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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Governor backs away from bullet train fight

June 21, 2012, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown backed away from a fight with environmentalists yesterday, abandoning a plan to exempt the $68 billion California bullet train project from environmental laws. Brown had hoped to fast-track construction of the controversial project by sidestepping key provisions of the... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Calif. firm's profits soar with demand for security screening devices

June 1, 2012, 12:05 AM
Global demand for security screening technology continues to grow at a steady pace, as evidenced by a California manufacturer whose catalog of high-tech products includes controversial airport body scanners that travelers have come to know well. Hawthorne-based OSI Systems Inc. reported an... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Future of low-emission cars already here, says Ford engineer

March 14, 2012, 12:05 AM
As California gas prices creep toward $5 a gallon and researchers pronounce that just a modest global rise in temperature could melt the Greenland ice sheet, engineers and transportation designers are busy creating a fossil fuel-free future – or at least one in which fossil fuels are... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Bike theft on the rise at BART stations

February 8, 2012, 12:05 AM
Jay Fraser knows what it's like to lock a bicycle at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station and return to an empty rack. Fraser is a research analyst for the Administrative Office of the Courts in San Francisco and has commuted by bike for 20 years, 10 of them in the Bay Area. He had a bike... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Rural schools struggle to keep buses running

January 9, 2012, 12:05 AM
There are no sidewalks, bike lanes or public transportation in Forks of Salmon, a tiny, forest-shrouded community deep in the mountains of Siskiyou County. For seven of the 10 students at Forks of Salmon Elementary School, getting to class means taking a 45-minute school bus ride on 18 miles of a... + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics

High-speed rail plan draws analysts’ concern over costs, projections

June 24, 2011, 3:45 PM
Public records show that the state High-Speed Rail Authority, the agency spearheading the bullet train, is plunging forward despite repeated warnings that it may be tens of billions of dollars short of the money needed to build and operate the system. + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Grapevine route emerges as cost saver for high-speed rail

May 29, 2011, 8:35 AM
The Grapevine, despite its reputation for radiator-bursting climbs, is emerging by default as the least expensive option for routing high-speed trains between Bakersfield and the Los Angeles Basin, according to preliminary plans and analyses commissioned by the state. Planners had a number of... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

High-speed rail is expensive 'leap of faith,' legislative analyst says

May 10, 2011, 2:25 PM
California’s $43 billion high speed rail project is so fraught with problems that the Legislature should gear back on spending and turn the effort over to Caltrans, the Legislative Analyst’s Office says in a report [PDF] released today. The Legislature faces “challenging... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

California ranks high in languages, housing costs, commutes

September 29, 2010, 12:05 AM
Data released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau show California leading the nation in at least two areas: linguistic diversity and housing costs. The state also ranks highly in longest commute times. In California, 43.1 percent of residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Report: High-speed train good for economy, environment

September 1, 2010, 12:05 AM
Scientists say a California high-speed rail system will not only get you from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than three hours, but will create thousands of jobs and eliminate millions of pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. At least that’s what they're saying... + read more
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