By TANYA SCHEVITZ, San Francisco Chronicle
University of California overtime up more than 12 percent
SAN FRANCISCO -- Three nurses in the University of California system earned more than $90,000 in overtime last year. A police officer at UC Irvine earned almost $65,000 for extra work.And 60 UC employees made more than $50,000 each in overtime pay during 2007, up from 43 employees the year before.
Sidebar: What would change with new admissions rules
SAN FRANCISCO -- What would change:The University of California's faculty has proposed a change to the university's freshman eligibility policy for fall 2012 admissions:Current policy:Applicants are considered to be eligible for guaranteed admission to the UC system if they are in the top 12.5 percent of California high school graduates and:
Univ. of Calif. considering more flexible admissions rules
The University of California is considering dramatically reducing the percentage of students guaranteed admission to the system's 10 undergraduate campuses, replacing it with a process that gives schools more admissions flexibility.
Calif. prisons gearing up to end segreation of inmates by race
San Quentin State Prison inmate Lexy Good is white, hangs out with whites on the prison exercise yard and must be careful not to associate with blacks and Latinos. No cards, no basketball outside the color lines.Those are the unwritten inmate rules of prison life in California. People stick to their own race.
Next California university prez: Homey image, hefty mission
The first University of California president to be hired from outside the system since 1899, Mark Yudof does not fit the regal profile of past UC leaders.
