The state’s High-Speed Rail Authority faces at least $1 billion in more cost overruns from its contractors, at a time when its finances are highly complicated.
Ralph Vartabedian
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One of America’s hottest cities is down to one water well. What happens if the taps go dry?
Taps could go dry for Needles’ 5,000 residents, who each drink as much as two gallons of water daily to cope with 120-degree temperatures.
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Battery-powered trains could be a climate game changer. Is everyone all aboard?
Insurance companies want to factor climate change in calculating wildfire coverage, but consumer watchdogs worry…
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California bullet train isn’t the jobs creator some claim
Banners in the Central Valley proclaim thousands of jobs created by the high-speed rail project. The real numbers are more complicated.
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Bullet train contractor warns of further two-year delay as state struggles to secure land
A business plan approved by the California High-Speed Rail Authority last week did not account for a contractor’s warning of a two-year delay.