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Boon or boondoggle? When it comes to California High-Speed Rail, folks generally don’t sit on the fence.
But what if somebody told you that the San Diego Trolley might serve as an example of how the snake-bit state project can get back on track?
Circulate San Diego, a nonprofit, has issued a new report that focuses on the success of the trolley’s Blue Line extension as compared to the delays and mounting costs that have hamstrung high-speed rail.
One stumbling block San Diego didn’t face: “arbitrary, excessive and avoidable” red tape. Circulate’s report highlights “easy coordination as a key factor” that eased the way for the Blue Line. And therein, the report’s author notes, may lie the lesson for high-speed rail, despite the project’s much larger scale.
In other news, smugglers on a water scooter decided to take on the Coast Guard. Spoiler alert: they lost … it looks like Stater Bros. averted a strike by coming to terms on a new contract for grocery workers. The deal needs to be ratified by union members to take effect … and a judge rejected a change-of-venue motion by a man accused of killing his wife four years ago. May Millete of Chula Vista has not been seen since 2021.
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Today’s top story
Experts look to San Diego Trolley to help fix California high-speed rail crisis
By Madeline Nguyen • Times of San Diego
San Diego Trolley’s Blue Line extension to UCSD may hold the key to solving California High-Speed Rail’s crisis, says a new Circulate report.
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Today’s opinion columns
Opinion: Democracy be damned as Texas and California plot dueling gerrymanders
Republicans hold just nine of California’s 53 congressional seats and Gov. Newsom is ready to cut that in half to battle Texas’ partisan redistricting push.
Opinion: Patrick Henry High School’s ninth-grade orientation reminds me I’m not getting any younger
I stepped into the Patrick Henry High School gymnasium this past Tuesday morning and witnessed a mass of young humanity.
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