catherine an audit of the university of california system has resulted in a troubling accusation against its administrators that they hid lots of money from the public. Californias auditor says top administrators hid 175Million Dollars from thepublic and lawmakers in a secret reserve fund. And they did it, according to the report, even while raising tuition and asking thestate for more money. The scathing report was released today. Saying that uc president Janet Napolitanos office created the undisclosed budget over four years so the money could be spent with little or no oversight. Napolitano denies the claim. She argues the true amount of money in reserve is 38 million. And says thats a modest amount to stash away for unexpected expenses. Meantime, lt. Governor gavid newsom whos also a u. C. Regent is angry aboutthe revelation. He says its outrageous to force tuition hikes on students while hiding secret funds. He wants recent tuition hikes to be reconsidered. grant the director of a
Area. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is live tonight in the newsroom with details. Charles. chuck well, the Santa Rosa Police department, the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office and the Coroners Office are calling this a disturbing trend and they want to warn the public. Over the past ten days, 5 people in santa rosa have died from apparent drug overdoses. 3 men and 2 women, ages 2766. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office says that 3 of the victims died in public places. Sot toxicology tests on the victims showed they all had heroin in their systems but its highly unusual for so many people to die from overdoses in such a short period of time in the same area. Authorities suspect the victims may have gotten the heroin from the same source and that the drugs may have been tainted. Sotthe concern now is that more people may use heroin from that tainted batch and authorities are hoping to warn the public before its too late. Sot says at this point we dont know if something has been mixed into the drug.
Pam, i talked with former bart chief gary gee and former fbi special agent rick smith. Together they have around 60 years of experience. Bart mob attack last saturday in oakland. Safeway mob burglary grab last month in San Francisco. Carnival mob attack last month in oakland. Former fbi special agent rick smith says we are seeing a change. Rick smithsot i dont think its a good sign of the times i think a lot of this stuff happens because i think there is no consequence. It needs to be a multifaceted approach to a real problem and that is an increase in low level crime. If it is allowed to happen more serious things are going to happen. In the bart mob attack on saturday 6 out of the 9 train cars had working cameras. There were also multiple working cameras at the coliseum station. Bart says state law doesnt allow them to release the video because the suspects appear to be juveniles. Former bart police chief gary gee says the fact that they arent or are unable to release video or pictur
The Health Department has reached out to nearly 300 people who may have had contact with philips. At least a dozen are now on antibiodics as a precautiouary measure. The Marin County Public Health deparmentissued a statement saying they do not believe the cases are connected. Robson had recently had shoulder surgery at sf general her brother says she was not feeling well when he recently saw her. He says now, he and his other siblings are uniting to help each other out. This is a picture several years ago of laura with her sister and nephew. A muni spokesperson says they have not been contacted by San Mateo County Health Department or sf county Health Department about a possible meningtis case. It is unclear where laura got on the muni bus. Her brother says she was living in San Francisco and took the bus because she could not drive due to her surgery. Meningtis is highly contagious disease and can affect anyone of any age. Doctors say there is a vaccine, but say it is normally only re
All right. 4 35 is the time right now. N lets get down to mike thomasths and talk about weather. Ther. Mike, good morning to you. Ornin. We got good things to talk about. Good morning to you as well. Wel big friday coming our way soways well have more details onils on what to expect forfo inauguration friday coming upomp in just a minute. Minute. Temperatures outside rightes out now, a little chillier than chi the past several. Llveral. 45 your current number here in n d. C. I do expect that to drop ap little bit by the time we gett to 7, 8 oclock the start oft rush hour so take that into account. Look at manassas and culpeper,l, lower 30s, westminster 39, fredericksburg 36 degrees. 3 so, yeah, just a chilly start. T. More typical of this time of of year. Satellite and radar shows ad ra little bit of cloud cover trying to sneak its way in s from the south and west. It will be here foner thhee sfoe morning hours. By the time we get into thee afternoon we are clearing things out and were