animal advocate who pushed for it. and nbc bay area's marianne favro is in san jose with that. and the city's response. the audit found san jose animal care and servicesquently exceeded its capacity and lacks the space to prevent disease. san jose city council called for the audit after complaints from the community about poor conditions for the dogs and cats at the shelter. the new report found that while the shelter capacity is roughly 500, animals, there were about 700 on site, and the report says the acs lacks the space to prevent disease and promote animal welfare. i very much appreciate this audit being done. jennifer flick runs scritch kitten rescue and championed for the city audit. she says overcrowding can have an extreme impact on animals. well, the ultimate impact is death because if animals are catching diseases and then having to be euthanized, or if the overcrowding is causing stress, especially for the big dogs and it causes behaviors that then results in them being euthanized. so the basic result is potentially death. the audit also found the shelter needed to do a better job of working with rescue groups in order to provide more spac

we reached out to san jose animal care and services, which says it agrees with the audit's recommendations and looks forward to delivering on them. mayor matt mahan says the audit indicates the shelter is over capacity under water and needs to expand staffing. he says the audit provides a roadmap to lead to improvements dire and dysfunctional. that's how a new report is characterizing the relationships between the santa clara county board of education and administrators, the state agency tasked with helping schools resolve fiscal and operational issues, has been reviewing santa clara county's office of education for months, the report says. the board failed to follow its own management policies. that report comes after the unexpected removal of former school superintendent mary ann dwan. its authors warn that the problems could lead to financial consequences for the county and its 234,000 students. bay area biotech giant gilead sciences is laying off more than 100 workers. it announced it is cutting 104 positions from its foster city headquarters, but not immediately. the layoffs will take

and those photos you showed us from those animal advocates are really hard to se. marianne, you were able to talk to the acting deputy director of san jose animal care and services. what are they telling you? well, she said, look, we agree with the audit and we look forward to implementing the changes that the audit suggests. she said absolutely. we are overcrowded. in fact, even today, they're overcrowded by several dozen animals. but she said, look, we're a no kill shelter and we are accepting all animals that are brought into us. we're not turning anyone away. so because of that, yes, sometimes they do have to double up. they don't have the facilities to accept all, i mean to care for all of these animals. but they're just making do with what they have. as far as the spay and neuter clinic is concerned, she said, look, we have so many animals. we're at overcapacity. so our focus is just making sure that these animals are cared for, and we have to make that our number one priority. and because of that, our team has not been able to bring back the spay and neuter clinic and the third thing, as far as bringing making more inroads with the foster care places, they

and san jose state are not commenting on the lawsuit, by the way. at their first game since that lawsuit, the spartans beat colorado state 3 to 2. san jose animal care and services needs to do more to protect animals in their shelter. that's the finding of a new audit released by the city of san jose. the city council called for the audit after multiple complaints from the community about poor conditions for dogs and cats inside that shelter. the new report found that the shelter is way over capacity. according to the audit, in july and august, there were 700 animals crowded into the shelter built for just 500, and that makes disease prevention more difficult. one animal advocate fought for the audit and tells us overcrowding can have extreme impacts on the animals. the ultimate impact is death because if animals are catching diseases and then having to be euthanized, or if the overcrowding is causing stress, especially for the big dogs, and it causes behaviors that then results in them being euthanized. so the basic result is potentially death. we reached out to san jose animal care services, which says it agrees with the audit's recommendations, and it looks f

and i'm jessica aguirre. tonight, new details in a story we first reported earlier this month, the audit of a san jose animal care service. care and services found disturbing conditions at the city's shelter. now, the images we're about to show you are disturbing. dirty, crowded cage, soiled towels, cramped spaces. now, animal advocates are demanding the city act quickly to make changes. nbc bay area's marianne favro is joins us from san jose. the 133 page report found that the shelter is significantly overcrowded, that kennels are dirty, and the facility is not doing enough to prevent disease. dogs living in filthy, feces filled kennels. that's just one of several accusations animal advocates are making about the conditions at san jose's animal shelter. seeing that the animals are living in filth like that, that's not that's neglect in my opinion. prompted by complaints, the city conducted an audit of the shelter. the results, released this month found the shelter is overcrowded and at one point had 700 animals in a facility designed to hold 500. the report also found the shelter isn't doing enough to prevent disease. s