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02-18-22: Santa Monica Mirror: Vegas to LA High-Speed Rail Project Inches Forward
02-17-22: Mercury News: Walters: No plan yet for California high-speed rail’s soaring price tag
02-16-22: Daily News Editorial: The bullet train just keeps on failing
02-16-22: AP: Costs for California’s high-speed rail project climb another $5 billion
02-08-22: LA Times: Costs of California’s troubled bullet train rise again, by an estimated $5 billion
02-08-22: AP News: Costs climb again for California’s high-speed rail project
01-21-22: LA Times: California Politics: The $4-billion bullet train impasse
01-20-22: LA Times: Burbank fears bullet train will compromise airport safety and water, but rail authority OKs plan
11-30-21: LA Times: State appeals court rejects long-standing challenge to California bullet train
11-28-21: NY Times: Years of Delays, Billions in Overruns: The Dismal History of Big Infrastructure
11-11-21: LA Times: Biden infrastructure funds will help state bullet train, but not as much as boosters hoped
10-29-21: LA Times: Bullet train leaves a trail of grief among the disadvantaged of the San Joaquin Valley
10-02-21: LA Times: Cost overruns hit California bullet train again amid a new financial crunch
09-03-21: LA Times: Newsom and California lawmakers hit an impasse on financing bullet train
08-19-21: LA Times: Deadlines loom for California bullet train in its search for new funding
06-11-21: LA Times: Nearly $1 billion restored to California bullet train after Biden officials reverse Trump
06-09-21: LA Times: Unions are the powerhouse behind California’s troubled bullet train. A big test awaits
05-25-21: LA Times: No. 2 executive at California bullet train agency out after long investigation
05-06-21: LA Times: California bullet train isn’t the jobs creator some claim
03-29-21: LA Times: Bullet train contractor warns of further two-year delay as state struggles to secure land
03-04-21: LA Times Today: California bullet train’s cost overruns and delays
02-22-21: LA Times: A ‘low-cost’ plan for California bullet train brings $800 million in overruns, big delays
02-08-21: LA Times: California bullet train project will seek $4.1 billion as costs grow
01-12-21: LA Times: State bullet train delays ‘beyond comprehension,’ contractor says in blistering letter
11-17-20: LA Times: Will ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden bail out California’s troubled bullet train? Don’t bet on it
08-25-20: LA Times: ‘Horrible sequence of mistakes’: How bullet train contractors botched a bridge project
06-25-20: LA Times: California Assembly wants bullet train contract deferred in rebuke of project’s current plan
06-17-20: LA Times Editorial Board: Editorial: It’s now or never to save California’s bullet train
05-28-20: LA Times: California bullet train could end up needing subsidies, despite promises to voters
04-21-20: LA Times: California bullet train officials reveal ethics probe and OK plan for L.A. Union Station
06-01-20: LA Times: Bullet train would nick jobs, homes and parks on 14-mile route from L.A. to Burbank
03-09-20: LA Times: California bullet train officials say they were told to suppress bad news and ‘shut up’
02-29-20: LA Times: Bullet train plan for Tehachapi passage would cost $18.1 billion over 82 miles
02-15-20: New bullet train plan paints optimistic picture, but opposition continues to grow
02-12-20: LA Times: California bullet train adds another $1.3 billion to projected price tag
12/21/19: LA Times: Column: A lot of Californians think the bullet train’s a pipe dream. The rail authority’s head disagrees
12/18/19: LA Times: Column: Let’s shift stalled bullet train funds to L.A. and San Francisco, where they’ll do some good
12/16/19: LA Times: Facing war with Trump, troubled California bullet train pushes biggest contract ever
11/15/19: LA Times: Spending for California’s bullet train divides state leaders as never before
12/3/19: LA Times: Burbank airport sits in the path of California’s bullet train, so a tunnel is in the works
09/16/19: LA Times: California bullet train’s mishandling of land deals adds to mounting costs and delays
07/26/19: LA Times: California bullet train authority gets U.S. permission to handle its environmental reviews
07/26/19: LA Times: California’s troubled bullet train project getting one of biggest management upheavals in years
05/16/19: LA Times: Trump administration cancels $929-million grant for California bullet train
04/29/19: LA Times: Costs for California's high-speed rail project may increase by $1.8 billion
04/29/19: Biz Journal: High-speed rail chair says rebuilding project's credibility begins this week
04-26/19: LA Times: How California’s high-speed rail project was ‘captured’ by costly consultants
04/05/19: Biz Journal: Bullet train CEO has new plan
03/07/19: Representative McCarthy Introduces Legislation to repurpose high speed rail funding to water projects
03/03/19: LA Times: Newsom’s shorter bullet train plan likely to run out of money
02/21/19: LA Times: Why the feds are right to question California’s bullet train
02/21/19: LA Times: Will California’s bullet train be derailed by a waffling governor
02-19-19: LA Times: Chairman of troubled bullet train project resigns
02/15/19: LA Times: California Governor, Trump spar over bullet train money
02/13/19: LA Times: Pumping the breaks on bullet train
02/12/19: LA Times: Newsom's bullet train honesty a welcome change from Brown
11/29/18: LA Times: State legislator calls for resignation of bullet train chairman
11/29/18: Silicon Valley Business Journal: Assembly transportation chair wants resignation of high-speed rail chief after scathing audit report
11/15/18: LA Times: State audit blames bullet train mismanagement for delays and price hikes
10/25/18: Fox Business: California's $77 billion bullet train will be one of the state's great embarrassments: Larry Ellison
9/18/18 - LA Daily News, "Bullet train route through Sylmar and Pacoima has ‘best balance,’ ‘lowest risk’ of three possible paths, authority officials say" by Elizabeth Chou
9/18/18 - LA Times, "California bullet train picks its path between Burbank and Palmdale" by Ralph Vartabedian
8/26/18 - LA Times, "Inflation and delays could add billions more to bullet train project costs" by Ralph Vartebedian
8/10/18 - LA Times, "California's bullet train is 11 years behind schedule. Lawmakers want to know when L.A. will benefit from it" by Ralph Vartebedian
7/30/18 - LA Times, "California high speed rail performance calculations: San Francisco to Los Angeles" by Ralph Vartebedian
3/9/18 - LA Times, "Cost for California bullet train system rises to $77.3 billion" by Ralph Vartebedian
3/9/18 - LA Daily News "Bullet train opponents call on LA leader to take stronger stance against project routes" By Elizabeth Chou
3/9/18 - LA Daily News "Cost of California bullet train surges $13 billion, more delays expected" By The Editorial Board - LA Daily News
1/6/18 - LA Times, "California bullet train cost surges by $2.8 billion: Worst-case scenario has happened" by Ralph Vartebedian
11/17/17 - LA Daily News, "California bullet train project is burning through cash" By The Editorial Board - LA Daily News
11/15/17 - LA Times, "High-speed rail authority says environmental reviews won't be completed until 2020" by Ralph Vartabedian
10/29/17 - LA Times, "Some tough choices — and pushback — along the proposed bullet train route" by Ralph Vartabedian
10/21/17 - LA Times, "A 13.5-mile tunnel will make or break California's bullet train" by Ralph Vartabedian
10/07/17 - OC Register, "Opinion - California high-speed rail blows past another deadline" by OC Register Editorial Board
09/29/17 - LA Times, "California bullet train costs up $1.7 billion for Central Valley segment" by Ralph Vartabedian
09/19/17 - LA Times, "Op-Ed - California's bullet train isn't just fast transit, it's a way to bridge the divide between rich and poor" by Jacques Leslie
08/17/17 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Shrink San Gabriel Mountains National Monument? Public tells Trump ‘no’: Judy Chu" By Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing California’s 27th District.
06/12/17 - California Policy Center, "Automation threatens dream of 450,000 unionized California High-Speed Rail jobs" By Kevin Dayton
06/01/17 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Bill to help revitalize Pacoima, Tujunga washes passes Assembly" By City News Service
05/12/17 - LA Times, "Gov. Brown asks President Trump for help on the California bullet train" by Ralph Vartabedian
05/08/17 - LA Times, "Now Against backdrop of voter discontent, two L.A. City Hall insiders seek 7th District council seat in San Fernando Valley" by Dakota Smith
05/05/17 - LA Daily News, "LA council candidate Torossian gets praise from group fighting high-speed rail" by Elizabeth Chou
05/01/17 - Los Angeles Times, "Leadership turnover at the California High-Speed Rail Authority could signal shakeup" By Ralph Vartabedian
04/14/17 - Los Angeles Times, "The price of safety on California's bullet train is only now becoming apparent" By Ralph Vartabedian
03/15/17 - Los Angeles Times, "California's bullet train board bad-mouths the state's Republican delegation" By Ralph Vartabedian
03/08/17 - KTTV, "Point of View: California's High Speed Rail" By Bob Cook, VP / General Manager KTTV
03/06/17 - Air Talk, KPCC, "What’s next for California’s high-speed rail after Trump Admin blocks key funding" With Larry Mantle
03/03/17 - Los Angeles Times, "Two construction firms seek an extra $300 million for bullet train work" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/22/17 - LA Daily News, "Electrifying debate over bullet train funding" By The Editorial Board - LA Daily News
02/17/17 - Los Angeles Times, "U.S. Department of Transportation puts off OK of key $647-million grant related to California's bullet train" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/10/17 - Los Angeles Times, "Bullet train agency cleared to buy two parcels in downtown Los Angeles" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/10/17 - Los Angeles Times, "U.S. Transportation department executive approved grant days before taking job with rail contractor" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/06/17 - Los Angeles Times, "California Republicans ask Trump administration to block bullet train funding" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/01/17 - Los Angeles Times, "New legal challenge to California bullet train is filed in Superior Court" By Ralph Vartabedian
01/20/17 - LA Daily News, "Bullet train veering off fiscal track?" By The Editorial Board - LA Daily News
01/20/17 - Los Angeles Times, "Obama administration made last-minute modifications to California's nearly $1-billion bullet train grant" By Ralph Vartabedian
01/17/17 - Los Angeles Times, "Federal warning of higher bullet-train costs prompts sharp opinions, plans for congressional hearings" By Ralph Vartabedian
01/13/17 - Los Angeles Times, "California's bullet train is hurtling toward a multibillion-dollar overrun, a confidential federal report warns" By Ralph Vartabedian
12/24/16 - Los Angeles Times, "The hunt for dollars to build the $64-billion bullet train" By Ralph Vartabedian
10/05/16 - KPCC - AirTalk, "Checking in on California’s controversial bullet train proposals" With Larry Mantle, Guests: Megan McCarty, KPCC Reporter, Karo Torossian, director of planning and the environment for Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian, and Paul Dyson, President of Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada, an organization that supports the expansion of passenger rail projects.
09/25/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Bullet train route across Big Tujunga Wash meets growing opposition" By Ralph Vartabedian
09/22/16 - LA Daily News "Bullet train plan in Valley horse country could be derailed by LA City Council" by Dana Bartholomew
09/01/16 - Los Angeles Daily News "High-speed rail’s proposed Valley route faces LAUSD challenge" by Dana Bartholomew
08/29/16 - Los Angeles Times, "High-speed rail critics question the first route segment, which will end in an almond orchard" By Ralph Vartabedian
08/18/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Capitol Journal: Gov. Brown's attempt to save the planet and his bullet train won't fly" By George Skelton
07/25/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Capitol Journal: Gov. Jerry Brown's best hope for high-speed rail? A Donald Trump presidency" By George Skelton
07/05/16 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Editorial: More evidence bullet train would need a push from taxpayers" By Los Angeles Daily News Editorial Staff
07/03/16 - Orange County Register, "Opinion: High-speed rail still off the tracks" By Orange County Register Editorial
06/28/16 - MyNewsLA.com, "LA supervisors blast state’s high-speed rail Palmdale to Burbank" By Stephanie Michaud
06/20/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Did bullet train officials ignore warning about need for taxpayer money?" By Ralph Vartabedian
06/10/16 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Editorial: Cut bullet train, put that cash in rainy-day fund" By Los Angeles Daily News Editorial Staff
05/23/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Horse owners in the San Fernando Valley feel trod on by bullet train" By Ralph Vartabedian
05/15/16 - Orange County Register, "Opinion: California's train of fraught" By Baruch Feigenbaum
05/04/16 - LA Times, "Editorial Californians deserve more transparency on bullet train finances" By The Times Editorial Board
04/22/16 - The Los Angeles Daily News, "Fiscal scrutiny long overdue for bullet train " By The Editorial Board, LA Daily News
04/21/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Rail authority revises bullet train plan to link Merced to initial operating segment" By Ralph Vartabedian
04/21/16 - The Los Angeles Daily News, "California high-speed rail officials tinker with $64B plan" By Juliet Williams, The Associated Press
04/20/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Bullet train agency is expected to go forward with business plan despite widespread criticism" By Ralph Vartabedian
04/18/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Lawmakers seek to tighten bullet train oversight, suggesting growing concern about the project" By Ralph Vartabedian
04/13/16 - Independent Institute, "California’s High-Speed Rail Authority Wins Dishonor of the California Golden Fleece Award" By Lawrence J. McQuillan
04/12/16 - Los Angeles Times, "San Fernando Valley residents sound off on proposed bullet train routes" By Ralph Vartabedian
04/11/16 - The Los Angeles Daily News, "Latest plan for California’s high-speed rail calls for tunnel into San Fernando Valley" By City News Service
04/11/16 - Orange County Register, "Opinion: Bullet train still on track to go almost nowhere" By Orange County Register Editorial
04/10/16 - NBC LA "News Conference" Conan Nolan interviews CHSRA Chairman Dan Richard about the revised routes of High Speed Rail.
04/08/16 - Los Angeles Times, "State releases new details on possible bullet train routes" By Ralph Vartabedian
3/31/16 - Fox11 Los Angeles, "Point of View: High speed rail changing course" By Vice-President & General Manager Bob Cook
03/28/16 - Los Angeles Times, "What's ahead for bullet train funding? Hearing outlines the many risks" By Ralph Vartabedian
03/28/16 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Opinion - Light rail doing fine; not so for bullet train" By Thomas D. Elias
03/28/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Changes could add hundreds of millions of dollars to first 29 miles of bullet train" By Ralph Vartabedian
03/28/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Doubts about bullet train rising in Southern California" By Ralph Vartabedian
03/18/16 - Los Angeles Times, "State has funds to build first segment of bullet train, legislative analyst finds" By Ralph Vartabedian
03/17/16 - Los Angeles Times, "State revises proposed bullet train routes, but San Fernando Valley communities remain skeptical" By Ralph Vartabedian
03/17/16 - NBC Los Angeles, "SoCal High Speed Rail Route Change Has Neighbors Upset" Reported by Conan Nolan and Dennis Lahti
03/17/16 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Valley residents give proposed new bullet train routes mixed reviews" By Dana Bartholomew
03-16-16 - LA Daily News, "Bullet train to potentially change course into Southern California" By Dana Bartholomew
03/12/16 - Orange County Register, "OPINION: Taxpayers need to derail bullet-train debacle" By Adrian Moore
03/04/16 - Los Angeles Times, "New bullet train plan delays opening of the first leg by three years" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/19/16 - San Jose Mercury News, "Mercury News editorial: High-speed rail still a boondoggle, even if supposedly coming to San Jose" By Mercury News Editorial
02/19/16 - Contra Costa Times, "Oakland Tribune editorial: HSR embarks on another trip to Fantasyland" By Oakland Tribune Editorial
02/19/16 - Orange County Register, "OPINION: Bullet train an ever-shifting mirage" By Orange County Register Editorial
02/18/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Change in bullet train construction plans will delay rail line's arrival in Southern California" By Dan Weikel and Ralph Vartabedian
02/16/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Cost of California bullet train's Central Valley leg projected to grow by $260 million" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/15/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Proposal would shift bullet train funding for use on new water projects" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/07/16 - Orange County Register, "OPINION: Bullet-train foes railroaded at legislative hearing" By Orange County Register Editorial
01/28/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Bullet train may take longer to build but cost less than originally estimated, official says" By Ralph Vartabedian
01/23/16 - Los Angeles Times, "Bullet train's first segment, reserved for Southland, could open in Bay Area instead" By Ralph Vartabedian
12/09/15 - Los Angeles Times, "California Democrat withdraws support for the high-speed rail project" By Ralph Vartabedian
12/03/15 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Northeast Valley residents still ballistic over bullet train routes" By Dana Bartholomew
11/26/15 - Los Angeles Times, "Bullet train faces new scrutiny after release of report predicting higher costs" By Ralph Vartabedian
11/14/15 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Ballot measures aim to cut purse strings for Delta tunnels, high-speed rail" By Josh Richman
11/12/15 - Orange Count Register, "Proposal: divert billions from rail into water" By Juliet Williams, The Associated Press
11/5/15 - The Los Angeles Times, "Editorial: Red flags for high-speed rail" By The Times Editorial Board
11/3/15 - The Los Angeles Times, "At lawmakers' urging, agency reveals report on growing bullet train costs" By Ralph Vartabedian
11/3/15 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Editorial: Bullet train tries to roll past bad news" By The Editorial Board, LA Daily News
10/24/15 - The Los Angeles Times, "Special Report $68-billion California bullet train project likely to overshoot budget and deadline targets" By Ralph Vartabedian
10/23/15 - The Orange County Register, "Opinion - Private money running from bullet train" By Orange County Editorial
10/08/15 - The Los Angeles Times, "California bullet train project is attracting interest — but not funding" By Ralph Vartabedian
08/18/15 - The Burbank Leader, "State eyes land owned by Bob Hope Airport for high-speed rail project" By Chad Garland
08/09/15 - Los Angeles Times, "Grand jury report critical of Kings County's suits against bullet train draws fire" By Ralph Vartabedian
07/30/15 - Los Angeles Daily News, "On bullet train, voters finally may get to apply the brakes: Susan Shelley" By Susan Shelley
07/29/15 - Marketplace.org, "A rural town hates the coming of high-speed trains" By Jeff Tyler
07/27/15 - Marketplace.org, "A desert city welcomes California's high-speed train" By Jeff Tyler
07/25/15 - Los Angeles Times, "Study outlines congestion, air pollution improvements for Bob Hope Airport" By Chad Garland
07/24/15 - City Watch LA, "High Speed Rail: Off Track In My Backyard" By Denyse Selesnick
07/22/15 - Yahoo Finance News, "SENER Takes Part in the California High Speed Line" The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), has awarded SENER (a Spain based company) the contract to develop the engineering and environmental services for the Palmdale to Burbank section of the California high speed line.
06/8/15 - Santa Clarita Valley News, "Lawmakers Looking to Lick High-Speed Rail" From KHTS, HomeTownStation.com
06/8/15 - LA Weekly, "What an Unholy Mess This California Bullet Train Meeting Is Going To Be" By Hillel Aron
06/8/15 - Los Angeles Times, "First phase of bullet train is cut due to Bakersfield, Shafter disputes" By Dan Weikel and Ralph Vartabedian
06/4/15 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Bullet-train board must show it listens to local worries: Editorial" By The Editorial Board, LA Daily News
05/30/15 - Los Angeles Daily News, "San Fernando leaders draw a line against high-speed rail" By Dana Bartholomew
05/30/15 - Los Angeles Times, "San Fernando leaders confront state officials over bullet train route" By Ralph Vartabedian
05/10/15 - Los Angeles Times, "Doing the math on California's bullet train fares" By Ralph Vartabedian & Dan Weikel
04/21/15 - The Santa Clarita Signal, "Santa Clarita urges regional cooperation to fight high speed rail" By Luke Money
04/01/15 - CalWatchdog.com, "Rising CA Democratic stars want no part of bullet train" - By Chris Reed
03/20/15 - The Los Angeles Times, "Readers React High-speed rail and development are drought-intolerant, readers say" - By Paul Thornton
03/20/15 - The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, "California high-speed rail dilemma" - By Kevin Korenthal
03/17/15 - The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, "UPDATE: SCV delegates hear 2 sides of California’s high-speed rail plan" - By Jason Schaff
03/03/15 - Los Angeles Times, "Bullet train contractor seeks state compensation for project delays" By Ralph Vartabedian
02/24/15 - Los Angeles Times, "Critics fear bullet train will bring urban sprawl to Central Valley" - By Ralph Vartabedian
02/15/15 - Los Angeles Times, "On train, tunnel, Newsom would change course from Brown" By George Skelton
02/05/15 - The San Fernando Sun, "Residents Across the Valley Begin Process to Unify Efforts to Object to High-Speed Rail Through Their Communities" - By Diana Martinez
02/03/15 - Public radio station, KCRW (89.9 FM), presented a feature on our communities' battle vs. high speed rail on Feb. 3. Our situation was discussed on "Which Way LA" hosted by Warren Olney and featuring Saul Gonzalez's report.
Here is the audio of the entire segment, with commentary between host Warren Olney and reporter/producer Saul Gonzalez at the end. There is a segment about voting at the beginning, just be patient.
01/22/15 - Los Angeles Daily News, "Editorial: Don’t put the bullet train through L.A. horse country" By The Los Angeles News Group Editorial Board, LA Daily News
01/17/15 - The Burbank Leader, "Editorial: Rail-tunnel proposal is not the best solution" By Burbank Leader
01/15/15 - Los Angeles Business Journal, "Schiff Opposing High Speed Rail Tunnel Route Through Forest" By Business Journal Staff
01/15/15 - Glendale News-Press, "Schiff decries proposal for high-speed rail tunnel below Angeles National Forest" By Arin Mikailian
01/15/15 - San Fernando Valley Business Journal, "Schiff Opposing High Speed Rail Tunnel Route" By Mark Madler
01/15/15 - NBCLA, "I Don't Want to Ride My Horse Under the Rail:" Rural LA Communities Blast Bullet Train Route." By Michael Larkin and Beverly White. Coverage of the January 13th Train Wreck Meeting
01/15/15 - The San Fernando Valley Sun, "Hundreds Gather In Opposition to High-Speed Rail" By Diana Martinez
01/14/15 - ABC 7, "Residents Express Concerns Over High-Speed Rail Through Angeles National Forest" By Melissa MacBride. Coverage of the January 13th Train Wreck Meeting
01/14/15 - Los Angeles Times, "2,000 rally against plan to put high-speed rail in Angeles forest" By Dan Weikel. Coverage of the January 13th Train Wreck Meeting. Also appeared Jan. 18, 2015 in print in the Los Angeles Times, California Section, with the title "Critics protest forest rail route" By Dan Weikel.
01/13/15 - ABC 7 - 6:00pm Report Before January 13th Train Wreck meeting and interview with David DePinto. By Melissa MacBride.
01/06/15 - The Los Angeles Daily News "San Fernando Valley’s cowboy country braces for a bullet train" By Dana Bartholomew.
12/09/14 - The Burbank Leader "Officials present route options for high-speed rail" By Chad Garland
10/2014 - North Valley Reporter - "Monumental step for the San Gabriels and Open Space Preservation" by Congressman Adam Schiff
08/29/14 - Los Angeles Times "Proposal for rail corridor through Angeles National Forest draws fire" By Dan Weikel
08/23/14 - Los Angeles Times "L.A. County supervisor's alternate bullet-train route gaining traction" By Dan Weikel
07/31/14 - Los Angeles Times "California bullet train project wins major court victory" By Ralph Vartabedian and Dan Weikel
06/30/14 - Los Angeles Times "Burbank-Palmdale segment added to bullet train timetable" By Ralph Vartabedian
10/11/11 - Daily News "Upgrading our existing lines is best rail idea” by Michael D. Antonovich
State/National News
02/18/22- KGET News: California’s High-Speed Rail: Central Valley is at the center of the plan and the latest political feud
01/12/22 - Mass Transit Magazine: CA: More high-speed rail money in Gavin Newsom's CA budget. Here's what it would do
11/18/21 - Washington Post: All this money pouring into infrastructure should be a boon for high-speed rail, right? Not so fast.
07/25/21 - The Almanac: Bullet train budget battle: Should California spend more on urban transit, not high-speed rail?
12/15/17 - San Diego Union-Tribune, "Editorial: California's bullet train: No CEO, no funds, no future" By The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board
11/02/17 - Bakersfield Now - Home of KBAK & KBFX, "Californian's high-speed rail: Over budget and behind schedule" By Kristen Powers, Eyewitness News
03/04/17 - Mercury News, "high-speed rail ready to lay some track" By Don Thompson of Associated Press
02/06/17 - San Francisco Chronicle, "With Trump in charge, Republicans target Caltrain" By Matier & Ross
01/16/17 - Wall Street Journal, "California’s Big Dig - Elaine Chao can take the train to Fresno off federal life support." By WSJ Opinion Sign-in or Subscription required.
08/25/16 - Forbes, "California's Cap-And-Trade Program Is Sick And Will Take High-Speed Rail Down With It" By Chuck DeVore
08/21/16 - Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, "High Speed Rail Is ‘On Track’ to Incur Billions in Overruns" By Jon Coupal
06/28/16 - Bloomberg, "California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco" By Virginia Postrel
06/25/16 - East Bay Times, "Editorial: California's wasteful bullet train funding fantasy" By East Bay Times Editorial
05/22/16 - The Wall Street Journal, "Opinion: California's Bullet Train to Whenever - Maybe the choo-choo will be built someday, heading somewhere" By WSJ Editorial Staff
05/19/16 - Mercury News, "Feds sign updated $2.5 billion high-speed rail grant with California" By Associated Press
05/18/16 - Politico, "High-speed rail gets a four-year delay, The first segment of the California bullet train won't run till 2022 at the earliest"
03/27/16 - The Economist, "Taxpayers could pay dearly for California’s high-speed-train dreams"
03/21/16 - CalWatchdog.com, "Bullet-train route change doesn’t win over many" By Chris Reed
03/18/16 - Forbes, "California's High Speed Rail System Just Isn't Economic: Kill It, Kill It Now" By Tim Worstall
03/07/16 - The Hamilton Report, "Review of CHSRA 2016 Business Plan- Part 2" By Kathy Hamilton
03/07/16 - The Hamilton Report, "Review of CHSRA 2016 Business Plan- Part 1" By Kathy Hamilton
02/26/16 - Silcon Valley Business Journal, "Explained: Why do cost and completion estimates fluctuate so wildly for high-speed rail?" By Jody Meecham
02/23/16 - Wired Magazine, "Naysayers Force California's Bullet Train to Change Tack" By Nick Stockton
02/23/16 - CalWatchdog.com, "Bullet train plan counting on new federal funding" By Chris Reed
02/21/16 - The Bakersfield Californian, "Now it's really a train to nowhere" By The Bakersfield Californian
02/21/16 - The Sacramento Bee, "Editorial: High-speed rail detour is smart, if tricky politically" By The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
02/20/16 - The Sacramento Bee, "Editorial: Big issues still dog fast train" By Dan Walters
02/19/16 - San Jose Mercury News, "Mercury News editorial: High-speed rail still a boondoggle, even if supposedly coming to San Jose" By Mercury News Editorial
02/19/16 - Contra Costa Times, "Oakland Tribune editorial: HSR embarks on another trip to Fantasyland" By Oakland Tribune Editorial
02/16/16 - Hoodlike, "Planning Unveils Initial Study On Rerouting Rail Lines, Razing Portion Of I-280"
02/16/16 - The Fresno Bee, "Risks rising for cost increases on high-speed rail construction" By Tim Sheehan
02/12/16 - The Hamilton Report, "CA High Speed Rail: TOS court case part 2" By Kathy Hamilton
01/26/16 - Business Insider, "California's high-speed rail project is in big trouble" By William Fierman
12/14/15 - The Hamilton Report, "Crazy things are going on in Sacramento with CHSRA" By Kathy Hamilton
11/25/15 - MSN - Money, "20 biggest tax-dollar boondoggles in the U.S. - #1. California's High Speed Rail - $68 Billion" By Stefanie O'Connell
10/30/15 - The Hamilton Report, "High-Speed Rail Project or Dead Cow Walking: Part II" By Kathy Hamilton
10/30/15 - The Hamilton Report, "New California’s Rail Project Woes" By Kathy Hamilton
10/23/15 - Governing.com, "A Bullet Train Into a Fiscal Swamp? - The more you look at the California high-speed rail project's finances, the shakier they seem." By Charles Chieppo
10/21/15 - Sacramento Business Journal, "Siemens raises questions about financial underpinnings of high-speed rail" By Allen Young
10/19/15 - Bloomberg Business, "Banks May Balk at Financing $68 Billion California Bullet Train" By James Nash
10/14/15 - Palo Alto Online, "Palo Alto blasts high-speed rail project for moving too fast" By Gennady Sheyner
08/29/15 - San Diego Union-Tribune, "High-speed rail project: Dead train walking?" By San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board
08/09/15 - Examiner.com, "Upcoming High-Speed Rail case challenges key voter promises" By Kathy Hamilton
08/05/15 - California Political Review, "Supreme Court: High Speed Rail Must Abide by CEQA—Could Kill Project" By Stephen Frank
07/24/15 - Examiner.com, "Legislative Democrats showing doubts about the High-Speed Rail program" By Kathy Hamilton
07/21/15 - California Political Review, "High Speed Rail Authority Awards $1.2 Billion Contract—No $$ or EIR" By Stephen Frank
07/18/15 - The Fresno Bee, "Fresno County’s Measure C may aid land purchase for high-speed rail maintenance site" By Tim Sheehan
07/13/15 - The Fresno Bee, "More properties eyed in Valley counties for high-speed rail" By Tim Sheehan
06/28/15 - The Fresno Bee, "More than 200 properties face condemnation to clear way for high-speed rail" By Tim Sheehan
06/11/15 - The Fresno Bee, "Denham takes a Capitol step toward stopping high-speed rail" By Curtis Tate
05/28/15 - Examiner.com, "Funny business with the High-Speed Rail Project, a closer look" By Kathy Hamilton
05/11/15 - The Press Enterprise, "EDITORIAL: More bullet-train funny math" By Press-Enterprise Editorial
04/14/15 - Fox & Hounds, "Lawmakers Dismiss Efforts To Protect Property Rights From High-Speed Rail" By John Hrabe Also posted on CalWatchDog.com
04/14/15 - The Fresno Bee, "$261 million set aside for potential high-speed rail cost overruns in Valley" By Tim Sheehan The HSR cost overruns begin...
04/08/15 - Forbes, "How Bad Policies And Bad Ideas Caused The California Water Shortage" By Thomas Del Beccaro (page two specifically addresses HSR)
03/03/15 - Examiner.com, "Rail Authority's Legislative Reports is not a "tell all" report" By Kathy Hamilton - SF Transportation Policy
02/23/15 - The Sacramento Bee, "Field Poll: Jerry Brown riding high, but not his big projects" By David Siders
02/21/15 - The Week, "The most expensive public-works project in U.S. history" By The Week Staff
02/19/15 - SFGate, "California high-speed rail dealt blow by Newsom's about-face" By Carla Marinucci
02/13/15 - CNN, "World's largest tunneling machine still stuck"
02/01/15 - Examiner.com, "Violation of Endangered Species Act further hampers High-Speed Rail progress" By Kathy Hamilton - SF Transportation Policy
01/15/15 - The San Diego Union-Tribune, "Costly high-speed rail not good for state or San Diego" By W. Mark Leslie
01/15/15 - Crescenta Valley Weekly, "Standing Room Only at HSR Meeting" By Mary O’Keefe
01/14/15 - YAHOO News, "The twisted saga behind California’s bullet train" Subtitle: "It’s a bold vision!" "No, it’s an Obama-esque boondoggle!" What the Golden State’s war over high-speed rail says about America’s ability to do Big Things. By Andrew Romano.
10/10/14 - Presidential Proclamation -- San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
09/17/14 - Anteleope Valley Press "Rail plan digs up more non-fans" By Charles F. Bostwick
08/24/14 - The Atlantic "California High-Speed Rail—More Questions and Concerns" By James Fallows
08/03/14 - The Wall Street Journal "California Plans Bullet Train Without More U.S. Aid" By Alejandro Lazo
Undated - NEXUS (David Levinson's Networks, Economics and Urban Systems Research Group) "California's High Speed Rail: Some Facts" By David Levinson, University of Minnesota
