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Administrators at San Jose State University face charges of racism from students apparently because of a donors comments. Student activists took their complaints to administrators today. One of them summed up what a member of the Tower Foundation board is accused of saying during a meeting in february. The donor made the comment i contribute to this university because these little latinos do not have what they need to be successful. And once an informal complaint was filed nothing was done for about seven to eight months. I would like for a campus where like it said its diverse, anyone can feel safe, feel welcome. San jose states president says his office is investigating what happened and determining exactly what will happen next. A student being the target of racism in a resident hall in 2013. The race for san jose mayor is now over with the concession just a f ....
Successful. The Vice President was there and said nothing. Reporter today dozens of students marched to the University President s office to meet facetoface. The president s staff said he wasnt available but he did release a statement saying, in part, although i know some have been frustrated with the perceived lack of action since the incident occurred we owe it to everyone to thoughtfully, thoroughly, and factually determine what occurred before taking action. The comment comes a year after he admitted to failing to recognize and intervene in the abuse of a freshman who was a victim of hate crimes on campus. Students say they will continue to rally until the board member is removed and an apology from the administration is given. Theres a lot of diversity here. For someone to go ahead and say that about one specific race . Thats very shocking to me. Reporter the unive ....
Days. Ryan. Reporter well, they can expect a lot of temporary nurses to try to fill in the gaps. We are talking about 18,000 nurses in total across the kaiser spectrum. Now, keep in mind the nurses union they are focusing on the lack of ebola preparedness at kaiser. Kaiser says that the union is working without a contract. Now, thats why they say as many as 18,000 nurses will go on strike starting at 7 a. M. The issue of money hasnt come up yet in contract talks. The stalemate after three months of bargaining, operational issues. One big one, the union wants kaiser to fill about 2,000 open nursing spots from the past couple of years. The nurses rallying today will focus on poor training procedures, specifically for training to deal with ebola. The California Hospital Association says thats a pr stunt and the nurses are being selfish. Frankly irresponsible from our perspective. Kaiser is earning 12 million a day in ....
Overlooking san jose we have mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures starting out in the 50s. This afternoon, going to keep you much cooler 69 in san jose, 68 in napa and 63 degrees in San Francisco. Liz . And still no big hot spots out the door. We have a lot of congestion though in some spots. Heaviest from 205 to north flynn. And then this clears out on the live drive time sensors everything looks great out of milpitas and the bay bridge i mentioned at n earlier traffic report they cleared that overnight roadwork westbound t actually thinned out early yesterday. Theres a lot of people who were off yesterday and probably too today for veterans day. The its amazing how many people are on 580 at this hour. I think its the angle of the camera. But its one of the first spots to back up. There are people out there. There are. [ laughter ] not us. Thank you. A dramatic rescue on the Sonoma C ....
County coastline. Heather holmes is live where she got the latest information from her father, heather. Reporter just a short time ago i spoke to his father who was here dropping off his sons favorite stuffed animal. He fell more than 200 feet to the rocky shore below. An anxious father paces outside the emergency room at santa rosa Memorial Hospital just minutes after seeing his young son bruised and bandaged. He had a scratched up face, broken arm and a leg. And its just sad to see him like that. His eyes are swollen over the impact. Im just worried over him. Reporter the family was exploring nature when his 4 yearold sebastian slipped. Me and my daughter were reading. And we were waiting and i thought theyre taking too long and as soon as i said that i look and he fell. Timing and coordination were key to the rescue. I think its pretty remarkable that they were able to find him. Affect the rescue and bring him up and have hi ....