Steve Forbes breaks down why California’s endless high-speed rail boondoggle is even worse than people think, and why it needs to be scrapped—yesterday. California’s misbegotten high-speed train ...

The price tag for building a private high-speed passenger railroad from Southern California to Las Vegas has swelled by nearly 35%. Brightline West ’s 218-mile (351 kilometer) railroad will now cost ...

More than 10 years after unusually high water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean killed off Northern California’s aquatic kelp forests, the region has still not recovered, reports David Helvarg, ...

Six Flags amusement park in Eureka as seen from a plane in June 2022. EUREKA — As amusement parks around the country are being permanently shuttered, a spokesperson for Six Flags St. Louis said there ...

The Noordam completed Holland America Line’s “Great Alaska Explorer” voyage on September 28, 2025. Sailing roundtrip from Vancouver, the 14-night cruise was one of the longest cruises offered by the ...

"The Lost Bus" tells the true story of a school bus driver who rescues 22 children during California's deadliest wildfire. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with America Ferrera, who plays a teacher in the ...

A California father says Gov. Gavin Newsom has ignored his pleas for answers after an illegal immigrant truck driver caused what he says was a devastating crash that left his young daughter with ...

California kept its bragging rights as the world’s fourth-largest economy in the latest update on state-level business output. The Golden State economy was producing goods and services at a ...

(via PBS Terra) Once towering over eastern U.S. forests, billions of American chestnut trees nourished ecosystems, built homes, and sustained Appalachian communities. But in the early 1900s, a foreign ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is reviewing legislation that would establish what state lawmakers describe as the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model. The proposal, Senate Bill 429, aims to ...