. >> paula byrne was on leave after giving birth to her daughter isabella in june of 2023 when she was alerted not by her former employer, google, but by her peers that she was being laid off. >> i was really shocked to hear who else was being laid off as well. >> byrne, who worked for google since 2010, alleges in a lawsuit filed in santa clara county wednesday that five out of seven employees selected for termination from byrne's team and two from an adjacent team were also on, had recently taken or were about to take parental leave. >> and of the six that stage, none had young children. it just seemed very, very unfair. >> byrne's lead attorney, tracy lemon, said her client wanted to stay at google. >> that was never on the cards for them. >> she then sent this letter to the tech giant in april in hopes of a better severance package for byrne, after she was replaced by someone allegedly younger and without children. lemon says after very little response from google, her client decided to file a complaint. >> google definitely has a youth culture where they they hire young, keep youn

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byrne has since moved to the uk for more affordable health care, and hopes the stress of this lawsuitove to see them change their processes so there's not so many parents and women put in this situation. >> in san francisco, dion lim, abc seven news. >> coming up, the closing of a church, it's a denomination you might not have heard of. some call it the psychedelic church. >> plus, technology that could open up icy regions to a whole new generation of researchers. it's thanks to a help with this health insurance stuff. - check out covered california. it's a free service from the state that helps you get health insurance. millions of people have used it. - wait, for real? - mmm hmm, they even offer financial help to lower the cost. - nooo... how you know about all this? - that's how i got my insurance. i got a great plan for about $10 dollars a month. - okay, i see you. - if you've got questions, covered california can help, every step of the way. enroll by december 31st. covered california. this way to health insurance. with the yule log. we're streaming it on abc seven news.com and t

the lawsuit was filed by former employee paula byrne. >> byrne had worked for the company for 15 years when she was laid off while on maternity leave. the suit claims google told her she could apply for other roles. she was qualified for, but ultimately said there was no role for her within the company which left her with no job or benefits and a newborn. the lawsuit goes on to say 7 other employees laid off were also on or had recently taken maternity leave. we have reached out to google for comment but have not yet heard back. >> oakland is receiving nearly 30 million dollars in funding from the epa to help phase out gas-powered vehicles. the oakland unified school district received more than 15 million dollars to replace some of its fuel powered school buses. the city of oakland was awarded more than a million dollars to replace some of its ups trucks with battery electric models well. the sale of alex jones infowars show has been blocked by a texas judge satirical news site. the onion wanted to buy the show, but a company affiliated with jones has now offered twice as much money fo

executive byrne said governor kathy hochul should veto the bill, but this other senator says a lowerme rate than those born here. and also said cop should not be in the business of immigration enforcement. sandra. >> sandra: a lot of feelings about all of that in the city right now. air, good to see you, john. >> john: let's bring in katie pavlich and we had tom homan on yesterday and he said he's willing to sit down with anybody republican or democrat's to work things out. listen to what he told us here. >> i will meet with anybody because this is about public safety and national security. let's meet and work together. we don't have to be immigration officers but the cops and be elected representatives for the community. love your community more than you hate trump. >> john: love your community a little more than you hate trump. that is something democratic mayor should consider. >> sandra: he is listening to his constituents like chicago and new york where the politicis continue to hold onto ideology o promote immigration and caudal criminal illegal immigrants with long violent rap

chris byrne you are the toy guy. you are the guy we go to for these conversations. you joining us this morning on the nine. >> thank you so much. >> and we want to give you an update to our viewer poll because we know some of you might be shopping and we've been talking about it all morning long. we've been asking you, what are you doing for cyber monday? and these numbers are going the exact direction we expected them to. yes, i love the deals. that's taking up nearly half of our poll this morning. no, i prefer in person. that's about 38% and a small smidge of you i shopped last week, 13% saying i've already done it all. we've been there. i'm way ahead of you all. if you can still vote and you still can just scan that qr code at the top right of your screen, you can also opt on the online version. just go to ktvu.com/vote. your voice can still be heard in this conversation. all right. coming up on mornings on two. the nine. it's been a holiday tradition for more than eight decades. the east bay city, where neighbors continue to turn heir str t 18 storey federal bui

byrne says romero is also a certified international alpine guide, which allowed him to lead expeditions in other countries. he says romero was excited about his trip to new zealand with his friend kurt blair. >> from colorado, who is also a certified alpine guide and a 3rd climber from canada whose name has not yet been released hurt in 8 were. >> really good friends as well as both. just been amazing. technical guidance. so i think part of his excitement was not just the objective that they were going forward. but also he was going west a rocky, also known as mount cook is about 12,000 feet high. >> and it's part of the southern alps. the peak is popular among experienced climbers. its terrain is technically difficult due to prevent avalanche wrist, changeable weather and glacier movement bring according to new zealand police. the men flew parkway up the mountain on saturday to begin their ascent and were reported missing on monday when they did not arrive to meet their pre arranged transport after the climb. hours later, searchers found several climbing related items believed to belon

the lawsuit was filed by a former employee paula byrne, who after spending 15 years working for the company laid off while on maternity leave. the lawsuit goes on to say 7 other employees laid off are also on or had recently taken maternity leave after being laid off. the suit alleges google told her she could apply for other roles. she was qualified for. but after several months of google ultimately said there was no role for burn within the company, leaving her with, quote, no job or benefits and a newborn. we have reached out to google for comment. >> and have not yet heard back. >> the epa is awarding more than 135 million dollars to various locations across the state. does an effort to phase out gas-powered vehicles here in the bay area. the oakland unified school district was awarded more than 15 million dollars to replace 60 fuel powered school buses. city of oakland was also awarded nearly 1.5 million to replace diesel fuel to be a kohl's. and the oakland port department. we'll get more than 10 million dollars to replace 60 ups trucks with battery electric models. no other bay area

byrne says romero is also a certified international alpine guide, which allowed him to lead expeditions in other countries. he says romero was excited about his trip to new zealand with his friend kurt blair. >> from colorado, who is also a certified alpine guide and a 3rd climber from canada whose name has not yet been released. kurt indicate where? >> really good friends as well as both. just amazing. technical guidance. so i think part of his excitement was not just the objective that they were going forward. but also he was going west a rocky, also known as mount cook is about 12,000 feet high. >>wand it's part of the southern alps. the peak is popular among experienced climbers. its terrain is technically difficult due to prevent says avalanche wrist, changeable weather and glacier movement bring according to new zealand police. the men flew parkway up the mountain on saturday to begin their ascent and were reported missing on monday when they did not arrive to meet their pre arranged transport after the climb. hours later, searchers found several climbing related items believed to

byrne. mr. clark, would you please call for public comment for item number nine? yes.ish to speak on this matter should line up to speak at this time. hi there, alan burdell. again, i would just say that i support the argument that commissioner byrnes just made. that would give you a reason to put him through today, and i appreciate commissioner byrnes for his work and i totally agree with his rationale. so thank you. are there any additional speakers on this matter? i do not see any additional speakers. thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. mr. clark, i'd like to repeat the motion for items seven and eight. yes, the motion is to amend to delete the word approving in order to make in in order to effectively make the motion, reject the mayor's nomination for appointment on that motion. vice chair safaÍ safaÍ. member. peskin a, peskin i chair. walton, a walton i that motion passes without objection motion to object i mean to reject passes. mr. clark, do we have any more business before us? there are no additional items on today's agenda. than

we're the byrne family and we went to lapland! he's coming.ost thousands, but they managed to stick to the budget. so for the six of us that went on this holiday, that included the flights from london airport and the accommodation in rovaniemi, as well as the hire of the vehicle, this worked out at £225 per person. we found flights at 6:00 in the morning they were on the release day for £35. £35 back. seeing the children's face when they saw the real santa's in lapland was magical and we would do it all over again in a heartbeat. but what other tips have our experts got? when it comes to lapland, understand that there - are alternative experiences. don't feel like you just have to go to the one i that is the most popular and shiny and bright. i father christmas calls all sorts of destinations home. there are places in northern germany where you might go. even turkey has some claim to the origins of father christmas. so do look around and you might be able to get a similar feel to lapland at half the price. a great alternative to travelling to

byrne says romero is also a certified international alpine guide, which allowed him to lead expeditions in other countries. he says romero was excited about his trip to new zealand with his friend kurt blair. >> from colorado, who is also a certified alpine guide and a 3rd climber from canada whose name has not yet been released. kurt and we take a word. >> really good friends as well as both. just amazing. technical guidance. so i think part of his excitement was not just the objective that they were going forward. but also he was going west a rocky, also known as mount cook is about 12,000 feet high. >> and it's part of the southern alps. the peak is popular among experienced climbers. its terrain is technically difficult. due to prevatt avalanche risks. changeable weather and glacier movement bring according to new zealand police. the men flew parkway up the mountain on saturday to begin their ascent and were reported missing on monday when they did not arrive to meet their pre arranged transport after the climb. hours later, searchers found several climbing related items believed to

byrne says romero is also a certified international alpine guide, which allowed him to lead expeditions in other countries. >>he says romero was excited about his trip to new zealand with his friend kurt blair from colorado, who is also a certified alpine guide and a 3rd climber from canada whose name has not yet been released. her where? >>really good friends as well as both. just been amazing. technical guidance. so i think part of his excitement was not just the objective that they were going forward. but also he was going west a rocky, also known as mount cook is about 12,000 feet high. >>and as part of the southern alps, the peak is popular among experienced climbers. its terrain is technically difficult due to prevent says avalanche risk your change. a bellwether. >>and glacier movement bring something according to new zealand police. the men flew parkway up the mountain on saturday to begin their ascent and were reported missing on monday when they did not arrive to meet their pre arranged transport after the climb. hours later, searchers found several climbing related items beli

young henry byrne from niobrara, who took his mother's advice, which every young should do and voted, changed his mind and changed his vote from no to yes and gave us universal suffrage in presidential elections across our great country. so very appropriate question for right now. the question. yes, sir i can follow up that war of the roses question like that. i'm from texas, i'm not tennessee. so okay, i think your stafford your capitol's prettier ours. i will give you that. oh, nice but i saw it. i was you're all the history wall is great. i was up the capitol, though, and i saw a member a plaque said the united daughters of the confederacy, their 75th anniversary right there by the post that you put up in 1969. small little statue. it's in honor of the the south during the war. so a year after king was assassinated, that that plaque is put up. i took a picture of it. so i'm not making this. how do you deal with that? you're there. you have the tours at the capitol. which plaque was that? sorry, i couldn't hear you speaking. the microphone is called you now. jackson statue. yeah. yo

byrne went down? you lost the house and the senate. there's nothing left to burn.uss democratic party has slipped beneath the waves. there's nothing really left here. i don't know where all this is coming from. it scans to me like a fight in the day room. really, what are they fighting about? pelosi, jill biden? >> a lot of shin taking. happening right now, house republicans are holding a closed-door meeting as both sides of the aisle work toward an agreement to fund our government before tonight's deadline. we are on it. we will bring you updates as we get them. next, a civil rights organization is offering advice to blue states and cities on how illegal migrants can evade the incoming speech in administration's plan for massive deportations. >> white house press secretary karine jean-pierre holding a press roofing now talking about possible shutdown. but of course, blaming republicans and a speaker at mike johnson saying, it is his mess to fix peerless end. >> secretary jean-pierre: and the president -- let me just take a step back. this is not the first time we

paula byrne was on leave from google after giving birth to her daughter in june of 2023. she says her colleagues, not the company, informed her she was being laid off. she alleges in the lawsuit that five out of seven employees selected for termination from her team and two from an adjacent team, were also on parental leave, had recently taken or were about to take parental leave. >> i'd love to see them change their processes so there's not so many parents and women put in this situation. >> i mean, google definitely has a youth culture where they they hire young, keep young, promote young. >> a google spokesperson sent abc seven news a statement that says, in part, we completely disagree with these claims. we have zero tolerance for discrimination and take all concerns very seriously. they went on to say reorganization and eliminations were part of doing business and based solely on business needs. >> a conference in mountain view is bringing science fin to life. the humanoid summit showing off some of the newest robots on display. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey

playing for the purity of intercollegiate athletics being on the basketball committee along with greg byrne, added alabama, we've seen just a purity of the joy of going out at a basketball game, playing in front of 75,000 people. you know, that's a once in a lifetime opportunity. they are not out there trying to play for dollars, although that is supposed to come and and it will come. they are playing for the purity of the game. and i think it would be a shame for us to say you're fired because you missed a jump shot. well, one of the things that you also one of the things i wanted to make clear here, so charles said he's on the basketball committee. right. so if your team doesn't get in a tournament, he's the guy to call it leave me, don't say that comes all it big. his number is. i'm just getting all of the biggies and all at auburn fans have already sent enough hate mail. what are the things that the commissioner mentioned was the terms of the ncaa settlement and according to the new york times, it if reached the agreement would establish a $2.8 billion in retroactive damages. payments f

paula byrne was on leave from google after giving birth to her daughter in june 2023. she says her colleagues, not the company, informed her she was being laid off. she alleges in the lawsuit that five out of seven employees selected for termination from her team and two from an adjacent team, were also on parental leave, had recently taken or were about to take parental leave. >> i'd love to see them change their processes so there's not so many parents and women put in this situation. >> i mean, google definitely has a youth culture where they they hire young, keep young, promote young. >> a google spokesperson sent abc seven news a statement saying in part, we completely disagree with these claims. we have zero tolerance for discrimination and take all concerns very seriously. they went on to say reorganization and eliminations were part of doing business and based solely on business needs. state energy regulators have approved a $1.4 billion investment to expand electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling across the state. the funds will go out over the next f

the lawsuit was filed by a former employee paula byrne, who after spending 15 years working for the company was laid off while on maternity leave. the lawsuit goes on to say that 7 other employees were also on or had recently taken maternity leave. and after being laid off the suit alleges google told her she could apply for other roles that she was qualified for. but after several months, google ultimately said there was no role for her anymore. but then the company leaving her with, quote, no job or benefits for a newborn. >> developing news now, fbi director christopher wray says he plans to resign at the end of the biden administration in january. today's announcement comes a about a week and a half after president elect trump announced his intention to nominate kash patel for that position at a town hall meeting with the bureau workforce. ray said he would be stepping down after weeks of careful thought re it previously been named by trump to be fbi director and began what was expected to be a 10 year term in 2017. more developing news now out of southern california were. >> hannah kob

in fact, labour's liam byrne reportedly has the highest total of any single mp, with 17 grand's worthe last six years. he voted to cut the winter fuel payment and said that we had to do it to fill the black hole. rubbish. what black hole? there's no black hole when it comes to illegal immigrants, is there? labour loves paying for them. 20,000 have arrived since starmer became prime minister. we've got more migrant hotels popping up we've got more migrant hotels popping up everywhere. >> 100 guys from a country which we know do not value women. yeah, i'm sorry, but that's the hard. >> no, no. i'm sorry. >> is there going to be a curfew or are they just at 7:00 at night? just going to be able to wander around because my daughter is going to be safe when she goes into altrincham , when she goes into altrincham, has a few drinks? no. is the answer. >> we can't we can't lock people up. we haven't committed any crimes . we up. we haven't comm

but now here's your news headlines katie byrne. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon.t'sjust >> martin, thank you and good afternoon. it's just gone 3:00. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. some breaking news this afternoon. 26 year old kyle clifford has pleaded not guilty to the murders of carol hannah and louise hunt at their family home in bushey in july. that not guilty plea comes after cambridge crown court also heard a short time ago that clifford has been further charged with rape. the 26 year old is accused of fatally shooting louise and hannah hunt with a crossbow and stabbing carol hunt to death at their home in hertfordshire. we'll bring you more on that story as we get it. sir keir starmer is facing questions from the liaison committee this afternoon, as upset grows in his own party over the lack of compensation for the waspi women. the prime minister is facing questions from a range of government departments and select committees. right now the questioning is focused on the state of the uk economy. the guardian newspaper reported last ni