| 02/09/2012 | Secretary LaHood Visits Fresno, Discusses High-Speed Rail
The Fresno Bee
Feb. 09--America's top transportation official offered a spirited defense of high-speed rail plans Wednesday in Fresno but said that he and other supporters are aware of "serious concerns that people may have." |
| 02/08/2012 | Senate Struggles to Pay for Highway Programs
Associated Press/AP Online
WASHINGTON - The Senate was scheduled to take up a bill to extend federal highway and transit programs later this week even though Democrats were still struggling Tuesday to find a way to pay for the programs. |
| 02/09/2012 | Madera County Road Improvement Project Begins
Sierra Star
Feb. 09--Work got underway last week for the $6.1 million final phase of the Road 200 (O'Neals turnoff) improvement project. |
| 02/09/2012 | Downtown Lodi Mixed-Use Project Starting to Line Up
The Record
Feb. 09--LODI -- Real estate development consultant Cherene Sandidge believes downtown Lodi has the potential to be a chic place for young professionals to work and live. |
| 02/09/2012 | Fresno to Award Monterey Street Bridge Demolition Contract
The Fresno Bee
Feb. 09--A bridge to nowhere that has been part of downtown Fresno's skyline for more than 60 years is on the verge of coming down. |
| 02/06/2012 | Honolulu Given Go-Ahead to Begin Construction on Rail Project
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Feb. 06--The federal government has granted a key approval that will allow the city to immediately begin up to $184.7 million in construction and other activities on the city's rail project, including erecting the first sections of raised guideway from East Kapolei to Pearl Highlands. |
| 02/09/2012 | UC Merced's $175M in Projects Include Housing, Classrooms
Merced Sun-Star
Feb. 09--UC MERCED IS GROWING UP -- and out. |
| 02/06/2012 | State's $11B Water Bond Vote Likely to be Delayed
The Fresno Bee
Feb. 06--The longer the state delays making crucial fixes to its crumbling water infrastructure, the more costly it will get. |
| 01/25/2012 | Architect Billings Bring Good News for Construction
Real Estate Weekly
After showing struggling business conditions for most of 2011, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has now reached positive terrain in consecutive months. |
| 02/05/2012 | Santa Cruz to Review Long-Delayed General Plan Update
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Feb. 05--SANTA CRUZ -- The city's long-delayed general plan update, a blueprint for how Santa Cruz officials will guide development, transportation and natural resource protection during the next generation, has returned to the fore. |
| 02/03/2012 | House Panel Moves to Block High-Speed Rail for Calif.
McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- A key House panel late Thursday gave the back of its hand to California's embattled high-speed rail program. |
| 02/05/2012 | Solar Panels Sprouting on the Carrizo Plain
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Feb. 05--Construction activity is ramping up on two large commercial solar projects on the Carrizo Plain. |
| 02/02/2012 | NRC: 'Unusual' Wear on New Tubes at Calif. Nuke Plant
Associated Press/AP Online
LOS ANGELES - Federal regulators said Thursday that unusual wear has been found on dozens of virtually new tubes that carry radioactive water at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant. |
| 02/01/2012 | Aptos Affordable Housing Project Eyes Spring Groundbreaking
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Feb. 01--APTOS -- The pending demise of the state's Redevelopment Agencies on Wednesday has created turmoil in cities and counties across the state, but also skewed the timeline for affordable housing projects inked long before the clock started ticking. |
| 02/02/2012 | California Bullet-Train Authority Hired Lobbyist
San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In an extremely unusual use of taxpayer money, the leaders behind California's $99 billion high-speed train quietly hired a lobbyist to sway the state Legislature -- the same politicians who appointed them to build the project in the first place. |
| 02/02/2012 | 5% of California Electric Potential Now Comes From Wind Power
North County Times
Feb. 02--Wind energy has achieved something of a milestone, now that 5 percent of the state's total potential electric power comes from wind, the California Wind Energy Association said Tuesday. |
| 01/31/2012 | Orange Line Busway Extension in LA Leaves Metro With $180M Left Over
Daily News
Jan. 31--Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Monday the soon-to-be completed Orange Line busway extension has at least $180 million in excess funding that can be spent on other transportation projects in the San Fernando Valley. |
| 02/01/2012 | Builders Step Up Spending for Fifth Straight Month
Associated Press/AP Online
WASHINGTON - Builders increased their spending in December for the fifth consecutive month, ending a weak construction year on a hopeful note. |
| 02/03/2012 | 14 Builders on Short List for Central Valley High-Speed Rail Segment
The Fresno Bee
Feb. 03--Fourteen construction companies are on the short list of firms poised to bid for contracts to begin building California's high-speed rail system in the Fresno area later this year. |
| 01/31/2012 | Uptick Seen in Home Building in California in 2012
The Record
Jan. 31--New home construction in California is expected to increase by 18.6 percent this year to 25,400 single-family homes. |
| 01/30/2012 | Construction Slow to Recover in Sonoma County
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif
Jan. 30--Sonoma County home construction rose in 2011 to its highest level in three years, but the pace of building still trails far below historic levels. |
| 02/01/2012 | Gov. Brown Plans to 'Redesign,' Accelerate High-Speed Rail Plan
The Sacramento Bee
Feb. 01--Gov. Jerry Brown is scaling back the state's highly controversial bullet train project to keep it alive. |
| 01/29/2012 | Stockton's Old, Vacant Hotels Face Redevelopment Dilemma
The Record
Jan. 29--City Hall signed the death warrant of the Land Hotel on Tuesday, voting to hire a demolition firm to tear down the vacant old brickheap at 24 N. California St. |
| 01/31/2012 | High-Tech Gas Pipeline Leak Detection System Unveiled
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
Jan. 31--PG&E on Monday unveiled high-tech equipment to better monitor leaks in its sprawling network of gas pipelines, saying it would help the beleaguered utility achieve its goal of becoming the world's safest gas company. |
| 01/30/2012 | State's Water Systems Need Fixes, Badly; Customers Don't Want to Fund Them
The Sacramento Bee
Jan. 30--From mountain hamlets to Sacramento City Hall, governments are asking taxpayers to dig deeper into their pockets to improve sewer and water systems. |
