abc7 news reporter kris reyes is live for was the details. kris? >> good evening, kristen. good evening, dan. last week pg&e reached a $13.5 billion settlement with fire victims. and that would have allowed them to meet a crucial summer deadline to emerge out of bankruptcy. now they have to scramble for a new deal or potentially lose access to much needed state funds. >> i think it is terrific that governor newsom rejected pg&e's proposal to end bankruptcy because it was inadequate. >> mark tunie is one of many advocates who wants to see pg&e held accountable for crippling blackouts and wildfires in recent years. another group demanding accountability camped out in protest at pg&e's san francisco headquarters monday afternoon. >> i'm here with the power to live coalition, because disabled people and seniors have been dying because of fires and power outages, and that has to stop. >> on friday, governor newsom rejected the utility company's restructuring plan, saying it did not comply with state law, and it did not go far enough in improving safety, corporate governance, and

kris reyes is life with more. kris? >> good afternoon, dan and kristen. this is the memorial for the woman killed friday night. a reminder of just how dangerous this stretch of road can be. now obviously i had to cross the street to get to this side. and even that was a little scary. the speed on this side, 40 on that side, 35. you can see no stoplights, no stop signs. and it didn't take long for us, by the way, to witness some of that dangerous driving for ourselves. >> as you can see, you can see it's an idiot spinning donuts. >> this happened right in the middle of our interview, and it's exactly why tim yamaguchi refuses to cross this intersection in his neighborhood. wow. is that normal to you? >> that's the first time i've ever seen it in the daytime. but i know that they speed up and down here over at night. >> that screeching hatched at rock avenue and niles boulevard, right in front of a memorial for suzanne oggi. she and her dog were hit and killed a block away while on the crosswalk friday night. the driver took off and so far police have no le

abc7 news reporter kris reyes found people who say they're not surprised, and they're calling for action to make that intersection safer. >> left hand turn signals, because i was walking, especially on this side. the people aren't looking for pedestrians. they're looking for the oncoming traffic, which is a problem because we have three schools here. >> this is sky 7 over the crash involving a samtrans bus and a pedestrian. a 70-year-old woman was hit and killed about 9:00 a.m. in redwood city near several schools. the bus was traveling southbound on el camino real when it happened. four people were on board. no one else was injured. >> a lot of times you can just be crossing the intersection right here. when the light turns green, and it says walk, then a lot of the cars still keep turning. >> residents who live around here tell me they have been worried about this intersection for a while, that they've had their own close calls. and just this september, a pedestrian was hit by a police car and taken to the hospital in serious condition at this very same cross street, james avenue and e

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kris reyes talked to neighbors who say they just content get it. >> this is a new one. but i have all the colors, brown, blue, black, sunnyvale. t shirts that say sunnyvale. >> these twines have lived in the neighborhood more than 20 years. >> hometown sunnyvale. >> blocks away from apple park the massive hq in cupertino when we told them about the apple open house they were surprised. >> here is the invite and you're sure you didn't get that. >> positive. >> in this neighborhood minutes from mike and sherry's home we found a number of people that got the invite in their mailbox. >> it's this mystery that landed in the neighborhood. it's great for the people to get an opportunity to see what's going on. >> how do you feel that maybe one or two blocks from where you live there is a whole street getting an invite. >> i want to know how they decided to invite them and not us. that's what i'd like to know because we are sunnyvale. >> and that's the mystery. apple only saying that they invited neighbors and community partners. >> you know but i didn't want to go. i don't hav

kris reyes takes a look at what's going on and what's behind their ultimatum. >> reporter: their demandsozens of u.c. santa cruz graduate students rallied on campus demanding a 1400 plus a month raise, or they won't hand in grades as part of their duties as teacher assistants. they're due on december 18. many hearsay they canhere say t cannot afford to go on strike. >> most of my wages goes to rent. it's bleak when you have to feed your child. >> reporter: it's a university raise they can't afford to give to them. >> as presented $1,400 per month pr graduate student would come to approximately $20 million which is more than our budget can bear. >> reporter: in a strongly worded statement, the dean of graduate studies w5r7bd these stuts are in violation of their contract. that academic student employees can't engage in a strike and withholding grades or deleting them from the system could be in violation of federal law. >> we can understand the graduate students are angry and frustrated around this. we want to support them and sit down and talk through how we can do that. a grading strike

. >> abc7 news reporter kris reyes live in san jose with a look at what happened. kris? afternoon, guys. i'm standing in front of the back of that flower shop. you can just imagine how busy they get during this time of year, and then to get broken into. while the owners are now appealing to the public for help to catch the thieves that could ruin their holiday season, just take a look at what those security cameras caught. this is security footage from a a a apez floral. items were stolen from the floor, including this flower urn, a valuable heirloom belonging to one of their clients. >> we're talking 4:40 a.m. when they got here, they went straight only to my office. the containers were in this particular spot. whatever they can ended up taking from here. >> the owners say they filed a police report, but it's their facebook community that has been more helpful with tips and leads. >> everybody is texting me. today we got a hint of like the names, the possible names for the people. there is another person that ended up calling us. and she works with the homeless and with

abc 7 news reporter kris reyes talked to neighbors who say they don't get it. >> this one is new one. but i have all the colors brown, blue, black, all say sunnyvale. tee shirts that say sunnyvale. >> the twins lived in the neighborhood more than 40 years blocks away from the apple giant tech giant in cupertino. when we told them about the open house they were surprised >> you're sure you didn't get that. >> positive. >> in the neighborhood minutes from their home we found a number of people that got the invite the mailbox. >> it's this mystery that landed in the neighborhood. i think it's great for the people to get an opportunity to see what's going on. >> how do you feel that maybe one or two blocks from where you live there is a whole street getting an invite. >> i want to know how they decided to invite them and not us? that's what i'd like to know becausible we are sunnyvale. >> and that's the mystery. apple only saying they invited neighbors and community partners. >> you know but like i said i didn't want to go. i don't have an apple iphone. >> it's a party a long time coming.

reporter kris rayers talked with a -- reyes talked with a high school teacher. >> today is a national civics lesson, though a sad one. i submit these documents for the record and commend them for students to study. >> loretta is a high school teacher in san francisco who is taking those instructions very seriously. >> during the final exam, i had c-span up and put the closed caption on. if they wanted to take a break, they could see some of the arguments being made. >> the lessons have become way less about theory and textbooks. she says everything she needs to teach her students about american democracy and the constitution can be found by just studying the impeachment proceedings. >> i hope they will take out a greater understanding of how their government works and when it's working for them and maybe when it's not working for them. > at sf state students are taking in the lessons as they watch history unfold and democracy in action. >> it's a very good lesson about constitution and what it means and the vague areas and how we interpret them as members of society. >> we talk about

chris reyes is live with the story for us tonight. hi, kris. >> reporter: hi, ama, good evening, dan. that theft was captured by that security camera in the corner of this building here in willow glen. that camera belongs to this flower shop. the owners told me that the thieves took off with at least $10,000 worth of their belongings, including a client's valuable heirloom. they want the public's help to identify these thieves. take a closer look at the footage. >> they ended up opening this loading dock. >> reporter: this is what was caught on their security camera, two people scoping out the back. the business posted this photo on facebook, a woman holding an urn. that urn is a valuable heirloom that belonged to one of his clients. >> we're talking about 4:40 a.m. when they got here, they were able to get into the space. they went straight to my office. containers were in this particular spot. whatever they can -- ended up taking from here, went into my drawer, got stuff from here. went inside the printer where i have the rest of the files a

abc 7 news reporter kris reyes shows us who will be affected by the new rules, which some call confusingicans use s.n.a.p., supplemental nutrition assistance program. that's the number the trump administration wants to change and is doing so with this headline, "a second chance, not a way of life." who's here it will affect immediately in government lingo. able-bodied adults ages 18 to 49, without dependants, working fewer than 80 hours a month. so if you're not working, you likely can't get on the program. it used to be states, including california, could waive those requirements. this new trump rule will make it very hard to do that, and that is what advocates are worried about. >> these rules are kind of cruel. we're trying to get people fed, especially here in the holiday season. and make sure that people are ready to thrive and to find the jobs they need to support their families. >> reporter: secretary of agriculture sonny purdued a this to say. we need to encourage people by giving them a helping hand but not allowing it to become an indefinitely giving hand. the language critics

kris reyes for abc 7 news. >>> a crew in san diego cut the first piece of steel on what will be the united states naval ship harvey milk. the lgbtq activist serve as a navy dive instruct ner the 50s. he became the first openly gay politician in california. the 48-year-old shot and killed at san francisco city hall in 1978. while milk's nephew was asked at the ceremony if his nephew would have dreamed a ship would be named after him. >> it's my answer be, yes. it gave him the courage to face bullets 41 years ago. he dreamed of us all being included that our diversity of the human race would be included and that we would not be diminished because of that. >> construction of the usns harvey milk should take two years. pretty cool. >>> happening today in san francisco, semi annual gun buyback over the years recovering more than 1,000 guns. abc 7 news reporter vic lee looks at the difference one can make. >> the halls here are covered with photographs of young men who died. reminders they were all shot to death, the youngest in 12-year-old killed by a stray bullet. >> one gun that's not taken o

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abc7 news reporter kris reyes will have more details than one, next on abc7 news at 5:00. >>> thousands of kaiser mental health employees are now on strike here and across the state. progress has been made regarding employees' salary and benefits. as abc7 news reporter anser hassan reports, the breakdown is over patient care. >> what do we do? >> reporter: aft >> after a year and a half of negotiations failed, thousands of kaiser mental health professionals are taking to the picket line, demanding better health care for patients. >> teenagers who are struggling with depression, trauma, serious anxiety should not have to wait three to five weeks in between appointments to get care. >> those on strike are demanding kaiser hire more staff to ease their current work load, which would allow for the quality health care skieser is promising. >> we still have about one clinician to every 3,000 kaiser members. >> kristen seeingle is a mental health therapist in richmond. she says both sides have made progress, such as improving the ratio of new to return patients. >> they put in so many loophole