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disconnect from work. a pre-pandemic survey of u.s. workers found more than half responded to work emails outside of working hours, and data from the national bureau of economic research suggests that that number has increased to nearly 60% in the year since. >> we all know that feeling very well. this new bill, though, would allow employees to ignore work related communication outside normal working hours. welcome everyone to the for this afternoon. >> i'm heather holmes and i'm cristina rendon. if the proposal becomes law, it would affect both public and private employers. assembly member matt haney of san francisco introduced a bill in the california legislature. we will be speaking with him in just a few moments. >> yeah, but we want to begin in santa clara county, where workers there are expressing different frustrations. this afternoon, nurses say that they are underpaid, understaffed and being asked to float between hospitals. ktvu zan rubin live now outside the santa clara valley medical center with more on the situation, and anne county officials want to reassure the public that the

hospital system and clinics open and staffed. >> yeah, there are about 3700 nurses in this union and many of them were out picketing today. but county officials say while there's been honking and chanting outside, it was business as usual inside. santa clara county nurses want to be heard. >> our biggest concern everyone is the pay and the staffing. >> they say patient safety is on the line, but contract negotiations between the registered nurses professional association and county leaders have fallen apart, and a proposal by a mediator last week was flatly rejected. >> and we're barely getting anywhere, which is why it's been really frustrating. we've been negotiating with them for eight months now, and so they're taking to the picket line for a three day strike that forced the county to bring in outside nurses to replace them. >> about a thousand of them were flown in from around the country at a cost of $20 million.

>> unfortunately, we've now had to take money and put it towards this essential coverage, and that's money that we then don't have as a system so far. >> administrators say things are running smoothly at the county's three hospitals and over a dozen clinics, while some appointments were converted to video visits and some elective procedures were postponed, and the trauma center and emergency department are open. >> inside the hospital. it really feels and looks and seems as though business as usual, you know, the patients are getting the care that they need, the staff who have come to work seem very pleasant. >> patients gave mixed reviews. michelle ramirez was directed toward an outside urgent care. >> it seems like the short staff, there's not a lot of, workers in there, but isaac turner said that's not what he saw. >> my appointment was on time. i only waited five minutes once i arrived to actually go back and be seen. and in the matter of 15 minutes, my appointment was over. treat it very well. always

have been. >> now there are a few picketers out here, though not nearly the numbers they had earlier in the day. no word on what it might take to get the both sides back to this bargaining table. the strike is set to run through early friday morning. heather. >> okay, so anne, you mentioned that proposal that was rejected, that was presented by the mediator. did the nurses say what the sticking points or what the issues were that they had with that contract? >> so one of the biggest ones, involves floating from hospital to hospital. it's a complicated issue, but the nurses are saying that in many cases, they are not trained, on protocols from one hospital in the county system to the next. and so they said that's a real concern for them over safety measures. the county says they have a very specific way that this needs to happen. so i think, you know, that's one of the issues where they need to come back to the table. they

seem pretty far apart on that one. >> okay. we will have to see what happens next after this three day strike, our anne reuben there for us live. thank you anne. okay, back now to that new legislation aimed at protecting workers and their right to disconnect. >> assembly member matt haney joining us live now with more details on how this would work. matt, thanks for joining us this afternoon. first off, what sparked this proposal for yourself? what made you think of the idea to come up with something like this? the right to disconnect act? >> well, i've heard from a lot of my constituents, family and friends, about how, they often feel like they have no time when they're not working. i used to be, for most people that you went into work, you clocked in, you worked hard, and when you clocked out, you were able to rest or be with your kids, now, because of the 24 hour accessibility that we have with our smartphone, as many people are working 24 over seven jobs, they have to always be available to respond to emails and texts. and there's a solution to it,

which is, companies should be clearer about when their employees are expected to be working and when they're not, this is a policy called right to disconnect that exists in over a dozen countries around the world, most recently in australia and ireland and france and mexico and in our modern work culture, where you can be contacted at any moment. it's necessary that we be clear about when people are working and when they can be unavailable and turn off okay. >> we all know that the blurring of the boundaries between work and life, really, matt, has been an issue plaguing workplaces for years, only exacerbated by the pandemic. so what exactly would your bill do and how would it be applied so it establish a right to disconnect, which, workers can assert and it will be based on a company's being required, employers being required to have a policy around the right to disconnect when workers are are on and when they may be unavailable and not working, that can include times when

they're at home. there are many jobs where you do have to work a regular hours or long hours, but if you're going to have those types of hours, you should have a clear policy around it. and workers should consent to it. okay. so is that something consent for okay. >> so are you saying then that i'm going to be able to negotiate with my employer about when i want to be able to respond to an email and when i'm not going to? >> yeah. your work hours should be clear, and when you're available and when you're not for some jobs, you have to be available for all the time and you have to be on all the time for a lot of jobs. you know, after 6 p.m. or after 7 p.m, unless it's emergency or for scheduling, you shouldn't be contacted all the time, for various work related things, and if you are, that would be something you didn't consent to. so if you are being contacted in that way, you should consent to it, you should know that's what you're signing up for. and right now, people, many people find themselves just contacted all the time for work related things . and there's no boundaries of times when they can turn off

where they can actually just know and their employer can know that they're going to be with their kids, and they're going to have some time to rest and disconnect, right? >> yeah, we've definitely had a slack message or two over, over after hours, i would say. but you know, it's hard in this business with news. but i will say, is there any exceptions to the policy in which you can be contacted by your employer outside of your normal work hours? >> of course. so again, if you work in a in a job like you do, and i do, with long irregular hours, that just has to be established in policies and the employee has to consent to it. they should know that's what they're signing up for. and there should be a policy around it that doesn't exist. and it's not required in many employment, much employment right now. but even in addition to that, scheduling emergencies, one off things, these are things that, of course, would be allowed, and we don't want to tell people when they can work and when they shouldn't, but they should consent to it. and there should be a policy that is clear about when they're working and when they're not.

>> okay. you mentioned that this is really part of a trend. and we have a map sort of illustrating where laws like this currently exist. you mentioned australia just becoming the 14th country to implement a law like this. i totally get it. we have lost the sense of a work life balance for a lot of us. but if this is just a sort of an agreement, i mean, how are you? how is someone going to be able to enforce it and how are you also going to remove the feeling that some employees might have that if they don't answer that email, there could in fact be consequences? for example, you know, something that happens to their job. >> well, we are seeing more and more countries do this, there's the 12 or so that are up there. there's many more that have proposed it. i think california will find itself more competitive for highly skilled workers. if we have these kind of policies that do respect work life balance, it does have an enforcement mechanism. it's not intended to punish people. but if there is a repeated violation, a pattern of

violation of this, of their policy, then there can be an investigation that's done by the labor commission of the state, and there can be fines levied. so it does include enforcement. it's really intended to make sure that there's actually that consent and that agreement and that clarity of when people are on and off, and that if you are contacted at times when you're not supposed to be available and you didn't agree to, you can say, this is not time that i'm available and you're regularly asking me to do work, in a way that i did not consent to. all right. >> so this bill still has a way to go. >> yeah. what's that? >> i was going to say this bill still has a long way to go. still working. its way through the legislature. correct. and then any final thoughts here on on the critics who might say, look, this puts an unnecessary burden on companies. we already have a lot of red tape that we have to comply with. and this is just another unnecessary thing, it's not a necessary thing. in fact, it strikes to the core of what i think is, is the experiences that so many of californians have right now, which is no time to be with

their family, a ton of stress in their work, a lack of balance, it's affecting their mental health. and their well-being. and this just asks them to have some clarity with their employees in light of this constant availability in 24 over seven, availability of when they're working and when they can actually just have dinner with their kids and have some time to have a break. and it will, i think, make our companies a lot more competitive, especially if we think about these highly skilled workers who can choose where they're going. they're going to want to be in a place that respects the entirety of who they are and time with their family. >> yeah. well, matt, i certainly applaud your efforts to address worker burnout. we will be following this legislation to see what happens there in sacramento. thanks again for taking the time. >> thanks. thank you. appreciate it all right. >> turning out to our bay area weather, a live look for you here across the south bay this afternoon. clear skies so far. we're checking in now with meteorologist rosemary oroczo with a look at what's ahead. hi, rosemary. hi christina. >> another enjoyable day around the bay area, but things are changing as early as tomorrow. you're going to notice cooler,

cloudier weather, and by thursday, you're going to need the umbrella once again, giving you a live look here over san francisco, we start out with a little bit of fog this morning, and for folks that were stuck under the fog, temperatures are running a bit cooler. but all in all, just a pleasant day. a beautiful one right over san francisco. sfo right now reporting just a tad cooler compared to yesterday. but in the north bay, santa rosa, you're down by six degrees. half moon bay down by five. the inner east bay of livermore. you're actually warmer this afternoon, so you get away from the onshore breeze. you get away from that fog and temperatures are warmer in many areas, including the inner east bay. 76 right now, brentwood, as well as livermore in the south bay, san jose you're enjoying 75, but we get closer to the water. 57 half moon bay 62. right now, san francisco temperatures have been above average over the last couple of days. we fall below average in some areas by tomorrow, and then most of us, if not all of us, will be below average on thursday. the winds are onshore in napa at ten miles

per hour. oakland reporting a northwest breeze at 13. and if i pull back here, the ridge that has been parked over the west for the last couple of days is going to be pushed aside by this system here, dropping out of the gulf of alaska, going to bring bay area rain as well as sierra snow. the future cast on this for tonight into tomorrow morning. notice by tomorrow morning we do have the clouds along the coast and inside the bay a little bit more widespread over the north bay. once again going to start out with mostly cloudy skies. we've got some fog there. you can see in the sacramento valley as well, and even a little bit of drizzle will be a possibility. getting through the second part of the morning, early afternoon, those low clouds do begin to peel away, only to be replaced by the mid and high level clouds associated with the wet weather that is coming on thursday morning. there is a look at 7 a.m. widespread scattered showers, a possibility on the morning drive, and then notice as we roll into friday morning, it just keeps coming. not going to be a steady rain, but just off and on, off and on. and it

looks like some pretty unstable air there all the way into friday evening temperatures. tomorrow morning we will have a mid 40s to about low 5051 oakland 50. in san francisco. a better look at the afternoon highs for tomorrow and what we can expect into the extended forecast, including that rain and sierra snow coming up. >> okay rosemary thank you. it is something that affects a lot of people with lasting outcomes for survivors and their loved ones. i'm talking about sexual assault and this month is dedicated to raising awareness about it and how to prevent it. stay with us. i'll have a live discussion with a bay area nonprofit offering really important services. >> plus, if you feel like every month is stress awareness month, you're not alone. coming up in our next half hour, i'll sit down with bay area expert to talk about stress and why taking it to heart lite ll could

issue and highlight the resources that are available for survivors. now the numbers are staggering. take a look at this. according to the cdc, more than half of women and a third of men say that they have experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes. here, live with me now. is leah kimball price, executive director at bay area women against rape. that's an organization, a really important one, based right here in oakland . really nice to see you. so as you can see from those numbers, i mean, this is an issue, a problem that is widespread. and just how big is this problem? >> i would say that it's one of the biggest problems in our society. we really don't talk about sexual assault, in, in the larger mainstream. and so a lot of people don't report it. i would say that when people go to therapy or they experience stress, i know you're going to talk about that later, that trauma is a large part of shortens life spans and impacts how people parent their, their

children. and so i would say it's probably much more widespread than, than we realize. yeah, i think most experts would agree with you on that, that those numbers aren't reflective of the true magnitude of the issue, because a lot of people don't report, they don't come forward. >> why do you believe that is? >> i mean, there's many issues. a lot of people experience violence in their family systems. they don't want to get people in trouble. they just want to feel safe. you know, it's not about bringing law enforcement in or having someone punished in the in the traditional way. it's about how do i feel safe in my body? how do i feel safe in my family system? or it's about work or a lot of times we see things where it's in a dating violence and so it's not someone that you're going to continue to see in your life. and so people think, what's the point of reporting? you know, i'm never going to see this person again. and of course, there's the shame. and as we've seen in the news many, many times, the victim blaming is so extreme, especially for trans survivors and especially for men. >> yeah, that that shame really needs to be addressed because

there is no shame in being being a victim. we all know that. so what about sexual violence though? does it disproportionately affect some groups? >> it does. so as i said, folks who are have the trans experience or are queer often are not represented in organizations, and so they don't receive services. even in the cdc numbers. you see it, it's male and female, but doesn't really talk about non-binary survivors or oftentimes people report things when they're children, but then they don't. they don't really have outlets for that or their family's silenced that. so i would say communities of color, obviously any kind of marginalized community is going to that's already separated from resources is going to be more impacted by violence. >> okay. let's talk about the consequences, because they really are long terme lifelong consequences. >> yeah, absolutely. i think that when you think about it, trust and relationships with others, and i'm going out for a promotion at a job or finding the love of your life or those kind of big decisions, oftentimes your confidence can be cut by having your rights

violated or having your personal space violated, even if it's just one time or frequently. >> i don't think a lot of people think about that, right? they may they may, talk about that that day, that moment in time, but really not the lasting effect. so it's really important that that you brought that to light today though is a day of action. right. so, so what's being done to bring awareness. >> yes. well april is sexual assault awareness and prevention month, and so all month we'll be talking about how we can support folks. but right now we're really looking at, addressing folks who don't know that services are available, you know, so making sure our number is out there and that people understand what's what's available in alameda county, but across the country as well. we partner with rain, which is the national network, and i would also say we're looking at how we're going to continue to fund programs like ours. one of the things that we're all facing right now is victims of crime act, we lost funding. we're we're looking at a 30% cut for all victims of crime funding.

we'll find out if that's really going to happen. there's a lot of great legislation out there. so i would say look into your your local representatives and what they're doing to support that and to hopefully we will not be seeing this cut in the fall. >> yeah, hopefully that funding is not cut. >> we do have a crisis number that we can put up for folks so that they know that if they find themselves in a situation or they do need help, this is the crisis hotline. and the fact is, leah, that chances are someone we know is a survivor of sexual violence and it can be difficult to know what to say, how to respond. so really quickly. as we wrap up this conversation, what do you suggest that we do to support survivors? >> one of the things that's really big for us at bay war is that we talk about starting by believing. oftentimes people just don't think they will be believed. and so that's something that's simple that costs us nothing. right is to just say, i believe you. we're not in law enforcement. we're not investigating. you can just say, i believe that you were harmed. and that oftentimes cuts down a lot of the trauma that people experience is just

knowing that someone believes them. >> yeah. as that as that says on the screen right now, do not judge help empower, and perhaps most importantly, seek help. that's where your organization comes in. you mentioned some of the resources that are offered. you've got counseling. you're the first rape crisis center in the nation. you're really doing some great things. thank you. yeah. really are. so appreciate it so much. leah, thank you so much for coming on and talking about this important issue. and again, you can go to her organization, bay area women against rape, to find out a little bit more about the resources available for survivors of sexual assault. christina >> all right. well, this giving day, we are taking a closer look at the climate movement making waves right here in the bay area. how? 350 bay area aims to make a splash in the fight against pollution, and how you can .

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mobilizing activists to advocate for a clean energy future. >> and earlier today, on mornings on two, our claudine wong spoke with the lead organizer of 350 bay area about how the bay area is taking a lead on eliminating carbon emissions policy that we make in the bay area, then influences the state of california's policy because there's precedents there. >> and then the state of california's policy, as you know, it's a domino effect. yes. it influences the whole country. >> the younger generation, i think, has a has a different take on on climate change and really grown up with the

conversation on. are you seeing that as well? >> yeah, absolutely. i think everyone from my generation has kind of felt that climate change is this ever present, looming force. and i think that a lot of us are very motivated to take climate action and a little bit because we don't feel like there's another choice. we have to do this to secure our future. and i think that taking climate action, especially locally, allows us to have a foothold and to make a real difference and not be so overwhelmed by how how much it is in terms of how much change you've seen. >> i know you've been with the group since 2021. are you seeing a trend where people are hopping more on board? are you seeing where there's some push and pull? because certainly when you say the words climate change to, you know, there can be a fierce debate across the country. >> yeah, absolutely. i think luckily here in the bay area, we don't have to have that debate as much. i think the it's good to shift the conversation away from, is it a problem, because we should know that it is a

problem and start moving towards the conversation of what can we do about it? what will be the fastest way to invoke change? because we really need things to the problems, solutions to the problems that are happening right now and such. >> in the bay area, if you join a 2021, that was right after we had really all the wildfires that we were having. it was really hard to say this isn't impacting. it was impacting us every day in new ways. it seemed like just when we thought we'd got an understanding of one one issue, another one would pop up. how can people most help if people are saying, okay, this makes sense to me, i want to kind of get involved. what is the best way for them to get involved? and are there different ways where people comfort levels, right. some people want to march, some people want to volunteer, some people want to do in different spaces. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, there's so many different ways for every different kind of skill set and interest to get involved. and we really recommend getting involved with a local grassroots group because not only are you building community and building resilience in your area, it

really is one of the best ways to leverage your power at a local level. our our city councilors, our county board of supervisors, they have to listen to us and you know, here in the bay area, we have the potential to make such a big impact. so, you know, getting involved with a group like ours, like 350 bay area, you can honestly just join our monthly meetings at the end of the month. we do, you know, 3 or 4 actions on zoom together. and even that's a good way to learn more about what's going on. >> if you'd like to donate to 350 bay area, we've made it easy for you. just scan the qr code here on your screen, or you can head to ktvu.com/giving day. >> well, a number of recent sports scandals all have one thing in common. >> up next, here on the four, we're going to speak with a sports betting analyst about how the gambling industry has exploded around professional and co ege sp ts

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the hawkeyes are headed back to the final four, with march madness building up to the final four this weekend. >> lots of eyes are on the tournament, including potential sports bettors, and some critics have been really, i guess, analytic of this sports betting world. world of sports has become more mainstream than ever since it was legalized by the us supreme court in 2018, and according to the american gaming association, the us is seeing a record high for sports betting revenue totaling nearly $11 billion in 2023. >> okay, so let's dive into this

booming business. we're joined by jeff zarcone, a sports betting journalist with covers.com jeff, really appreciate you being here. so no doubt about it. we are seeing a sports betting spike during march madness and that any idea how big the basketball boost has been here? >> it's got a range somewhere in the hundreds of millions of dollars to potentially a couple billion, march madness is one of the sort of tent pole type seasons for, legal sports books where they can really look to acquire a lot of customers. having people coming in who maybe this is their one event of the year that they'll be wagering on. it's the same sort of thing you see with the super bowl, where these just, you know, marquee events bring in new bettors and old bettors too, that maybe want to you know, renew their ties to the industry. >> while this is very popular and becoming more popular as the years go on, there's i believe people who also feel like this is not necessarily a good thing to have in in college sports, for example, the ncaa, they

launched the draw the line campaign. can you talk about how the ncaa feels about this and those prop bets on people like caitlin clark? >> yeah. so the ncaa under its president, charlie baker, he's the former governor of massachusetts. they've been drawing a much harder line lately on one very specific issue in sports betting, which is prop betting and player prop betting, which is where, you know, you're not wagering necessarily on the outcome of the game, but on whether a certain player will record over or under a certain amount of rebounds, points, that kind of thing. and the ncaa would like to see those types of markets completely taken out of sports betting menus across the country for college games. they're concerned about harassment and threatening of the student athletes. they're worried about inside information and people trying to procure it from those athletes who are younger and might be more susceptible to let anything slip. so that's really what the ncaa is focusing on here. it's concerned about that protection of the student

athletes, and it's going after those specific prop betting markets, to try to ensure that they are protected. >> yeah. and so not only the concerns for the college players, but also college students who, as we know, are participating in this sports betting. so does it bring a unique set of risks for college students? >> i mean, the younger demographic is definitely the one that, sportsbooks and sports book operators are, you know, that's their main clientele, especially younger males, those are the, you know, the bread and butter of the business. and so that is something that the ncaa is acknowledges is a concern as well. they they note that some of these, newer markets, like micro betting, where you're betting on kind of in-game action is something that can appeal more to a younger demographic. you know, who are still developing and maturing. so that's something that's all being kind of factored into the overall concern we're seeing around college sports and betting on college sports. >> let's move on from college sports just a bit, because we know that this sports betting exists there, but also really in

professional sports nfl, nba, mlb. can you talk about you know, recently we saw this high profile scandal involving shohei ohtani's interpreter. can you talk about whether or not this has been a nightmare for these professional leagues? >> i think it's been a really tough period for them, especially since they have really embraced legal sports betting. following a 2018 supreme court decision that really paved the way for additional states to legalize sports betting, you've seen partnerships be struck between leagues and operators, between teams and operators, sponsorship opportunities and sports betting is becoming more embedded in the presentation of sporting events to the general public. you're seeing, you know, betting lines and odds splashed across the screen while you're trying to watch a game. and so to have these kind of scandals pop up while you have those ties that have really been formed between the industry and the leagues, it makes it a bit awkward, frankly. and, you know, when these headlines pop up, it does make, you know, for a bit of squeamishness, on the parts of the leagues. >> yeah, it does make, make a

lot of all of the parties kind of question exactly what's going on before we let you go, though, it is really impossible to watch any sort of event without seeing or hearing an ad that beckons us to place a bet. you talked to a lot of people in this industry. are there concerns about desensitizing people to the risks here? >> yeah, the terms normalization gets thrown around a bit. the normalization of gambling, when you're watching sports, that's something that that people are talking about. and the advertising piece of the sports betting industry is something that's really come under sort of reregulation across the us, where regulators and lawmakers that, you know, they helped implement sports betting in their state in the first place are now looking at their rules and seeing if there's any room for improvement in advertising is often the area they target. we've seen terms like risk free and free bonuses that sort of thing kind of go away just because of regulators did not like the kind of impression that it left with, with their clientele. so that is something that is definitely being eyed for improvement across the us. and it's been under a magnifying glass for, for some time now.

>> this world of sports betting, it's a fine line, that's for sure. that's where we have to leave the conversation. jeff sydney with covers.com. thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. >> thanks so much for having me. >> all right. well during this stress awareness month we're digging into the biggest obstacles for you and your health next year on the floor, i'll sit down with the bay area expert to talk about stress management and why high blood pressure is called a silent killer and something good for stress. >> so maybe a walk outdoors? it's a pleasant one. we do have changes coming our way though. cloudier, cooler weather followed by wet weather. better detail

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prolonged stress, for example, may lead to high blood pressure or hypertension. nearly half of adults have hypertension, about 48% out of roughly 119 million people. it's defined as a systolic blood pressure greater than 130, or a diastolic blood pressure greater than 80. so for more on what this means and what you can do to stay healthy, we are joined by kaiser permanente doctor rita ng, oakland medical center physician in chief. this is great because it's a apparently stress awareness month here in april. >> stress awareness month. >> stress is all around us, i know, and it's not just april. it seems like every month it could be considered stress awareness month. but talk about the importance here because it's

how you react to stress is really important in how it affects your health. >> absolutely. so i'm a cardiologist by training and i love to talk about this topic because i have a lot of patients that come into my office not knowing if something's wrong with their heart or if they're just completely stressed out. so i love to actually go back a little bit. right. so our bodies are kind of amazing. it's from millions of years of evolution. so back in the caveman days when there was a wooly mammoth coming to try to get you, you had to decide fight or flight and so our bodies evolved to release these neuroendocrine hormones adrenaline, cortisol, to get our body revved up. whether it's palpitations, high blood pressure and all that type of thing. in the modern age, we're not dealing with saber toothed tigers anymore. in fact, we're dealing with heavy traffic days or stressful day at work, or being a working mama or some really happy events that can be stressful, like weddings or having a baby and our body is still used to those high stress levels. oh my goodness, it's so funny that you say that working

mom, we're having a baby because those are really positive moments. >> positive. and yet they have stress connected to that you wouldn't think about. no. let's talk about this. so in 2021 hypertension was a primary or contributing cause of more than 691,000 deaths in the united states. so this is affecting people of all ages, right? so even if i'm young, healthy, i eat well and i exercise, i'm still at risk. >> yes, absolutely. so when you are perceiving stress, your body reacts through these mechanisms. so that leads to high blood pressure in our bodies. it can lead to fast heart rates. it can lead to other symptoms like breathing really fast or having trouble breathing. having back aches, neck pains, etc. and so trying to recognize what is your stressful trigger. what is causing that is whether it's a physiological thing or something that's going on that you're reacting to the stress, knowing it, recognizing it, and figuring out how to treat it and decrease that stress. >> i was going to say, what about rashes? does that also? absolutely. yes, absolutely. >> some people, for example, can break out into hives and you get

a rash and that can also be a stress response. >> okay. so talk about the ways in which we can recognize what those are and what we can do to help ourselves if we're in that situation. yes. >> so i recommend that all my patients keep a journal first of all. so if you are noticing strange symptoms that might be recurring, for example, maybe it's that every time before you're about to give a big speech or a talk or presentation in front of an audience, you notice your heart starting to race, and you start noticing that you're having some chest pain right? and it goes away as soon as that presentation is done. that might be a stress response. in the absence of other kind of cardiovascular risk factors, other people may experience stomach upset or back pain, etc. so first of all, knowing what is triggering your stress and having a journal and kind of noticing, gosh, i'm noticing a pattern here. secondly, if that is the case, starting to develop some of those techniques on how you treat stress, and we can talk about some of those if that might be. >> yeah, go ahead. >> so the first thing that i always tell people is we spend a

lot of time, particularly as women are busy professionals nurturing others, dealing and recognizing what stress is, is nourishing yourself. so that's eating healthy like making sure you're eating regular meals, trying not to skip meals, eating a healthy diet. secondly, exercising, getting out into the sun. there's a lot of healthy vitamins that are out there. vitamin d that when you're out in sun, it also helps to reduce your stress levels, making sure that you're sleeping. if you're not sleeping well, you're going to get into a vicious cycle, and that's going to augment your stress. >> that's the hard one for me. definitely is getting enough sleep, especially on this kind of schedule. what about meditating? >> yes. so meditation and finding ways for mindfulness is critically important. and some people aren't into meditation. there are multiple different ways of meditating, right? some people for them it's going to a week long retreat. most of us who are busy professionals, that's hard to do. yeah it is. so even finding a minute or two before you're about to go to sleep and closing your eyes and having a taking a deep breath, that is a form of contemplative meditation. there are things

like yoga. there are things like walking. and honestly, there is even downtime where you're going to read your book or your mindless tv show, right? just to get your mind off of things. >> yeah, i love that. i love all great advice and things that i probably should start doing because i check all the lists of things that stress me out. so i'm sure other people at home can take that advice to heart too. thank you so much for coming in, doctor reading with kaiser permanente. hopefully you do not stay stressed after hearing our segment. heather. >> all right. thank you. yoga. that has been my savior. i mean, really so good for the mind and body. okay, let's talk about something else that's good. that helps to lift our spirits, rosemary. and that is the beautiful weather. just another really nice day out there today. >> and we have another day that we will at least go without the umbrella before things start to really change up. tomorrow is going to be a little bit cloudier. it will be a little bit cooler. we'll see that onshore breeze strengthen just some before again, a bigger change comes our way for the second part of the business week, here is a look over san

francisco where wow, what an enjoyable day. definitely a good one to be outdoors. maybe get some exercise. storm tracker two here. we had some fog this morning joining us, and for some it lingered just long enough to offset some of that warmth. this afternoon, north bay saw a cool down across the bay area today, and the inner east bay saw a warm up because you didn't have to deal with some of this fog here. we see just lingering off the coastline tomorrow. i think we were we most of us are going to wake up with at least a little bit of fog and low cloud cover. the ridge is breaking down ever so slowly to be replaced by this system here dropping out of the gulf of alaska going to bring us not only the wet weather, but cooler weather. and i'll show you in the extended forecast first, let's time this out. wednesday is going to be a cloudy day. a cooler day but mainly dry. don't really see scattered showers in the forecast on wednesday. maybe a little bit of drizzle. here's a look at thursday morning. it's on our doorstep. looks like in time for the morning commute. it's going to be on and off. periods of rain could be

unstable enough to even trigger a thunderstorm. we'll be fine tuning it as we get closer. here's a look at friday morning. it's still kind of hanging on. notice that trough just right over the west bringing the unsettled weather. not only bay area rain, but sierra snow. and friday or saturday looks a little iffy. saturday looks like it could be mainly dry. sunday mainly dry, but we have another system that's developing here sinking into northern california by late sunday afternoon, keeping the unsubtle weather going. the futurecast model when we push it all the way to the end of the weekend, a quarter inch to about an inch is what is projected for the bay area, and another half foot to foot of snow. there is an indication there that it is going to be a cold storm. the winds across the bay area right now coming in from the north and novato at six, concord at eight. oakland reporting a northwest breeze at 13. our temperatures again at this time very enjoyable for the inner east bay. we have 75 in walnut creek, south bay, you're

looking good at 75. but as we look to the north bay, these numbers are nice. actually. santa rosa yesterday though about 76. so feeling a little bit different for you there today. meanwhile you get closer to the coast where we do have the onshore breeze. half moon bay reporting 57 right now san francisco in the low 60s tomorrow morning a bit of a cool start, mid 40s to low 50s expected with mostly cloudy skies in our afternoon. highs after being above average for a couple of days, we'll start to fall below average areas like san francisco and oakland in the upper 50s to low 60s and the afternoon highs along the peninsula for tomorrow 64 in san mateo for the inner east bay, we will go 67. in concord. your extended forecast, the cooling begins tomorrow and then check out thursday mid to upper 50s in the forecast for thursday. in addition to that, wet weather only slightly better on friday, calling for low 60s on saturday. back to you first mary. >> thank you. we have more news coming your way. but first we

want to give you a live look at the traffic conditions along the san mateo bridge. if we can take that camera here. smooth sailing in both directions on this tuesday afternoon. >> and coming up in just a few minutes on ktvu news at five. applications now open for a new affordable housing site in san francisco. how teachers are getting a head start on the program. >> also at five california, earning high marks when it comes to the state's water supply. what the latest snow survey is revealing about our r ervoir

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coming olympic and paralympic games. the artwork, entitled beauty and gesture, was inspired by the venus de milo sculpture there in the louvre. the artists installed six venuses made from different colored acrylic. each one is playing a different olympic or paralympic sport basketball, para archery, javelin throwing, tennis, javelin throwing, tennis and surfing. the paris olympics are just a few months away. they begin on july 26th. >> the puppies for guide dogs for the blind are now in the care of their raisers, who will care for them as they undergo training. the eight week old puppies were introduced to their raisers over the weekend as guide dogs for the blind celebrated. its 1,000th graduating class. the san rafael nonprofit is the largest school of its kind in north america, and has trained more than 16,000 dogs to assist the visually impaired well, the richmond woman is waiting to hear if she

has now broken the guinness world record for the world's longest crocheted scarf. >> again, she's still waiting on word. her scarf was measured at richmond's craneway pavilion yesterday of one of the many rules that guinness requires to enter its record book. daisy started crocheting the scarf more than a year ago. she took on this ambitious project despite having a full time job and two kids. take a look at that scarf, telling us she worked on the giant scarf everywhere she went at the movie theater, at restaurants. >> i can't tell you how many sports, games and sports practices for my kids. i'll be sitting there in my camp chair just working away, but it all paid off. >> her scarf, by the way, nearly 880ft long, about the size of three football fields. that is dedication. it's about 50ft longer than the current record holder, so perhaps she can, you know, notch her way right into the record books. that is so cool. >> so if she gets that official word and in this ktvu idea of

the day, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine a crocheted version of the san francisco skyline. this is pretty cool. it's so pretty. with 5:00, news is coming up next as we leave you with this look of san francisco

some consider today a special day to get married because of the number sequencing of today's date for two 2024. all fours, zeroes and twos. the county clerk's office is holding civil ceremonies until 7:00 tonight. its office in redwood city. i was wondering what made today so special. >> now i get it. a san francisco , by the way, topping a list in a recent study of the healthiest cities in america, wallethub compared more than 180 cities across sets of key indicators of good health. and while san francisco was 76th in health care and 28th in fitness, well, it ranked number one in both healthy food and green space availability. honolulu, by the way, came in second, followed by seattle and san diego. washington, d.c. rounded off the top five cities. >> a once in a lifetime solar eclipse is just a week away, and it's expected to be a major attraction across the country. >> now, the bay area won't have the best view, but we will still get a glimpse. fox's alexis mcadams tells us officials all

across the u.s. are now taking steps to make sure folks have a fun and safe experience. >> it seems like just awesome because, well, it is awesome. >> we're now less than one week away from a rare total solar eclipse, and people are gearing up from coast to coast, including local officials along the path of totality. that's the route the eclipse will be taking across the country. rural areas of oklahoma and texas are expected to be ground zero for thousands of amateur astronomers , scientists and fans looking for the best views. >> we've been preparing for months for the influx of people coming in to the state, it's going to be it's going to be a huge for, tourism and a chance for us to show off the oklahoma standard. >> one of the biggest issues facing officials is traffic. many of the best viewing spots are in areas that are difficult to access by car. there are also expected to be thousands of watch parties and gatherings, creating a perfect storm for people traveling to see the eclipse here in new york, the signs are already popping up on major roadways, advising people to come early and stay late. >> we absolutely expect

significant gridlock. you will be in traffic for several hours. >> overall, authorities say this should be a fun event for the whole country, with millions expected to get out their eclipse glasses and enjoy the moment. the last time the eclipse came around i was three, so i don't remember like anything. >> so i'm really excited to actually be able to remember something. >> the eclipse is expected to start in mexico before making its way north through the united states and exiting over canada. in new york, i'm alexis mcadams, ktvu, fox two news, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. nurses across the bay area's largest county take to the picket lines, demanding more be done to protect them from being overworked and from the patients themselves. >> i was punched in the face by a patient simply because they were hungry and were upset that they couldn't eat anything, but it was doctor's order because they were going to go in for surgery. >> it is the first time the nurses union in santa clara

county has ever gone on strike. good evening. >> i'm greg lee and i'm julie julie haener. that scheduled three day nurses strike is now underway in the south bay. the nurses say they are underpaid, understaffed and being asked to float between hospitals. >> ktvu is an rubin is live outside the santa clara valley medical center, and anne county officials want to reassure the public their hospital system and clinics are open and staffed. >> yeah, there are about 3700 nurses in this union. many of them took to the picket line today, but county officials say while there was honking and chanting outside, it was business as usual. inside santa clara county nurses want to be heard. >> our biggest concern everyone is the pay and the staffing. >> they say patient safety is on the line, but contract negotiations between the registered nurses professional association and county leaders have fallen apart. a proposal by a mediator last week was flatly rejected. >> we're barely getting anywhere , which is why it's been really