California High Speed Rail Authority

Feb 22 2013

High-speed rail is on its way

After years of planning, followed by delays, lawsuits, recession and a slow economic recovery, the California High Speed Rail Project will at last begin construction this summer. The first major leg will stretch from Madera to Fresno in the Central Valley, and then extend 114 miles south to Bakersfield. A second portion will run from Palmdale, through Victorville and onto Las Vegas, Nev.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 29 2011

Part of regional transportation plan

A series of articles reported on proposed activities that would simultaneously relieve transportation snarls in the Antelope Valley, and connect a high speed rail line with another train from Southern California to Las Vegas.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Jul 21 2011

Files an injunction to stop Grapevine study

PALMDALE, Calif.—And the California High-Speed Rail Authority issue rages on. The city of Palmdale filed an injunction against the Authority this week to stop the use of state and federal funds to conduct the proposed Interstate 5/Grapevine study.

Jul 19 2011

Shorter bullet train route to Bakersfield

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The city of Palmdale is seeking a federal injunction to stop the California High-Speed Rail Authority from studying the possibility of bypassing the Antelope Valley in favor of a shorter bullet train route to Bakersfield that follows Interstate 5 over the Grapevine.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Jul 14 2011

Palmdale protests attempt to bypass it for Bakersfield

PALMDALE, Calif.—Two busloads of city officials and residents were expected to convene today in Bakersfield’s Kern County chambers to rally against the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) as it attempts to veer off a course approved by voters.

The Authority wants to revive a proposal to study an alternative route through the Grapevine,  but voters approved Proposition 1A to fund the high-speed rail line through the city of Palmdale.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.