By Alan Kandel For California high-speed rail, 2012 is a pivotal year. This is when construction of a 130-mile portion of Phase 1 is slated to begin. While I may not totally concur with the Central San Joaquin Valley alignment(s) agreed upon (both nort... »
After a 2-2 tie with 10:57 left in the first quarter, the rest of the game proved to be an uphill battle for Bakersfield, and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers pulled ahead for the duration of the... »
Bakersfield area owners of heavy duty diesel trucks and buses are being reminded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) that new emission reducing regulations go into effect January 1, 2012. Failure to comply with the regulations may result... »
Bakersfield environmental professionals and business managers who are wondering what is required to comply with California's new Cap-and-Trade rules for greenhouse gases (GHG) may find out for free this week. BlueScape Environmental, a... »
By Alan Kandel In September this year, “[Texas Transportation Institute’s] Urban Mobility Report (Powered by INRIX Traffic Data)” was released. As noted in “National Congestion Tables,” data in “Table 1, What Congestion Means To You, 2010,” in urban ar... »
Gov. Jerry Brown has fired the state’s top two oil and gas production regulators. On Thursday, Derek Chernow, acting director of the California Department of Conservation, and Elena Miller, head of the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, rec... »
Gov. Jerry Brown has fired Derek Chernow, acting director of the California Department of Conservation, and Elena Miller, the chief overseer of oil drilling operations in California, amid conflict between the agency and oil producers on regulatory matt... »
Animal groups across California are railing against Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed repeal of a 1998 law that required animal control agencies to hold strays for 96 hours before euthanizing them. But scuttling the Hayden Bill, named after the author, forme... »
