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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2015 photo, a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. On Friday, May 14, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed spending $11 billion on transportation improvements, half of it for a troubled bullet train intended to link California's major metropolitan areas eventually and projects supporting the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Democratic governor billed the proposal as a way not just to repair decaying roads and bridges but to "build a modernized transportation system for the next century." That also includes improving public transportation and the state's major ocean ports and encouraging more use of zero-emission vehicles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
$11B for transit would aid bullet train, move Olympic crowds

By Don Thompson May. 14, 2021 07:56 PM EDT

Kern County Assistant District Attorney Joseph Kinzel answer questions after the arraignment of Liliana Carillo in Superior Court Wednesday April, 14, 2021 in Bakersfield, Calif. The Kern County District Attorney's Office said in a news release that Liliana Carillo, 30, allegedly attempted a carjacking and theft of two vehicles in Kern County on Saturday. Carillo was apprehended in Tulare County on Saturday after being identified as the sole suspect in the deaths of her three infant children, whose bodies were discovered in Reseda earlier in the day. She is being held with a $2 million bail. The Los Angeles Police Department is leading the investigation into the deaths of the children. (Alex Horvath/Bakersfield Californian via AP)
Mom suspected in children's deaths pleads in carjacking case

Apr. 14, 2021 10:05 PM EDT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, takes questions from the media after a visit to Ramona Gardens Recreation Center in Los Angeles to discuss the state's efforts to vaccinate hard-to-reach and disproportionately impacted communities, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. California's new system of delivering and scheduling coronavirus vaccines is being rolled out in select counties. It's the first step in Newsom's plan to smooth out what has been a disjointed vaccine rollout hampered by limited national supply. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Newsom pledges more vaccines for Central Valley farmworkers

By Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 22, 2021 05:51 PM EST

California rail officials want to tap remaining bond funds

By Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 09, 2021 06:08 PM EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials in charge of California’s slow-going high-speed rail project want to tap $4.1 billion in bond money to finish ongoing...

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Jan. 30, 2021 04:18 PM EST
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Judge orders COVID-19 tests at California detention center

Aug. 06, 2020 08:03 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge Thursday ordered coronavirus testing of everyone held at a California immigration detention center, saying authorities had...

Protesters lay silent for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Friday, June 5, 2020, during a demonstration to honor George Floyd, near the home of Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg in Sacramento, Calif. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Peaceful protests continue into weekend around California

By Daisy Nguyen And Don Thompson Jun. 06, 2020 01:18 AM EDT

6 hospitalized after shooting breaks out at California party

Associated Press Apr. 11, 2020 01:55 PM EDT
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A shooting broke out at a party in central California, sending six people to the hospital on Saturday and launching a search for...