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The only platform right now that seems to be getting peoples attention is athletes kneeling during the anthem. Im doing my part and doing that in baseball. Bruce maxwell said it was a decision that was a long time coming. He takes a knee after President Trump blasted nfl players for doing the same thing. Good evening im eric thomas. Maxwell placed his hand on his heart as he became the first marria Major League Baseball player to join the growing protest. Reporter the as won tonight and it was fireworks night. But the twitter firestorm between donald trump and athletes moved into Major League Baseball tonight. As rookie catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first mlb player to take a knee durginhe t before this maxwell made it known he was not happy with Donald Trumps rhetoric. This morning maxwell tweeted dont be surprised if you start seeing athletes kneeling in other sports now, he said. Comments like that from our president , wow. He then tweeted again later in the day saying inequality
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