students at balboa high school are taking a stance. >> we refuse to stay silent. this cycle of mindless violence must end. >> reporter: many protesting on wednesday in support of palestine, demanding an immediate cease-fire. behind this demonstration is a 16-year-old junior at balboa high school, half farsi and half latina, she felt a deep connection to the ongoing conflict in gaza, and decided to take action. >> my first plan of action was to make an instagram account for balboa. i did six hours of research and gathered as much information as i could from unbiased sources, and put it together in a slideshow, getting all the context, the history of what is happening right now. >> reporter: at 10:30 in the morning, michelle and her fellow classmates walked out of their classrooms, part of a growing movement of young activists nationwide demanding awareness and action in response to the crisis in gaza. many of them were also at city hall , where a press conference was held. the walkouts come in the wake of tuesday's blast at a hospital in gaza city, where hundreds o

a 16-year-old junior at balboa high school. she felt a deep connection to the ongoing conflict in gaza and decided to take action. >> my first plan of action was we made an instagram account for balboa. i did six hours of research and gathered as much information from unbias sources as i could and put it together in slide shows giving context to the history and the contox what is happening right now. >> at 10:30 in the morning michelle and her fellow class plates walked out of their classrooms, part of a growing movement. demanding awareness and action in response to the crisis in gaza. many of them were at city hall where a press conference was held. the walk out comes in the wake of the blast at a hospital in gaza city where hundreds of paicialghts were killed. >>> i want to first recognize the dignity of all human beings that we have a right to peace, to justice, to harmony and to self-determination. not for one group of people but for all people. >> reporter: san francisco unified school district officials say they recognize

recibían a los maestros en la escuela preparatoria balboa high que llegaban a presentar su voto en tornonos explica un poco más la presidenta del sindicato de united educators de san francisco. ese voto no indica la fecha que iremos a huelga, ni tampoco indica que realizaremos el paro laboral mañana. esto es para que vean el número de maestros que apoya esta propuesta. y es que las negociaciones iniciaron en marzo y no se ha llegado a un acuerdo a making sure that are teachers. pedimos mejores condiciones de trabajo, protecciones de las malas decisiones de la administración, más ayuda para maestros de educación especial entre otras cosas. algunos muestran apoyo a los maestros, pero también algo de preocupación es bien para que para que les les paguen un poco más, pero también se piensa en los muchachos que van a perder clases porque no se sabe cuánto va a durar el tiempo de la huelga. también nos dijeron que la huelga podría causar contratiempos, pero que aún así apoyan a los docentes. >> estaba perjudicará en un momento dado, pero bien bien para los más también porque tienen salarios mu

i mean, we were sitting in the room over there, balboa high school, started off some contention, but it was just as terry said, it was very community driven from the beginning. one of the things i love about representing this part of town and i tell people this and i dare and challenge anyone fun to challenge me on this point. this is the most diverse neighborhood and community in the entire united states. and i can tell you because i have knocked on almost every single door in this community. that's how i got elected. and thousands and thousands of doors. and you go to one home, african american, you go to the next home, filipino, you go to the next home, latino, you go to the next home. italian next home, chinese . and it just keeps repeating over and over and over again, sexual orientation, asian age. this is one of the this is the bedrock of san francisco. the folks that live here are second, third, fourth and fifth generation san franciscans. and so this project today, this development is a manifestation of all of the great things that this community represents. and there's so m

voting will be a room one. 52 in balboa high school from 4 to 8 general registration opens at 3. only members in good standing will be allowed to vote. educators who still need to sign up to be members of the union. have an opportunity to do so and vote on the same day. turning now to developing news in israel. airstrikes continue throughout the night and into the day is israel stepped its offensive on the gaza trip on the gaza strip in response to hamas attack. now the war has killed at least 2100 people on both sides. air strikes are reduced scene buildings to rubble in neighborhoods in the gaza strip forcing people to find safety elsewhere. we have humanitarian groups that are now asking of corridors can be created so they can deliver aid to people. they say hospitals are overwhelmed and they're running out of supplies. and on top of that, gaza is set to run out of electricity pretty soon. meantime, a mosque at more than 150 people, including some americans. hamas has warned it will kill one of the hostages every time israel's military bombed civilian targets gaza without warn

the more than 6,000 teachers that are a member of this union will be voting at the same place, balboa high school. i reached out to san francisco unified to offer an opportunity to weigh in on the strike authorization vote later today. i have not heard back. when we get that, we'll make sure we post it online and on our socials so you can keep track. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> hopefully an agreement between the two happens sooner than later. the kids are the ones affected. >> reporter: it's nerve-racking, yeah. >> parents and students. thanks, kris. >>> lunchtime for a lot of student ace cross the bay area. the sun is out. a little hazy out there. cinthia pimentel is in for kari this week. finally, that taste of fall. >> yeah. the sunshine returning. we've had clouds and a little drizzle in the last couple days, but for marcus' birthday, i brought the sunshine. >> thank you. >> what a nice gift. windy wednesday for marcus' birthday. i don't think it will be too much of a concern for wildfires since we've had some moisture, but something to look out for. the winds out of the northw

jeffrey finger, a math teacher at balboa high school, was part of the bargaining committee when we metim. he had only gotten 30 minutes of sleep. >> we're proud of what we were able to accomplish with this tentative agreement. we're hoping that the union rallies around it. >> among the proposal was an economic package that includes a $9,000 salary increase for teachers in the 2023 to 2024 school year. teachers will also receive an additional 5% raise for the 2024, 2025 school year, which will be in full effect by january of 2025. initially the united educators of san francisco were asking for more. we came in initially asking for $12,000 for the first year and 8. >> and again, that those might sound like large numbers, but those numbers are very much in par with, frankly, what has been 20% inflation over the last three years. >> the tentative agreement includes worker protections and higher compensation for parents, educators. >> they have been paid history, horrifically low amounts in some in many cases, amounts that that would frankly lead them to go to other other jobs. this raised

educators will make their way through the voting line wednesday at balboa high school. >> voting on a possible strike against the san francisco unified school district impacting around 50,000 students and more than 110 schools. megan duke's teaches kindergarten at alvarado elementary school and says the current pay for teachers in the city does not cut it. it's been really unfortunately, i've i've had a couple of friends leave the profession who are really, really good educators because they just couldn't make it work. the teachers union has been in negotiations with the school district for the last 6 months. most recently, the district offered $10,000 raises and a $30 per hour minimum for teachers who work ipwith special needs students. duke says that's for this year that the district has a stipulation for their 4% salary increases for the 2024 to 2025 school year. they wanted us to agree to unspecified budget cuts to secure a raise and also withdraw. no cost proposals that help stabilize school communities. the school district offered no new comments wednesday but referred to their

well, it will be at balboa high school from 4 to 8. the teachers. they will have a strike authorization vote. but even if they vote yes, that does not mean that they will go on strike and all explain that in just a few moments. here's what's at stake. we're talking 50,000 students at 132 schools in san francisco. the teachers are looking not just for a pay raise, but a significant pay raise. the school district is offering about $10,000. more pursed teacher, but teachers they're looking for around 12,000, possibly even more than that. not to mention they want smaller class sizes, even if they vote yes on a strike authorization vote tonight. it does not mean that they will go on strike as they do not take this lightly. what it means is they will circle back. the union will then vote once again. tantamount to are you sure you want to go on strike? and if they say yes at that particular time, then there will be a strike. so in the meantime, probably not for the immediate future. in the meantime, you can drop off your child to school, but a strike could

geoffrey finger, a math teacher at balboa high school, was part of the bargaining committee when we met him. he had only gotten 30 minutes of sleep. >> we're proud of what we were able to accomplish with this tentative agreement. we're hoping that the union rallies around it. >> among the proposal was an economic package that includes a $9,000 salary increase for teachers in the 2023 to 2024 school year. teachers will also receive an additional 5% raise for the 2024, 2025 school year, which will be in full effect by january of 2025. initially the united educators of san francisco were asking for more. >> we came in initially asking for $12,000 for the first year and 8. and again, that those might sound like large numbers, but those numbers are very much in par with, frankly, what has been 20% inflation over the last three years. >> the tentative agreement includes worker protections and higher compensation for paramedics, doctors. >> they have been paid historic low amounts in some in many cases, amounts that that would frankly lead them to go to other other jobs. this raised the floor

which is why this afternoon they will meet at balboa high school and they will do a strike authorization vote even if they vote. yes, it does not necessarily mean that they will go on strike and all explain that in just a few moments. here's what's at stake. 50,000 students have 132 schools in san francisco. they can go to school for now as the 2 sides work out a deal. now, the unified school district, they are prepared to offer the teachers as much as 10,000 more each year. the teachers they're looking for a lot more than that saying that it's very expensive to live in san francisco and until they get what they want, they are prepared to possibly go on strike. >> if they vote to go on strike this afternoon, it doesn't mean that they will because they do not take this lightly. that means the union will circle back and then they will vote once again. and at that point, if they vote yes, that means there will be a strike. and if so, it will be the first one in san francisco since 1978. >> and we continue our coverage of the conflict overseas. the number of americans killed in the war betwe

going to strike authorization vote starting to this afternoon at 4 o'clock all the way to 8 at balboa high school and they want to send a message to the san francisco unified school district that we're not playing around anymore. and sometimes it takes a strike according to them to send a message that they are looking for a significant pay raise san francisco. they have not seen a teacher strike since 1979. so this would be historic. what they're looking for is more than what the school district is offering at this particular time. the school district is willing to pay $10,000 more per teacher that teachers their union. they're saying that's not close to what we're looking for. we want significant pay raise and smaller class sizes because right now they seem to be overwhelmed. far as the teacher to student ratio, they're about 50,000 students at 132 schools in san francisco. they don't take this lightly. however, even if they vote tonight for a strike, they will still have to circle back. the union will last for another vote. and at that time if they vote yes on a strike, then that will ha

. >> so we're anticipating our 6,000 members to roll through 6,000 teachers convening at balboa high school wednesday. each member of the union, united educators of san francisco will cast their vote. >> on whether or not they want to go on strike. and so we have delayed and delayed long enough from san francisco, unified management. >> and our membership has had enough and the district since march has rejected our proposals outright and insisted that it doesn't have the capacity to do what we've asked tonight's vote will determine whether or not the president can even call for a strike if approved a second vote then takes place to determine if educators will strike when and for how long a strike could leave the district's 123 schools and some 50,000 students in limbo. absolutely do not want. >> to go on strike or 2 to impact our students negatively is why we bargain at night. the union is demanding higher pay and smaller class sizes. the 2 sides have been trying to negotiate a new two-year contract for the past year. >> the school district not responding directly to our request for

. >> so we're anticipating our 6,000 members to roll through 6,000 teachers convening at balboa high school wednesday. each member of the union, united educators of san francisco will cast their vote. >> on whether or not they want to go on strike. and so we have delayed and delayed long enough from san francisco, unified management. >> and our membership has had enough and the district since march has rejected our proposals outright and insisted that it doesn't have the capacity to do what we've asked tonight's vote will determine whether or not the president can even call for a strike if approved a second vote then takes place to determine if educators will strike. >> when and for how long a strike could leave the district's 123 schools and some 50,000 students in limbo. >> we absolutely do not want to go on strike or 2 to impact our students negatively is why we bargain at night. the union is demanding higher pay and smaller class sizes. the 2 sides have been trying to negotiate a new two-year contract for the past year. >> the school district not responding directly to our reques

they went to vote last night between 4 and 8 o'clock at balboa high school and their worries are released. the results at noon. they are looking for a bigger pay raise and with the school district is offering at this particular time, the school district is offering $10,000 a year pay raise. the teachers say that simply not enough, especially for city as expensive as san francisco. here's the union talking about the state of affairs. so many vacancies when we have such high turnover when we can't retain educators. >> what are classified members aren't paid enough? and when our working conditions continue to impact our students, education. >> okay. here's what you need to know. we will find out as i mentioned at noon what they decided to do. but early on the polls, it seems indicate that 80% of teachers are willing to go on strike. but we will know officially yes or no if they say yes, it does not necessarily mean that there will be an imminent strike because they will circle back and vote one final time. yes, are now, but that's not going to happen in the immediate future. so for today, to

>> at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the teachers will all head to balboa high school and begin this strike authorization vote early indications of i-80, 1% of them have already said that they are willing to go on strike if it gets to that point. here's what you need to know. if you have a child within the san francisco unified school district. don't worry about it. it's not happening today or within the next couple of days, even if they vote to go on strike. and i'll tell you about that in just a few moments. the teachers are looking for a significant pay raise. that school district reportedly offering about $10,000 extra every year on top of what they're making. but the teachers say that simply not enough, especially for a place as expensive as san francisco. so what's going to happen is they will vote this afternoon if they vote to go on strike. james reyna, they do not take this lightly. that means the union will circle back and ask for another vote. one final time. >> if they vote yes, at that particular time, then the teachers will go on strike. so we still have a little bit of future

which is why this afternoon they will meet at balboa high school and they will do a strike authorization vote even if they vote. yes, it does not necessarily mean that they will go on strike and all explain that in just a few moments. here's what's that state. 50,000 students have 132 schools in san francisco. they can go to school for now as the 2 sides work out a deal. now, the unified school district, they are prepared to offer the teachers as much as 10,000 more each year. the teachers they looking for a lot more than that, saying that it's very expensive to live in san francisco and until they get what they want, they are prepared to possibly go on strike. >> if they vote to go on strike this afternoon, it doesn't mean that they will because they do not take this lightly. that means the union will circle back and then they will vote once again. and at that point, if they vote yes, that means there will be a strike. and if so, it will be the first one in san francisco since 1978. >> thank you very much. well, the sunol glen school board voted last night to keep its ban on all flags o

i mean, we were sitting in the room over there, balboa high school, started off some contention, buts just as terry said, it was very community driven from the beginning. one of the things i love about representing this part of town and i tell people this and i dare and challenge anyone fun to challenge me on this point. this is the most diverse neighborhood and community in the entire united states. and i can tell you because i have knocked on almost every single door in this community. that's how i got elected. and thousands and thousands of doors. and you go to one home, african american, you go to the next home, filipino, you go to the next home, latino, you go to the next home. italian next home, chinese . and it just keeps repeating over and over and over again, sexual orientation, asian age. this is one of the this is the bedrock of san francisco. the folks that live here are second, third, fourth and fifth generation san franciscans. and so this project today, this development is a manifestation of all of the great things that this community represents. and there's so many pe

so what what they will do at 4 o'clock this afternoon is they will vote that will happen at balboa and high school. that's the first step they do not take this lightly. if they vote yes on the strike authorization in the union will circle back and ask them a second time to do a vote at that time if they vote yes, then there will be a striking if that happens. we're talking 50,000 students at 132 schools in san francisco that will not have class at that particular time. and if there is a strike, james will be the first one in san francisco since 1979. so there is still a little hope if you're a parent out there. >> keeping your fingers crossed that your child will still have their teacher inside the classroom. but looks like we're inching closer and closer because early polls indicate that about 80% of teachers say they are willing to straight. >> we'll see what happens. thank you. will. >> well, the signal when school board will be keeping its ban on all flags on in the u.s. flag and the california state flag. there was a board member who introduced a resolution to repeal the ban. but >> no

so my name is john villanueva villanueva nepomuceno sister, principal of balboa high school, and i'm here representing usf. i want to first urge the district to sell negotiations with our family members at seiu and usf with all full care and expediency so we can all focus on educating our kiddos and serving them with peace of mind. in addition, i'll speak briefly about the svc bond which is being put together by district staff. a few folks have already spoken about it, but last week a coalition of labor unions and community organizations shared our priorities with the district staff and with you on the board of education about what we would like to see in this bond. we hope that you all have taken the time to read them as the issues raised within like bond size, transparency, equity and healthy learning environments are issues many our community can get behind and i can speak personally about my house at balboa. lord knows there's a lot that needs to be happening tomorrow. our friends are going to be descending upon my house for a major vote. so let's take this. think about them as w

well, the high temperatures today creating some issues on bart, the transit agency says riders can expect 20 minute delays this evening on trains passing through the balboa park station. this as the extreme heat is causing track and equipment problems. the running trains at reduced speed because of that, especially in that area of san francisco. this is all as a safety precaution. also, there is currently no red line service between 24th street mission and millbrae and no green line service between berryessa and daly city. as of now, though, the yellow balloon blue and orange lines are running with normal service. we've talked about this before, mark. i mean, you know, those tracks affected by this hot weather and now we're seeing it tonight. yeah, day two of the hot temperatures here in the bay area. yesterday we thought was warm, but today, a little bit warmer. so widespread 90. and it looks like in one more hot day, at least i should say two. but tomorrow is still fairly hot and then some improvement over the weekend. okay it seems like some people don't like not everyone likes the heat. right? so we'll try to work on that for you. yeah but take a loo

drive him to church and market to catch muni to go to lowell and my daughter started her high school career at balboa. my son played ball on that field many, many times and i am very familiar with the street they're talking about. and that is a desire line that is how people go to the park. and that should have at minimum, the lousy freaking crosswalk that you have there right now. just stripe it. just make it something, make it bold, make it pretty big. i don't know. but make it so that drivers can see it. if you can't do all of the other capital improvements, at least apply some stinking paint. so these people feel better and in terms of like how can you make it, they don't read signs, they read the roads. so you can have all the signals you want, but you've got to think about dieting it. you've got to think about taking away some of that, that parking have the park, the rec and park get involved. how about having tree plantings that go out that, you know, we don't have enough street trees in our city. we must have i know we've allocated budget for that. can we get street trees that come out and ma

drive him to church and market to catch muni to go to lowell and my daughter started her high school career at balboa. my son played ball on that field many, many times and i am very familiar with the street they're talking about. and that is a desire line that is how people go to the park. and that should have at minimum, the lousy freaking crosswalk that you have there right now. just stripe it. just make it something, make it bold, make it pretty big. i don't know. but make it so that drivers can see it. if you can't do all of the other capital improvements, at least apply some stinking paint. so these people feel better and in terms of like how can you make it, they don't read signs, they read the roads. so you can have all the signals you want, but you've got to think about dieting it. you've got to think about taking away some of that, that parking have the park, the rec and park get involved. how about having tree plantings that go out that, you know, we don't have enough street trees in our city. we must have i know we've allocated budget for that. can we get street trees that come out and ma

drive him to church and market to catch muni to go to lowell and my daughter started her high school career at balboa. my son played ball on that field many, many times and i am very familiar with the street they're talking about. and that is a desire line that is how people go to the park. and that should have at minimum, the lousy freaking crosswalk that you have there right now. just stripe it. just make it something, make it bold, make it pretty big. i don't know. but make it so that drivers can see it. if you can't do all of the other capital improvements, at least apply some stinking paint. so these people feel better and in terms of like how can you make it, they don't read signs, they read the roads. so you can have all the signals you want, but you've got to think about dieting it. you've got to think about taking away some of that, that parking have the park, the rec and park get involved. how about having tree plantings that go out that, you know, we don't have enough street trees in our city. we must have i know we've allocated budget for that. can we get street trees that come out and ma

balboa reservoir which is going to happen. clarenden is on a hill, people go very very fast and at least once a week i get complaints from folks in forest [indiscernible] midtown terrace about the high speeds and lack of safety, so also eager to hear about that. even though it is not at my district, forgive me supervisor ronan, but i do take the valencia bicycle lane every day, twice a day, and i do think despite my initial skepticism, i do think it is better then it was before, however, i am wondering if we are keeping track-in the presentation you talked about new materials and you know, getting used to handling them and wondering if there is a assessment of the new materials going forward? at least a third of the ballard are damages or down. i had people in cars like turn around in front of me on my bike and it is a very very highly trafficked bike lane now. it is a main thoroughfare now, which is great, but i also think that people behave badly and the materials we use kind of enable it. i'm wondering if we are keeping track of that, revisiting it, giving feedback if there is data that we have attached to those new materials. that was a lot of questions. sorry. >> sure. i'll sta

and we're expecting our 6000 members to make their way to balboa high school to make their vote known and to really send a message to the bargaining team about how they'd like to handl how they'd like us to handle the district's proposal for teachers and administrators are negotiating over pay increases. at last report, teachers were looking for a two year deal with a $12,000 increase. the district was offering 10,000. the district wouldn't comment about the strike authorization vote, instead referring to an october third statement saying sf usd is offering an historic contract aimed at attracting and retaining top educators. even as the district faces a structural shortfall with declining enrollment. the superintende saying in part, quote, the fiscal health of the district is vital to our mission of serving students. our decisions are based on what will best support students learning and well-being . i remain hopeful that we will reach an agreement with our labor partners. teachers are urging the district to cut back on administration at this point. educators say they're still hopefu

that pickup truck going right into the showroom of high end furniture store roche balboa, again, policeffering only a few details so far, but saying it happened around 430 this afternoon. what caused the crash? still unclear. not confirmed by police, but again, two people taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the accident so powerful, a man living upstairs says it shook his building. take an. i was just up in my apartment, which is in this building. and then i heard a large crash and i could feel a sudden jolt in the whole building. and i didn't think to come down until i saw looked out the window and saw people walking towards the corner with their phones out, recording. and back out here live. you can see the work is still underway by a tow company to try to remove that pickup truck. workers inside the store earlier were trying to do some cleanup ahead of that truck being removed. the man you heard from before who lives above the store saying that when he got downstairs, he did notice there were only a few people inside the store. he thinks this could have been far worse had ther