CSU Non-Resident Enrollment Citing $750 million in funding cuts in the past few years, the Cal State system has announced it will close admissions for the spring 2013 semester except for a select group of students, mainly those who have earned an Associate Degree for Transfer from a California Community College. However, Cal State leadership has given individual campuses the discretion to admit out-of-state students who pay higher fees, a decision that is causing an upset among students and faculty who believe non-resident students are being given priority over Californian students because they can pay for it.

 

 

Wasting Lunch From Capital Public Radio: Schools around the Sacramento region are creating new menus, juggling budgets and cooking up innovative way to convince kids to eat their vegetables. It's a tall order, with cultural, bureaucratic and historical hurdles. Capital Public Radio presents "What's for Lunch? The Move to Improve School Nutrition."  We'll speak with Zenobia Barlow, Executive Director and Cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy at Berkeley, about ways to identify and prevent waste.

Central Valley Recovery California's Central Valley is pulling itself out of the recession three years after the rest of the country, according to a new report from Stockton's University of the Pacific.   The forecast report says job growth is strong and the real estate market is stabilizing.  State implemented furloughs are a hit to the region's economy but only a small piece of the bigger recovery. Jeffrey Michael, Director for the Business Forecasting Center at Stockton's University of the Pacific, prepared the report and joins us to elaborate on the Central Valley's economic recovery.

 

 

The Inn at Rose Harbor Author Debbie Macomber releases her new novel "The Inn at Rose Harbor."   From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes a heartwarming new series based in the Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove, where a charming cast of characters finds love, forgiveness, and renewal behind the doors of the cozy Rose Harbor Inn.