California's new jobless numbers came out today, and the state has once again set a dismal record. At 12.5 percent unemployment, it's the highest rate since the Depression. But there is a glimmer of good news as well -- 25,000 new jobs were created in the state last month. We sort out the numbers.
Host: Judy Campbell
Guests:
- Jed Kolko, research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California

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University of California students will get a much larger tuition bill next year. The UC Board of Regents met today at UCLA and approved a $2,500 increase in undergraduate fees, bumping the annual cost of tuition to more than $10,000. The regents' vote came despite protests by hundreds of students and the takeover of a building on UCLA's campus. Rob Schmitz reports on the protests and the regents' vote.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- Rob Schmitz, KQED's Los Angeles bureau chief

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California will face a budget gap of nearly $21 billion over the next year and a half. That's the word today from the state legislative analyst, who pinned the blame for the problem on the recession -- and on poor decisions this past year by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- John Myers, KQED's Sacramento bureau chief

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Anthony Batts is Oakland's new police chief -- so new that his office walls are bare and his desk empty. But Batts won't have much time to decorate. He's taking over a city with lots of crime, and residents who often don't trust police to do their jobs right. Chief Batts faced similar issues in Long Beach, where he served on the force for 30 years, the last seven as chief. We talk with Chief Batts about what he learned in Long Beach that he can apply to his new home city.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- Anthony Batts, Oakland police chief

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The turkey doesn't rule the holiday table alone in Northern California. It shares the honors with local crab, and the season officially started Sunday on the Central Coast with crabs hitting markets Monday. The harvest is notoriously cyclical, and expectations for this year are not high. We check in with a long-time fisherman for a quick forecast on the crab season to come.
Host: Cy Musiker
Guests:
- Tony Anello, Bodega Bay fisherman

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Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View announced today they've found water on the moon -- a lot of water. The discovery was made by the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, which was intentionally crashed into a crater near the moon's south pole last month. LCROSS researchers say the lunar water could prove to be an important aid to future expeditions to the moon -- and that it could unlock many secrets about the history of the solar system.
Host: Judy Campbell
Guests:
- Antony Colaprete, principal investigator for NASA's LCROSS mission

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