Cities not on track with California's plan for high-speed rail systemMayor Art Brown spent years pushing for a commuter train station combined with nearby housing in his community. But as townhouses are being finished around the $14 million Metrolink station, he's facing the prospect that California's high-speed ...

Survey: Average gas prices up 9.58 cents to $2.73 from 2 weeks agoThe average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 9.58 cents over a two-week period to $2.73. That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday. Analyst ...

AP IMPACT: Mexican gangs take over US public lands for pot, smuggle immigrants to grow cropsNot far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants ...