Cal State Students Protest 'Success Fees'
About a dozen California State University campuses have approved --or are about to approve-- something called "student success fees," which cover improvements in academics and campus operations. Students plan to attend a Cal State trustee meeting tonight to demand the trustees roll back these mandatory fees.
New Bill Would Enforce Gender ID on Death Certificates
Transgender students have the right to use a school bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. Athletes can compete in the Olympics according to their gender identity. But what about when a transgender person dies? Lawmakers are tackling that question now.
Chinook Salmon Begin Journey to Sea--On a Truck
Federal and state wildlife agencies launched a massive "fish lift" this week, driving young Chinook salmon by the tanker-full from a hatchery at the northern end of the Central Valley all the way to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Despite some misgivings about the future impact of trucking the salmon, officials say this is the only way any of the commercially valuable fish will make it to the ocean this year.