building a better bay area moving forward finding oceans, this is abc 7 news. hi there. i'm kristen z. your watch for you in real time today sfo food service workers are back on the job after a three-day strike. it seems to be a win for the union and workers. what exactly did they win though? and will the deal result in higher prices for travelers our media partners at the san francisco standard will join us with more on the impact of this labor battle also students and

parents in oakland are shaken after yesterday's on campus shooting in east oakland. we'll talk with a child development expert about how to talk with children and help them make sense of such senseless violence. meanwhile, there's growing outrage in oakland over the violence plaguing the city. yesterday's shooting happened at broadsdale high school on the king estate campus. it enters six people two students one counselor one security guard and two school district. we like so many are asking what can be done. how can we create a safer school environment and society joining us live now is oakland city council member lauren taylor councilman. taylor is running for mayor, but we have invited him on the show in his capacity as the council member of representing the district in which the shooting happened councilman. thanks for joining us. thank you for having me. can we get to a few facts first before i get your thoughts on what we can do and right now want to know what do you know about the gunman who might be because we haven't heard police give out and identification or even suspect photos. what do we know about them and their motivation?

well, what we know is that the government are still at large police do have a number of leads and they do believe that this is a gang related. and so that's what we are aware of. the investigation is is taking place and i'm expecting to get updated as soon as more information is available. no, if the two student s wore the intended targets i do not know for certain and we did have a press conference earlier today and the chief mentioned that he did not believe that the victims were the intended targets, but as mentioned the investigation is still on going underway so waiting to get more details. all right have you talked to some of them. that i should not say kids the two students who were shot because i know they are grown ups by age. how are they doing? have you met with their families? my understanding, is that the the two victims that were in or

are in critical condition are critical but stable, so that is reassuring but obviously they are they're still hospitalized and just praying for the best possible care for them. i have not had a chance to speak to them directly. i did have a chance to speak with one of the victims a security guard who was shot in the leg and through essential bravery and acts of heroism despite. his injury went on to shield one of the other staff members and also apply cpr to one of the students. wow. that is a story. we hope to hear more of in the coming days, but that is great to hear because that's always inspiring when you know, there are good people who will act when there is this terrible thing happening? yes, unfortunately at times like this we see the best of oakland and the worst of oakland at the same time. so that's the challenge with these tragedies. look let's talk about the worst

of oakland because you're at the scene yesterday and you were talking you were so angry about how this could keep happening in the city on a broader level but specifically at schools. so i'm gonna ask you. how are you feeling today? equally angry. what do you you want to do about it? oh, i am just as frustrated and angry at what is going on. what has gone on there is no excuse for guns to for people to come on to campus with guns with the intent to harm and kill that is something that we have to stop and it shouldn't happen at all within the city but let alone in schools where we're supposed to have the sanctity and supporting our young people as they are trained to, you pursue their fullest potential. right. so what can we do then? what? some realistic options to you is bringing back campus police one of the possible options because i understand in 2020 the district decided to get rid of them, right?

yep, let's be clear i think. my perspective defunding the police and taking away police from engaging when we know there are. you know opportunities that will be taken advantage of that was the wrong move whether or not oh usd should have its own police department or whether there should be some dedicated officers from opd oakland police department that's remains up in the air, but definitely we should not keep police at arm's length when we know that we've got kids babies to protect and police have to be part of that solution, you know, that is not a position that all in the community support. it that that is true. there are some that i think justifiably so acknowledge that you know policing is in and of itself punitive reactive that i can't i don't want to discuss or

debate the merits of police. i think what we all agree on. is that our number one job is to keep our babies safe and when there are guns that are coming to our campus when they are bullets flying in the air near our kids we have to say enough is enough. and we've got to use all of the tools available to us to keep them safe that is police officers as well as non-police responses. would metal detectors be part of the answer here. metal detectors i believe are something that should be considered. metal that everything i think has a place. for me, it's important to understand what the i will say what the problem is. we're trying to solve when we look at guns on campus. we absolutely don't want them to enter so merit and so metal detectors could play a role in this situation. it doesn't appear as though metal detectors would have stopped a on rush of somebody who was carrying a weapon with the intent to do harm and so a

metal detectors while helpful are not sufficient on their own right and it's not getting to the root of the problem police chief law armstrong today said the shooting was linked to gangs right? so how do you mitigate the and presence of gangs? yeah it that is absolutely correct. we have to focus on addressing the root causes and really detecting these situations before they erupt we have violence interrupters who have proven successful in engaging with those who are likely to be involved in or victims of violent crime gun violence and really engaging them in an intentional way through our ceasefire program through the violence interrupters that has demonstrated an ability to have an impact and we have to deploy those tactics while also engaging the community our community members have a role to play as well these things do not

happen in isolation. there's evidence and signs of things erupting before they get to this point. when someone sees something we need them to say something and alert the authorities that they're not able to stop it or deter themselves that takes trust building before that can happen. absolutely, absolutely and and part of trust building is establishing those relationships engaging with those who are already trusted as a brokers of these conversations. this is exactly what we are doing. we've got to do it at greater scale obviously in order to get things done and you can't build trust by keeping certain parts of our community at arms lane. that's why we've got a call on not only police are violence prevention folks are school professionals community members and clergy everyone to be brought to bear in order to really work together and stem this this violence to protect our kids to protect all of our residents and neighbors. okay. i want to bring the conversation

back to what transpired yesterday because this point i was wondering about because it sounds like police chief armstrong was also saying that yesterday the gum and open the door and got into the building didn't have to breach it by damaging it is that sounds like the door was unlocked. is that the typical protocol for the doors to be? unlocked well, i'm not absolutely sure of school district protocol and but i know that when i send my kids to school, i'm expecting the the doors to be locked and they're be some restriction on who can and cannot access that building. so that is something that i'm expecting. i'm not sure what the protocol was, but clearly if they did not have to force their way in but we're able to simply enter. that is something we have to look at and make sure is not happening next time. all right councilman lauren taylor. thank you so much for joining us today to share your thoughts. we will hope to keep this conversation going in the weeks ahead as we seek a solution together. appreciate it. absolutely. thank you.

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yesterday's shooting is traumatic for students involved whether they saw or heard part of the incident or not. so how can the adults in their lives help them process what happened and reduce their anxiety and fear joining us live now to talk about that is santa clara university associate professor in child studies brett solomon professor solomon. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. in danger hits this close to home. what are common reactions in kids? how does it impact most of them?

yeah, i mean most children who? her exposed to gun violence, especially in spaces that they're not expecting it. they certainly are faced with a lot of fear a lot of anxiety. um just generally not knowing you know, what the next minute or what the next hour holds so it really provides a context for adults to be able to make sure that we are able to ideally support our kids who are faced with these very sudden and very tragic incidents. i imagine that many kids might be fearful of going back to school or perhaps they may wonder could this happen to me? could i be shot? how do you begin a conversation with your children about this? do we do we initiated do we wait for them to bring it up? yeah, those are great questions and it really is based off of.

developmentallypriate foryo chir young children specifically w do share with our young children, you know, we might even ask how much of this information do they need to know so as to protect them from a certain level of anxiety, but in the in the case that our kids are exposed they know what's happened because it's happened around them. we certainly want to keep messaging simple to them on simple in terms of what it is that we're sharing with them. somebody felt very angry and wanted to hurt people. what are some ways that you have learned how to stay safe at school. so really like pivoting that conversation to empower our kids towards safety and how they can actually function through a

tragic situation. are you saying if you do have a conversation about what you could do in that situation to be safe. it'll empower them somewhat and make them less afraid. absolutely, because in these situations where our kids find themselves completely helpless, you know, we we get into a space or a context where we want to be able to give them the tools give them the knowledge give them all the information that they need to be able to help manage or navigate through these types of at does your schoolwhat type ofr what kind of activities do you all engage in to help you through situations when you might be fearful or there might be and a situation that presents itself that might put you at risk. so making sure that they understand steps involved when those things happen can actually

be helpful for them in processing. now look the dreaded question that we get can this happen to me? how do you offer comfort without sugar coating things or giving false promises like saying this will never happen to you. this couldn't happen here. how do you deal with that the how much truth do you give? you know, it really does. does barry based off of? what a parent's comfort level is the first component involved with that is for the parent how might that parent react themselves and how might that parents feelings be projected on the child. and what type of modeling. do we have for the child? so there's not one answer because we don't know you and i have kids in school right this second. we do not know but we have to

arm our kids. no pun intended. we have to give our kids the the knowledge that they need and that we feel comfortable with them having to know it could happen. it could happen what do we do when it happens? how are we protected or what? are we supposed? how are we supposed to navigate these very tough challenging situations that none of us know. is going to happen to us or not when we walk out of the house in the morning when we drop our kids off at school. it really is a personal decision that parents need to make when they do make that decision. they need to make sure that they are a being developmentally appropriate with what they're sharing with their kids, which i recognize as a challenge. and b making sure that they know what precautions are in place what safety measures how a school handles a lockdown drill for instance so that they are

armed with the knowledge like even without a school shooting we're seeing so much anxiety such high anxiety levels amongst children right now. what do you think are the driving factors? and what can we do to reduce that anxiety? yeah for us to reducing anxiety. really kristen starts with relationship building between ourselves as parents and our children as well as within school settings kids want to be acknowledged they want to be seen they want to be heard. they want to be respected and understood. so starting with the relationship between whether it's the teacher and the child or the student and the child, but also being able to kind of measure and have an understanding of the nonverbal cues that come to us from kids just in my class today. we were talking about the nonverbal cues that oftentimes speak to less louder than the

words and looking for kids who might have or indicate some of the nonverbal cues or some of the nonverbal indicators of stress or anxiety or depression. we like to call those kids and bring them in closer to us provide them with the support beyond what we can provide them at home as parents or in the classroom as teachers, and there's so many local resources to help connect kids to the appropriate mental health resources to help them navigate their way through the anxiety that we're seeing professors. thank you professor solomon. thank you so much for coming on the show to share your insight. we do appreciate it. and since you mentioned resources, we do want to let our viewers know that events like this are sobering reminder that thousands of people do witness gun violence and whether you have lost a loved one or have been a victim of gun violence we have found ways to help you can

visit abc7news.com/take action and get resources. you need coming up next the fight for higher pay and better benefits. that's what prompted a strike at sfo this week, but did workers get what they want. our media partners at the san francisco standard will be here when we co sfo travelers can stog

their meals and once again buy their sandwiches before boarding this after the three-day airport food worker strike and the last night with a tentative deal with the airport restaurant group our media partner the san francisco standard has a new article taking a close look at the battle and what the workers won joining us live now is sf standard news editor joe burn joe good to see you. hi, kristen. thanks for having me. all right, so this strike was only three days, but the workers battle with the restaurant operators group had been going on for nine months now. it's finally over pending a ratification vote. so who won who won the battle? um, well all sides seem to think they've won kristen that the work is a very happy the union

is happy and sfo said they're thrilled in a statement earlier, so i think everyone thinks they've won. all right. so what do the airport workers set out to get and did they get that and more? well, they send it out to get a pay rise and better healthcare benefits. we know for a fact that they've got free healthcare healthcare benefits. they've got on. a pension benefit supplement which means that they'll be able to draw some kind of a pension without having to pay in necessarily, but we don't know how much of a pay rise they've gotten yet. and we won't know till sunday how much that's actually worth. all right, but according to the union they seem to think it's significant, right? they were saying to the media that the workers were averaging about seventeen dollars an hour and many have had to work two or three jobs to support their families obviously in the bay area. that's not a lot, you know, so hopefully we'll see what that number is, but the free family healthcare that is a big deal,

right? i mean that worth a couple thousand dollars a year. definitely. i mean some of these workers that we've spoken to are supported in, you know, elderly relatives multiple children all on one salary so health care for them could be, you know thousands of not tens of thousands of dollars a really big, you know boost for them. got it now you mentioned the union is pretty happy workers pretty happy and the airport itself is afford, of course happy that the strike is over. are you hearing from any passengers? do you know of passengers have kind of been on the side of the workers through all this? well, yeah, i've spoken to a friend today is going to sfo and well, they're just happy that you know, they'll be able to get a drink at the bar and something to eat and they won't have to bring their own snacks and you know make the whole process of going through the airport a little bit more room, you know. enjoyable. yes. i know. i always forget to pack my meal run out of time before i go to the airport. i do want to wonder though about the cost. it has to come from somewhere. so the restaurant group has to

pay more for labor. does that mean you know that they're making enough money they can afford to do that or do you think they'll pass it down to travelers in the form of maybe a dollar more for that sandwich? and we don't know anything concrete yet. i mean that certainly could happen if you were at the airport today, i wouldn't expect to see that to have happened already. you might just encounter a happier bartender or food server it remains to be seen what will happen with that. what i can tell you. is that concessions over the last financial year were worth about 56 million to the airport. so it's quite a large chunk of money to the airport so that you know, there's money to play with there. i would i would suggest so we'll see. okay. well look, this is not the only win in the labor column recently, california farm workers are celebrating today governor newsom yesterday signed a bill that will allow them to take unionization votes by mail doesn't seem like labor has been on a role. yeah, definitely not just in

california all across the country. i know in san francisco. we've had the starbucks the first starbucks to unionize and this win at the airport. it definitely seems like there's been a big push across the country and any reason we can sur. mise why that is happening. and union favorability seems to be too yet i think well with you know cost of living increases all across the country and across the world. i think people are just basically standing up for themselves and more willing to say, you know, this isn't acceptable. we we need to be paid more as everything seems to be costing more.

so i think that's probably got a lot to do with it. right. when are they taking that ratification vote on the deal? that's going to be on sunday. so we'll know sunday night or monday morning exactly. how much of a pay rise that i appreciate your time. folks you can check out more of the standards other original reporting on their website sf standard.com and abc7 will continue to bring you more segments featuring the standards city focused journalism. we'll take a short b kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires.

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