High Speed Rail Archives

Walters: Three Months in, Newsom Has Only Tepid Approval

March 31, 2019

Gavin Newsom coasted into the governorship last year, defeating his Republican rival by more than a 3-2 margin. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary It’s not surprising that Republicans strongly disapprove of Newsom, the most outward...

Why Gavin Newsom Is No Fan of High-Speed Rail

Joe Mathews

March 28, 2019

How will California ever finish high-speed rail when it can’t finish San Francisco’s Downtown Rail Extension? Opinion Joe Mathews Twenty-three years ago, a restauranteur named Gavin Newsom ...

Photo of high-speed rail construction in Fresno, California

California Sells Another $600M in Bonds for High-Speed Rail

AP News

March 26, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California sold $600 million in bonds Tuesday to help pay for building high-speed rail even as lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledge challenges to completing the project. The bond money is...

Photo of Brightline train at the station

Don’t Leave California’s Climate Goals Stuck in Traffic

CALmatters

March 15, 2019

Remember the last time you were stuck in traffic, and you were late for something really important? Well, that’s where California’s climate goals are without the completion of our high-speed rail project designed to alleviate California’s traffic congestion...

California: Trump Plan to Take Back Rail Money ‘Disastrous’

AP News

March 4, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Leaders of California's high-speed rail project told the Trump administration Monday its plans to withhold or claw back $3.5 billion in federal money for the project was "legally indefensible" and ...

Time lapse photo of German autobahn at sunset

Drive 100 MPH on I-5?, Highway 99? Bill Creates Valley Autobahn.

gvwire

February 20, 2019

State Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) introduced a bill Friday that would add new lanes to I-5 and Highway 99 with no posted speed limit. Moorlach told Los Angeles television station KTLA he came up with t...

Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the Capitol chamber

Walters: Has Newsom Become Governor Gaslight?

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

February 20, 2019

“Gaslight” was a 1938 British play, set in the 1880s, about a man who manipulates his wife into believing she is going insane to suppress her suspicions about crimes he is committing. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary Contemporary...

Trump to California: Send High-Speed Rail Billions Back to DC

gvwire

February 19, 2019

First, President Donald Trump tweeted criticism Tuesday of both California's high-speed rail project and the state's participation in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S....

Composite photos of high-speed rail construction in south Fresno and Gov. Gavin Newsom

Newsom: Bullet Train Will Only Go Through Valley

AP News and gvwire

February 12, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday he's abandoning a plan to build a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a project with an estimated cost that has ballooned to $...

On High-Speed Rail, Will the Real Gov. Newsom Please Stand Up?

Bill McEwen

February 8, 2019

Gavin Newsom has said more than once that he wants California's high-speed rail project completed between the San Joaquin and Silicon valleys. "It's not a train to nowhere," Newsom told George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times in October. "It's insulting to ...

High Court Deciding Fate of Cross-Shaped Maryland Memorial

Google’s Wing Aviation Gets FAA OK for Drone Deliveries

Washington State Bill Limits Measles Vaccine Exemptions

California Woman Charged with Dumping Puppies in Trash

Two Years of Free Community College? It's in the Hopper.

Calif. Cities Devastated by Wildfires Face New Challenge: Benzene in Water

Mapping US Counties Where Traffic Air Pollution Hurts Kids the Most

Poll: Church Membership in US Plummets Over Past 20 Years

Fresno Native, Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Seaver Has Dementia

Artist Sees Disparaged Iran in a Different Light

Avengers Get Epic Send-off at ‘Endgame’ World Premiere

Draft Expert Sees Kyler Murray and Then Linemen in NFL Draft

Why California Libraries Are Ditching Fines on Overdue Materials

Walters: Can We Protect Kids From Becoming Zombies?

Walters: Can Newsom Finally Fix State’s Tech Woes?

Lawmakers and Landlords: More Than a Quarter of California Legislators Are Both

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Notes on Spiral Garage Appraisal