City first, and perhaps only, in Orange County to officially denounce law that allows police to probe someone’s immigration status. Vote was unanimous and appeared to be debated in advance of the meeting.
Category: Transportation
Posted inAnaheim, Investigative, State, Transportation
California’s High-Speed Rail Could Become ‘Big Dig West’
Highly critical state audit of $42 billion statewide rail program focuses on lax accounting by the project’s prime contractor, which shared responsibility for Boston’s infamous ‘Big Dig’ tunnel project.
Posted inAnaheim, Buena Park, Investigative, Transportation
Pringle Indicates Interest in Another Term Atop High-Speed Rail Board
But the termed-out Anaheim mayor has competition — Buena Park mayor wants the job too.
Posted inIrvine, Transportation
Irvine Will Get $88 Million Toward Transportation Projects
The money will pay for expansion of the city’s shuttle system and preparations for a railway underpass.
Posted inBuena Park, Transportation
High-speed Hope in Buena Park
Study could conclude high-speed rail builders don’t have to tear down city’s train station after all.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Checkpoints Don’t Catch Many Drunks But They Rake in the Bucks
Statistics show that police make relatively few drunk-driving arrests at DUI checkpoints. But they are a magnet for federal grant dollars.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Bullet Trains Might Share Tracks with Commuters
Such an arrangement could save money, be less intrusive and save endangered stations like the one in Buena Park.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
High-Speed Rail Veers Off Track
California voters were sold on a $42 billion rail line that would zip them from LA to San Francisco. Now it’s looking like they paid for a high-priced commuter train.
Posted inGovernment, Transportation
Local Officials to State: Let Us Save the Planet Our Way
Mayors and other elected officials in Orange County say state planners are being rigid and arrogant when they suggest how to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Posted inGovernment, Norberto Santana, Jr., Transportation
Supervisor: ‘Humans Dehumanized’ by Social Media
Wildflower blog notwithstanding, supervisors are nervous about how things like Twitter and Facebook will impact county government.
