming up in a bit. for now, back to you. >> we will follow it on line, darren, thank you. surgery his to be rescheduled at county hospitals in santa clara county because thousands of health care workers were on the picket lines. today's strike comes on the heals of a picket in the medical center last week. a key point in that strike was workers demanding better health benefits. we also learned nurses at sf general are planning a rally tomorrow. nurses tell us this week's strike in is focused on staffing levels and better pay. >> reporter: this is the first time in the union's almost 50 year history that the nurses have gone on strike. something that they say is a sign of just how bad conditions have

gotten. >> reporter: josh is one of 3700 nurses who are on strike today. he works at valley medical center as a progressive care unit nurse, a step down from the icu. >> they are focused on the community and that is what resinated with me. >> reporter: he started straight out of nursing school almost nine years ago. worked there through the pandemic which he says took a toll on everyone. >> it is like a switch went off where, okay, pandemic is done let's go back to how things were. and it is like, no. things have changed. >> reporter: the register nurses association represents nurses at the santa clara hospitals and their members are striking because lack of staffing and high patient to nurse ratios and pay raises which they say will close the salary gap between county nurses and those at private hospitals >> we made reported efforts to

get rnpa back to the table to reach a fair and sustainable contract. >> county leaders held a press conference earlier in the day addressing the strike saying since 2002, nurses have gotten between a 30% and 42% pay increase. >> we are facing a $250 million structural deficit as a county organization. we need a contract that is fair and sustainable for our nurses and for all of the other dedicated public employees that provide critical services that our county residents rely on. >> they said the county brought in 1,000 temporary nurses to keep all emergency services in the hospitals running. many elective surgeries and nonemergency appointments were rescheduled. >> despite the labor action, our hospitals and clinics remain open and we are continuing to be able to provide all e emergency services to the community. >> nurses say they are looking out for the best interest of

patients. >> this is not just for show. this is not just about, you know, getting raises or what not. it is, it is also about when you come in as a patient we want you to know that you are going to get the best care possible. >> union leaders say another strike is not out of the question. especially if they feel like the county is not being reasonable in negotiations. >> valley medical center is one of only four level 1 trauma centers in the bay area. the others are stanford, highland and sf general. so, this november, voters in san francisco will have the chance to pick a new mayor. this is the first time the mayor's race will take place during a presidential election year. wilson walker has more on what it means for voter turnout and how it can swing the results. >> you know, to me as a political scientist i am fascinated by an election that is hard to pridict

>> there are predictions. but, it is an experiment. >> reporter: the experiment is the shift in san francisco's election calendar, a move that will bump the race for mayor off of those low turnout odd years over to the very high turnout presidential cycle and the implications could be enormous. >> look at what you have seen san francisco historically. low turnout, tends to have moderates, increases, progressive voters turnout. what happens in a high turnout election. >> we are going to see probably 85% turnout of people voting for their mayor instead of what we usually get which is the lower 40s. >> reporter: the progressive supervisor, not just a fan of the consolidated elections he put the issue on the ballot where voters loved the idea as well, passing with 71% of the

vote. >> even people who have disagreements from the more progressive to the more moderate end of the spectrum agreed on prop h. you know, one of the rare times that preston has done something good for san francisco. >> reporter: grow sf director also a big supporter of the election move. >> we need to have elections where the outcome reflects what most want in our city. >> reporter: there is something that they by large agree upon, consolidation is good and drives up the high stakes for this election, control of city government at a time when a lot of people agree that city is at a cross roads, a big division between progressives and moderates. so, the big question now, who stands to benefit from the higher turnout? >> who will be motivated to turnout to vote in a presidential election that would not vote in mayoral. where are they getting the information from. >> reporter: it is a hot question and something that the

people in the city see unfolding in different ways. progressives are encouraged by the general rule of more votes, more blue. >> i do believe that when you have brooder participation in voting it tends to favor more progressive candidates and policies. and i think we will see that in election results this november. >> reporter: but the city's moderates that enjoyed some recent successes at the polls see kind of a san francisco inversion here. more voters, they say, might actually push the city towards the middle. >> they are. people focused on outcomes, that is who we reach when we expand it, we don't just reach activists. >> reporter: the turnout is something they disagree on but the gravity of the vote and greater participation >> it is going to be the most important election in modern history for san francisco. >> now, we have far more

likelihood that most people will go to the polls. >> do they vote for familiar names? more influenced by brooder, traditional campaign spending and media appeals because they are not deeply imbedded in san francisco pole takes? >> reporter: turn out is part of the equation. it still has many variables left to be revealed. >> what is the mood? who are the mayoral candidates, there is a long way to go between now and november. >> reporter: they had a rough night on march 5th. pointed to low turnout for that. high turnout election in november will tell us a lot about where the city sits politically especially with the winds seemingly to have shifted in the last several years. the questions we don't have answers to yet, the field of candidates we will not know who is running for mayor until sometime in june. >> mayor london breed was

elected in 2019. turnout that year was 42%. for the 2020 presidential election turnout was more than twice that at 86%. the controversial bill will limit when your work can contact you when you are not on the clock. why the chamber of commerce says it is a bad idea. with will a's stay four more years? what they are saying about the deal offered by the city. in the forecast, there is rain coming, it is getting here thursday. we will look at that. the bigger impact is the cold air this system is bringing with it. wait until you see the morning lows by friday. details on all of that coming up after the break

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the right to disconnect. employees could not be punished for not answering their phones during off hours. it lets workers file complaints with the labor board if companies reportedly contact them when they are not working. >> they need to have a policy on it when people are working and are not. it should not be hard. the murkiness and the gray area that can leave people feeling like they have to be on 24/7. if an employee can be working late hours and available all of the time, have them sign on to that in their employee contract. >> it is a sticky slope there. okay. the bill has a long way to go. the next step is read in the state labor committee. the california chamber of commerce came against the bill. they said california already has laws in place to protect worker's time. all right, darren. take it away. >> i think in our business we are 24/7 news, right? >> we are not pagers any more

but you can reach us easily. all right, the change coming our way that shows up over the course of the next few days is primarily a story of a blast of cold air. so, i just want to visualize what is coming our way. the brighter shades of blue. the colder air, clearly spilling out of the gulf of alaska and getting here by thursday. thursday's day time highs when we are getting rain are going to be in the 50s. thursday, friday, in the 50s. a lot of us getting used to the 70s. that is one takeaway. i want you to see the morning lows on friday. after it sweeps through on thursday night. we feel it on friday and saturday morning. so, let's use the virtual map to portray that picture. lower 40s, not terrible for this day. you had plenty of mornings like that already this winter. but, this is the time of the year where we should leave the numbers behind. this is a particularly cold air mass for early april. livermore, 38 degrees, you had colder nights this winter. but, you should not do that in the first week of april. probably

going to tie or break records for morning lows by the time we get to friday or saturday. look at santa rosa. that says 35 up there. so, those north bay valleys are going to feel this. remember, your day time highs in the 50s. >> middle 70s up there today. this is significant winter whiplash from a temperature standpoint. all right, there are other elements to this system. so, let's leave behind the cold air mass and actually see what it is bringing from a rain standpoint. the system coming from the same source. comes together does not start raining here. watch the system. stay half on, half off of the coast. it is mainly scattered on-again, off-again showers, the system will not come in with a widespread steady rainmaker like with the cold front where everybody gets a line of rain. we are kind of going to stip that phase that we have seen so many times this winter. we are going to go straight into the isolated

on-again, off-again showers. that will go thursday morning. all of the way into friday. some of the showers, you know, briefly coming through with a little intensity. then it gets cold enough. some drop snow in the mountains like that one right there. snow level thursday morning, friday morning after we had the leftover showers, getting down to 3500 feet or lower. it will be cold enough to snow maybe on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains, i don't you will have accumulations but you might see flurries if you go over the summit between the santa clara valley and santa cruz. just an interesting point on that. now, there will be a lot more time in that two day stretch when you are not getting rained on. there are a lot of openings in the system. most of it is, you are not getting rained on. every once in awhile a scattered shower comes through. you get one. thunderstorms, a brief downpour. the same drill so often with the systems it typically goes that way. this

one does have the potential for isolated thunderstorms, thursday, friday, maybe slightly better ingredients from that standpoint than the one that was just here over the weekend. so, that will be a developing situation. we will keep a close eye on it over the next few days, plenty of snow in the sierra. not like a big heavy snow maker. look how low the snow level is here, down to 3,000 feet t. makes the drive difficult for thursday and friday. anybody who has to get over the mountains, they are going to have some significant surprises if they are not staying on top of it or have not heard, you know, that is the advise is. if you know somebody heading over the mountains let them know it will be a tough job. the next system on sunday, it is weak. we don't warm up for the weekend light showers from a separate system on sunday. not a big deal. a bigger warm up for the middle of next week. we will get the inland spots back in the 70s. >> that sounds good, all right,

darren, thank you. coming up, the city of oakland made the a's an offer to stay at the coliseum after the season. did the team take it? we have the latest on the negotiations - temperatures cooling down as we head into the weekend and stronger onshore... ah, i stepped off the coast again. - the winds are really picking up. - fog spreading farther inland. - and in the north bay, you're gonna get soaked. (water splashing) - [narrator] presenting the bay area's only virtual weather studio. next level weather. - as i lift this, you can actually see... - [narrator] on kpix and pix+. (wind blowing) it's that real. (water splashing) - let's move on to the seven-day now.

. beautiful sunset. high stakes negotiations took place today in oakland over the a's future at the coliseum. the city and the a's ownership group met to discuss a potential deal allowing the a's to play at the coliseum beyond this season. the a's offered a two year deal worth $17 million. the city says they will extend the lease through a five year contract $97 million >> it is pushing hard. they need to negotiate something that is more agreeable. >> i believe the city should not back down. if the a's don't want to work with them then they need to leave. >> spoken from an a's fan there. spokesperson from the mayor's office tells us the city made a fair and reasonable offer to the a's. they look forward to continuing discussions as necessary. meanwhile, the a's say we appreciate oakland's engagement and we are far apart on

agreeing on an extension.. the a's hope to play where the tropicana casino is today. today it is closing for good and they thanked las vegas for 67 years of memories the demolition is scheduled for october. during its prime it hosted the rat pack and cig sigfried and roadway. one out of 36 kids diagnosed with autism. april is autism acceptance month. coming up, how two companies are working to make their products more inclusive

autism day. today is world autism day. hot wheels came out with a new car and has autistic seal of approval. legos are making their stores more sensory equipped. there are three lego stores in the bay area. love this. all right, thanks for watching us. the news continues on pix plus or 44 cable 12. see you back here at 11:00. have a wonderful evening.

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