Student Loans Over the last few years student debt has jumped, but the job
opportunities after college have been slashed. How are students now
approaching loans? Is the cost of college still worth it? We'll
discuss pitfalls of borrowing for school in the midst of a
recession with the president of The Institute for College Access and Success
(TICAS), Lauren Asher, the director of financial aid at
Sacramento State
University, Craig Yamomoto, and a student struggling to pay
back her student loan debt, Brooke Purvis.
Heatwave Sacramento's other professional
basketball team, the Heatwave, is hoping to stand in while the
Sacramento Kings are stuck on the sidelines in a labor
dispute. Heatwave owner Reggie Davis joins us ahead of the
team's first game Saturday.
Hot 8 Brass Band Band leader of the New
Orleans Hot 8 Brass Band, Bennie Pete, and trumpeter,
Terrell Batiste, talk to us about their love for jazz and the Big
Easy. The band is playing at the Mondavi Center's "Spirit of New Orleans" event through
Saturday.
Sound Advice: 60s & 70s Capital Public
Radio jazz host Dennis Newhall will play tracks from new
releases of classic '60s and 70s albums from Pink Floyd, the Beach
Boys, Jethro Tull and the Rolling Stones.