For family concerns. That prompted the uc board of regents to reprimand napolitano. Do you think you can regain the trust of the public. People at this point calling for you to step down. What is your response . My responses to a appreciate the keeping focused on what we are trying to do. We have a big job ahead of us. Reporter and you are staying on it . I am staying on it. They plan to pass reforms to make sure this does not happen in the future. They will discuss that when they meet in january. The state audit eventually found that napolitanos office paid excessive salaries and benefits to top executives and kept 175 million of a private reserve fund that was never disclosed. New at 6 00 uber had a secret spy unit . That is what is being said. Details are coming to light tonight. Reporter a document has surfaced that has dropped like a bombshell in the government trial of our weather uber stole Self Driving Car Technology from a google spinoff. A letter from a former executive detai
To be heroes and if you meet one, buy them an ice cream sun se sundae. Nonviolent criminals with Good Behavior qualify for the firefighting program. It can reduce sentence time but thats not the only benefit. They think its really constructive. They take a lot of pride in the actual job theyre doing after theyve been on one or two fires. The inmates undergo a monthlong Training Program overseen by cal fire before theyre put into firefighting camp. Tomorrow is the deadline for north bay wild fighter survivors to register for disaster assistance. Residents whose homes had damage may be eligible for federal grants that dont have to be repaid. They may also apply for lowinterest disaster loans. You can head to www. Abc7 news. Com for more information on how to register. Theres optimism today for a possible end to the ongoing strike by oakland city workers which is now in its sixth day. Both sides have agreed to bargaining talks with a state mediator starting monday. Cornell bernard is live
We thought it was under control. But obviously not. The winds changed all that. The thomas fire is just 15 contained. The next biggest fire, the creek fire in the San Fernando Valley is at 15,000 acres and 95 contained. Its destroyed 60 homes. People are returning home to find rubble. Were looking for anything, you know, jewelry, family members, documents, anything that we can find. Three other fires burned about 10,000 acres and destroyed nearly 200 structures. Firefighters are getting a handle on the flames and contained a sixth fire. Lets get the latest on weather conditions. Winds continue to be rather active, and they will ebb and flow over the next 24 hours. Winds right now, generally between 15 and 20 nps. We do expect them to kick up early tomorrow morning. Look at the trend for the winds to continue that weakening state. By tomorrow evening, the winds are less than 15 miles per hour. But the wind direction is key to the forecast, because smoke is moving into our atmosphere tha
173,000 acres and destroyed more than 700 structures. Winds shifted bringing the fire back to areas where people thought they were safe to return home. It was dramatic. Yesterday we felt we were in the clear. We started unpacking clothes again, we thought this was under control but obviously not. Winds changed all that pretty ominous. The thomas fire is 15 contained. The next biggest fire, the creek fire in the sanf Fernando Valle is 90 contained. It has destroyed 60 homes and dozens of others. People are returning home to find rubble where their homes once stood. Were looking for anything. Jewelry, family memories, documents, anything that we could find. Unfortunately. The three other fires have burned about 10,000 acres and destroyed nearly 200 structures. Firefighters are getting a handle on the flames and have already contained a sixth fire. They like to have rain down there as much as we would like to have it right here. Lets check in with the latest on the wet earn conditions in
Minimum wage is set to hit the highest rate in two bay area cities. Sunnyvale and Mountain View. Tonight, abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live forness Mountain View where cornel, many people are hailing this move, but there are also many different opinions. Is that right . Yes indeed, deion. Happy new year for you. It should be a happy week for neighbors in Mountain View and sunnyvale. They are about to make 15 an hour. Thats one of the highest minimum wages in the nation. Business owners already figuring out how they will pay for it. Its music to the ears of many workers in Mountain View. It is so expensive to live here. Brother and sister, jordan and naomi, zimmerman, happy to hear minimum wage is jumping from 13. 50 to 15 on new years day. Im looking for a job second semester. So extra money that will help. Yeah, definitely does. Mountain view and neighboring sunnyvale made it a joint effort by raising minimum wage to 15. Servers and cooks just learned they are getting a rais