The current estimate for linking San Francisco with Southern California is $107 billion. Officials don’t even know how to fully finance Merced-Bakersfield, much less raise the other $72.4 ...

Trump seems even more determined to derail California’s bullet train. Given its sorry history, it could be a mercy killing. Dan Walters is a CalMatters columnist.

Trump seems even more determined to derail California’s bullet train. Given its sorry history, it could be a mercy killing. Dan Walters is a CalMatters columnist.

Two extraordinary acts of generosity received special honors Thursday with the naming of the Anand Family Birth Center and the Bhambi Heart and Brain Center at Mercy Hospital Southwest.

The current estimate for linking San Francisco with Southern California is $107 billion. Officials don’t even know how to fully finance Merced-Bakersfield, much less raise the other $72.4 ...

Given its sorry history, it could be a mercy killing. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters.