Ac system and uc in four campuses studied, cal, ucla, uc san diego and uc san diego say they admitted applicants based on family donations or relationships to campus staff. Keep in mind all this comes one year after the National College admissions scandal that also involved uc berkeley. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama students were admitted as favors to donors family and friends. Of those 22 applicants were falsely designated as sports f the report. Four colleges, uc berkeley, ucla, uc san diego and Uc Santa Barbara are said to have admitted 64 applicants with fewer qualifications than other students not offered admission. Uc berk li is said to have the most with 42 applicants. According to the state auditor, there are emails showing a student was denied admission but then accepted after a coach or the Development Office suggested the students entry could bring in money to the university. The child of a highlevel campus executive or prominent related to somebody who was a donor. Uc
Im lauren martinez, abc 7 news. And pacifica is also trying to deter people from gathering at the beach by closing beach parking lots there. But visitors unfortunately were not deterred. They parked in the residential areas near the pier and near rockaway beach. A and. A new state of emergency has been issueded in five counties across california because of raging wildfires. The creek fire outside of fresno has now exploded to more than 73,000 acres. And this morning there is still no containment. Here is faith a would you bay. Reporter a new state of emergency in Southern California after a wildfire exploded. Ou ba. Reporter agetherfornteldre. And a terrifying glimpse revealing smoke so thick it blocked the midday sun, ash so thick it now blankets the area like snow. The creek fire consuming entire neighborhoods, the streets unrec 23450 noisable. Over the weekend, hundreds of people surrounded by flames while trying to escape a popular campsite. Coronered unsure if they would survive.
Ration their electricity, too. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im dan arbery. Im ama daetz. Lets get right to meteorologist sandhya patel. Yeah, dan and ama, this dangerous heat wave will last for days and lets check out the temperatures already in the triple digits and 103 in fairfield, and 101 brentwood and liver more. 94 in santa rosa and 94 in san jose. We have a number of warnings and its covering most of the bay area and this is an excessive heat warning and 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow until 9 00 p. M. Wednesday and the east bay and the Santa Clara Valley and parts of the north bay will be under an increased risk of heat illnesses and upper 50s upper 90s to the mid100s, excuse me. We also have the lake and mendocino counties up to 103 degrees and it is going for the bay shoreline and the north bay 11 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow. This is something that could be very taxing on your body. Add to the mix, we have leftovers from once hurricane a elida. Thank you, sandhya and when
Breaking overnight, at least three officers shot in a standoff in texas. The suspect barricaded inside holding multiple family members hostage. What we know about the standoff right now. Plus, in the dark, the dangerous heat wave in california leading to rolling blackouts and massive wildfires. Back on the court. The first round of the nba playoffs starts today. What to expect in the bubble. And the new shortage that could be a big problem for pizza lovers. Good monday morning. Im mona kosar abdi. And im will reeve in for kenneth moton. Good to be with you, mona, but we begin with yet another grim milestone in the battle against the coronavirus, more than 170,000 american lives now lost to covid19 and there are 5. 4 million confirmed cases nationwide. College campuses across the country are having a tough time coping with new outbreaks as students ignore social distancing rules and attend jam packed parties and more grade schools are being forced to switch to Remote Learning with a gro
Fire in sycamore park. They were grateful able to stop it at 50 acres. And in marin county, there was a fire dangerously close to an apartment complex. We saw the light thilightning started right after that and then the wind. Cal fire says that it has responded to at least 11 fires, most presumed to have started from lightning strikes. And these spectacular images of these lightning strikes still one of the most searched things on our website this morning. Incredible to see. The National Weather Service Estimates that there were more than 2500 lightning strikes that morning. Pg e says customers need to be prepared for rolling blackouts through wednesday evening. People in San Francisco, san mateo and contra costa counties were told to expect those outages last night, but it ended up not being necessary. The black joutd ckouts are due heat wave there is a flex alert people to conserve electricity through wednesday. This is a statewide it is like 200,000 to 250,000 customers at a time, b