Trains

California drops suit over cancellation of high-speed rail funding

California has ended its lawsuit over $4 billion in grant funding cancelled by the Trump administration, Bloomberg reports, deciding it can on longer rely on help for the project from the federal ...

California Ditches Fight With Feds For High-Speed Rail Funds

California has withdrawn a lawsuit against the Trump administration that sought to recover roughly $4 billion in federal funds pulled from the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project, after ...
Capital Public Radio

First California project to bury climate-warming gases wins key approval

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Yahoo

California high-speed rail project: Here’s where Central Valley construction stands

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, is flanked by Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, left, high-speed rail construction worker Anthony Canales, and High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority ...
POWER Magazine

BayWa r.e. Moving Forward With California Solar-Plus-Storage Project

Renewable energy company BayWa r.e. said it has closed financing for a solar-plus-storage installation in San Diego County, California. The group on December 9 said the Jacumba Valley Ranch (JVR) ...

California lawmakers leading Capitol Annex construction speak about the project for the first time in years

The legislature's Joint Rules Committee has been making the day-to-day decisions on the new building that will house the new offices of state lawmakers and the governor.
Forbes

Trump Could Derail California High-Speed Rail Project, Despite Billions Spent

During the long, not-so-scenic drive between the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, evidence of the nation’s costliest infrastructure project is easy to spot. Out a speeding car window on State ...

California Politics 360 Full Episode | Capitol Annex project, enhanced ACA subsidies expiring

Lawmakers overseeing the construction of California's controversial Capitol Annex project are breaking their years-long ...
Los Angeles Times

High-speed rail leader says project needs to find new funding or costs and timeline will expand

Two weeks after the Trump administration announced a compliance review of California’s high-speed rail project, the head of the rail authority stressed the need for new sources of funding to guarantee ...
LAist

CA approves $37M in funding to bring high-speed internet to Catalina Island

California’s utility commission awarded the funds to the subsea project, which would connect the rural island to the coast of Orange County.
Los Angeles Times

California biofuel project aims to cut wildfire risk, but at what cost?

STOCKTON, Calif. — For Laura Ornelas and thousands of other South Stockton residents, harmful air pollution is a fact of life. Hemmed in by freeways and rail lines and bordered by heavy industry and ...