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UCSF workers walk off job, medical appointments canceled. Lava fountains spew 300 feet into the air on Hawaii in volcano eruption. Photos show San Francisco getting odd at 19th-annual How Weird Street Faire. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Top O' The Bay                   May 7, 2018         UCSF workers walk off job, medical appointments canceled   Thousands of medical appointments were postponed this week at UCSF's Mission Bay and Parnassus Avenue campuses as health-care workers across the University of California system walked off the job Monday amid an impasse over wage negotiations. By sunrise, picket lines were in full effect at the Parnassus Avenue medical center, consisting of hundreds from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents about 25,000 medical and service workers systemwide. "Our only option again is to strike," said Kathryn Lybarger, president of AFSCME Local 3299. "We are holding the line on some of the last middle-class jobs in California.           Read More                   Lava fountains spew 300 feet into the air on Hawaii in volcano eruption           Read More                   Photos show San Francisco getting odd at 19th-annual How Weird Street Faire           Read More                   From Kamala Harris to Sterling K. Brown, Bay Area colleges' impressive slate of graduation speakers           Read More           Sign up for more Newsletters!           Here's what working San Franciscans earned 100 years ago, and how those salaries stack up today           Read More                   What new residents like and loathe about San Francisco           Read More                   Body found on delta levee is missing fisherman           Read More                   Lava flow from Hawaii's Kilauea rises, destroying 30 structures           Read More                   When Cavs need a game closed out, they go to The King           Read More                   A licking by Tampa Bay eliminates Boston in NHL playoffs           Read More             Support journalism. Support democracy. Get daily insights into stories that resonate throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Click here for current San Francisco Chronicle subscription offers.           Connect     Facebook     Twitter     Pinterest     Google+   About   Privacy Policy   Terms of Use         901 Mission St San Francisco CA 94103 ©2018 Hearst Communications, Inc.