richmond firefighters are calling for fire chief angel montoya to resign the union representing them it failed to address under staffing and safety issues. and the set a laborer council elected officials known as joint sag aftra in a rally for a fair contract outside of city hall. tonight, the rally begins at 05:00pm in the last an hour. take a look at this. well, firefighters in southern california rescue to katie that was stuck inside of a car in irvine. a car owner found a note on their vehicle. that's it. someone hurt me. allie coming from inside the car. they call firefighters who took the car apart to reach the cat. the animal was taken to the animal services and has already been adopted. how sweet? all right. well, let's get back to your forecast for the morning. lot of you are probably a little jolt. it because we were little yesterday job, but we're just going to cool off just a little bit today. good morning. taking it back a notch as far as the gos which is a okay, i think for so many people. >> the rest of the country still dealing with the midst of some record shattering

firefighters gave a vote of no confidence to chief angel montoya. the union accuses him of what they call desertion and dereliction of critical duties. they say he spends most of his time at his home in orange county. richmond firefighters of local 188 issued a statement saying his refusal to address pressing safety issues, unwillingness to meet and confer, and his excessive absence, as they say from the city of richmond, make him incapable of running a safe, functional, and cost-effective fire department. the union says, montoya was missing for several recent emergencies. we all remember that threat of a mudslide during our winter storms. we reached out to the chief. so far, we are still waiting to get an answer from him and his side of the story. >>> the vallejo city council has declared a state of emergency because it's police department is so understaffed. watch. >> this proclamation is going to allow certain things to happen a little bit quicker. it is not going to bypass certain obligations we have with meet and confer, but there are also othe

this week the richmond firefighters union, local 1888, took a no contest vote against fire chief angel montoya. in a letter the union accused chief montoya of not doing enough to address low staffing issues. it also states montoya is regularly absent from his office. and from city council meetings. and the union claims that that has caused the department to lose funding. abc7 news reached out to chief montoya for comment. ama: today, bay area health care workers picketed at kaiser facilities as part of a statewide day of action. tens of thousands of workers are calling on kaiser to provide more staffing to ensure proper patient care. >> we want to make sure that they give us the proper health -- health care and proper staffing that we need so that we can provide good quality care for our patients. our patients are suffering here. we're not only suffering. but our patients are suffering. and we're tired of it. ama: the contract for kaiser workers including lab techs, speech therapists and administrative workers is set to expire september 30. the facilities remained open during today's pickets.

they claim the chief angel montoya failed to address under staffing and safety issues. they also say the chief spends a significant amount of time outside of the bay area and is absent from meetings. the union representing them voted unanimously on morning talk montoya's resignation. they have reached out to chief montoya. he has not yet responded to to our outreach. >> thousands >> of kaiser permanente. workers picketed outside kaiser hospitals across california today, including san jose. their unions are negotiating new contracts with the health care provider. workers are asking kaiser to do more to support them and patients. >> we want to make sure that we're properly stop so we can deliver the care that we give our patients that deserve on a regular basis. >> kaiser permanente says in part they are committed to patient care and want to reach a deal with the unions. a new study finds san francisco's approach to battling covid actually resulted in fewer deaths compared to other larger metropolitan cities. the study published in the journal public health reports found

the firefighters union took a no-confidence vote against angel montoya.nough to address low staffing issues. it also states that montoya is regularly absent from his office and city council meetings. the union also claims that has caused the department to lose funding. we reached out to the chief for comment. reggie: in declared a state of emergency because of a severe lack of police officers. it has reached a critical point where public safety could be at risk. amanda del castillo wife in vallejo with the latest on it is to declare a state of emergency. amanda: the big question is what does a state of emergency declaration actually signal. the city of vallejo can essentially dedicate all of the necessary resources it needs to to the police department in order to help them address the staffing crisis. that is the main reason behind it as so few police officers remain in the city. city records show there are a total of 132 funded positions at the department but staffing levels are so bad to come out last night the interim police chief explained currently t

the richmond fire chief angel montoya received a no confidence vote from the firefighters union. has refused to meet with them and discuss safety issues and understaffing. the union also says that montoya spends a significant amount of time outside the bay area and is absent from key meetings. richmond mayor says that the city manager is in charge of handling the situation. we did reach out to the fire chief for comment and we have yet to hear back. well, female athletes at san jose state have testified against scott shaw, the former head athletic trainer accused of sexually abusing them. several of the athletes appeared before a jury to show a pattern of sexual misconduct for former sports trainer scott shaw, 56 year old shaw has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges, and the defense lawyer is suggesting that some of the comments made by the female athletes have been exaggerated. new this morning, actor kevin spacey was just found not guilty by a jury in london. of all charges of sexual assault for accusers allege the incidents took. place between 2001 and 2013, while spac

firefighters are calling for chief angel montoya's tenure to end. he has been in charge for less than two years. last night, the union made a vote of no confidence in montoya accusing him of desertion and dereliction of critical duties. richmond firefighters local 188 issued a statement saying quote, chief montoya's refusal to address pressing safety issues and unwillingness to meet and confer and his excessive absence from the city of richmond make him incapability of running a safe, functional and cost effective fire department. so the union says montoya was missing for several recent emergencies including a mudslide in point richmond during the winter storms. we reached out to the chief yesterday and are waiting to hear back. >>> san francisco is bringing more housing for educators to the city. this week, mayor london breed announced the city will deliver the second and third affordable housing projects built specifically for sf unified teachers and staff and construction will take about two years and will start as soon as january. one project wi