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Brown rejects rail cost estimate of $100B
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Jan 31Anonymous Steve Rhodes/Flickr California's high-speed rail project will cost far less than the state's current estimate of nearly $100 billion, and environmental fees paid by carbon producers will be a source of funding, Gov. Jerry Brown said in an int... »
Madera County joins bullet train opponents
Daily Report
Jan 31Anonymous California High-Speed Rail Authority The ranks of local government agencies in the central San Joaquin Valley that have turned their backs on California’s proposed high-speed rail system is growing. The latest to join the chorus is Madera Cou... »
State asks judge to toss illegal school fees case
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Jan 25Corey G. Johnson DNY59/istockphoto.com State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, the California State Board of Education, the state Department of Education and the attorney general's office all want a judge to drop a lawsuit that seeks ... »
Minimal impact on cities, farms helped Spain avoid high-speed rail opposition
California Watch
Jan 22Tim Sheehan Tim Sheehan is a business reporter for The Fresno Bee and covers high-speed rail issues. The reporter can be reached at tsheehan@fresnobee.com or 559-441-6319. This special project is the result of a partnership among California n »
Fresno Bee live chat: High-speed rail
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Jan 17Fresno Bee reporter Tim Sheehan will participate in a live chat in which he and host Jody Murray, The Bee's online content manager, will discuss his report on Spain's high-speed rail and the lessons it offers for California. Follow the conversation or ... »
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Train talk
The Daily Roundup
Jan 30Gov. Jerry Brown, who is emerging as the champion of California's high-speed rail program, says the project actually would be cheaper than its estimated $100 billion price tag and that cap-and-trade fees from the state's crackdown on greenhouse gas emi... »
Fresno Bee reported on Bigfoot sighting in 1986
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Jan 26Category: Culture Community According to an article ran in the Fresno Bee in August of 1986, a five man construction crew was spooked by what they say was Bigfoot while working on a job. Thumbn »
This is supposed to be an argument FOR high-speed rail?
Orange Punch
Jan 23A host of newspapers up and down the state have run an extremely long article that we guess is supposed to make a case for California’s boondoggle express, AKA high-speed rail. Did it occur to anyone what the bottom line is? It was 1,413 words into th... »
Pension finances
The Daily Roundup
Jan 23Since earnings off investments are likely to fund the lion's share of pensions in future decades, it would be a good idea to let people know exactly how those investments are doing, according to a new report. CalPensions' Ed Mendel tells the story. "In... »
Back on track?
The Daily Roundup
Jan 19Nothing has come under fiercer scrutiny in recent months than California's high-speed rail proposal, and Brown went to bat for the project. He used his state of the state address to make the case for California's high-speed rail plan, a $100 billion pr... »