Damian we begin today with changes to the College Financial aid application process. Sonia ramos joins us now, shes with calsoap, and Sergio Diaz Luna is with the east Side Union High School District in san jose. Welcome to the show. Sonia ramos thank you for having us. Damian tell us first of all, sonia, about the calsoap. Tell us what you all do with calsoap. Sonia so, calsoap is the California Student opportunity and access program. We are a state funded program through the California Student Aid Commission, which is our state agency which administers all state Financial Aid to our students here in california. And so, calsoap serves regions across the state focusing on increasing the College Going rates and access to Financial Aid for low income and first gen students. And our san jose calsoap Program Works here in san jose specifically supporting students in east Side Union High School District. Damian and well get into the these changes first, but you gave me a startling statistic
Different reasons one of them including our march time weather. Our temperatures today are going to be panning out a couple of degrees actually above average. Right now, live weather camera looking out towards a calm bay water. Temperatures 36 degrees in livermore after dropping to 34 degrees during our 4 00 hour this morning. Its 41 degrees in san jose. It is now 39 degrees in redwood city. In the 40s around the lip of the bay. So we do have some clouds out there and they will be on approach and will be lining the skies for our friday. Until then, fullon sunshine. Were not going to have a day as sunny as today for at least a week or as warm as today. Were topping off at nearly 70 in napa. Full details at 18 minutes after the hour of 5 00. We have to take advantage of that. Thanks, roberta. We have red arrows on the Altamont Pass meaning its slower at 40 Miles Per Hour, down to 30 at north flynn road. At livermore it freeze up on to the dublin interchange. Slow from the Altamont Pass o
This morning that he will recuse himself whenever its appropriate. Today caltrain holds a Board Meeting to figure out how a Modernization Project can get off the ground if federal money falls through. Kpix 5s maria medina is live in san jose with the details on this fight for funding. Maria reporter good morning, michelle. Get this. The upgrades were to start yesterday but now theres a fourmonth delay. The Trump Administration essentially pulled the plug on the project delaying about 650 million in federal funds. Now, until the president can consider the two billion dollars project as part of his budget plan there will be this delay. Its consistent with their reluctance to do anything [ indiscernible ] and the good news is the president has indicated he wants highspeed rail. He has been around the world and seen it in various countries. Reporter they hope the delay will buy them time to convince the president. It also hit other snags including a lawsuit by a former contractor. Now they
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