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Tunneling to Nowhere: Del Mar Train Proposals Raise Eyebrows

January 2, 2024 6:56 amJanuary 2, 2024 6:57 am

The train tracks along the ocean in Del Mar are slipping and they have been for years. The tracks in the San Clemente area of the same route – which carries freight and the Coaster and AMTRAK Surfliner trains –...

Governor Newsom Appoints Tony Tavares As Next CalTrans Director

June 18, 2022 2:30 amJune 19, 2022 3:17 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that Tony Tavares, the current District 7 Director of of the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), was appointed as the next CalTrans Director. Tavares, a Civil Engineering graduate of UC Davis, started his careers...

California Receives Initial $58 Million from DOT for High Speed Rail Transit, Cycling ‘Infrastructure’ Projects

November 20, 2021 2:17 amApril 3, 2022 8:26 am

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced on Friday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has given it’s first grants from the recently passed $1 Trillion infrastructure bill to California, with $58 million going to transportation projects in...

Southern California to Las Vegas High-Speed Rail Line To Begin Groundbreaking This Year

April 20, 2021 2:49 pm

Six months after being halted due to bond sale issues, Brightline West announced earlier this month that construction of the Las Vegas-Apple Valley high speed train is now scheduled to begin in the second quarter later this year. For several...

Southern California to Las Vegas High-Speed Rail Line Postponed

November 2, 2020 2:46 pm

On Sunday, the proposed Victorville-Las Vegas high speed rail line was halted indefinitely after the project failed to sell $2.4 billion in bonds. Fortress Investment Group, who is backing the Brightline West project, had received $600 million in bond allocations...

California Globe Interview with Burbank Mayor Sharon Springer

February 27, 2020 6:44 amFebruary 28, 2020 7:49 am

Since 2017, Sharon Springer has been a member of the Burbank City Council. This past December, the rotating one-year mayor term elevated her to Mayor. With Burbank facing many of the same issues that Californian cities are currently facing, such...