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And theres daniel, thank you for being on this show. Celso, tell us first about this Great Program that youve implemented there at evergreen. Celso batalha well, its a Pilot Program, its not institutionalized yet. Its just an attempt that we are trying to outreach to the community that serves our Community College. And we expect that some of these students will be part of our cohort. But the idea is if you look at thehello . Damian yes, keep going, were looking at your video. Celso oh, okay. So, should i start all over or damian no, go ahead, keep going. Celso okay, so if you look at enrollment in american universities, about 5 million of students are immigrants, or sons and daughters of immigrants. And thats where the numbers, about 30 of the population of the students in the university. If you look at california alone, the number jumps to 50 , which means if you go to the College Campus and you bump into two students, one of them will be a son or a daughter of an immigrant, or him or
A budget crisis for the Golden Gate Bridge district. Good evening, im alan martin. Im elizabeth cook. Board directors were faced with either raising the toll or cutting jobs. Don ford on the tough decision made just a few hours ago. Reporter the Golden Gate Bridge is in financial trouble. Serious financial trouble. Today, the board of directors took action. The Golden Gate Bridge is looking at a 48 million shortfall. The bridge says southbound traffic crossing the gate is significantly down. Bus ridership is down by 75 . And is down a shocking 96 . About 155 employees would be laid off. The total number of affected positions is a little over 200 and we have about 840 employees. So about a quarter of our workforce will be impacted. Reporter the decisions were made this morning on a conference call. One of the choices was to raise the total by two dollars, making it eight dollars to cross. That idea was rejected. Our board decided that on ballots, the best thing to do is to strike a bala
Reopening plans to be county office of education will tonight the Livermore School District Board is holding a vote on its plans but as kron fours phillipe to call reports. The decision to move to in Person Instruction or stay in Distance Learning may ultimately depend on the will of the parents. Nobel ababa started a petition and has collected more than 300 signatures from parents and the Livermore Valley joint unified School District demanding in Person Instruction resume before the end of this year are dynamic as a teacher student just isnt that great or dynamic as mother and daughter is wonderful. She has 2 young daughters in the district who are struggling with Distance Learning a strong feel like a normal cake and go back to school some way us tonight, the District Board will vote on the recommendations developed by its reopening Plan Task Force if approved the plan would be submitted to the Alameda County office of other School Districts in the country in the state and even in t