Mark Yudof University of California
President, Mark Yudof, discusses the need to change the
funding structure of the UC system and the fallout from the UC
Davis Pepper Spray Report. Yudof, with California State
University Chancellor Charles B. Reed and California Community
Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott, are leading a Capitol Advocacy Blitz Tuesday morning to
pressure the legislature to increase funding for higher education.
News Network: Stockton Stockton Record
Columnist Michael Fitzgerald joins us with an update on
the city council's enrollment in an illegal pension plan. He'll
also tell us about two award-winning columns he wrote about a man
who rescued a baby when he was a sixth-grader and was reunited with
that baby 16 years later. You can read both columns here and here.
Melanie Thorne Author Melanie Thorne
is the winner of The Maurice Prize for Fiction. Her book
"Hand Me Down" is a semi autobiographical tale of abuse and broken
family promises. She is signing books at the Arden
Fair Barnes and Nobles May 1.
Zaira Meneses Guitarist Zaira
Meneses was the first Mexican woman to represent her country
around the world on the classical guitar circuit. Her songs
are artful, bursting with life and brimming with traditional
Mexican influences. Meneses will be playing at Folsom's Three Stages May 5 and
6 in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
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