University of California

The change comes as the Trump administration has threatened to withhold funding from colleges promoting diversity.

North State residents will have an additional area code starting in 2025. The California Public Utilities Commission will assign 837 as another area code in the region for some new numbers. Also, the Trinity County Animal Shelter is urgently asking for help finding new homes for its dogs, and Butte County supervisors discussed a more than 45 percent increase on dumping fees at the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility.

Host Dave Schlom looks at some interesting ways the University of California's Natural Reserves System is used for education and scientific research.

The proposal would have meant challenging a federal law that bars employers from hiring undocumented immigrants. Advocates requesting the change argue that the University of California, as a state agency, is exempt from that law.

With legal challenge expected, board of regents wants time to consider legal strategies.

PG&E begins undergrounding power lines in Plumas. Also, the University of California is moving to allow the hiring of undocumented students, and a proposed deal to reduce water use from the Colorado River.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is monitoring the state's nascent wolf population after severe winter weather. Also, a university training program wants to increase diversity among medical students, plus California is the first in the world to begin phasing out diesel trucks.

The University of California wants to enroll more community college transfers and now plans to expand outreach at more than half of the state's community colleges.

Newsom expects those numbers to grow next year, still plans to give UC 5% funding increase

At this weeks Regents meeting, the University of California moved closer to a goal of having students avoid burdensome student loans by 2030.