State has $4.8 billion in unclaimed money: Some of it may be yours

1 image California State Controller Steve Westly, left, hands over an unclaimed property check for $1,164 to Ellen Magnin Newman, right, of San Francisco during a news conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Layla Bohm
News-Sentinel Staff Writer | Posted Dec 21, 2005

What do convicted killer Wesley Shermantine, Congressman Richard Pombo and comedian Jerry Seinfeld all have in common? They all have money waiting for them in the state's coffers.

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