CaHSR Victims
“We saved your farmhouse; what are you complaining about?”
Path of High-Speed Rail Worries Valley Farmers – news article by Tim Sheehan of Fresno Bee – January 8, 2011
Kings County’s Case Against High-Speed Rail: Hanford Meeting Tonight – commentary by Frank Oliveira in Hanford Sentinel – May 18, 2011
Group Launches Central Valley Campaign Against High-Speed Rail Project – news article in Central Valley Times – June 3, 2011
Officials: Rail Project Would Cause $100 Million Hit to Kings County Economy – news article in Hanford Sentinel – June 7, 2011
Rail Route Would Eliminate Cow Disposal Site: Facility Crucial to Local Dairy Industry – news article by Seth Nidever in Hanford Sentinel – June 22, 2011
Land Owners Bulk at Selling for Bullet Train – news article by Tim Sheehan of Fresno Bee for www.CaliforniaWatch.org – August 7, 2011
California Bullet Train: The High Price of Speed – Its Proposed Route Would Destroy Churches, Schools, Homes, Warehouses, Banks, Medical Offices, Stores and Much More – news article by Ralph Vartabedian in Los Angeles Times – October 22, 2011
High-Speed Rail’s Coming Battle: Powerful Land Owners – news article by Brian Joseph in Orange County Register – February 3, 2012 (only “powerful” because we work together as a group through CCHSRA)
Split Rail: Calif. Bullet Train Still Proves Divisive – news article and TV piece by Val Zavala of KCET – February 10, 2012
Baker Commodities in Hanford: critical facility for dairy farmers and public health.
Rendering Plant Opposes HSR Project: Alignment Alternative East of Hanford Could Shut Down Facility – news article by Seth Nidever in Hanford Sentinel – April 25, 2012
Central Valley Farmers Protest High-Speed Rail – news article by Michael Cabanatuan in San Francisco Chronicle – July 5, 2012
Challenges Remain for California High-Speed Rail Plan – news article by Hannah Dreier of Associated Press – July 9, 2012
Alternate High-Speed Rail Route Through Kings County Proposed – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – July 16, 2012
In California’s Central Valley, Farmers Fight in Their Fields and Court to Block High-Speed Rail – news article by Mike Rosenberg in San Jose Mercury-News – November 15, 2012
Farmers Plan To Fight Eminent Domain – news article and TV piece by Heidi Cuda – Fox News 11 in Los Angeles – November 22, 2012
Landowners Air Concerns about Effects of High-Speed Rail – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – December 12, 2012
Rail Project Begins Grabbing California Farmers’ Land – news article by Katy Grimes in www.CalWatchdog.com – January 18, 2013
Farmers Learn About Eminent Domain Process – newsletter article by Christine Souza in Ag Alert (published by California Farm Bureau Federation) – February 27, 2013
Angelo’s Drive-In in Fresno: doomed symbol since 1954 of the “car culture” California High-Speed Rail is supposed to obliterate.
California’s High-Speed Rail Meets Opposition Over Eminent Domain – news article by Isabel Angell in Marketplace – May 28, 2013
Two Gifts for the Planet: Build California High-Speed Rail and Choose a Path that Crushes the Dairy Industry – commentary by Kevin Dayton in www.FlashReport.org – June 4, 2013
Derailed by the Bullet Train – news article by Diana Marcum in Los Angeles Times – August 18, 2013
Meet Early Victims of California High-Speed Rail: Little People in the Way of Progress – commentary by Kevin Dayton in www.FlashReport.org – August 30, 2013
Small Businesses Face Confusion from High-Speed Rail Purchase Offers – news article by Tim Sheehan of Fresno Bee – September 1, 2013
Nothing Simple about Property Buys for High-Speed Rail Route – Fresno Bee Newsroom Blog by Tim Sheehan – September 3, 2013
High Speed Rail Forces Out Longtime Fresno Businesses – news article and radio piece by Ezra David Romero on Valley Public Radio – September 24, 2013
Officials Respond to High-Speed Rail Concerns in Fresno’s Chinatown – news article by Carmen George in Fresno Bee – September 26, 2013
Main Event Almighty Boxing Club: are Fresno’s youth better served with a transit village?
Work Begins on California Bullet Train, Locals Angry – news article by Juliet Williams of Associated Press in San Jose Mercury-News – October 20, 2013
High-Speed Rail Researchers Dig for History in Fresno’s Chinatown – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – October 21, 2013
Mission to Fight “Illegal” High-Speed Rail Project Continues – commentary by Aaron Fukuda and Frank Oliveira in Hanford Sentinel – November 5, 2013
High-Speed Rail Route in Valley Comes Under Scrutiny – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – November 7, 2013
High-Speed Rail Authority Has 30 Eminent-Domain Cases Pending…and It’s Just Getting Started – news article by Allen Young in Sacramento Business Journal – November 7, 2014
Land Acquisition for High-Speed Rail Moving Slowly – news article by Juliet Williams of Associated Press in San Jose Mercury-News – November 9, 2013
State Seeks to Condemn First Fresno Sites for High-Speed Rail Project – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – December 8, 2013
Doomed?
Board Approves Eminent Domain Move for Train – news article by Juliet Williams of Associated Press in San Jose Mercury-News – December 13, 2013
Tale of Two Bullet-Train Cities: Hanford, Visalia Spar Over $68 Billion Project – news article by Jessica Calefati in San Jose Mercury-News – January 10, 2014
High-Speed Rail Agency Rejects Idea of Bypassing Downtown Bakersfield – news article by John Cox and Theo Douglas in Bakersfield Californian – January 14, 2014
Vidak Rails Against Bullet-Train Plan, Met by Bipartisan Crowd at Fresno Event – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – January 17, 2014
Vidak Calls for High-Speed Rail Revote – news article in Fresno Business Journal – January 17, 2014
Eyewitness News Investigates: Eminent Domain – news article and TV piece by Rachel Azevedo of KSEE News Channel 24 in Fresno – February 17, 2014
Fresno Burger Joint Angelo’s Drive In Makes Way for High Speed Rail – news article by Bethany Clough in Fresno Bee – April 24, 2014
There Goes Our Homes
Newly-Approved High-Speed Rail Has “Unavoidable” Effects on Valley – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – May 12, 2014
Old Fresno Bar Is First Building Demolished to Make Way for High-Speed Rail – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – July 14, 2014
Demolition Continues in Fresno for State High-Speed Rail Project – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – July 16, 2014
Land Deals Slowing California High-Speed Rail Plan – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – August 23, 2014
High-Speed Rail Authority Has 30 Eminent-Domain Cases Pending … and It’s Just Getting Started – news article by Allen Young of Sacramento Business Journal – November 7, 2014
Progress Remains Slow on Property Acquisition for High-Speed Rail – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – November 17, 2014
More Condemnations Ahead for High-Speed Rail – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – January 2, 2015
High Speed Rail Authority To Break Ground Tuesday – news article and TV piece by Janelle Bludau of KSEE News Channel 24 in Fresno – January 5, 2015
Dozens Protest High-Speed Rail Groundbreaking – news article and TV piece by Janelle Bludau of KSEE News Channel 24 in Fresno – January 6, 2015
California Breaks Ground on High-Speed Rail Line – news article and TV piece by David Bienick of KCRA News Channel 3 in Sacramento – January 6, 2015
Groundbreaking Held For Nation’s First High Speed Rail System – news article and radio piece by Amy Quinton of Capitol Public Radio – January 6, 2015
Save Fresno Chinatown
Fresno Chinatown Advocate, Others Demonstrate Against High-Speed Rail – news article by Bonhia Lee and George Hostetter of the Fresno Bee – January 6, 2015
More Properties Eyed for High-Speed Rail Condemnation – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – January 12, 2015
High Speed Rail Could End Industrial Park – news article and TV piece by Janelle Bludau of KSEE News Channel 24 in Fresno – January 13, 2015
2000 Rally Against Plan to Put High-Speed Rail in Angeles Forest – news article by Dan Weikel in Los Angeles Times – January 14, 2015
Residents Express Concerns Over High-Speed Rail Through Angeles National Forest – news article and TV piece by Melissa MacBride of KABC News Channel 7 in Los Angeles – January 14, 2015
Critics Fear Bullet Train Will Bring Urban Sprawl to Central Valley – news article by Ralph Vartabedian in Los Angeles Times – February 24, 2015
Some Worry High-Speed Rail Will Put an End to Fresno’s Chinese New Year Celebration – news article and TV piece by Veronica Miracle of KSFN News Channel 30 in Fresno – March 7, 2015
More Valley Properties Targeted for Possible Condemnation for High-Speed Rail Route – news article by Tim Sheehan in Fresno Bee – March 13, 2015
Ready to Fight: Some Growers Unwilling to Lose Land for Bullet Train – news article by Ralph Vartabedian in Los Angeles Times – March 14, 2015
Readers React: Wealthy Farmers Shouldn’t Stop Progress on California’s Bullet Train – letters to the editor of Los Angeles Times – March 16, 2015
Property Rights Battles Threaten to Further Slow California’s Costly, Long Awaited Bullet Train Project – Fox News Channel – March 17, 2015