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July 12, 2022 | NTD Newsroom
California Today Full Broadcast (July 12)
Firefighters are making progress on containing the fire burning in Yosemite National Park. But heavy smoke is still expected to spread over the next few days. An Olympic silver medalist was hit by a homeless man in broad daylight in Los Angeles. The former Olympian is doing fine, but reminds people to stay alert. Also […]
February 9, 2021 | Ilene Eng
California High-Speed Rail Delayed for Another Year
California’s high-speed rail construction is being delayed yet again—this time for another year. California is pushing back its construction date for the high-speed rail project to 2023 from its 2022 deadline. According to the Associated Press, the state is asking the Biden administration for a one-year extension to finish building the 119-mile track in the Central […]
May 16, 2019 | Reuters
Trump Administration Cancels $929 Million in California High-Speed Rail Funds After Appeal Rejected
The Trump administration said on Thursday, May 16, it was formally canceling $929 million in previously awarded funding for California’s high-speed rail program after rejecting an appeal by the state.
March 6, 2019 | Zach Li
California Lawmaker Proposes to Build Highway With No Speed Limit
Drivers might be allowed to drive whatever speed they like on two major highways in California in the near future if a new bill proposed in February becomes law. The bill, SB 319, requires California to construct two additional lanes on Interstate 5 and State Route 99 north and southbound. Furthermore, the newly-created lanes will be separated […]
February 14, 2019 | Zachary Stieber
Trump Demands California Return $3.5 Billion From Abandoned Bullet Train
President Donald Trump said that California should return the $3.5 billion it spent on a bullet train project that appeared to be abandoned by new Gov. Gavin Newsom. “California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and […]
February 14, 2019 | Ilene Eng
Newsom Abandons High-Speed Rail Project from San Francisco to Los Angeles
At his first State of the State address in Sacramento on Feb. 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared he does not intend to continue the high-speed rail project from San Francisco to Los Angeles. “Let’s be real. The project, as currently planned, would cost too much and take too long,” said Newsom. “There’s been too little oversight and not […]